Basic Instructions?
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Is there a document for basic, high-level editing?
For example, I can add a page. The page has a bunch of empty spaces for blocks. I assume this is a function of either a theme or template. I picked one called a content space and added a content block. I was able to add text, add working links, and add a background image.
But that only affected that block. The page, when viewed from the outside, shows the block with a lot of white around it. This brings up a lot of questions:
1. How can I add a background to a page, not just a single block?
2. How do I know what to put in these blocks?
3. If I don't need a block, can I delete it? If I delete it, can I get it back in the future?
4. How do I learn about all the different kinds of blocks?
5. A lot of the documentation I find uses terms I don't understand (ergo, the need for BASIC instructions.
I'm finding that uploading files and getting them into the site is extremely klunky, time consuming, and involves a lot of typing, cut-and-paste, and screen hopping. Are there basic instructions in how to streamline this?
Where can I learn about placing files for downloading only? Where can I learn about imbedding icons into blocks that can be turned into links?
And lots of other questions.
Time to call it quits for the day and regain a modicum of sanity.
For example, I can add a page. The page has a bunch of empty spaces for blocks. I assume this is a function of either a theme or template. I picked one called a content space and added a content block. I was able to add text, add working links, and add a background image.
But that only affected that block. The page, when viewed from the outside, shows the block with a lot of white around it. This brings up a lot of questions:
1. How can I add a background to a page, not just a single block?
2. How do I know what to put in these blocks?
3. If I don't need a block, can I delete it? If I delete it, can I get it back in the future?
4. How do I learn about all the different kinds of blocks?
5. A lot of the documentation I find uses terms I don't understand (ergo, the need for BASIC instructions.
I'm finding that uploading files and getting them into the site is extremely klunky, time consuming, and involves a lot of typing, cut-and-paste, and screen hopping. Are there basic instructions in how to streamline this?
Where can I learn about placing files for downloading only? Where can I learn about imbedding icons into blocks that can be turned into links?
And lots of other questions.
Time to call it quits for the day and regain a modicum of sanity.
1.https://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/mrkdilkington-full-scre...
Okay, I downloaded the add-on and tried it. I could only get the picture to show up below the first footer space, which didn't show up at all when not in edit mode. It only wanted to load as a block, and only in one of the allocated block space. I tried the content space toward the top, and the sitewide space at the very top, but they all threw the image below the footer.
I don't know what an RSS is (one of the warnings at the add-on description) and I hope I didn't break anything too badly.
I also don't know if the picture is optimized per the description. I guess I'll poke around with that if it's "out-of-spec."
There are also several on-off switches I could experiment with.
I'm hoping this will work. Until then, I'll probably work on a pure white page with dark lettering. Not terribly attractive, but at least somewhat functional.
I don't know what an RSS is (one of the warnings at the add-on description) and I hope I didn't break anything too badly.
I also don't know if the picture is optimized per the description. I guess I'll poke around with that if it's "out-of-spec."
There are also several on-off switches I could experiment with.
I'm hoping this will work. Until then, I'll probably work on a pure white page with dark lettering. Not terribly attractive, but at least somewhat functional.
https://mileditors.com/training/index.php/contact/webmaster Look at the pdf files in the right column.
These are specific to my application of concrete5, and they're incomplete, but I tried to start with zero. Technically, they're public domain. I will even supply the powerpoint if you want to take what I've done and make it your own.
These are specific to my application of concrete5, and they're incomplete, but I tried to start with zero. Technically, they're public domain. I will even supply the powerpoint if you want to take what I've done and make it your own.
There's also
https://leanpub.com/concrete5quickstartguide...
The official editor documentation, of course, is at
https://documentation.concrete5.org/editors...
https://leanpub.com/concrete5quickstartguide...
The official editor documentation, of course, is at
https://documentation.concrete5.org/editors...
Hi Cynewulf,
In addition to what Gondwana recommended, there is a version 8 quick start guide available also.
https://mesuva.gitbooks.io/quick-start-guide-for-concrete5-version-8...
In addition to what Gondwana recommended, there is a version 8 quick start guide available also.
https://mesuva.gitbooks.io/quick-start-guide-for-concrete5-version-8...
Thanks for that. I'll read through it. If it's really for version 8, it will be better than the Editors documentation at Concrete5, where I've run into stuff that is simply no longer valid.
Part of the problem is the official documentation can't keep up. Any reason why it isn't a wiki? Perhaps a limited-access one, where members of, say, the PRB can get in and update while us knuckle-draggers feel the satisfaction of more timely support...
@yfneals: It already is (although it doesn't look like a normal wiki); see
https://www.concrete5.org/about/blog/documentation-updates/we-need-y...
and the pages linked therefrom.
Alas, the problem is getting slackers like me to actually contribute.
https://www.concrete5.org/about/blog/documentation-updates/we-need-y...
and the pages linked therefrom.
Alas, the problem is getting slackers like me to actually contribute.
