Exclusion from Nav not working
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Recently rebuilthttp://www.tommyosaloha.com in C5 (was entirely flash).
Client wanted a 'new reel' that stacked by date and was easy to update. Easy enough.
Used the free 'Easy News', works well.
Issue: When a new News item in Easy News is created, it automatically adds the new page it creates to the main nav, throwing a huge ugly page title in the middle of the screen.
I went into page default settings and hit 'exclude from nav'. This creates a new page when creating a new News item WITH the 'Exclude from Nav' box checked, but doesn't actually remove it from nav. Wether the Exclude from Nav box is checked automatically or not, I (or, the client) have to go into the Site Map and remove (or add and then remove and reapply if it came checked) every single News item.
This sounds to me like an issue of C5 not correctly applying the 'Exclude from Nav' option, but I'm not sure.
Any feedback is very appreciated. Thank you C5!!
Client wanted a 'new reel' that stacked by date and was easy to update. Easy enough.
Used the free 'Easy News', works well.
Issue: When a new News item in Easy News is created, it automatically adds the new page it creates to the main nav, throwing a huge ugly page title in the middle of the screen.
I went into page default settings and hit 'exclude from nav'. This creates a new page when creating a new News item WITH the 'Exclude from Nav' box checked, but doesn't actually remove it from nav. Wether the Exclude from Nav box is checked automatically or not, I (or, the client) have to go into the Site Map and remove (or add and then remove and reapply if it came checked) every single News item.
This sounds to me like an issue of C5 not correctly applying the 'Exclude from Nav' option, but I'm not sure.
Any feedback is very appreciated. Thank you C5!!
I've run into this exact same issue on the site I've built:
http://mecc-aws.org/
I've excluded Easy News from the Nav, which works however ever sub page created by easy news is shoved in the adjacent parent sub nav: in this case my About page.
I tried Autonav Exclude, and applied the attributes to both the News and the About page. The issue still remains and every new sub page created by Easy News can only be hidden by going into the sitemap settings.
I'm close to passing this on to my client - hoped that I won't need to explain how to hide every sub page Easy News creates.
Help please!
http://mecc-aws.org/
I've excluded Easy News from the Nav, which works however ever sub page created by easy news is shoved in the adjacent parent sub nav: in this case my About page.
I tried Autonav Exclude, and applied the attributes to both the News and the About page. The issue still remains and every new sub page created by Easy News can only be hidden by going into the sitemap settings.
I'm close to passing this on to my client - hoped that I won't need to explain how to hide every sub page Easy News creates.
Help please!
Did you actually set the autonav block to use the 'exclude subpages' custom template after you installed the addon?
I've been able to apply it to the entire page, however I do not have access to the autonav block for navigation from the front end (theme limitation).
How would I change that attribute of the block through php?
If it helps I am using the theme Minified
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/themes/minified/...
Thanks... this bug is frustrating.
How would I change that attribute of the block through php?
If it helps I am using the theme Minified
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/themes/minified/...
Thanks... this bug is frustrating.
You'll have to ask the developer of that theme (you get free tech support with all paid addons). The question you should ask is "how do I set a different custom template for the autonav block in the theme's page types?"
Page Defaults are terribly misleading in that it shows you several toolbar buttons that don't actually have any effect, i.e. Properties (so setting custom attributes on page defaults does not carry over to newly-created pages, even though it seems like it should). And Autonav only excludes the actual page that is excluded from the nav, not any sub-pages.
I've created a custom template for the autonav block which might alleviate the problem, depending on how your sitemap structure is set up (specifically, if you have a top-level page that is "excluded from nav", then have Easy News create new pages under that excluded page, all of those new pages will also be excluded):
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/autonav-exclude-subpage...