Editing (v7+)

Can't add blocks to sidebar

Permalink February 20, 2012 at 4:54 PM

I am new to Concrete5 and have a page set up here: http://www.morgancc.edu/concrete5....

I have three sidebar areas that I set up, (see attached screenshot), but when I'm in Edit Mode, I can't click on them to add blocks. (They only appear as a link.) I have checked and re-checked the code, but can't figure out what's going on.

Any help would be appreciated!

Terri

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vincedelaking replied on Feb 20, 2012 at 5:12 pm Permalink Reply

Hio Terri,

Are your sure you have something like this:

<div id="column_one">
    <?php  
      $a = new Area('column_one');   
      $a->display($c);
      ?>
  </div>
  <div id="column_two">
    <?php  
      $a = new Area('column_two');   
      $a->display($c);
      ?>
  </div>
  <div id="column_three">
    <?php  
      $a = new Area('column_three');

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  <div id="column_one">
    <?php  
      $a = new Area('column_one');   
      $a->display($c);
      ?>
  </div>
  <div id="column_two">
    <?php  
      $a = new Area('column_two');   
      $a->display($c);
      ?>
  </div>
  <div id="column_three">
    <?php  
      $a = new Area('column_three');   
      $a->display($c);
      ?>
  </div>

best,
Vincent

TEades replied on Feb 20, 2012 at 5:41 pm Permalink Reply

I'm pretty sure I do. Here's my code for that page:

<?php  defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die("Access Denied."); ?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 <head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"/>
  <meta name="generator" content="0.8.791.106"/>
  <!-- CSS -->
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/css/site_global.css"/>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/css/index.css"/><!-- JS includes -->
  <script src="http://musecdn2.businesscatalyst.com/scripts/1.1/jquery-1.7.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/scripts/1.1/sprydomutils.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/scripts/1.1/museutils.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<?php Loader::element('header_required'); ?>
   </head>
 <body>

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<?php  defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die("Access Denied."); ?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 <head>
 
  <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"/>
  <meta name="generator" content="0.8.791.106"/>
  <!-- CSS -->
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/css/site_global.css"/>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/css/index.css"/><!-- JS includes -->
  <script src="http://musecdn2.businesscatalyst.com/scripts/1.1/jquery-1.7.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/scripts/1.1/sprydomutils.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/scripts/1.1/museutils.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<?php Loader::element('header_required'); ?>
   </head>
 <body>
 <script src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/scripts/1.1/jquery.tobrowserwidth.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <div class="clearfix" id="page"><!-- column -->
   <div class="position_content" id="page_position_content">
    <div class="clearfix colelem" id="pu70"><!-- group -->
     <div class="browser_width grpelem" id="u70"><!-- simple frame --></div>
     <?php include 'includes/headermenu.php'; ?>
     <div class="clearfix grpelem" id="u118"><!-- column -->
      <div class="clearfix colelem" id="u121"><!-- group -->
       <div class="clearfix grpelem" id="u133-4"><!-- content -->
        <p>Morgan Community College</p>
       </div>
       <div class="grpelem" id="u128"><!-- image -->
        <img id="u128_img" src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/image/textsize_home.jpg" alt="" width="139" height="32"/>
       </div>
      </div>
      <div class="clearfix colelem" id="u458-4"><!-- content -->
       <p>Future Students</p>
      </div>
      <div class="clearfix colelem" id="u459-4"><!-- content -->
       <p>Current Students</p>
      </div>
      <div class="clearfix colelem" id="u460-4"><!-- content -->
       <p>Parents & Family</p>
      </div>
      <div class="clearfix colelem" id="pu750"><!-- group -->
       <div class="clearfix grpelem" id="u750"><!-- group -->
        <div class="grpelem" id="u751"><!-- image -->
         <img id="u751_img" src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/image/twitterheading.jpg" alt="" width="266" height="51"/>
 
        </div>
        <div class="clearfix colelem" id="u856-4"><!-- content -->
          <?php 
         $a = new Area('Sidebar');
         $a->display($c);
         ?>
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class="clearfix grpelem" id="u724"><!-- group -->
        <div class="grpelem" id="u725"><!-- image -->
         <img id="u725_img" src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/image/calendarheader.jpg" alt="" width="271" height="51"/>
 
        </div>
        <div class="clearfix colelem" id="u857-4"><!-- content -->
          <?php 
         $a = new Area('Sidebar 2');
         $a->display($c);
         ?>
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class="clearfix grpelem" id="u858-4"><!-- content -->
        <?php 
         $a = new Area('Sidebar 3');
         $a->display($c);
         ?>
       </div>
      </div>
     </div>
     <div class="clearfix grpelem" id="u419"><!-- group -->
      <div class="grpelem" id="u414"><!-- image -->
       <img id="u414_img" src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/image/ad1.jpg" alt="" width="693" height="222"/>
      </div>
     </div>
     <div class="grpelem" id="u653"><!-- image -->
      <img src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/image/sidemenu_home.jpg" alt="" width="256" height="243" border="0" usemap="#u653_imgMap" id="u653_img"/>
      <map name="u653_imgMap">
        <area shape="rect" coords="11,3,254,46" href="#" alt="Future Students">
        <area shape="rect" coords="11,49,254,86" href="#" alt="Current Students">
        <area shape="rect" coords="11,89,254,126" href="#" alt="Parents & Family">
        <area shape="rect" coords="11,128,254,168" href="#" alt="Jobs @ MCC">
      </map>
     </div>
     <div class="grpelem" id="u730"><!-- image -->
      <img id="u730_img" src="<?=$this->getThemePath()?>/image/newsheader.jpg" alt="" width="373" height="51"/>
     </div>
    </div>
    <?php include 'includes/footermenu.php'; ?>
     <!-- Other scripts -->
  <script type="text/javascript">
   Muse.Utils.addSelectorFn('body', Muse.Utils.transformMarkupToFixBrowserProblemsPreInit);/* body */
$(document).ready(function() { $('.browser_width').toBrowserWidth(); });/* browser width elements */
Muse.Utils.addSelectorFn('a.nonblock', Muse.Utils.addHyperlinkAnchor); /* a.nonblock */
Muse.Utils.addSelectorFn('body', Muse.Utils.showWidgetsWhenReady);/* body */
Muse.Utils.addSelectorFn('body', Muse.Utils.transformMarkupToFixBrowserProblems);/* body */
</script>
    <!-- Other scripts -->
  <script type="text/javascript">
   document.documentElement.className = 'js';
</script>
   </body>
</html>

vincedelaking replied on Feb 20, 2012 at 6:04 pm Permalink Reply

hi Terri,

That is a lot of id's :)
try placing my example just before
<?php include 'includes/footermenu.php'; ?>
See if that is editable.

TEades replied on Feb 21, 2012 at 10:51 am Permalink Reply

Tried this, and putting it AFTER the include. No such luck. I'm thinking this is probably a z-index issue, which I was afraid of.

vincedelaking replied on Feb 21, 2012 at 11:56 am Permalink Reply

I was just thinking that :)

TEades replied on Feb 21, 2012 at 12:02 pm Permalink Best Answer Reply

I'm actually figuring it out. If I move the code for the divs higher up in the document structure, it helps.

On a side note, I'm a web designer/developer and have been trying out an Adobe beta product that is a WYSIWYG that makes laying out CSS easy, and automatically puts in code so that all works in IE, too. (A developer's dream, right?) However, I'm finding that I could've written cleaner code, myself, and still saved time. ;-)

vincedelaking replied on Feb 21, 2012 at 12:06 pm Permalink Reply

Good to here!

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