New Pages Default to Wrong Time - Please Help a newbie
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Hi everyone. I love Concrete5 so far.
While I have set the time zone for my user name (who is also admin), it seems that there is still a problem with time.
When I create a new page, I am forced to change the date and time. It seems to be about 6 hours ahead of me. I am America/Regina, and recall that typically as -6.
Kind of an annoyance to have to do this each time.
Any ideas?
Thanks for assistance you might provide.
While I have set the time zone for my user name (who is also admin), it seems that there is still a problem with time.
When I create a new page, I am forced to change the date and time. It seems to be about 6 hours ahead of me. I am America/Regina, and recall that typically as -6.
Kind of an annoyance to have to do this each time.
Any ideas?
Thanks for assistance you might provide.
Thanks. Will try this out.
I noticed that there was a config directory under public_html, as well as under public_html/concrete
Of course is in the first, but as a newbie, two config directory locations is interesting.
Thank you again.
I noticed that there was a config directory under public_html, as well as under public_html/concrete
Of course is in the first, but as a newbie, two config directory locations is interesting.
Thank you again.
I had the same questions about concrete5 when I first looked at it - why are there effectively duplicate folders at the top level and in the /concrete folder? And why are most of the top level folders empty?
The short-ish answer to this is that the 'core' of concrete5 is in /concrete. All of the default functionality comes from this folder and it's effectively a static bunch of files - you should never update anything in this folder.
Everything else at the top level is for the _specific_ stuff for your site... So the /config/site.php file is going to be specific to your install/db. The /packages folder is for packages that you install yourself and the /files directory is for all the stuff you upload via the file manager.
The other empty folders like /blocks, /elements, /controllers, etc, are considered the 'override' folders - in these you place copies of things that you want to modify for your own customisations.
This means that when concrete5 is updated, the /concrete folder gets replaced with a brand new copy, but all your existing files, settings and modifications remain.
It works really well.
For reference, in the upcoming 5.7 release of concrete5, these folders have been moved around a bit to make it even clearer - there is still a top level /concrete folder and a /packages folder, but all of the override folders have been moved into an /application folder - there's a clear separation then between what is concrete5 and what files are your customisations and overrides -https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5-5.7.0/tree/master/web...
The short-ish answer to this is that the 'core' of concrete5 is in /concrete. All of the default functionality comes from this folder and it's effectively a static bunch of files - you should never update anything in this folder.
Everything else at the top level is for the _specific_ stuff for your site... So the /config/site.php file is going to be specific to your install/db. The /packages folder is for packages that you install yourself and the /files directory is for all the stuff you upload via the file manager.
The other empty folders like /blocks, /elements, /controllers, etc, are considered the 'override' folders - in these you place copies of things that you want to modify for your own customisations.
This means that when concrete5 is updated, the /concrete folder gets replaced with a brand new copy, but all your existing files, settings and modifications remain.
It works really well.
For reference, in the upcoming 5.7 release of concrete5, these folders have been moved around a bit to make it even clearer - there is still a top level /concrete folder and a /packages folder, but all of the override folders have been moved into an /application folder - there's a clear separation then between what is concrete5 and what files are your customisations and overrides -https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5-5.7.0/tree/master/web...
Wow. Thanks. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Being new to a system like Concrete5 is tough for someone less experienced like myself. I was unsure of the forum as a resource, as many forums out there are sparse and seldom used.
Your response is very assuring. I feel like I am not lost so much at this early stage of mastering Concrete5.
Thank you again.
Being new to a system like Concrete5 is tough for someone less experienced like myself. I was unsure of the forum as a resource, as many forums out there are sparse and seldom used.
Your response is very assuring. I feel like I am not lost so much at this early stage of mastering Concrete5.
Thank you again.
You can specifically set the timezone in the concrete5 /config/site.php file with the line:
define('APP_TIMEZONE', 'America/Regina');