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We have installed C5 v8.1 (full Site) and in the last week have gone over the entire site documenting every page/template/type etc. Added new content, edited content and even deleted some pages. Followed numerous videos, read posts from this site and other research.
We thought we had a goo handle on this so we created a new site using an "Empty Elemental Starter Site". All went well, no errors or issues.
We have created several page types, set attributes etc., and again all went well.
Here is our problem:
1) We created a new Contact Page to mimic the Full Site,
2) We've added a Google map,
3) We want to add other content to the page similar to the Full Site. All we can do is add other content BELOW the previous content, even deleted Map and added just a Content Block,
3) Try as we might, we cannot get the new site to mimic the Contact Page Layout of the Full Site.
We compared page by page of the Admin area both sites - and they "appear to be identical" as far as our test/dummy site pages and types.
We cannot get it to add content to the right of a google map (the full site show Col2 and Col3 areas). We can get close if we change the Page Type to Right or Left Sidebar, but not like the Full Site.
I'm sure we're missing something but cannot figure it out.
Any ideas/direction would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Barn
We thought we had a goo handle on this so we created a new site using an "Empty Elemental Starter Site". All went well, no errors or issues.
We have created several page types, set attributes etc., and again all went well.
Here is our problem:
1) We created a new Contact Page to mimic the Full Site,
2) We've added a Google map,
3) We want to add other content to the page similar to the Full Site. All we can do is add other content BELOW the previous content, even deleted Map and added just a Content Block,
3) Try as we might, we cannot get the new site to mimic the Contact Page Layout of the Full Site.
We compared page by page of the Admin area both sites - and they "appear to be identical" as far as our test/dummy site pages and types.
We cannot get it to add content to the right of a google map (the full site show Col2 and Col3 areas). We can get close if we change the Page Type to Right or Left Sidebar, but not like the Full Site.
I'm sure we're missing something but cannot figure it out.
Any ideas/direction would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Barn
Thanks for this MrKDilkington. It certainly helps to some degree.
On the page in question (even on the Full Size) I cannot perform the steps outlined in the link, unless I delete the existing block.
So that is okay (sorta) but I then loose the block for the page title, but I can Add Layouts, however I then cannot add a block for the page title.
Clearly, we have lots more reading & playing to do. A little frustrating as the links that I have found since this post are for previous versions and (without being disrespectful) the docs are somewhat weak. But that's what you get when cool new features are added.
A side note, prior to getting this info, we created a new template php file that we were going to try to use, but will put that off for a later disastrous exercise.
I can say that the features in C5 compared to what we were using for years (Umbraco) offer amazing "hand-off" capabilities and end-user Editors great "go forward" freedom.
Again, thanks for taking the time to provide me with a starting point, it is very much appreciated.
I'm sure that we'll figure this out.
Barb
On the page in question (even on the Full Size) I cannot perform the steps outlined in the link, unless I delete the existing block.
So that is okay (sorta) but I then loose the block for the page title, but I can Add Layouts, however I then cannot add a block for the page title.
Clearly, we have lots more reading & playing to do. A little frustrating as the links that I have found since this post are for previous versions and (without being disrespectful) the docs are somewhat weak. But that's what you get when cool new features are added.
A side note, prior to getting this info, we created a new template php file that we were going to try to use, but will put that off for a later disastrous exercise.
I can say that the features in C5 compared to what we were using for years (Umbraco) offer amazing "hand-off" capabilities and end-user Editors great "go forward" freedom.
Again, thanks for taking the time to provide me with a starting point, it is very much appreciated.
I'm sure that we'll figure this out.
Barb
I think we fixed this.
Given that we are quite new to C5 and are not "robust coders", after a look see at other page templates (sidebar etc) as well as several other themes, it seemed that we were missing a Page Header area.
So we added one to the default.php. Not sure if this is the right thing to do, but we can now edit the Contact Page and add/del/modify content seemingly without issues.
We also added several new pages, again it seems to be okay.
Is this the correct protocol/procedure or is there a better more acceptable method?
Thanks again for the guidance.
Barb
Given that we are quite new to C5 and are not "robust coders", after a look see at other page templates (sidebar etc) as well as several other themes, it seemed that we were missing a Page Header area.
So we added one to the default.php. Not sure if this is the right thing to do, but we can now edit the Contact Page and add/del/modify content seemingly without issues.
We also added several new pages, again it seems to be okay.
Is this the correct protocol/procedure or is there a better more acceptable method?
Thanks again for the guidance.
Barb
@barbedwire
I definitely recommend reviewing the default Elemental theme to see how it is structured.
Despite some of the documentation not being completely up to date, I recommend reviewing this too:
Building a Concrete5 Theme
https://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/designing-for-concret...
I definitely recommend reviewing the default Elemental theme to see how it is structured.
Despite some of the documentation not being completely up to date, I recommend reviewing this too:
Building a Concrete5 Theme
https://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/designing-for-concret...
MrKD is being modest. If you are building your own theme, have a look at his Cloneamental copy of Elemental. This is essentially a copy of Elemental built into a package so you don't need to override anything in the core.
https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/themes/cloneamental...
https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/themes/cloneamental...
My bad, I should have mentioned that this is the default "Elemental Theme" that comes packaged with C5 v8.1.0
Environment:
# concrete5 Version
Core Version - 8.1.0
Version Installed - 8.1.0
Database Version - 20170123000000
I'll try to be more complete in future postings.
I did review many videos regarding converting themes and pretty much figured that their would be issues with the C5 Editing, Composer an Blocks as none of the tuts/vids ventured down that road.
So we opted to learn and experiment with "Packaged" offerings.
Thanks for all the pointers and advise.
Barb.
Environment:
# concrete5 Version
Core Version - 8.1.0
Version Installed - 8.1.0
Database Version - 20170123000000
I'll try to be more complete in future postings.
I did review many videos regarding converting themes and pretty much figured that their would be issues with the C5 Editing, Composer an Blocks as none of the tuts/vids ventured down that road.
So we opted to learn and experiment with "Packaged" offerings.
Thanks for all the pointers and advise.
Barb.
I believe you need to create custom layouts in your page to divide them into columns.
Add Layout
https://documentation.concrete5.org/editors/in-page-editing/block-ar...