Have you tried clearing the cache in the dashboard under 'sitewide settings'? If that doesn't work then you may have an error with your installation. Maybe try a fresh install?

I wouldn't give up on Concrete5 just yet. Stick with it and you'll never regret it. :)

I did clear the catch, did not work.

I am at the beginning of my web-design, nothing has been messed up so I am not sure what the good of re installing would be.

Thanks for the ideas. I love the idea of concrete five but as flexible as it seems at first glance I feel very limited.

Thank you for your ideas

Kristina

Well since your already thinking about going to plain ol' html, maybe you should just customize the theme at the code level. Concrete5 make it pretty easy to edit html and css of a theme if you know about that stuff. Check out this howto.

http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/editors/customize-a-...

If I am going to go back and shuffle through all the code, I would rather do it myself so it makes since and skip all the trial and errors that can occur when you are trying to follow someone elses code.

The point of using concrete5 is to make things simple. If I am going to work in the codeing there are many other software programs that are easier to use and can help with this.

I like concrete5 and just want the options that they offer to actually function. This is my second web-site. The first worked out okay because I compromised, this one however is for a client and I cannot compromise.

Thanks for your idea

Kristina

Just installed the theme and editing through the dashboard works for me.

Changing colours through the editing pop up works for me as well.

What OS and browser are you using?

I am using chrome. I will try some other browsers. I did customize the theme in the dashboard, and it works, in fact if I go back it works in the dash board but none of the changes were applied to the front end of the site.

The other thing I thought I might try is to remove the theme, then customize the theme, save the changes and then re activate the theme, hoping upon reactivation the changes will appear on the site.

Thanks for your help.

Kristina

You're probably right. You should just code it in HTML. Bummer for your client since they won't be able to make basic edits themselves. But I guess you'll get paid every time they have to change a phone number and you won't have to spend time learning anything new.

Sorry we couldn't be more help.

If you are interested in contributing any fixes to code you feel isn't working properly feel free to fork/pull request at

http://github.com/concrete5

You are correct but simple only works when its applied by the user. Somethings are alittle more complex and require a little more than simple. Font colors can be on of those depending on how the designer wants them applied. If you want certain font colors in just a few areas and applied manually, you do that with the wysiwyg editor. If you want it across the site automatically, then you do that through CSS.

C5 is a content management system that has alot more functions and features outside of just management but its not really a website builder per se or a theme designer tool. Thats where sometimes you have to apply custom things manually.

If the theme is not custom but you want to make it one, copy it to your user theme folder and install it. Make what ever static modifications you need as well as css entries, files, etc. After you figure all that out, the dynamic items will fall right into place. Trial and error will get you familiar with C5 so that from a design stand point, it will come naturally. The Adding, modifying, etc of content should automatically come naturally to the admin because thats what C5 was designed to do.

> If I am going to go back and shuffle through all the code, I would rather do it myself
> so it makes since and skip all the trial and errors that can occur when you are trying
> to follow someone elses code.

To be honest, while C5 does provide some "design" or "layout" functionality, that is not (in my view) where it really shines. Actually designing a site's appearance and layout IS in fact probably best done via plain HTML. The design, when finished, can then be converted into a C5 theme. From that point forward, C5 should shine in terms of managing and maintaining the site.

Having said all that, if the functionality is provided, it should certainly work. What version of C5 are you using?

-Steve

Good news,

It finally started to work. I did nothing accept walk away for a few hours, when I came back to it I had a few ideas I was going to try... I went to the site to log-in and everything was appearing the correct way.

I am trying to change the font color of the navigation links, however I can settle with the default so it is not the end of the world if I have no success with that.

Thank-you for the replies and ideas.

For my clients sake of editing down the road I do hope to continue with concrete5

Sincerely,

Kristina

I told you not to give up just yet didn't I?! ;) I'm sure you'll love it more and more as the days go by. :)