Is this possible with Concrete (need help desperately)
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Greeting,
I'm totally new in concrete, just installed it and haven't really read or try so many things
The reason i'm tryin Concrete, to be honest, is because i like to make this kind of website, i've tried some other platform/cms and they're all either failed or too difficult to shape
I like to have a page which contains 3 section (in 3 different area/box/table)
The first section is the list of Categories of pages/articles, starting from All Categories (which will display all the posts disregard their category) and other category ( in pictures i put it as Category 1 - etc)
If the user clicks, let's say a category or all categories, the second box/table will display the list of posts in that category
The list will be tittle only (no excerpt, meta(s) or whatsoever)
And if the user clicks one of the post title, that post will be displayed in 3rd box/table
Please refers to this image for visual aid
http://s12.postimage.org/b1gi6clj1/SECTION.jpg...
None of these use dropout, hover or such 'fancy' effects. Just simply plain 'link'
I hope i make myself quite clear, and please excuse my lousy English.
The underlines are:
- I like to know is it possible to build using concrete (because if not i will find another cms/or even maybe build one)
- if it's possible, any clue/suggestions where to start and what step should i take to build it
Sorry for the long post
Thank you in advance,
Best regards
Deskha
I'm totally new in concrete, just installed it and haven't really read or try so many things
The reason i'm tryin Concrete, to be honest, is because i like to make this kind of website, i've tried some other platform/cms and they're all either failed or too difficult to shape
I like to have a page which contains 3 section (in 3 different area/box/table)
The first section is the list of Categories of pages/articles, starting from All Categories (which will display all the posts disregard their category) and other category ( in pictures i put it as Category 1 - etc)
If the user clicks, let's say a category or all categories, the second box/table will display the list of posts in that category
The list will be tittle only (no excerpt, meta(s) or whatsoever)
And if the user clicks one of the post title, that post will be displayed in 3rd box/table
Please refers to this image for visual aid
http://s12.postimage.org/b1gi6clj1/SECTION.jpg...
None of these use dropout, hover or such 'fancy' effects. Just simply plain 'link'
I hope i make myself quite clear, and please excuse my lousy English.
The underlines are:
- I like to know is it possible to build using concrete (because if not i will find another cms/or even maybe build one)
- if it's possible, any clue/suggestions where to start and what step should i take to build it
Sorry for the long post
Thank you in advance,
Best regards
Deskha
Thank you for the recommendation, still reading it one by one :)
I think that would be very simple to do.
I would write a custom template for the autonav block. The structure of categories/articles would be handled from the sitemap (which is very easy to use). All you do is drag and drop pages to be assigned a new place in the site's hierarchy.
concrete5 is definitely the CMS for this project, IMHO.
I would write a custom template for the autonav block. The structure of categories/articles would be handled from the sitemap (which is very easy to use). All you do is drag and drop pages to be assigned a new place in the site's hierarchy.
concrete5 is definitely the CMS for this project, IMHO.
Thank you for your kind reply
Still trying hard to understand since i'm still catching up all the documentations here
So allow me to ask and to tell a bit more
I used to do things with wordpress, it made category and all the post under category put a widget of category and it lists the stuff (whether it's drop down or just a vertical list)
But since Concrete doesn't run with such logic (wordpress logic =post must fall into a certain category) can i use page and sub-page instead to define this 'category' ?
And basically, can i create three column layout and fill each column with different block (like 1st column for the main page, 2nd column for the sub-page and third for the content) ?
And if it's possible to make, can this run like this way:
-User can click the list of 'main page (or the main category)' and content of it will be displayed in 2nd column as tittle only, and if user clicks the tittle the content of that tittle will be displayed in 3rd column?
Thank you very much for your advise and help :)
Still trying hard to understand since i'm still catching up all the documentations here
So allow me to ask and to tell a bit more
I used to do things with wordpress, it made category and all the post under category put a widget of category and it lists the stuff (whether it's drop down or just a vertical list)
But since Concrete doesn't run with such logic (wordpress logic =post must fall into a certain category) can i use page and sub-page instead to define this 'category' ?
And basically, can i create three column layout and fill each column with different block (like 1st column for the main page, 2nd column for the sub-page and third for the content) ?
And if it's possible to make, can this run like this way:
-User can click the list of 'main page (or the main category)' and content of it will be displayed in 2nd column as tittle only, and if user clicks the tittle the content of that tittle will be displayed in 3rd column?
Thank you very much for your advise and help :)
You can modify the Defaults for your Page Types to automatically display your three columns by dropping two appropriately configured autonavs in a Layout block Added to Main.
Leave the third empty for content.
When you create a new page, use your configured Page Type and just fill in your Content column, if need be.
Otherwise, say for a first or second level page (main category / title), just fill in your title and meta descriptor, if need be, and publish the blank page - it should fill out in the way you require.
Putting all of your first tier (main category) pages directly Under the home page will make it easier to configure the autonav blocks and do other things later.
Yes, pages and sub pages can be thought of as category and whatnot. The pages are a little more mutable in their usage, and can occupy several places at once, so that an article/page may live at home under 1a, while also maintaining residence at 3b and 5p73.
Good Luck!
Leave the third empty for content.
When you create a new page, use your configured Page Type and just fill in your Content column, if need be.
Otherwise, say for a first or second level page (main category / title), just fill in your title and meta descriptor, if need be, and publish the blank page - it should fill out in the way you require.
Putting all of your first tier (main category) pages directly Under the home page will make it easier to configure the autonav blocks and do other things later.
Yes, pages and sub pages can be thought of as category and whatnot. The pages are a little more mutable in their usage, and can occupy several places at once, so that an article/page may live at home under 1a, while also maintaining residence at 3b and 5p73.
Good Luck!
For starters you should get familiar with the C5 editors guide:http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/using-concrete5/...