New to CMS Builder - a few questions
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Last Post: August 23, 2010 (RSS)
By (Deleted User) - August 13, 2010
I've just installed CMS Builder and I have a couple questions. Please let me know if you don't understand anything I'm trying to explain.
1. Is it possible to remove these links (Help | License | View Website >>) from the left menu for all user accounts, except the main admin account?
2. Is it possible to create or use the search functionality that exists on the editor list page within an actual webpage on the website, e.g. I want search functionality for my events page?
3. With the website membership add-on, is it possible to create a default user account type for those people who subscribe to the website? I.e. if people sign-up for a membership account only Author access must be granted and to certain sections that I pre-specify.
4. Does CMS Builder allow you to create front-end user feedback fields? I.e. comments on news articles, etc.
Thank you - that's all for now.
Kind regards
Shawn
Re: [smesa] New to CMS Builder - a few questions
By Chris - August 13, 2010
1. It was just as quick for me to whip you up a little plugin to do this as it would have been to explain how. See attached. ;)
2. More or less, yes. Getting a simple search set up is really really easy with CMS Builder. Simply create a <FORM> which posts to your list viewer - your form elements should have the same NAME as your field names. For more info, [url http://www.interactivetools.com/docs/cmsbuilder/viewer_search.html]see the documentation on building search engines[/url].
3. Yes. In the sample_signup.php script that comes with the plugin, there's some example code for doing exactly that. You simply need to customize this code to refer to the sections you want to grant access to.
4. This is possible, but you'll need some custom code on your front-end to add the records. This is usually just a simple as a <FORM> and an INSERT statement, but sometimes data validation code is required too. Our consulting department adds these kinds of things all the time and on the cheap.
Does that help? Please let me know if you have any questions.
Chris
Re: [chris] New to CMS Builder - a few questions
By (Deleted User) - August 13, 2010
Thank you for the feedback and the plugin - very much appreciated.
Sorry one other question - how do I remove the "v2.05" on the admin homepage?
Shawn
Re: [smesa] New to CMS Builder - a few questions
By Chris - August 13, 2010 - edited: August 13, 2010
My pleasure!
The easiest way to do this is to replace the entire "Welcome to ... v2.05" text with a plugin. See attached. You can change the message in the plugin from "Welcome!" to whatever you want.
Hope this helps! :)
Chris
Re: [chris] New to CMS Builder - a few questions
By (Deleted User) - August 13, 2010
Thanks again!
Re: [smesa] New to CMS Builder - a few questions
By (Deleted User) - August 14, 2010
If you upload an image and set a thumbnail size, does the thumbnail size remain the same for both the list page and the detail page?
Or is it possible to have a 100x100 thumbnail on the list page and a 250x250 on the detail page for the same image?
Re: [smesa] New to CMS Builder - a few questions
By Jason - August 16, 2010
When you create a thumbnail, it's the same size regardless of where you display it. In CMS Builder, you can specify up to 4 thumbnails for any uploaded image. These can all be different sizes.
If you go to your section editor and modify your your upload field. You can then specify the sizes of the different thumbnails. So you can have thumbnail 1 set to 100 X 100 and thumbnail 2 set to 250 x 250. Then you can just display thumbnail 1 on the list page and thumbnail 2 on the detail page.
Hope this helps.
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Re: [smesa] New to CMS Builder - a few questions
By (Deleted User) - August 22, 2010
Can you perhaps give me a quote for a plugin that would allows comments to be added pages, articles, etc.?
regards
Shawn
Re: [smesa] New to CMS Builder - a few questions
By Jason - August 23, 2010
We can get a quote for that. If you could send an email to consulting@interactivetools.com with a list of requirements for what you would need the plugin to do, we can work something out.
Hope this helps.
Jason Sauchuk - Project Manager
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