Pre sales questions

Hi John,

1) There are a number of function built directly into CMS Builder. Most of these functions for handling information coming from the database. As far as a calendar, I'm assuming you mean a javascript pop-up calendar. CMS Builder doesn't come with that, but you could certainly use a third party calendar (there are a number of free ones available) without any issues.

2) All of the code is accessible, stored in .php files, so it is possible to see how everything works.

3) Yes, that's exactly right. As long as your files are saved with a .php extension, you can use any HTML or CSS you want. The menus are internal to CMS Builder, it allows you to organize and arrange the sections that you create. On you actual pages, you can use any type of navigation you like.

I hope this helps. If you have any other questions, please let me know.

Hi Jason -- thank you for your reply. And I do have a couple more questions:

1) Regarding website navigation -- your reply would seem to indicate that menus need to be built manually to point to specific pages? In other words, if I add a page or a section in CMS builder, that page or section won't be automatically added to my navigation menu?


2) Is the content static or dynamic? In other words, can all content from a specific category be pulled onto a page? Or is each page essentially static, pulling in the same individual piece of content? (I'm thinking of the joomla static vs dynamic content split)

Thanks,

John

Hi John,

1) When you add a section to CMS Builder, it doesn't automatically update your website menu. Beyond that, your website navigation can be done just about anyway you want. One way many people do navigation is to put their menu (all the HTML) in an include file. That way you just include that file in each page you want navigation to appear. The nice thing about doing it this way is that if you ever need to make a change to your menu, it only has to happen in one place.

2) All CMS Builder content is dynamic. You can have a single page that retrieves all records, or a subset of records depending what information you pass to it.

CMS Builder is an extremely flexible tool, and we can always help you out if you run into any issues.

Hope this helps.