Want to move my blog (journal) page to the home page... help!!?!?!??!
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Hi,
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I want to move my existing journal page to the front, so that it appears when people type my url in and first visit the site. Is this possible? I would like to do it and retain all of my 'child' pages (existing blog entries)
my page is
http://www.muskoxrecords.com
Thanks for your help!
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but I want to move my existing journal page to the front, so that it appears when people type my url in and first visit the site. Is this possible? I would like to do it and retain all of my 'child' pages (existing blog entries)
my page is
http://www.muskoxrecords.com
Thanks for your help!
Thanks for the help!
I'm still having an issue with one part of the page though. If you look at it, there's a spot under the main photo where it says "posted by admin on october 3rd 2011" and the time, as well as the word home. This isn't contained in a block, and I can't seem to delete it.
How do I get rid of this portion. I can't change it under the page properties tab at the top either.
Thanks,
Jarek
I'm still having an issue with one part of the page though. If you look at it, there's a spot under the main photo where it says "posted by admin on october 3rd 2011" and the time, as well as the word home. This isn't contained in a block, and I can't seem to delete it.
How do I get rid of this portion. I can't change it under the page properties tab at the top either.
Thanks,
Jarek
And now I've crashed the site. I was changing the block in order to display the old blogs (pagelist or whatever its called) and now I can't see anything. I am able to log in, and I can get to the dashboard, but none of my pages are displayed on my computer, or on any others... It seems like the site is loading, as there are no error messages, but there is just a blank page. I need to enter /index.php/dashboard after my domain to get to the dashboard... theres no links available.
gahhhh what have I done???? How do I fix this?
Thanks,
muskoxrecords.com
gahhhh what have I done???? How do I fix this?
Thanks,
muskoxrecords.com
You're talking about this site: muskoxrecords.com ?
Appears fine to me, I can see your pic, music player, etc.
Perhaps your server went down temporarily.
With your question above, the line that says 'posted by...' is in the template for the page list blog. You would need to copy:
/concrete/blocks/page_list/templates/blog_index.php to /blocks/page_list/templates/blog_index.php
(so it's the top level blocks folder, and you'll need to create the other folders inside of that).
Then you can edit that file and it should be pretty obvious what line to delete.
Appears fine to me, I can see your pic, music player, etc.
Perhaps your server went down temporarily.
With your question above, the line that says 'posted by...' is in the template for the page list blog. You would need to copy:
/concrete/blocks/page_list/templates/blog_index.php to /blocks/page_list/templates/blog_index.php
(so it's the top level blocks folder, and you'll need to create the other folders inside of that).
Then you can edit that file and it should be pretty obvious what line to delete.
I'm not quite following you about where I need to copy /blocks/page_list/templates/blog_index.php
to?
Still learning about how to use concrete 5. When I'm in edit mode, these words are not in a block at all.
I really appreciate the help!
to?
Still learning about how to use concrete 5. When I'm in edit mode, these words are not in a block at all.
I really appreciate the help!
Sorry, I'm referring to the filesystem on the server itself, not some editing controls within concrete5. To change something like that you have to manually copy and edit that file.
If you're not comfortable with that, perhaps leave it for now. Those lines don't detract from your site in anyway.
If you're not comfortable with that, perhaps leave it for now. Those lines don't detract from your site in anyway.
ahhhh, gotcha. I think you've got the best idea with me not tinkering around with that at this point. So those are coded into the html of that page then? I guess I would have to build a new home page to get rid of them???
Yep, perhaps leave things for now.
But no, it's not about building a new home page. There are files for the overall layout of your theme as well as files that control the output of the individual blocks.
In this case, it would be just tweaking the output of the pagelist block a little bit, leaving everything else untouched.
But no, it's not about building a new home page. There are files for the overall layout of your theme as well as files that control the output of the individual blocks.
In this case, it would be just tweaking the output of the pagelist block a little bit, leaving everything else untouched.
so now I've copied the page view block to my home page, is there a way to move the actual blog entries so that they are 'child' pages of the home page? I would like to eventually delete the 'journal' page entirely now that I can have them appear on the home page.
Or maybe they are not moveable at this point... and their existence in the 'page view' block is just an alias of where they are elsewhere on the site?
Thanks for all your help with this... I'm really in over my head here!
Or maybe they are not moveable at this point... and their existence in the 'page view' block is just an alias of where they are elsewhere on the site?
Thanks for all your help with this... I'm really in over my head here!
If you make those pages child pages of the home page, they're going to show up on your navigation and you'll need to hide them all. I think it might get quite messy.
I personally think it's a good idea to have them grouped under a page, and you're right in saying that on the home page the links to the items are just pointing to the same pages.
Perhaps you aren't happy with the word 'journal'? You could change the name of that page instead?
I personally think it's a good idea to have them grouped under a page, and you're right in saying that on the home page the links to the items are just pointing to the same pages.
Perhaps you aren't happy with the word 'journal'? You could change the name of that page instead?
it was more that I wanted the updates visible from the home page. And then I wanted to tidy it so that they weren't redundantly appearing elsewhere. But you've solved my main issue, so I think that I will just have to deal with them showing. And I guess that still leaves the option of someone leaving a comment on there.
Thanks a million for your help Mesuva.
Thanks a million for your help Mesuva.
I can move them, but it seems to be a better idea to just have them appear in both places and keep creating the entries as child pages underneath the 'journal' folder. Otherwise there will be more and more unsorted pages underneath my home folder when I'm in sitemap.
You could hide the Journal page, without removing it.
Edit the page properties for the Journal page, find the custom attributes and add and check the 'exclude from nav' option. The page will still exist, but it would be on the nav.
Edit the page properties for the Journal page, find the custom attributes and add and check the 'exclude from nav' option. The page will still exist, but it would be on the nav.
How would I put up a new entry then? Would I still be able to see the journal page myself, in order to create a new page?
Yes, through the Dashboard->Sitemap. You'll still see the page there and can single left click on it and select 'visit'.
Also, the page still can be directly visited (http://muskoxrecords.com/index.php/blog/), it would still exist, it just would not be shown on the navigation.
Also, the page still can be directly visited (http://muskoxrecords.com/index.php/blog/), it would still exist, it just would not be shown on the navigation.
cool! Thanks for all the help with this.
On your journal page, do you have a block set up (probably a page list block) that outputs the list of blog entries?
If you do, you could edit the page, copy it to the clipboard/scrapbook and then paste that in your content area of your home page.