Help! Easy question regarding blocks / stacks
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Hi,
This is really easy..I know I'm just missing something. I want to create a content block template where it would list
Location:
City:
State:
I would create a little block template with a table in it so I can then take that block and put it on each page and add the information as needed. I thought creating a stack would do it...but I then how do I edit the stack?
This is super simple...it's so simple I'm missing the obvious.
Help?
Coding impaired -)
This is really easy..I know I'm just missing something. I want to create a content block template where it would list
Location:
City:
State:
I would create a little block template with a table in it so I can then take that block and put it on each page and add the information as needed. I thought creating a stack would do it...but I then how do I edit the stack?
This is super simple...it's so simple I'm missing the obvious.
Help?
Coding impaired -)
Someone else gave me a solution for a different problem I had and suggested I use this, but it also could've worked here (and saved me tons of time)...so for anyone looking for this solution, you can use the following add-on:
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/designer-content/...
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/designer-content/...
Hi everybody,
great setup you have here in concrete5. And thanks to all who spent so much time creating and maintaining it.
As a noobie I have spent some time perusing the forums, scanning the Documentation, etc. I'm just a hobby html-er & php-er but I feel as though I can make progress if I search round a bit.
My website (the bones of it) is still on localhost (Ubuntu with LAMP) and I have tried to install 'Designer Content' from 'jordanlev' see attachment.
I also tried to install a new block 'basic_test' as recommended by 'frz' but no go here either. I copied his folder into var/html/blocks and still there is nothing new to install in stacks & blocks/block types.
That was 20 hours ago. What am I doing wrong? Or is this not possible on localhost?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
willy
great setup you have here in concrete5. And thanks to all who spent so much time creating and maintaining it.
As a noobie I have spent some time perusing the forums, scanning the Documentation, etc. I'm just a hobby html-er & php-er but I feel as though I can make progress if I search round a bit.
My website (the bones of it) is still on localhost (Ubuntu with LAMP) and I have tried to install 'Designer Content' from 'jordanlev' see attachment.
I also tried to install a new block 'basic_test' as recommended by 'frz' but no go here either. I copied his folder into var/html/blocks and still there is nothing new to install in stacks & blocks/block types.
That was 20 hours ago. What am I doing wrong? Or is this not possible on localhost?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
willy
It's probably packaged
If within the top level folder you have there is a folder called "blocks" then you should put it into the packages/ directory, not blocks/
Hope this helps matey.
Edit: try not to hijack other peoples threads. You should have started your own ;-)
If within the top level folder you have there is a folder called "blocks" then you should put it into the packages/ directory, not blocks/
Hope this helps matey.
Edit: try not to hijack other peoples threads. You should have started your own ;-)
With designer content, maybe it really is installed, but you have not found it in the dashboard.
Or maybe there was a failed install or a double click. In that case, you should be able to uninstall and then install again.
uninstalling designer content and reinstalling should not affect any blocks already created with it, so it is safe to do so.
With your test block, as well as adding it in teh right folders, you also need to install it from the dashboard, so C5 becomes aware that it is there. Dashboard > Stacks & Blocks > Block Types will give you a list of blocks awaiting installation (and those installed).
(Note, these are standalone blocks, which is not the same as packaged blocks)
Or maybe there was a failed install or a double click. In that case, you should be able to uninstall and then install again.
uninstalling designer content and reinstalling should not affect any blocks already created with it, so it is safe to do so.
With your test block, as well as adding it in teh right folders, you also need to install it from the dashboard, so C5 becomes aware that it is there. Dashboard > Stacks & Blocks > Block Types will give you a list of blocks awaiting installation (and those installed).
(Note, these are standalone blocks, which is not the same as packaged blocks)
PS - you will also need to clear the cache, especially on C5.6+
Thanks you guys - you really work fast.
I deleted Designer Content and re-installed it. Now it works fine.
That's a great job you are all doing.
Greets
willy
Edit:
@job Thanks also - but the 'basic_test' didnt work in packages - I put it back into blocks and, after straightening out the ownership hassle, it now appears in Block Types along with it's little icon.
I guess there's more than one way to screw things up when one is a noobie.
greets
willy
I deleted Designer Content and re-installed it. Now it works fine.
That's a great job you are all doing.
Greets
willy
Edit:
@job Thanks also - but the 'basic_test' didnt work in packages - I put it back into blocks and, after straightening out the ownership hassle, it now appears in Block Types along with it's little icon.
I guess there's more than one way to screw things up when one is a noobie.
greets
willy
Location:
City:
State:
and then I used a blank block to enter the information I needed.
This way the information from the stack and the block align.