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How to create a news page with news posts appearing on home

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:21:58 +0000

I have a question regarding a news page I'm building in CMSfS. The problem is that I would like to have the latest news item appear on the homepage of the website as well. How can I do this?

Setting Up RSS

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:47:57 +0100

Hi All

Next annoying Q

Are there any instructions for settting up an outbound RSS with the rssman tab?

(can't search this forum for 3 letter words)

Thanks

how to add / change styles in editor

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:44:05 +0100

How and where do I add the styles I would like my client to be able to use within the editor dropdown menu?

thanks

- melissa

Improved version 1.9.3fixed

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:56:44 +0100

Hello to everyone using the CMSfs.
i have make some changes based on the 1.9.3 version.
I would not add any new features i will just try to correct current issues.
If anyone would like to help he can reply to my post with his fixes.
Please do not reply asking for help, use the main forum for that:
http://scratchwebdesignforums.com/forums/i...hp?showforum=18
If i have the time and know i will try to help. In the meantime
i only do fixes for the 1.9.3 version.
I am not planning to replace Fck editor with Ckeditor, at least not at the moment.
I am not planing to do any changes into the Fck editor folder.
If you are interesting for Fck fixes search the forum at
http://scratchwebdesignforums.com/forums/i...hp?showforum=18

Some of the changes i have done should also work fine on 1.9.2 version so
i will just mention my changes so anyone can apply them on any version.

Basically 1.9.3 is adding only one feature to the script: hiding rows on the sets.
Eric from this forum has write about the 1.9.3:
=====
Good news: The upgrade does not completely break existing sets.
Bad news 1: The last row of the set disappears.
Bad news 2: After the upgrade, all the rows are unchecked, so the set content
does not show up on the page. You have to open each set and turn on all the rows.
Not ideal but better than rebuilding the sets from scratch.
====

If you don't have problem with that (open each set and turn on all the rows and
recreate the last row of each .set file) then upgrade to the 1.9.3 it is fully
tested and found working well after doing the changes below.

Some of the fixes below are taken from some other users of this forum
(the line numbers are for the 1.9.3 verion):

1) I found that when creating a new set the rows created doesn't have the show/hide
checkbox checked by default. also fixed ie7 compatibility and utf-8 characters support.
So i apply this to fix it:

delete set-row-shift.zip file from cms folder as it doesn't needed - doesn't work.

edit-set.js
line 195: replace
addRow(isBlank, true) ;
line 349: replace
newRow = addRow(false, true) ;
line 396: replace
addRow(true, true) ;

add this after line 133 and before line 134:
if (isVisible) newShowHideControl.defaultChecked = "selected" ; // ie7 fix

edit-set.php
line 137: replace

add after line 35 and before line 36:

edit-set-template.js
line 95: replace
addRowButtonEvent(secondRow) ;

edit-set-template.php
line 230: replace

cmsfns.php
line 5: replace
$SETDATATYPES = array('text','longtext','image','link') ;

If you upgrade .set files created on 1.9.2 or previous version see notes above:
You should open each .set and turn on all the rows by checking the box show/hide and
recreate the last row that has been disappear (for each .set file)

2) code that is refer to the phpthumbs.php file is not optimised because using realpath.
and also i didn't like that the files was on the root folder.
So i apply this to fix it:

move this files and folder
phpthumb.class.php
phpthumb.config.php
phpthumb.functions.php
phpthumb.gif.php
phpthumb.php
and the folder cache

into a new folder called: cmsphpthumb

change this lines

cmsfns.php
line 17: replace
$reserved_filenames = Array('../cache','../fckeditor', CMSDIRNAME,'../cmsimages','../cmsextensions','../cmspagetemplates','../cmssettemplates','../cmsincludes','../images','../cmsfiles','.','..','../general.php','../cmsfns.php','../cmsphpthumb') ;

select-image.php
line 105: replace
if (!file_exists('../cmsphpthumb/phpthumb.php')) {
line 126: replace
echo "" ;

images.php
line 161: replace
if (!file_exists('../cmsphpthumb/phpthumb.php')) {
line 221: replace

line 239: replace
$filesHTML .= '' ;

3) error created by the index.php file bacause STDIR is not set correctly
Dynamically populated list of Set Templates is giving error at the source code of the html page
So i apply this to fix it:

index.php
line 232: replace
$handle = opendir('../' . STDIR) ;

4) Safe to delete this files from the root as were used for testing purposes:
foo.text
general-bug.php
general-mess.php
general-wdfs.php
img.set
nowuseeit.php
nowyouseeit.set
test.php

5) optimised code (as on images.php) for files.php

files.php
line 102: replace
if (strpos(CMSFILESFOLDER, $folders[$fldr]) === 0) $folders[$fldr] = "Files";
line 104: replace
echo '' ;

6) fix preview button when image is on subfolders and change name from Home to Images

select-image.php
line 129: replace
echo '' ;
line 68: replace
if (strpos(CMSIMAGESFOLDER, $folders[$fldr]) === 0) $folders[$fldr] = "Images" ;

7) fix not posible to delete a file in a subfolder at the files folder

files.php
line 68: replace
location = "?dir=&do=delete&file=" + dl_file ;

8) Fix templates pages errors in ie when working with includes and file rename

renderers.js

line 18: replace
var pts = document.getElementById('DOTDOTSLASHcmspagetemplates') ;

line 124: replace
insertFileNode(newLI, parentID) ;

line 402: replace
insertPage(cmspagetemplatesfolder + newPTName + ".php") ;

lines 101 - 108 (remove 8 lines and add 11)
if (!checkError(this.req.responseText)) return false ;
// returns e.g. ../np2.php
if (forceNewPagePath) {
var newPagePath = forceNewPagePath ;
}
else {
var newPagePath = this.req.responseText ;
}

New code

if (forceNewPagePath) {
var newPagePath = forceNewPagePath ;
if ((newPagePath.indexOf("error:") == -1 && newPagePath.indexOf("debug:") == -1 ) === false) {
alert (newPagePath); //Need to cleanup this error message
return false ;
}
}
else {
if (!checkError(this.req.responseText)) return false ;
var newPagePath = this.req.responseText ;
}

new-page-template.php

line 13: delete ($newFilename = '../' . PTSDIR . stripFileExtension($_GET['newptname']) . PTEXTENSION
and leave only the 2 tabs at the start of the line.

line 9: replace
$newFilename = '../' . PTSDIR . stripFileExtension($_GET['newptname']) . PTEXTENSION ;

Add a new line after line 9 and before line 10:
if (is_file($newFilename)) {

smcms.js
line 396: replace

// addClass(myLI, "hovering") ;

new-text-file.php
add a line after line 59 and befor line 60:

echo $newPreviewFilePath ;

9) text include _ can have .css extension anywhere

styles.css
after line 355 and before line 356 add:

.bigLinks .undefined {
background-position:12px .6em;
font-weight:normal;
overflow:hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
background-image:url(images/browse-file-text.gif) ;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
}

callers.js

line 183: replace
if (newFileName && newFileName.length) {

after line 183 and before line 184 add:
newFileName = tidyFileName(newFileName) ;
if (getFileExtension(newFileName) == newFileName) {
newFileName += ".text" ;
}
else if (getFileExtension(newFileName) != "text" && !confirm("Would you like to use the extension ." + getFileExtension(newFileName) + " instead of .text?\nClick cancel to use .text, or OK to use the file extension you entered.")) {
newFileName = stripFileExtension(newFileName) + ".text" ;
}
var newTextFileCall = new net.ContentLoader("new-text-file.php?mode=childinclude&parentpage=" + pathFromID(objectPage.id) + "&newfilepath=" + newFileName, insertLCI) ;
}

I hope in the future to make more settings, if so i will post them into the forum.
If you want to download the 1.9.3 version with the changes above ready i have upload it
to this post so you can download. As the forum has an upload limit i have delete the folder
fckeditor for the archive. You must download the original 1.9.3 version and copy and paste the
fckeditor folder into the 1.9.3tested folder.

Forum admins: Maybe this version can be released as 1.9.4 official - tested, but
do not forget to add the fckeditor directory from version 1.9.3.

I have test the script after the changes with IE7 and 8 and Firefox 2 3 and 4beta.
also with latest versions of safari, opera and chrome and found it working well.
IE6 have some problems with creating set files and new pages but editing them working fine.

Kind Regards,
steve

Is running through W3c Validator important?

Sun, 18 May 2008 12:39:44 +0100

Hi all, I just wondered what people think about getting rid of all the validation errors.

I'm asking because when reading one of my ebooks it said about leaving out the alt descriptions for images that are cosmetic only.

I'm not checking up on Scratch but I wanted to see what the error said so I ran the validator on the live mortgage example site for the semantic markup book and also on the main scratch site.

Neither of the two validated without errors and some of the errors made no sense to me so I wondered when I do a site is it important?

andy

Few Steps Of Attracting Customers Throught Website

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:21:53 +0100

Hi Friends,
I sort out Few steps, Is there any other left :

Few Steps Of Attracting Customers Through Website

� Initially the introduction & background of the company must be clearly given for gaining customer attraction; such may be given in text, flowchart or layout.

� Secondly, product or services should be clearly mentioned in the form of text as well as visuals/pictures.

� Third, links should be clearly given because if the customers want to detail knows about what they are going to buy; link will help him to give detail description.

� Forth, the most important information about offer is completely & concisely given in starting page because if the customer doesn�t want to scroll down he got the information at starting page.

What html editor do you use?

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:35:35 +0100

Hi all, I just wondered what the majority use?

I switched from dreamweaver years ago before they were standards code and everything was bloated.

I moved on to Webuilder by blumentals and now in version 2008.

For me it's helpful to still have some assistance with code and almost generates to the level of hardcore notepad coders lol

I would love to hear what some of you lot use and wonder if there are many using go live or dreamweaver from the big boys.

How to setup CMSfS on Localhost?

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:16:00 +0100

Hello!
I was wondering if maybe anybody could help me with a problem I'm having after put th CMSfS files on my localhost.

This is what happens:

I access to http://localhost/cms/
Then I press the submit button (with no Password as the Guide says)
And then.. nothing happens, is like.. gets stuck!

I tryed it on FFox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Chrome.. but can't make it work, its always stuck in the same place.
I already put the CMS folder permissions as 777 (right mouse button click on the file -or folder- and select properties, then �uncheck� the �Read-only� check box on the �General� tab.), still.. didn't work.

I would like to know what process do you follow to install CMSfS on your localhost.

I use XAMPP and Win7.

Thanks for your help!!

image best practises

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:39:53 +0100

Hello, I've just started using cmsfs and am finding it very effective and easy for all concerned. Both back end set up and front end text editing is straight forward. Image editing is where I'm looking for a little advice from someone whose been using it for a while. Does anyone have some suggestions on how to set things up to make image editing (and by this I usually mean exchanging one image for another) easy for users?

Thanks in advance,
Mark

Browse section blank - error in Chrome

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:39:06 +0100

Hi guys, I've trawled through every forum post on this problem but can't find any solution that works. The system has been working for close to two years now, but as of yesterday morning nothing shows on the browse page. It's the same in all browsers except Chrome which shows nothing, but then spits out the following error:

[img]http://alexanderstott.co.uk/error.jpg[/img]

I've copied the installation across to another server where the settings are identical and it works fine, does anyone have any ideas?

Many thanks for your time in reading this.

Web design without programming

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:51:31 +0000

Hi,
I run a retailed garment shop and can afford little money for advertisement. I�ve been told that hiring a web designer is a costly affair. Can any one tell me some simple steps to build my website from development to publishing on the web without programming?

Styling the output of sets, html...etc

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:51:55 +0100

I seem to have many questions today, more coming as I'm trying to perfect it...trying!
This question is because I'm a perfectionst, and I like my source code to be clean and tidy.

When a set, or .html block is saved, the source output displays it in a "block format" instead of inline like I wrote the code.

For example, if I write a simple navigation in a set:

It will display in the source code like so:

im linked

im linked also

My preference would to keep it on a single line.

Your input is greatly appreciated.

New setting option

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:54:11 +0100

Well, it looks straightforward, but it's not working. I'm probably missing something.
Here's an example:

Within settings.php, I added another Table Row below the Header Title named KEYWORDS. I made the appropriate changes to the name. 'site-keywords'

CODE

		
			Site keywords

After, I added/modified the following lines to cmsfns.php:

CODE

			if (sizeof($settingsArray) == 0) {
				$notFound = True ;
			}
			else {
				// Something found!
				$_SESSION['CMS_Title'] = $settingsArray['cms-description'] ;
				$_SESSION['Site_Keywords'] = $settingsArray['site-keywords'] ;
				$_SESSION['settingsInitialized'] = True ;
			}
		}
		if (isset($notFound)) {
			$_SESSION['CMS_Title'] = 'CMS' ;
			$_SESSION['Site_Keywords'] = 'No entries' ;
			$_SESSION['Show_help_by_default'] = '0' ;
			unset($_SESSION['settingsInitialized']) ;
		}

I'm really not PHP saavy, but it seems that something is missing, I can only see No entries in the view source of the site. Is there another hidden document something that I didnt notice..This dosent seem like the hardest thing !!

Oh!, I added to the necessary pages.

Thanks.

Lightbox vs. Lightview

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:56:47 +0100

Anyone have any suggestions on which is better to use? Lightbox or Lightview? I'm looking to incorporate an iframe form from wufoo.com, consultation form, and for video gallery for the Fireworks website I've posted in the design feedback forum. Let me know before I make a purchase for the Lightview. Or any other suggestions is welcome as I'm going to make a purchase within a few hours or day.

Lightbox

Lightview

problems with login

Tue, 25 May 2010 08:43:42 +0100

Hi all.

I have problem with login into CMS on my server. Login page somehow stack an keeps downloading more and more data. But nothing else...

Error in log:

[Mon May 24 09:02:01 2010] [error] [client XX.XX.XX.XXX] PHP Warning:
readdir() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in
/storage/webhosting/domain.xx/www/cms/index.php on line 223, referer:
http://domain.xx/cms/login-form.php

Everything was working good for few months, but now it goes with this error. I've already tried new install, but error is same.

Please, can someone help?

Thank you

Martinsson