Re: [Jason] Search Plug In

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:53:28 -0700

Hi Jason

I sent details through to your consulting email on Friday, but I haven't had any response.

Search Plug In

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:33:07 -0700

Hi

I am building an online directory of professionals and services. The user will need to be able to search for a professional or service, but I don't want to use a generic search box as I have before. The user will need to be guided through the search process rather than leaving it too open ended through generic keyword search. What I'm looking to do is something similar to http://www.houseplans.com/plans, but probably not with so many search criteria. Functionality needs to be similar though.

I've been researching online and I've seen a few PHP plug-ins, but wondered if there are any you know of that would work well with CMS Builder? I've had a look through your plug in section, but don't see anything there.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really want to use CMS Builder for this project :).

Many thanks in advance.

Re: [Tom P] Image Alignment Issue

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:54:21 -0700

Hi Tom

Many thanks for your response and for your advice.

The reason there are a lot of classes is that I use Blueprint CSS :).

I don't think this is an image issue because the images were 150 x 150 when I uploaded them to the CMS. They are also exactly the same size as the images I used for the static HTML example which is working fine.

I also can't think that its a CSS issue because the static HTML uses exactly the same classes and produces a spot on layout. It's only the CMS generated content that is wrong.

Its a puzzler that's for sure [:/].

I'll send over the second level support request as suggested. Probably turn out to be something really simple ... hopefully!

Many thanks once again.

Image Alignment Issue

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:01:16 -0700

Hi

I have an issue with laying out of images in rows. The images layout perfectly when hard-coded in HTML, but when they're generated via the CMS they are not. There are 11 images in total laid out in rows of 3. The first 3 rows layout correctly, but the 10th image is floating to the right on a row of its own and the 11th image is also placed on a row of its own (the 10th and 11th images should be together on a row and floating to the left).

I think the issue is related to the spaces that are automatically output through the PHP code. I copied the HTML from the PHP output and pasted it back into my document as hard-coded HTML. When viewed, the copied hard-coded HTML outputted with the incorrect layout. When I removed the excess space, the HTML outputted correctly. However, I have amended the PHP code to try and remove the spaces. When the code outputs to HTML, the spaces are removed, but the layout is still incorrect.

I would be grateful for any assistance ... the problem has got me stumped! :(. Many thanks.

This is the hard-coded HTML I have inserted which is laying out correctly:

images/PLACEHOLDER-category.jpg" width="150" height="150" />
RS DISPENSERS

(ABOVE DIV IS REPEATED 11 TIMES)

This is the PHP code which outputs incorrectly:

if ($upload['isImage']): ?>" width="" height="" alt="" />
endforeach ?>

Re: [Damon] Conflict with Simplepie?

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:27:34 -0700

Hi Damon
Sorry for the slow response - I've been busy trying to work it out. The error message I received was:

[Wed Aug 03 19:58:31 2011] [error] [client 76.14.186.139] FastCGI: server "/var/www/fcgi/php-cgi" stderr: PHP Strict Standards: Non-static method SimplePie_Misc::normalize_url() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /home/web01/m/mywayrooftents.co.uk/user/htdocs/inc/simplepie.inc on line 9287

I appears that there is a conflict between simple pie and CMSB coding because I managed to solve it by calling the simplepie before the CMSB code, thus:

error_reporting(0);
include_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/inc/simplepie.inc';
$feed = new SimplePie('http://mywayrooftents.wordpress.com/feed/');
$feed_items = array();
foreach ($feed->get_items(0, 3) as $item):
$m_date = $item->get_date('M');
$j_date = $item->get_date('j');
$item_title = $item->get_title();
$permalink = $item->get_permalink();
$feed_item = array(
"m_date" => $m_date,
"j_date" => $j_date,
"item_title" => $item_title,
"permalink" => $permalink
);
$feed_items[] = $feed_item;
endforeach;
?>

I then made reference to the simplepie in the body of the page thus:

$first = True;
foreach ($feed_items as $item):
if ($first) {
$first = False;
} else {
echo '

';
}
?>

" class="red">... read article

I thought it would be useful to post the workaround in case it helps anyone else with the same problem. Everything is working perfectly now :).

Re: [dennisoneil] Conflict with Simplepie?

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:06:30 -0700

I am also having this issue, but turning off the error reporting before the Simplepie didn't work for me.

As per Dennis experience, the feed loads perfectly without CMSB coding, but as soon as I add any CMSB coding, the feed does not appear.

Can anyone please assist?

Re: [Jason] Javascript/CSS Not Displaying in Duplicated Admin

Mon, 30 May 2011 11:14:50 -0700

Hi Jason. Apologies for the delayed response. My problem is now resolved - it turned out to be server side. Many thanks for following up on it with me though :).

Re: [newmediachoice] Javascript/CSS Not Displaying in Duplicated Admin

Fri, 20 May 2011 16:12:33 -0700

UPDATE: I am still having issues with FTP after trying Transit so may be dealing with server issues. However, if anyone can point me in the right direction of the correct Javascript/CSS files for the administration section, it should make my debugging easier. Also, would there be any other reason I haven't considered that may be causing the problem? For information, I did create a wysiwyg_custom.php and thought there may be some local references in there triggering the problem - I've been through the file and can't find any.

Re: [zip222] Javascript/CSS Not Displaying in Duplicated Admin

Fri, 20 May 2011 15:53:50 -0700

Thanks very much :). I've spent too many hours recently sorting out problems caused by Filezilla truncating files or not uploading them at all. I don't mind paying for a package if its reliable - a good system saves you so much in the end!

Javascript/CSS Not Displaying in Duplicated Admin

Fri, 20 May 2011 14:49:28 -0700

Hi

I am in the process of duplicating an English version website into French. I have successfully duplicated the site onto the French version and everything is working perfectly with the exception of the styling in the administration system. I'm not sure if its the css or javascript that isn't present/functioning properly. I have been having some issues with FTP lately (does anyone know of a good FTP client for Mac other than Filezilla? - its been a pain in the rear lately) and wondered if some of the css or javascript files haven't transferred across properly. Can you please advise me on the location of the css/javascript files that dictate styling for the administration system? I've spent a couple of hours cross-checking that I have everything uploaded to the duplicated site, but can't find the missing link (if this is the problem).

Many thanks in advance for your assistance.

Re: [Damon] Images Disappeared After Table Name Changes

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:01:49 -0700

Hi Damon

Many thanks for your help. I took the easy route as it wasn't entirely necessary to change the table names - I was just trying to be neat :).

Images Disappeared After Table Name Changes

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:11:07 -0700

Hi

After populating her website, my client decided that she wanted to change the titles of a couple of her web sections. I tackled this change thus:

1. Went through the Section Editors and changed Section Names, Table Names, and Viewer URLs as appropriate.
2. Went through website code and modified to reflect new table names.

Everything is working perfectly except for the images which now no longer appear on the website. The images have also disappeared from the CMS, ie there are no uploads associated with the pages even though they were there previously. As far as I can tell, the images appear to be still in the uploads directory - it would seem as if the link between the images and the pages has been lost.

Can you please assist?

Many thanks

Re: [gkornbluth] Admin General Settings - Program Language

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:46:22 -0700

Thanks Jerry - this perfectly answers my question :).

Admin General Settings - Program Language

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:24:19 -0700

Hi

Apologies in advance if this is an obvious question. In the General Settings panel within the Admin section there is an option for Program Language. Does this convert the user interface within the administration section into your chosen language? I have a site that I have built in English which will be translated into French and placed with a new CMS on a separate domain. The person administering the site will be French, so it would be good to offer them the option of updating their site in their own language if this is what this option does. I searched through your documentation and couldn't find an answer to this question and I didn't want to play around with the English version site as its now live!

Many thanks in advance for your assistance.

(PS - it would be good to have some documentation to read through on this kind of thing unless I have just missed it somewhere?)

Re: [Jason] Problems with Custom Stylesheet for WYSIWYG Text Editing

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:44:25 -0800

Thanks Jason. That's happy news! :)

Re: [Jason] Problems with Custom Stylesheet for WYSIWYG Text Editing

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:30:54 -0800

Hi Jason

Many thanks - I implemented the styles into my main stylesheet and that worked :). I know the reason why I missed out that element of the customisation...

I followed this tutorial ... http://www.interactivetools.com/iforum/gforum.cgi?post=63394;search_string=use%20custom%20stylesheet%20for%20wysiwyg;t=search_engine#63394. When revisiting the tutorial, I notice that the need to include the styles within the front end stylesheet isn't mentioned within the initial instructions. I think it must have been there originally though because the first comment under the initial instructions mentions a 'last paragraph' and queries it because the member is confused about the instructions to 'include your CSS file on your viewer page as well so the selected CSS classes display properly'. I think the initial instructions must have been edited at some point and the instruction to include the CSS front end has been deleted.

I don't mean to sound picky on this issue, but highlight it because it does demonstrate a problem I often have with your forum. Tutorials are difficult to find and when you do find them, you have to read through masses of members' comments to get a full understanding of how to approach a task. I would find it really helpful if there was an easy-to-search central repository for tutorials that I could tap into.

Perhaps there is one already and I've missed it?

Thanks again for your help.

Re: [zip222] Problems with Custom Stylesheet for WYSIWYG Text Editing

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:14:45 -0800

Thanks very much for the suggestion, but we have tried that prior to posting the support request (my apologies, I should have mentioned that in my original post). Whether we import from Quark or a plain text file using the paste as plain text option, we are still getting random styling issues. Can anyone assist please?

Problems with Custom Stylesheet for WYSIWYG Text Editing

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:59:01 -0800

Hi

I have created a custom stylesheet for the styles on my WYSIWYG text editor to allow the text colour to be changed.

We are pre-populating the CMS with content for our client by cutting and pasting from Quark using the paste as plain text function. However, after styling the text, the text colours are not displaying as specified front end (although they display fine in the text editor). The problem seems to occur randomly, but usually around lists.

I have looked at the affected text via the HTML Source Editor and the tags seem to be applied randomly which I think may be causing the issue. For example, on some

tags, the text colour is applied as a class, but on other

tags within the same list, it is being applied as a span. In some instances, we have sections where the

tags are marked up as span classes using the hexidecimal reference for the colour as laid out in my custom stylesheet.

We are also finding that despite using the paste as plain text option to cut and paste from Quark, some text is being marked up as bold (even if it isn't bold in Quark).

The only way to get the text to display correctly front end, is to use the HTML Source Editor to clean up the tags. This is time-consuming for us, but will be impossible for the client to undertake as they don't have web authoring knowledge.

I hope you can help :).

Re: [Jason] Date Format in Edit List View

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:04:53 -0700

Hi Jason

Many thanks - worked a treat :) !

Date Format in Edit List View

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:38:33 -0700

Hi

Is there anyway to format the date in the edit list view? Currently it displays as YYYY-MM-DD, but my client is from the UK. It would be better for them to have it listed as DD-MM-YYYY.

Thanks

Re: [Jason] Filenames for Document Uploads

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:41:03 -0700

Thanks Jason - I'd forgotten that I created a custom upload directory for the pdf documents and for demonstration purposes, I'd hard-wired the links into that directory for the pdf menu downloads. Therefore, when I started uploading the menus via the CMS the affixes were added because the menus were already in that directory. Creating single records isn't going to work for this client as they want to choose the order of the menus on the menu download page, but your suggestion works just as well with multi-records. Many thanks for your help!

Filenames for Document Uploads

Mon, 31 May 2010 06:37:10 -0700

My apologies if this is already covered in the forums somewhere - I have searched but can't find an answer to my query.

I am integrating CMS builder into my client's website to allow restaurant menus to be uploaded in pdf format.

When uploading pdf's CMS builder automatically affixes the filenames with sequential numbering. For example, the first time I upload set_menu.pdf it is uploaded as set_menu_001.pdf. If I want to overwrite the menu, and go into the admin system to remove and then reupload the menu, it uploads as set_menu_002.pdf.

My problem is that I want to create permanent links to the menus from other areas within the website, eg I want to create a permanent link on the homepage from a feature panel to set_menu.pdf (this is just one example). I also release html newsletters for the client that need to have permanent links to items ongoing. Whilst I could create links based on the current upload filenames, as soon as the client uploads a new menu to replace the previous version, the links will be broken.

Is there any way to force the upload manager to drop the affixes?

This needs to be a simple solution for the client to maintain - they are not IT savvy and could easily get in a pickle if I don't provide them with something manageable to maintain. (My apologies if the solution is simple and I'm overlooking something obvious here.)

Many thanks for your help.