Developing (v7+)

Sending data to a single page through a controller

Hello all I hope this hasn't already been covered, if so I apologise and please point me in the right direction. I have a thumbnail gallery which has hyperlinks configured to pass the fileID to a single page to display the image and more information ab…

Poor looking final source code

on all my sites the final html code, c5 generates, is correct but very unbeautiful. There are up to 25 lines empty space. That looks very poor. All my templates are free of empty lines. Why does C5 do that, and is there a solution to this problem? …

MariaDB or MySQL

Is there any clarity yet, which direction Concrete5 is taking? As I understand it, the newest versions of MySQL and MariaDB are quite different. Gone are the times of being compatible. Can I safely upgrade to the newest MariaDB or MySQL version with t…

Using bootstrop glyphicon with C5

The following three lines of code... [code] [/code] ... result in the following errors: [code] chart:1235 GET http://tapmeister.com/concrete/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff2 net::ERR_ABORTED 404 (Not Found) chart:1265 GET http://tapm…

[SOLVED] Fetch database value in block controller?

Is there a built-in way to fetch a database value from the block's primary db table in a block controller, in a similar way to how one might call it in a view i.e. $myValue ? I've tried $this->myValue but nothing is returned.

Database security

Hi Everyone, I need my package to check to see if a database called 'mother' exists in database.php and if so use it, if it doesn't exists - then it would use the default database. I tried lots of different ways which weren't successful, this is the…

make hidden content visible during editing

I have an image with a hovering caption. When the caption class is applied on the content block, the caption is hidden. This makes it difficult to edit. Question: How can i have the caption visible during editing? Can it be done with css or does it n…

8.5.1 - Integrity Constraint Violation Error

Hi all, I'm having some issues with duplicate entries when using Express. I've developed an interface which some users have access to where they can add create, update and delete permissions and users (apart from admin users). Using the C5 Docs code…

Unable to log in to dashboard.

I set pretty url's which didn't work for me, so I disabled it. Now I go back to the site and it looks like it's enabled again. When I try to log in to the dashboard, it directs me to a pretty url and fails, then I try to log in again and it gives me a mes…

AJAX for Logged-In Users

Hi all, Feeling more stuck than usual. I'm trying to build a simple site that will only be available to logged-in users. I have a Single Page set up with a custom controller that returns some JSON formatted data. The controller has a few actions, incl…

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