Developing (v7+)

Can someone explain the add.php code in the sample block?

I am looking at making my own form block to contain previous form code that I developed for my own sites and was reading through some of the sample block code found here. Can someone please explain the following code to me in readily understood terms?…

Photoshop slicing and Concrete5?

I have some experience slicing up websites created in photoshop then exporting the images and html in one piece but how do I do it in Concrete5? Where do I add the nav/header/body/footer code? I've looked all over google for tutorials on how to do this…

Block position, access denied

I'm loosing some patience over block functionality... It seems that often if I add a block to a global scrapbook and include the original in the block, I often cannot edit it after that due to access denied error. I have to delete it and add the scrapb…

Updating Global view of a block

Is this documentation still up to date? "Updating the global template for a built-in block Say you want your autonav block to always use DIVs instead of list elements. Instead of updating blocks/content/autonav/view.php (which would then be overwritt…

Concrete5 File Association Ability

Hello, Is there a way to create unique file associations? I have a file extension for ViewPoint. When I post the "file" to the Document Library I want the user to be able to click on it and see the ViewPoint file rather than the instructions. At this p…

'Open Link in New Window' not working

I've created an external link on my site that doesn't show in the nav bar. I don't want it to. But I created it to be able to link out of the site. And I need it to open a new window but it doesn't. But it does not open a new window, Here is a pic of the …

Package Inspection Page

Is there a way to override the package inspection page. I'm refering to the index.php/dashboard/install/inspect_package/1/ page. I have some highly customized AttributeKeyCategories that are causing that page to bork, and there is not way to modify the…

Building a backend for a "slideshow website"

Hi everybody We consider using concrete5 as a backend for a slideshow website (instead of building it all ourselves). So it won't have menu etc, actually no user interaction at all on the frontend side. The special thing about it is, that it will hav…

Members page - disable editing password

I have created a Members page so work colleagues can check their rosters online. However, on the members page there is an option to edit the password. Is it possible to hide or disable this so people can't tamper with it?

video--new user

I've got an extensive collection of videos on my remote server. I'd like to add a block that can link to and embed videos from the server. I've got FLV and QT type videos on the server. Can generate either. I'm a new Concrete user, any help is very mu…

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