Basic block not getting recognized
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I copied the basic block into my blocks folder
http://www.concrete5.org/files/7212/9710/3658/basic_test2011.zip...
I logged out and logged back in to the my Dashboard, but when I go to "Add functionality" I don't see the block.
Am I missing something? The code doesn't look like it belongs to a package...
http://www.concrete5.org/files/7212/9710/3658/basic_test2011.zip...
public_html - blocks ---basic -----contents of the zip folder -concrete ---blocks -----concrete 5 blocks here
I logged out and logged back in to the my Dashboard, but when I go to "Add functionality" I don't see the block.
Am I missing something? The code doesn't look like it belongs to a package...
Meh, folder had to be named basic_test
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Create a sample block via the dashboard, then go look at the code it makes. I spent a lot of time ensuring the generated code from there is clean and correct -- unlike the basic_test block, which doesn't seem to have been updated in many years (it still contains an error -- the line "var $pobj;" should not be in there, and will give you warnings on PHP 5.3+).
-Jordan
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Create a sample block via the dashboard, then go look at the code it makes. I spent a lot of time ensuring the generated code from there is clean and correct -- unlike the basic_test block, which doesn't seem to have been updated in many years (it still contains an error -- the line "var $pobj;" should not be in there, and will give you warnings on PHP 5.3+).
-Jordan
I was having the same issue. Problem is that the tutorial for the "Basic Test" block says to unzip inside your root/blocks and then goto "Add Functionality." You should instead be going to "Block Types" in the Dashboard and that is where it lists the blocks waiting to be installed or installed already.
Hope this keeps someone else from pulling their hair out.
Hope this keeps someone else from pulling their hair out.
Yes, this is another result of the basic_test block not having been updated in several years -- as of Concrete5.5, the way to install such blocks has changed as well.
It is unfortunate that documentation is not being kept up to date :(
It is unfortunate that documentation is not being kept up to date :(
