CMS made simple needs YOUR help

Patric · **Joined:** Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:25 pm **Posts:** 10

Hi'ya - New here, since three days back. Using a lightweight CMS mostly called sNews, but thought I'd broaden my horizont a tad due to clients needs and so on. Like CMSms a lot so far, am no coder though, so I'm having a bit of a learning curve here

As far as templates go (being swedish) I don't quite get how to upload themes. Ported two, Refresh and Internet Corporation which I tried to upload as XML to the theme section on the site. However, being new to CMSms I haven't tried them out myself as i don't wanna risk my install (selfish, I knoiw) as they're already there, I mean... If I port a theme and have images, css and an index with content... Is it really sufficient to export it as XML

And could someone please check if I did ok trying to upload them, so I can continue with such tasks... And eventually make my own to upload. Or possibly host at my own site for hits, hehe... Cheap b'stard that I am

Oh, intoduction perhaps... Canät find the appropriate place for it so here goes:

Patric Ahlqvist, born and bred Swede, working as trafic coordinator (sort of on the ground flight controller for sick people... yea I know

). Two kids, single (Ladies !) and hobbies are to make websites from various open source products out there as it is cheaper for clients and a market for it. I have, as stated, been working with snews (snewscms.com) but want to go wider (will not leave sNews as it is gooood) and be able to develop sites for clients with different needs. CMS Made simple seems like an awsome product and an awsome place. I have high hopes...

But as I am quite stupid, heh, and sometimes don't get what I read, I am in need of assistance... Like now with the themes questions... Can I keep uploading XML files (and are they working) or should I go zippety ziip the themes ?

Regards and a nice weekend to ya'll - Patric.

jmcgin51 · **Joined:** Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:02 pm **Posts:** 1904

I'm curious. You say you are "no coder", but the homepage of sNews says,

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sNews is suitable for developers with beginner-to-advanced PHP skills and a good working knowledge of how to work with, set up and manage MySQL databases. sNews is not geared towards the end-user who knows little or nothing about building and developing PHP-MySQL websites.

Do you find that sNews actually does not require coding skills?

cyberman · **Posted:** Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:04 am

Hi Patric,

Patric wrote:

Hi'ya - New here, since three days back

Welcome here ...

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If I port a theme and have images, css and an index with content... Is it really sufficient to export it as XML

Yeah, ThemeManager will do it for you - all templates, images, js and css and menu manager templates will be encode inside the xml file.

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And could someone please check if I did ok trying to upload them,

Theme team should check it ...

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But as I am quite stupid, heh, and sometimes don't get what I read, I am in need of assistance...

Feel free to ask

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Can I keep uploading XML files (and are they working) or should I go zippety ziip the themes ?

Like you want but zipping creates smaller files ...

jmcgin51 wrote:

Do you find that sNews actually does not require coding skills?

Patric works there as documentor, tester and supporter ... not as coder.

Patric · **Joined:** Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:25 pm **Posts:** 10

jmcgin51 wrote:

I'm curious. You say you are "no coder", but the homepage of sNews says,

Quote:

sNews is suitable for developers with beginner-to-advanced PHP skills and a good working knowledge of how to work with, set up and manage MySQL databases. sNews is not geared towards the end-user who knows little or nothing about building and developing PHP-MySQL websites.

Do you find that sNews actually does not require coding skills?

Hi, jmcgin51... I, myself, have no coding skills whatsoever when it comes to PHP (meaning actually building something with my own ten fingers). I do some XHTML/CSS design jobs. I use sNews, mainly from being apart of it since 2005, so a few things have caught on, i guess. But I can't code one bit. Therefor I feel I can say what I did. Though, not saying a complete newbie would benefit a lot from using it, no... There you have a point. All true's are with some modification, no ? So is this. A simple install, needs no coding skills according to me. That's correct. However, sNews is a very lightweight system with bare necessities from scratch, so if you need/want more "blingbling" and/or performance changes, well, yes you do need some coding skills, in PHP.

You satisfied with how system behaves, but need to change the looks of it, yes you need competense in XHTML/CSS.

@Cyberman - Many thanks for a warm welcome.

Cyber El Mano wrote:

Like you want but zipping creates smaller files ...

So, ultimate is zipping XML files

Dr.CSS · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:12 am

@Patric

If you want to contribute themes just export them from theme manager and upload the .XML file to the themes site, no need for zipping them, it's just an extra step...

As long as anything it needs is called in the template or style sheets it will get exported with it, just no GCB...

Patric · **Joined:** Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:25 pm **Posts:** 10

I do thank you, Dr.CSS... Will add themes.

benleeves · **Joined:** Fri Apr 23, 2010 8:22 am **Posts:** 5

If anyone wants to turn my PNG visuals into CMS Made Simple theme I have loads, love to see them get used. Also been working on some new Admin designs if anyone is interested.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,
Ben

cyberman · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 2010 11:03 am

benleeves wrote:

Also been working on some new Admin designs if anyone is interested.

Sounds great ... there's a special area for admin themes on Themes site

http://themes.cmsmadesimple.org/Share_a ... theme.html
http://themes.cmsmadesimple.org/Downloa ... hemes.html

phpman · **Joined:** Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:41 am **Posts:** 1

Hello: I just wanted to let all the admins/and users here know that i have just downloaded and installed this great flexible CMS and to tell you the truth i wish i would have installed this long ago,i like it.

Infact i used another CMS for almost 2 years and while using the other CMS i moved into Theme Designing,Core Coding for the site's plugin sites ex: There Theme Site And Mods Site,I was creating at least 6 new never before seen themes on a regular basis.Using some very cool CSS approaches,With this said i am now going to start creating Themes for CMSMS seeing how much i like this system.
My Skills are:

html
xhtml
CSS
PHP
Java
XML
Flash
I use alot of Image Software,Photoshop,Flash Creation,Banner Makers and well so many to mention.
Anyway,again be on the lookout for some cool themes comming from me ...
If you would like to see some of my themes let me know,

jwaiv · **Joined:** Mon May 16, 2011 1:21 pm **Posts:** 10

I'm learning slowly, as soon as I can make a template that does not suck i'll be sure to upload. Great software and helpful forum, damm near perfect.

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