Re: [trebien] Install - CMSB needs a domain name?

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:30:29 -0700

Hi Trebian,
I've done quite a few multiple-staging-environment installs, and have found that the domain you put into that box apparently doesn't matter much to the program itself. I'm guessing it's there so InteractiveTools can make sure you're using your license key in compliance with their terms. Multiple domains require separate keys, but local and staging servers are ok.
I usually put the "final" domain name for that license key in the URL box (e.g. "foo.com"), even if the actual host in that case will be "localhost" (staging on my local machine) or "staging.foo.com" (a staging domain setup on the remote hosting box).
Hope this helps,
-Dan

Re: [Dave] Website Comments v1.01 Released!

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:10:21 -0700

Cool! Sounds like I've got a plugin to buy and some experimenting to do!
-Dan

Re: [Jason] Problem with images displaying

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:07:32 -0700

Thanks, Jason!
Support request sent!
-Dan

Re: [ross] Problem with images displaying

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:52:44 -0700

Hi Ross,
I double-checked the paths today, and can see the image thumbnails just fine in the upload section, but when they get output to the page, it's as if the upload path structure is ignored completely - no matter what I've done, all that gets output is the filename, but not the folder structure.

This is a page that I had consulting help put together (thanks again, Jason!), and the rules that decide which images get displayed are fairly complex, so I'm afraid to dive in and mess anything up.

Just a thought - could the code that determines which images get displayed be stripping the directory path out the image urlPath?

Re: [Djulia] Email Plugin

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:18:12 -0700

(Did you mean "bcc" instead of "bbc"?)

Re: [Dave] Website Comments v1.01 Released!

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:13:01 -0700

Awesome, Dave!
I'm working on a site to which I'd like to add a "rate & review" module to each page, and this will take care of the "review" part.

I'd also like to give visitors the option of also giving 0-5 star ratings (technically a form re-styled via jquery), and am wondering if I could create an extra data field (or fields) to the comment to capture a visitor's rating(s) and store those ratings values along with their review (comment).

Thoughts?
Thanks,
-Dan

Re: [kcmedia] Languages

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:33:56 -0700

Hi,
I created a site last year that we later modified to be multi-lingual (English and Spanish). It works pretty well (the site is http://www.calloan916.com). Here's how I did it:

I created two pages whose sole function was to set a cookie "language" to a value of either English or Spanish (English being the default language). Clicking on a link in the header takes a user to the cookie-setting page, sets the cookie, and immediately takes them back to the page the user was on.

Then, in CMSB, I did exactly what Jason mentions as the first solution - I added duplicate fields in the database for the record Name (or Title), TITLE Tag, META Description, and Content (by appending their labels and record names with "_SP"). On the viewer pages, I used conditional rules to check for the existence of a language cookie, and write the appropriate data fields to the page.

The trickiest part were the menus. Since my client only wanted to pay to have the most important pages translated, about 35-30% of the site is available in English only. To avoid serving blank pages to Spanish-language visitors, I modified the script that writes the menu hierarchy so that it only returned results where there was data in the "TITLE_SP" field. So if there is no Spanish title in the database, that page doesn't get included in the top menu.

Hope this helps somebody else!
-Dan

Re: [zaba] setting up a basic blog with cmsb - tutorial?

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:05:23 -0700

Hi CMSB team...
Any progress updates or an ETA for a comments plugin?
I'm building a site that would definitely benefit from that!
Thanks,
- Dan

Re: [danwilson] Problem with images displaying

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:34:04 -0700

By the way, I recently upgraded to 2.12

Problem with images displaying

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:23:29 -0700

Hi,
I'm trying to edit a page that has 3 different upload arrays to display different product categories: "good, better, and best."

I modified the Section Editor page so that each upload uses a separate directory within the uploads/ directory (named "3star", "4star", and "5star".

The problem is that while I can see the image thumbnails just fine from the Edit screen, the output on the actual published page doesn't show the full URL path to the image folder, just the filename.

Here's the code I'm using to display the thumbnail (which uses fancyzoom to display a larger version when clicked):


									" width="" alt="" />

The code that gets output on the page is:

In the Section Editor, both the Directory Path and Folder URL are set to "3star/" and the Upload Folder URL under General Settings is set to "/uploads/".

I can upload images just fine, and the thumbnails show up correctly in the page editor, but they just won't publish when the code outputs.

Is this a software bug, or am I just doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance,
-Dan

Re: [danwilson] Interesting Problem RE: Sharing content (records) between sections

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:46:54 -0800

To put this into more familiar terms, this would be similar to a newspaper site creating a list of different writers that could be attached to a story. Using the image upload feature (and the custom data fields 1-4), you could upload a picture of the writer, his name, byline, email, and even a short bio - and then choose, at the article level, which writer to publish with the story. Hope this is all making sense - I realize it's a somewhat abstract scenario, but my thanks go out to all who are taking a look at this and might be able to offer a solution.
-Dan

Interesting Problem RE: Sharing content (records) between sections

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:04:11 -0800

Hello,
I am building a site for a construction company that wants to simplify the process of helping their customers choose which materials/colors/etc. will be used for various rooms.

I plan to use category menus within CMSB to create "rooms" (such as kithen, bath, living room, etc.), and then "products" within each room (such as floor coverings, wall finish, wall paint color, etc.), and then use the image upload feature to build an array of choices for each.

Ideally, I'd like to have the client be able to enter items that are common among several room types once, and then have those choices "shared" among the room types that use those products. For example, I'd like to create a section called "wall paint colors" that could be updated in one place, so that the same choices can be used in every "room" that allows "wall paint colors" as a choice, without having to modify each room's records individually whenever the client wants to add/delete/modify paint colors.

Hope this makes sense - any insights greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
-Dan

Re: [Dave] Notice: Announce your new CMS Builder websites here!

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:03:46 -0800

I guess I never got around to posting a bunch of these...

Sites designed using CMSB:

www.hallswindowcenter.com
www.bodybalanceacademy.com
www.calloan916.com
www.carequityloans.com
www.fbcnevadacity.org
www.pveqaq.com

www.jadoopower.com (converted to CMSB for another designer)
www.thelinco.com (converted to CMSB for another designer)
www.youngstersinc.com (converted to CMSB for another designer)

My next project is one for myself: my own site at www.danwilson.com

Cheers,
-Dan

Re: [danwilson] Silly(?) Question re: conditional lists

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:39:27 -0800

I launched the multi-language versions of these two sites yesterday:

www.calloan916.com (A Sacramento, CA pawn shop) and
www.carequityloans.com (their sister site for title loans)

I use cookies to set the language preference, and CMSB to send the right contents. Works like a champ, and now I can offer this type of solution to anyone!

Thanks again, Jason!

Re: [Jason] Silly(?) Question re: conditional lists

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:30:45 -0800

Thanks for the quick reply, Jason - that works like a champ!
I'm getting better at if/then/else logic, but that one had me vexed...

This is going to help me create some really elegant solutions for multi-lingual sites!

-Dan

Silly(?) Question re: conditional lists

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:58:06 -0800

Hi,
I'm creating a Spanish-language version of a site for a client, and have created fields where the translated content goes ("title_SP", "content_sp", "uploads_sp", etc.). I also created a mechanism to set cookies based on language preference, etc. and have all that working.

My main question pertains to the menus - I'm using nested-list drop-down menus (jquery) that get auto-generated by creating a list viewer for each category. Since the client does not want to translate each and every page of the site into Spanish, they only want the pages that *are* in Spanish to appear on the top nav. Other than hand-coding a custom menu list, is there a way to check if a field (such as "name_sp") exists for each record within a category, and only spit out a list with the results that do?

I've looked through the forum and my CMSB cookbook, and can't seem to find an answer... it seems like it should be simple, but I'm stuck. Thanks in advance for your help!
-Dan

P.S. Below is the code I'm using to generate the category lists. I'd like it to only produce results for records where there is actual data existing for "name_sp":

list($about_usRecords, $selectedTestRecord) = getCategories(array(
'tableName' => 'about_us',
));
?>

Re: Announce your new CMS Builder websites here!

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:26:54 -0800

Finally pushed this one out the door:
www.hallswindowcenter.com - it's 140+ pages of complex content, all driven by CMS Builder (my first site using this tool).

I'm currently working on 3 other sites now, all using CMSB.