Block or template or what?

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Hey there!

I'm totally new to C5, and not really a programmer. I work as a Graphic/Motion Designer and was hoping to get a simple portfolio up and running.

So on topic;
Is there a way (from just standard installation with no custom blocks and whatnot) to be able to add content in the form of a "blog"-stream (inputing content in "container"-divs that are like pages where content can be edited)?

What I want to be able to do is basically put content in, in the form of a post-holder, like what I've done temporarily in html for now athttp://www.2d3d.se by just duplicating the div's in a text editor and changing the images and texts.

I've used wordpress and am quite familiar with building themes for it, but I don't want a blog and a cluttered cms...

Phiew, not really familiar with all the C5 lingo, but I hope I was clear enough.

Thanks in advance!

 
defunct replied on at Permalink Reply
defunct
I think you can use the pagelist block to accomplish this.

Basically you create a page in concrete5, and then create a number of pages below that page (with hide from nav checked) and use the pagelist_block to read those pages onto the homepage.

that way when you add a new item, you just create a new page with your specific page_type and it will be added onto the homepage automatically. Those sub pages could have their own blocks (like an image block for the main image, and a content block for the text).

It would still require some custom PHP I think to setup the page type, but if you have done basic stuff with wordpress it shouldn't be that hard for you once you get the concrete5 workflow :)
aenrii replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks a lot, man! I'm gonna look into it. I guess I'll have to look up the documentation a bit, although I'm a try-fail-repeat kind of guy. :-)