How to let customers add new pages with menu?
10 posts by 3 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder
Last Post: January 12, 2009 (RSS)
By QuietCalm - January 7, 2009
So far I like CMS builder - great tool. Before buying I called in and was told that end users can create new pages based on current pages and that it would create the menu structure for it. But that is just not a feature included yet from what I can see.
I have figured out how to get a menu structure working on a page after reading some forum posts here. But how does the end user add new pages that the menu items link to?
Example it shows on page
About Us
Support SIte
About us links to: http://domain.com/categoryList.php?Profile-Leasing-Information-2
But where can the customer create that page and edit it?
I really hope you have menu system setup in software as a non advanced feature soon. Everything else is very simple... this is not simple at all right now.
We need to allow customers to Add a page, and alter the menu item to link to that page. Or have cmsbuilder create the page and item at same time, allowing the end user to choose which existing page to model the new page after.
Example:
Top Level:______________
Menu Item: _____________
Model Page After: ___drop down of other existing pages_____
After clicking SUBMIT.... end user is shown the page editing options justlike the other page edits they will be use to seeing and using.
Now that would be an awesome feature. In fact, I would pay you to do this as a plugin. This is a feature I will need for every website we create for customers and our intention is to try and use CMS builder for every site we develop from here on. But I need this functionality. If not standard feature... can you create a plugin. That way each time I can buy cmsbuilder and the plugin for each project. I am sure you would sell lots of plugins like that... win win.
QuietCalm
Re: [QuietCalm] How to let customers add new pages with menu?
By Dave - January 7, 2009
I'd need some more information about the "Model Page After" feature you requested to know if there's a way to do that currently or what would be involved, but let's start with the simple "How to add new pages" question.
Typically you'd just create an account for the client and they would login to the cms, click on the category section and be able to click on a page from the list or click "Add" to add a new one.
If you're using the category menu and followed the forum thread about it this will automatically add a new item to the menu that will display the page when clicked.
Let me know if that's working or how far along you are and we'll do our best to help!
interactivetools.com
Re: [Dave] How to let customers add new pages with menu?
By QuietCalm - January 8, 2009
Warning: require_once(C:/wamp/www/sb/core2/admin/lib/viewer_functions.php) [[url "http://72.35.27.78/function.require-once"]function.require-once[/#0066cc][/url]]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/lambtonmall.com/categoryList.php on line 3
Fatal error: require_once() [[url "http://72.35.27.78/function.require"]function.require[/#0066cc][/url]]: Failed opening required 'C:/wamp/www/sb/core2/admin/lib/viewer_functions.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /var/www/vhosts/lambtonmall.com/categoryList.php on line 3
Now.. i looked in Categorylist.php and i cannot find anywhere where it states C:/wamp/www/sb/core2/admin/lib/viewer_functions.php
I also did a search on all files and this does not show in any page of cms.
I have attached some files.
Any idea why i get this error? I am not a php kind of guy.
QuietCalm
Re: [QuietCalm] How to let customers add new pages with menu?
By Dave - January 8, 2009
The require_once line needs to be updated the have the same path as your server. Just click on Admin > Code Generator, and create any kind of viewer, then copy the require_once() line.
It will probably look something like this:
require_once("/var/www/vhosts/lambtonmall.com/cmsAdmin/lib/viewer_functions.php");
Hope that helps!
interactivetools.com
Re: [Dave] How to let customers add new pages with menu?
By QuietCalm - January 8, 2009
What file needs to be looked at?
Did you see the attached files in previous post.. it looks right.
I searched all my files, and the line to replace is already replaced.
Can you tell me where to look and I can send the file as attachment for you to double check..
DOn
Re: [QuietCalm] How to let customers add new pages with menu?
By Dave - January 8, 2009
Yea, it looks right. I'm not sure where it's getting the "C:/wamp/www/sb/core2/admin/..." from. That is the path from my dev computer. It would have been in the default categoryList.php you downloaded but it has been changed already in the version you attached. You've updated the /categoryList.php function in your website root right?
If you like you can send me CMS and FTP login details to dave@interactivetools.com and I can take a look for you. (Email, don't post login details to the forum).
Hope that helps!
interactivetools.com
Re: [Dave] How to let customers add new pages with menu?
By QuietCalm - January 8, 2009
http://72.35.27.78/categoryList.php?Hours-Of-Operation-1
Isn't the page supposed to look exactly like this one? http://72.35.27.78/aboutus.php
THe customer adds a new page... it should look like the main page should it now?
I am confused.
QuietCalm
Re: [QuietCalm] How to let customers add new pages with menu?
By QuietCalm - January 8, 2009
Everything seems to be working now except the error at : http://72.35.27.78/categoryList.php?Bus-Tours-5
ERROR: Notice: Undefined index: _isSelected in /var/www/vhosts/lambtonmall.com/categoryList.php on line 62 [url "http://72.35.27.78/categoryList.php?Bus-Tours-5"]Bus Tours[/#800080][/url] Notice: Undefined index: _isSelected in /var/www/vhosts/lambtonmall.com/categoryList.php on line 62
This is line 62:
<!-- category menu --> <?php foreach ($categoryRecords as $categoryRecord): ?> <?php echo str_repeat(" ", $categoryRecord['depth']); ?> <?php if ($categoryRecord['_isSelected']): ?><b><?php endif; ?> <a href="<?php echo $categoryRecord['_link'] ?>"><?php echo $categoryRecord['name'] ?></a> <?php if ($categoryRecord['_isSelected']): ?></b><?php endif; ?> <br/> <?php endforeach; ?> <!-- /category menu -->
Can you see where I may have gone wrong?
QuietCalm
Re: [Dave] How to let customers add new pages with menu?
By QuietCalm - January 9, 2009
http://72.35.27.78/categoryList.php?About-Us-2
Menu error:
Notice: Undefined index: _isSelected in /var/www/vhosts/lambtonmall.com/categoryList.php on line 71 [url "http://72.35.27.78/categoryList.php?About-Us-2"]About Us[/#800080][/url] Notice: Undefined index: _isSelected in /var/www/vhosts/lambtonmall.com/categoryList.php on line 73
Notice: Undefined variable: selectedCategory in /var/www/vhosts/lambtonmall.com/categoryList.php on line 77 No record selected Notice: Undefined variable: selectedCategory in /var/www/vhosts/lambtonmall.com/categoryList.php on line 81
Attached is the categoryList.php being used.
I really need this to work as it is holding up my project. I have posted the code from your forum, double chekced code from CMS code generator.. I do not understand what the problem is. ?
Anyone know?
QuietCalm
Re: [QuietCalm] How to let customers add new pages with menu?
By ross - January 12, 2009
Doesn't looks like your attachment made it. Would you mind trying again? I'd like to take a closer look at the code :).
Thanks!
Cheers,
Ross Fairbairn - Consulting
consulting@interactivetools.com
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