Re: [andycal] Moved server - data missing

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:25:10 -0700

Ah-ha!!! Checked filezilla, failed uploads..... Sorted I think.

Re: [Damon] Moved server - data missing

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:17:28 -0700

Yup, did exactly as per the document. All the sections are in the directory.

Moved server - data missing

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:13:28 -0700

I just moved server by copying all files over to the new one, changing the settings.dat.php to reflect the new database details and then changing the path.

Now when I go into the admin, I only see a couple of the pages that were there before. I've checked the database and it looks identical to the one I copied which was working fine.

Any ideas?

Re: [andycal] Showing sub categories

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:46:06 -0700

Or maybe there's a list of all the parameters to use with this viewer somewhere? Have I missed that anywhere?

Re: [Jason] Showing sub categories

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:58:43 -0700

Ahhh, brilliant. Is there a way of just showing the sub categories of the currently selected parent then? If I could do that then my problem is solved.

Showing sub categories

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:38:19 -0700

Hiya all,

I've got two menus on my pages - a main menu across the top of the page and the sub menu down the right hand side.

So, I can use the example code given for the category menu to display the menu across the top but the minute I add a sub-menu it obviously tries to display that.

I've tried putting "where -> parentNum = 0" in the code but that just breaks it, so how can I acheive this?

Also, how can I display the sub-pages to the chosen parent?

Here's the page I'm trying to acheive:

http://bentley.cogress.co.uk/page.php?Knowledge-2

Any pointers would be really helpful!

Re: [Jason] Trigger an event

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:54:50 -0700

Excellent! Actually doesn't look too difficult either (could be famous last words!)

Trigger an event

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:43:41 -0700

Here's a technical question for you experts!

I'm looking to amend one of the editors I've created so that if someone changes the status of one of the fields it triggers an event.

The even will be a PHP function, probably send an email or something, I'm OK with that bit. It's triggering it that's the thing.

So, for example, someone edits a record and changes the 'status' to 'live' - is it possible to edit the page somehow so I can trap the status and send it to the function?

I'm not after chapter and verse, I'm really just after a pointer as to where to look in the code and whether there's already something there I can hook in to?

Re: [steve99] Using two viewers causing problems

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 05:27:26 -0700

Awesome, actually tried both of these just to see different ways of solving the same problem.

Cheers guys!

Using two viewers causing problems

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:38:12 -0700

Having been away from CMS builder for ages, i've found come back to it and I'm having a frustrating problem.

I've created two 'sections' one is a multi-record list of pages, the other is a multi-record list of 'side bars'. I create three side bars and then every time I add a page I assign one of the side bars.

Right, so I've put this in the header:


  // this bit gets the content
  

  // load viewer library
  $libraryPath = 'cmsAdmin/lib/viewer_functions.php';
  $dirsToCheck = array('/home/weget123/public_html/airguard/','','../','../../','../../../');
  foreach ($dirsToCheck as $dir) { if (@include_once("$dir$libraryPath")) { break; }}
  if (!function_exists('getRecords')) { die("Couldn't load viewer library, check filepath in sourcecode."); }

  // load records
  list($pagesRecords, $pagesMetaData) = getRecords(array(
    'tableName'   => 'pages',
    'where'       => whereRecordNumberInUrl(1),
    'loadUploads' => '0',
    'limit'       => '1',
  ));
  $pagesRecord = @$pagesRecords[0]; // get first record

  // show error message if no matching record is found
  if (!$pagesRecord) { dieWith404("Record not found! Pages"); }


// find which sidebar to use:
$sidebar = $pagesRecord['side_bar'];

?>
  

  // load viewer library
  $libraryPath = 'cmsAdmin/lib/viewer_functions.php';
  $dirsToCheck = array('/home/weget123/public_html/airguard/','','../','../../','../../../');
  foreach ($dirsToCheck as $dir) { if (@include_once("$dir$libraryPath")) { break; }}
  if (!function_exists('getRecords')) { die("Couldn't load viewer library, check filepath in sourcecode."); }

  // load records
  list($side_barsRecords, $side_barsMetaData) = getRecords(array(
    'tableName'   => 'side_bars',
    'where'       => 'num = '.$sidebar,
    'limit'       => '1',
  ));
  $side_barsRecord = @$side_barsRecords[0]; // get first record

  // show error message if no matching record is found
  if (!$side_barsRecord) { dieWith404("Record not found!side"); }

As you can see, I pop the side bar value into a variable "$sidebar" and then try to call it in the second bit of code, however each time I do this the number is ignored and the code grabs "num" from the URL again giving the wrong result.

I guess I'm doing something fundamentally wrong, but I'll be jiggered if I know what!

Re: [jtedescojam] Uploading large files timing out

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:12:30 -0800

Only just found this thread, but I had exactly the same problem with a customer who wanted to upload large videos (sometimes over 50meg).

The only way around this is to use FTP because those PHP upload limits are there for a reason, but then again, you don't want to be giving your customers FTP access with which to trash your server, so I solved it in a different way.

I wrote a program that will allow the customer to upload one file at a time to a directory that you specify. This works particularly well in the wysiwyg editor because you just upload the files to the /upload/ directory and when they go to insert an image or video - the file is there waiting for them.

If anyone's interested in trying it out, please PM me. It's very beta (just testing it on a customer site today), but if it works well I think it solves a very big problem.

Re: [Dave] Using CMSBuilding Login

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:17:30 -0700

Bingo! Thanks Dave!

Re: [InHouse] Using CMSBuilding Login

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:54:54 -0700

Hang on guys, before we get carried away, I'm sure there's an easier way. When I log in to the CMS admin, a session variable is surely set. If I know what this is, I can protect other pages. Or does it use some other method to know who's logged in?

Re: [gkornbluth] Using CMSBuilding Login

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:39:52 -0700

Not quite.

What I'm after is a way of knowing who my CMSB users are on none CMSB pages. For example, I have some pages on my site that are visible to all, but I want my CSMB admins to be able to view certain sections that are hidden from the general public.

Using CMSBuilding Login

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:58:48 -0700

Anyone know what session variables should I be checking for if I want to protect other pages of my site? Or maybe I should be including a file and using a function?

Any help appreciated!

Re: [chris] Multiple Categories

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:32:46 -0700

Thanks Chris, I'll go give it a try...

Multiple Categories

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:38:46 -0700

Just had a typical question from a customer.

I've done them a 'menu' style for categories and products under those categories. Works well, but now they've just said "some products could appear in more than one category".

Is it possible to do this?

Re: [ross] Blog post, comments...

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:55:19 -0700

I'll get coding and let you know!

Re: [ross] Blog post, comments...

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:44:16 -0700

Hi Ross,

Thanks for that. I'm OK with the article adding in the article number and all the comment data - shouldn't be a problem, but is there a way of adding a link or something to the 'article' menu in the CMS so it will go to the 'comments' section and list all the comments for that specific article?

Does that make sense? (it looks confusing to me and I wrote it!)

What I'm after is an easy way of managing it from the point of view of the admin.

Blog post, comments...

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:30:05 -0700

I'm just working out how to do a blog-type system that will also allow comments and I'd welcome any thoughts.

I've got two ways of doing this from what I can see, but neither is really 'elegant'.

The first is to use a category style menu with the parent item being the blog and the child items being the comments. The problem here is that the comments will all have blank entries where the blog is and it'll look a bit odd (in the admin).

The second is to have two seperate menus, one is for the blogs, the others for the comments. From an admin point of view I'm thinking this might be the best way, however going into the 'comments' menu will show the comments all over the place. Ideally I'd want to be able to click on my blog entry and go straight to all the comments for that blog.

Just thinking aloud, but any ideas welcome.

Re: [IronVictory] Member Login

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:33:05 -0800

I'll just pipe in here.

I think the key is to see CMSB as an extremely advanced database view manager. I'll explain.

I integrated a calendar in the same way I would integrate user logins. Essentially, all a user login does is check a user's name and password against a database. If they match - set a session cookie and you're away.

Like I did with my calendar, to shortcut this process, just go get yourself a login script (from hotscripts.com) and you'll find that it comes with a user manager.

The login script will tell you which tables it looks at to authenticate a user. Simply user CMSB to create these tables. You can then manage the users from within CMSB whilst using the authentication code that you downloaded from Hotscripts (or wherever).

Does that help?

Re: [andycal] column 'thumbFilePath2' in 'field list'

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:58:36 -0700

Actually, before I do upload the file, is it likely to cause any problems seeing as I've already created the fields?

Re: [Dave] column 'thumbFilePath2' in 'field list'

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:45:30 -0700

I actually just created the fields in the database manually and it worked.

I'll go upload that file again though, just in case.

column 'thumbFilePath2' in 'field list'

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:06:43 -0700

Just upgraded to 1.22 and when adding an image to an upload box that used to work, I get :

"MySQL Error: Unknown column 'thumbFilePath2' in 'field list'"

Has the way thumbnails worked changed a bit?

Re: [Dave] Ordering in categories

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:58:56 -0700

Ahh! That'll be it! It wasn't set. Now set it to : "globalOrder, siblingOrder" and it seems to be working fine.