Stack borders
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Hi,
I working on a website with Concrete5 v5.5.2.1.
In my global site name area I've placed three blocks - one with some text, one with an image, and the third with a site nav block.
I need to change the formatting of all three blocks - I would like to change the justification, add some borders, dink around with the spacing, etc.
I can successfully edit text in this area all day, but for some reason I can't change any of the Design elements.
So lets say I want to add a border. I go to Dashboard->Stacks->Site Name, and my site name area pops into view for editing. I highlight one of the blocks and select Design from the popup menu and then go to the Border tab. I ask for a black 1px wide full border and click Save. Boom - there it is in the preview window. So I click Approve Changes at the top of the preview window and then Return to Website. No borders.
I tried the exact same procedure on the main page in edit mode, but still no soap.
I have caching turned off.
Anyone know what I'm missing?
Thanks for your help,
Mike
I working on a website with Concrete5 v5.5.2.1.
In my global site name area I've placed three blocks - one with some text, one with an image, and the third with a site nav block.
I need to change the formatting of all three blocks - I would like to change the justification, add some borders, dink around with the spacing, etc.
I can successfully edit text in this area all day, but for some reason I can't change any of the Design elements.
So lets say I want to add a border. I go to Dashboard->Stacks->Site Name, and my site name area pops into view for editing. I highlight one of the blocks and select Design from the popup menu and then go to the Border tab. I ask for a black 1px wide full border and click Save. Boom - there it is in the preview window. So I click Approve Changes at the top of the preview window and then Return to Website. No borders.
I tried the exact same procedure on the main page in edit mode, but still no soap.
I have caching turned off.
Anyone know what I'm missing?
Thanks for your help,
Mike
Im working with stacks, but not with global areas, and i have a similar problem with designing stacks.
Currently the only way to design a stack seems to be to apply CSS to each appearance of that stack on pages. When i go to Full Sitemap - Option: Show System Pages - Stacks - click on the stack - select Design in the dialog box - then a dialog opens for choosing a Page Type, and not the CSS dialog, as expected.
An improvement would be, if stacks could be designed globally, actually they should be, since stacks are unique and not only placeholders for content.
Currently the only way to design a stack seems to be to apply CSS to each appearance of that stack on pages. When i go to Full Sitemap - Option: Show System Pages - Stacks - click on the stack - select Design in the dialog box - then a dialog opens for choosing a Page Type, and not the CSS dialog, as expected.
An improvement would be, if stacks could be designed globally, actually they should be, since stacks are unique and not only placeholders for content.
Its worth thoroughly checking the bug reports before believing me though!
In the mean time, and if the bug does exist, some ways to work round it.
- Put the header blocks on a hidden page somewhere, then add a 'Global Areas block' or 'Parent Area block' to your header or stack.
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/global-areas/...
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/parent-area/...
- Modify your theme to have 3 global header areas with appropriate styling and put 1 block in each.
- Modify your css to directly style each of the 3 blocks.
- Make a custom template for each of the blocks (not sure if this suffers from the same problem)