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Some Basic C5 Questions!

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Hi Everyone,

I have a several questions regarding the c5 cms.

First, The blocks which are on the default theme are a specific size which cannot be changed. Is there any way to create blocks where i can set the width and height?

Secondly, The admin page for c5 can this be customized so that certain areas in the dashboard section can be removed?

And finally, Can the admin section design be changed to a custom theme using pure CSS?

Any suggestions or tips would be great.

Regards

M
 
Mnkras replied on at Permalink Reply
Mnkras
#1 the height of the blocks is determined by how much content is in them, you can change it by making custom templates,

#2 just make it so that the specific user or group cannot "view" the dashboard page then they can't access it,

#3 yes, it requires some hacking (very minor) to get it applied though
MotOo replied on at Permalink Reply
Mnkras Thank you for the really fast response!

I understand your response to question 1 as it depends on the widths set on the CSS file.

As for your response for question 2, by adding a new user with limited permission, will allow them to access only certain functions of the dashboard which have been set by the admin or will it completely remove that functionality of the dashboard altogether?

And finally for your final response!,

So how can this be achieved, is there a guide or screen cast? Anything that will give me some guidance effectively.

Thanks again for your response it will really help getting C5 up and running as our main CMS solution for our clients.
Mnkras replied on at Permalink Reply
Mnkras
for #3,

if you take a look in /concrete/themes/core

thats what is used for the dashboard

#2 its per page, so they can have access to sitemap and nothing else for example go to the sitemap in the dashboard and click show system pages, click dashboard and hit permissions on the page you want to hide from them (pages under it will follow the permission of things above it)