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Hi All,

I have just discovered and installed Concrete 5 -- I really like the simplicity and beauty of Concrete's interface.

Currently I am using Drupal6 which is powerful but ugly and not always user friendly.

Does Concrete have similar functionality to Drupal's CCK and Views?

How would I solve a specific website need like a company bios section?

For instance, within Drupal I can create a custome content type for Bios which may contain a photo, email or contact form, Vcard, Name, Position, CV, You get the idea. This can then be display individually or in a list of teasers using CCK or Views Module.

Thanks for any insight provided.

Curtis
 
okhayat replied on at Permalink Reply
okhayat
Just as the name suggests, Concrete sites are built out of 'Blocks'. To add anything to a page, you usually would use them.
Each block has a default 'View' (a view.php file) which is used to display the Block by default.
In addition to that, it can have different 'Custom Templates' which define how a particular Block should be displayed.
For example, the 'Autonav' block, which displays a list of page links, displays them by default in an Unordered List UL/LI. It also has two custom templates to display them as a Breadcrumb (Home -> Page -> Sub) or a Header (Home | About | List).
Those are IMO the most important.
This in addition to that you can easily assign different Themes to a single page or a whole sub-section.
nvcman replied on at Permalink Reply
Do know of any tutorials or screen cast that would demonstrate this? I have not found any that speak to my question.
okhayat replied on at Permalink Reply
okhayat
Have you read the 'Developer Introduction' and other help pages?
http://www.concrete5.org/help/building_with_concrete5/developer_int...