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I took the plunge and downloaded concrete5 through bluenet b/c i can't afford the hosting prices here. I regret it already.
I cannot change the page type. I successfully brought in the left side bar as a page type, but I click on it and save and nothing happens. Same with the full page.
I'm thinking of switching to word press instead. Nothing but problems so far. The installed site is so much harder than the trial on the concrete website.
But, if anyone can tell me how to change page types, maybe I'll keep trying it for a day or two more. Thanks.
I cannot change the page type. I successfully brought in the left side bar as a page type, but I click on it and save and nothing happens. Same with the full page.
I'm thinking of switching to word press instead. Nothing but problems so far. The installed site is so much harder than the trial on the concrete website.
But, if anyone can tell me how to change page types, maybe I'll keep trying it for a day or two more. Thanks.
did all of that and it shows the left side bar as a choice, but when I click on it and save, It still shows up as a right side bar.
That might be caused by the theme you are using. Even if you have page types doesn't mean it'll work if the theme doesn't support it.
Have you tried a different theme yet to see if it works then?
Have you tried a different theme yet to see if it works then?
I'm just using the default plain yogurt theme provided by Concrete5 so far.
Ok, could it be what I was naming them? I was naming it "full page" and nothing. Just tried it with "full" and it seemed to work? Thanks for your time.
if you add a new page type you need to activate it. otherwise it wont register.
Yes. No luck. It worked fine on my trial page, but can't make it work on the real thing.
it sounds like parts of your theme may not be there.
if you change a page type from left column to full or right column and save, and publish edits - that's it. concrete5 will look inside the theme directory for a php file that matches the page type handle and use it. if it can't it will use default.php.
Some themes may not have template files for every page type, which was already mentioned. But Plain Yogurt should. It almost sounds like the whole theme wasn't installed.
If you are getting different behavior on the demo trials at our own site, that's gotta be what it is. Yell at your hosting provider for providing a shotty setup. Are they using simplescripts or something to install it or did you install by hand?
if you change a page type from left column to full or right column and save, and publish edits - that's it. concrete5 will look inside the theme directory for a php file that matches the page type handle and use it. if it can't it will use default.php.
Some themes may not have template files for every page type, which was already mentioned. But Plain Yogurt should. It almost sounds like the whole theme wasn't installed.
If you are getting different behavior on the demo trials at our own site, that's gotta be what it is. Yell at your hosting provider for providing a shotty setup. Are they using simplescripts or something to install it or did you install by hand?
Thanks. It showed up without the pictures and just with a home page. (not with the blog page, about us, etc... that showed up on the demo). Does that make it sound like it didn't load properly?
Did you edit an existing page type or create a new one? I've heard of more problems with that theme.
Also, this might help out a bit more on themes and such:http://dowdrake.com/showthread.php?331-Concrete5-Through-a-Glass......
If you can't find it in this theme I suggest downloading and using a different one to see if that works as you want.
You can get a lot of different themes here:http://c5.tktools.jp/ (site is in japanes, themes however are not and they show previews of all themes)
Also, this might help out a bit more on themes and such:http://dowdrake.com/showthread.php?331-Concrete5-Through-a-Glass......
If you can't find it in this theme I suggest downloading and using a different one to see if that works as you want.
You can get a lot of different themes here:http://c5.tktools.jp/ (site is in japanes, themes however are not and they show previews of all themes)
- Dashboard
- Pages and Themes
- Page Types
click on "Add a Page type" or click on "default" on an existing type.
From there on select the page layout and build your basic page with the blocks you want.
save it.
You can then use the page you just made as a default when creating a new page. it has all basic blocks you added in the type included.