Developing (v7+)

Auto Nav: shorten page names (truncate)?

I have a client that wants to use ridiculously long names for the pages for SEO reasons. I need to use an Auto Nav for organizing some inner sections and would like the Auto Nav to truncate some of the Page Names. Is it possible? And, if so, is it possibl…

Understanding variable scope in theme templates

Hello friends, I'm trying to wrap my head around how variables work in a c5 theme, specifically what is the best method for defining custom variables that can in turn be reused in the various template files i.e. header.php, footer.php, etc. In my head…

Page List Sort

I'm trying to figure out a way to change the sort order of a page list block via a url (preferably something like mydomain.com/mypage?sortBy=display_asc or something like that) or via a drop down and cant figure out how. Does anyone know how to do that? I…

Location of 'page types'

Dear all, Where are the 'page types' I create in the dashboard located in my installation folder? I'm starting to see the beauty of combining a custom theme with the power of page types, but now I'm stuck. I want to edit a block in my 'full' page type…

copy paste protection

Hi, does anybody know a way to protect a content-block from being copied and pasted... I tried a Custom Template on the Content Block with some javascript but nothing seams to work. Any ideas? Thanx in advance. Maureen

TinyMCE helper class

I'm building a new block for a client and wanted to use TinyMCE on my page. I pawed through the documentation and looked at the source for the "Content" block, but it all looks more complicated than necessary. Is there a set of functions I can use to s…

Embedded iframe looks crazy on ipad and android phone

From what I've read this is a bug in the OS's. I was hoping someone might have a work around or any news of when it might go away. It works fine on all laptop and desktop computers I've tried, but on my android phone and an ipad booth, the area around t…

Hardcoding links

I am using safe URLS and some links within the pages that I hardcode are linking correctly whilst some others are adding an extra child in the link making it a 404 error It seems pages that are dependant on sub sections are passing an exta link whilst …

jquery in c5 page

Hi, I need to get a jquery 1.4.2 based sliding panel gizmo to work in a c5 page. Can add the html and header content but the result is a page I can no longer edit. Edit and Add button no worky now. Here's what I got so far...http://www.hometek-llc.com/…

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