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Using Smarty..I need beginners help
  • 2005/5/26 15:54

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I feel dumb for even asking, but I cant find any info on this. I went to the smarty site and downloaded the files for it, but how do I upload it to make it work? I havent ever used this and when I tried to upload it into my modules folder, it tells me theres an error, cant find the module for it.

I am absolutely certain I am doing something wrong, so I turn to the community for help.

Also, if anyone has a tutorial on how to effectively use the smarty engine to create templates, I could use that as well.

Thanks in advance,

keith



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Re: help with this creating themes thing.....
  • 2005/2/13 15:29

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Quote:

carnuke wrote:
Hello Keith, Have you read The anatomy of a default theme document?

It provides some extensive help on how to construct a theme. What you propose may also require careful use of the 'super spotlight module which was released here a while ago. Its basically a block that is subdivided into smaller sub blocks that can dispaly various items. I'll have a look and post back.
[edit] Super spotlight
If I were doing this I would use XSAS as a test bed to make experimentation much safer and quicker.

Richard


Hi Richard,

I actually haven't read The anatomy of a default theme , I assumed it was an explanation of the defauult, not a tutorial, so I will go check that out now.

Super Spotlight sounds exactly like what I've been looking for. Can it be used with AMS? Ill find out soon, since AI am downloading and getting ready to test it. WOOHOO!!!

And yes, I am running XSAS, I see it as an invaluable resource and i thank the XOOPS members who created it.

Other than my little pitfalls here and there, I have to say, I am enjoying XOOPS more and more as I get deeper into it.

Thanks for the reply. I'll post more on this when I get it up and show you guys what I am working on.

Keith



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help with this creating themes thing.....
  • 2005/2/13 4:20

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OK, so Ive read the FAQ, Ive posted to Dravens Q&A on creating themes...still waiting for a reply on that one....Ive checked out the tutorials and i see no information on what I need.

I want to take my theme, exnews and divide the center column so that i can have three columns of two rows on the top of the page, with the center theme intact as one column on the lower part of the page.

the 6 boxes (three rows of two columns) I want to use to force different featured news items into. I also want those items to be archived like normal, so that when its moved from the "boxes", it can still be found in the news.

Can anyone help me out so that i can stop asking these questions and get on the road to developing and possibly answering questions in the future?

I appreciate all help.


Keith



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Re: Theme Design Q & A - Ask your questions here
  • 2005/2/11 14:23

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A little addition. After looking at your links,http://www.fantasyasylum.com/ andhttp://www.gaining-mass.com/ both have the basic idea of what I'm looking to do on their main pages, so I'm sure you can, if you have time, assist me in moving forward. Woohoo!!! BTW---both sites look fantastic. Excellent work.

keith



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Re: Theme Design Q & A - Ask your questions here
  • 2005/2/11 14:12

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I am using the exnews theme and want to modify it. In postnuke, i could add blocks, which seems to be different from xoops. postnuke blocks contained specific functions that when placed on a page, would alter the layout. XOOPS seems to rely on the templates more....

Sorry, getting off track in my head.

My question is, on my site, www.ontheshelves.com I want to split the main column into two rows, in the top row, I want to add three columns and force main features or the newest posts from different categories to go there. I am looking for a function like what www.ugo.com or www.ign.com or www.slushfactory.com uses.

Since I am trying to develop a news site, I want a splashy, catching main feature, three "hot" topic fields and then my news listings underneath.

I am more than willing to do the work, actually,id prefer it, so that I can learn, but guidance is always helpful and appreciated, since I am new to xoops. My html skills are fine and i can create any images I might need, but the xoops/php coding is an issue, as well as how it works with the themes...

Thanks, this is a great idea for us who need the resource.

Keith



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Re: Giving registered users rights to post news
  • 2005/2/11 13:49

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OK, so you create a new group and put people with module access in that group...can you give them different levels of module access, or are the choices total access or no access?

On my site, Ill have writers, editors, admins and then registered users and anonymous users.

Each group should have a different level of access, since some people will only be writing stories, others will be approving and deleting, as well as administrating the content and then there are those who can alter the look fo the site and the overall content access.



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Re: FORMATTING ISSUES and WYSIWYG..oh, and flexibility...
  • 2005/2/11 0:09

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Anyone? Anyone able to help?



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FORMATTING ISSUES and WYSIWYG..oh, and flexibility...
  • 2005/2/10 5:30

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my site, www.ontheshelves.com is using the exnews theme. It looks fine so far, but...the stories on the news page, which is set as my top page, are...uhm...overlapping. They're not mixing up, but the images used for one story, are forcing the story headline below it to indent. i've never seen it happen before...and i could use some help to try to seperate these better.

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On another note...whats up with getting a wysiwyg editor? At best, you need to be aware of html to make posting news work, with images and formatting...at worst, you need to be able to manually code. Do we xoopsters have a good, comprehensive wysiwyg editor? My staff are html-dumb. They expect me to do it for them if they cant point and click and get a result. If ya can direct me to where I can find a solution, i would be ecstatic!!! (see? excitement already)

Also, about flexibility. On some CMS you can alter where things sit, without altering the template(theme). Do we have the ability to add tables to our sites without messing around with the theme? What id like to do, is to take the center column, and add a permanent three column table at the top of the main page for featured Items of news.

Take a look at my site, if you can, I have made it visible to the public for the purpose of making the issues Im facing clear to you guys, my helpful gurus... Thanks in advance. Im already learning alot.



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Re: THEMES? TEMPLATES? INSTALL??? HELP!!!! heh heh heh
  • 2005/2/8 23:34

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Actually, it turned out that closing all IE windows and reopening my site did the trick.

Now, I have another question. on my site, im using the EX news theme, how can I add a table to allow for three columns in the center, for featured items? Can I add a snippet to make those three directly editable?

And what, if any, wysiwyg editors do we have for my writers, who dont know html, so they can format their stories and add news on their own?

I will add more questions on my quest to master xoops.

Thanks for your help and replies,

Keith Smith
Editorial Director
www.ontheshelves.com



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THEMES? TEMPLATES? INSTALL??? HELP!!!! heh heh heh
  • 2005/2/8 19:36

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Hi, Im a newbie, yeah, youve heard of me, Im the guy that loads a CMS and has no idea what to do...i get by fine generally, except when it comes to installing themes or templates...sigh

my issue is simple. I have themes Ive downloaded. i uploaded them to my root folder and followed these instructions: upload the theme folder to XOOPS_ROOT/themes/. then go to admin menu -> system -> preferences -> general settings -> Theme = your theme and Update module template .html files from themes/your theme/templates directory? = Yes. I have smarty loaded and my default...but no matter what I do, i cant figure out how to get the themes to show...all i can see are the themes that came with my cms package.

I have looked through the forums and have gotten as much info as I can find. If someone can direct me to a full explaination, or if someone can give me an explaination, I would be grateful.

Im noticing how different this is from cms like mambo, postnuke, phpnuke and envolution. Im loving it so far, but I need help with the learning curve.

thanks.

Keith




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