Access Denied

I have built a custom block that loads a simple image, title and links to a file set. When clicking in the image a lightbox shows all the images in the file set. It works gre…

says johndorsay on 04/09/12 at 2:15 pm

PATH_INFO or ORIG_PATH_INFO

Dude! thanks so much for this. This is all I had to do in order to get the site running.

says johndorsay on 02/17/11 at 4:43 pm, in reply to “just add cgi.fix_pathinfo = …”

breadcrumbs display hidden pages "exclude from nav"

I have found that in these situations it is best to create an attribute like 'include_main_nav' Then in your autonav block instead of this line [code] if (!$_c->getCollectionAtt…

says johndorsay on 01/19/11 at 10:21 pm, in reply to “Hi I have an auto_nav menu…”

re: Third Party CSV

Well, you won't be able to pull this data into a c5 page per say. But the way to maybe handle this is to create a single_page and a controller and pull the correct based on the uni…

says johndorsay on 01/19/11 at 10:12 pm, in reply to “Hi guys, Would like to know…”

Consumable object

Hey Guys, A client of mine asked me to create a consumable webobject of the website header and footer. Do you think I can accomplish this in C5? I'm basically looking to spit ou…

says johndorsay on 01/19/11 at 4:04 pm

JPEG Creation on the fly

I'm trying to figure out the best way to create a jpeg on the fly. here's the code that works, but I cannot get it to work when I add it into the C5 structure any help would be …

says johndorsay on 11/26/10 at 10:01 am

Hard Coded Page List

Well, as always it is user error... I had a function coded into the template. Moved it to the helpers folder and all works as needed. Just in case someone else is having a bad d…

says johndorsay on 11/19/10 at 4:36 pm, in reply to “Hello, I've hard coded 2 page…”

Hello, I've hard coded 2 page lists into a template file. The first one works perfectly, but when I try and display 2 of them the second one will not display. Does anyone know w…

says johndorsay on 11/19/10 at 3:32 pm

Moving site to root created issues

There are two sections of the home page that are basically scrollers. The left side has a few images that should fade in and out and the right side should push to the left to show…

says johndorsay on 09/16/10 at 1:39 pm, in reply to “what are the exact issues”

Hi Guys, I have just launched a site today and there is some weirdness happening. Beta/Test site Here http://www.grandtheatre.com/new_site/ Live Here: http://www.grandthea…

says johndorsay on 09/16/10 at 1:02 pm

Removing item from dashboard navigation

The simplest way I found was to: Go to the sitemap, Show System pages, Select the page to delete and press delete John

says johndorsay on 08/28/10 at 10:23 am, in reply to “I am having my first go with c…”

Calling Controller Method from URL in a Single Page

Here is the exact code that works for me. [code]

says johndorsay on 08/27/10 at 7:52 am, in reply to “Ok, I have never got this to w…”

Sub pages not displaying design from header.php

Just to be sure the your template resides in the theme folder and the first few lines look like this [code]

says johndorsay on 08/27/10 at 7:47 am, in reply to “Hi not sure if this is somethi…”

Application Development Help

Your best bet is to create a new block within this example package. packages/blocks/templates 1. Duplicate the the folder within and rename to something like featured_artist. …

says johndorsay on 08/24/10 at 11:33 pm, in reply to “I am brand new to C5 and I thi…”

Getting a MySql Freed Error

Anybody find an answer to this, i just moved my dev site to the clients server and this occured? Not really sure where to start looking Thanks John

says johndorsay on 08/24/10 at 9:04 am, in reply to “I'm having the same error, but…”

Best approach to a developing problem? (Custom autonav?)

I handle that is the same sort of way, Create an attribute named external_link and then add this code to your autonav custom template right underneath this line [code] if (!$p…

says johndorsay on 08/06/10 at 5:27 pm, in reply to “Ran into a problem. I have an …”

Under Construction Page

Here's the way that I normally do it. It's not really a c5 way, but it's fairly simple Create your .htaccess file if you haven't already and define the home directory. I rewrite…

says johndorsay on 08/05/10 at 11:53 pm, in reply to “Anyone know the best way to cr…”

Best approach to a developing problem? (Custom autonav?)

Here's how I would accomplish this 1. Create a new page attribute named 'nav_image' 2. Navigate to each page and add the image to the attribute found in the properties - cust…

says johndorsay on 08/05/10 at 11:46 pm, in reply to “Hello! I'm currently developin…”

Using PHP block to create a personalize messages

HI MIchelle, Sorry if my last message was too cryptic to understand. The settings I referred to, will basically set up whether new users can register on the site, where they will…

says johndorsay on 08/05/10 at 11:15 pm, in reply to “Hello JD, Thanks so much fo…”

Here is the easiest way, Get the login block from the marketplace & install it http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/login_block/ Then look at the source code in the p…

says johndorsay on 08/05/10 at 5:57 pm, in reply to “Hello! I'm trying to create…”