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Import guestbook entries

Hey, I’m wondering if and how it’s possible to import guestbook entries from another guestbook into the c5 guestbook. I’ve already looked in the respective SQL tables in the c5 database but there are also fields for bID, cID, uID, etc., and I’m not sure i…

"replace_link_with_first_in_nav" loses drop down menus in auto_nav

We are testing the replace_link_with_first_in_nav function, however when enabled, the auto_nav loses the sub menus. Is there anyway to force the auto_nav to always show the sub-menus despite the parent page now being forced to first child? Thanks

Script Blocking issue

Hi, ive been working on implementing the Jquery tools into a concrete5 theme.. when i call the script [code] [/code] in my header, it renders the concrete5 elements invisible.. when i remove the above code everything works fine, except of cou…

Custom Blocks With Images

I am embarking today upon creating a custom block that is based upon the 'staff block' posted by Remo. My thinking is to create a div that has its own table and in it two editable areas that essentially will be tied to that table row. One div will b…

Problem with slideshow and transparent pngs

Hi I have set up a slideshow which uses transparent PNGs. It displays fine in all browsers except Internet Explorer (even 8 doesn't display properly). The problem is the image has a thick black border where a nice drop shadow should be. I'm guess it must…

Full List of Area names used by Concrete5?

Where can I find a full list of the Editable Area names which are already used by Concrete 5 by default, such as "Main," "Header Nav," etc.? Main and Header Nav are the only 2 I know (thanks to the screencast on building Themes).

block view.php form action

hi there i'm currently building a small block with a form. in the view.php i've added [code][/code] to the method value of the form tag and in the controller is also [code]function action_submit_form()[/code] unfortunately the method="" still keeps bl…

Adding style options to default "Content" block

The default Content block that comes with Concrete5 has a "styles" option. Presumably this means you can apply a particular preset style to certain parts of text you enter into the WYSIWYG editor, in the same way that you can apply different font options.…

Two Navigations - How to?

I would like to have two navigations - one on top and one on the left. So the top navigation has five links and then left hand nav has all the rest. The only way I can figure out how to do that is to put all the links I want in the side nav into a folder …

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