Developing (v7+)

Issue with Thumbnail image in pagelist

I have created a custom template for the page_list block and all I have changed is to uncomment out the code which will display thumbnail images. I have added a custom attribute to the page type called 'thumbnail' and each of the pages included in my p…

Building a new site, deciding between Concrete5 and Joomla

First off, I'm not a webmaster, far from it. But I have built a couple of websites for people over the years, pretty simple ones I built with textpad (& some kompozer) and some free css & javascript code I managed to copy, paste & get working ok. I'm n…

Issue with multiple autonav blocks on the same page.

I have hunted far and wide, but cannot sem to find any information on my problem. Hopefully there is an easy fix and I was just looking in the wrong places. I have a site that has 2 different autonav blocks in the header. I used the method of displaying …

Package dependency?

Hello World! I am wondering if there is a way to define package dependencies in Concrete5. I would like to have my most frequently used stuff in one package, and make that package a 'prerequisite' for some projects, without having to manually keep track …

Adding Image/File download attribute code

Hi I have set up a site using the real-estate addon which uses the composer, our client wants to add a property PDF download to the listings page. I have added a Image/File attribute and I can upload a PDF when adding a property but I have no idea how …

block not appearing

Morning, downloaded the 'Rigid-light' theme, looks nice but can't seem to use the addons that came with the theme. I have tried adding the addons folder (simple logo) to the 'root/packages' folder but nothing happens. No add on install appears in th…

Using Page Tags to Filter Auto-Nav

Hi all, I'm working on a custom auto-nav implementation. I need to have two classes of top-level navigation links: main and utility, so I can display the main nav items in one UL list, styled as main navigation, and the utility nav items in another…

Where is the active theme data stored in database?

Hey there! I am trying to figure out how doeas theme switching actually work in C5. I could not even find the actual database entry, which stores the currently active theme. Does anyone know how to find it? I tried searching the database for "theme" and …

Dynamically create blocks

Is there some way in the code to create a block and add it to an area dynamically? We're trying to display a different guestbook based on the user id url parameter. The area is being generated like this: [code] $areaName = 'Guestbook-'.$profile->uID;…

Jquery causing mostly blank page on fire

I am using Jquery Cycle plugin, and have the script inline with a custom block for text to cycle. For some reason, when it fires the cycle, it causes the page to (mostly) go blank. I think it has something to do with if the text it's cycling to is longe…

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