Build Category Menu and Article Manager

5 posts by 2 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder
Last Post: June 18, 2010   (RSS)

By JWill777 - June 16, 2010

I need help building a simple article manager. I would like to create categories with articles managed under each category. The page will display a menu containing each category. When someone clicks a category it will then display titles of articles contained in that category. They then click an article and are redirected to a page that contains the content for that article. Seems simple enough but I'm having trouble.

Categories:
Fall Design
- articles: pumpkin carving, fall colors and etc.
Winter Design
- articles: xmas tree, snow and etc.
Spring Design
Summer Design

Re: [JWill777] Build Category Menu and Article Manager

By Chris - June 16, 2010

Hi JWill777,

Try out the [url http://www.interactivetools.com/iforum/Products_C2/CMS_Builder_F35/Sub-categories_Tutorial_P77230/]Sub-categories Tutorial[/url]. You can ignore the rest of the thread, just read the first post. Once you have that working, you can change your categories around so you don't have any sub-categories.

Please let me know how you're progressing and if you have any questions!
All the best,
Chris

Re: [JWill777] Build Category Menu and Article Manager

By Chris - June 17, 2010

Hi JWill777,

We call that page the "detail page". CMS Builder can get you started on that:

1. Log into CMS Builder and go to Admin > Code Generator
2. Select your article section
3. Select "detail page"
4. Click Show Code >>
5. Save that code as articlesDetail.php
6. Now go to Admin > Section Editors > your article section (modify)
7. Go to the "Viewer Urls" tab at the top
8. Set Detail Page Url to articlesDetail.php
9. Click Save Details

Oh, I see you've already done the latter half.

I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any questions.
All the best,
Chris

Re: [chris] Build Category Menu and Article Manager

By JWill777 - June 18, 2010

Perfect! Thanks for the help. Exactly what I was looking for.