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News Module Getting Started Simply

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:38 am
by tboned78
Hi, Just staretd with CMSMS
Not a developer but I like the structure of this CMS makes total sense.

I am trying to do the following..

Change the Admin UI template for adding an Article

Now seems like i joined on the transtion of file based templates to Database templates, so the docs guides and previous help are little conflicting

First I tried creating override file templatesfor the admin, but that did not do anything

I see there is a FEU Sample Template which I assume id if you enable FEU for News.

The gap is how to update the Admin Template, I assume its Database Driven, but just not shure on the naming convention or how to wire it up to override the default.

Reason is this has everything I need and I can just create a Content Editor user and they can get cracking creating articles

Here is my setup:

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Cms Version: 2.2.16

Installed Modules:

AdminSearch: 1.0.6
CMSContentManager: 1.1.9
CMSMSExt: 1.0.1
CmsJobManager: 0.1.3
DesignManager: 1.1.9
DocumentSearch: 1.4.7
ECB2: 1.99.3
FileManager: 1.6.12
FilePicker: 1.0.5
Gallery: 2.4.3
MAMS: 1.0
MAMSDirectory: 1.0.b.2
MAMSRegistration: 1.0.1
MicroTiny: 2.2.5
ModuleManager: 2.1.8
Navigator: 1.0.9
News: 2.51.11
Search: 1.53
SmartyExt: 1.0

Config Information:

php_memory_limit:
max_upload_size: 128000000
url_rewriting: mod_rewrite
page_extension:
query_var: page
auto_alias_content: true
locale:
set_names: true
timezone: Europe/London
permissive_smarty: false

Php Information:

phpversion: 7.4.29
md5_function: On (True)
json_function: On (True)
gd_version: 2
tempnam_function: On (True)
magic_quotes_runtime: Off (False)
E_ALL: 22527
E_STRICT: 0
E_DEPRECATED: 0
test_file_timedifference: No time difference found
test_db_timedifference: No time difference found
create_dir_and_file: 1
memory_limit: 128M
max_execution_time: 300
register_globals: Off (False)
output_buffering: 1
disable_functions:
open_basedir:
test_remote_url: Success
file_uploads: On (True)
post_max_size: 128M
upload_max_filesize: 128M
session_save_path: /tmp (1777)
session_use_cookies: On (True)
xml_function: On (True)
xmlreader_class: On (True)
check_ini_set: On (True)
curl: On

Performance Information:

allow_browser_cache: On (True)
browser_cache_expiry: 60
php_opcache: On (True)
smarty_cache: Off (False)
smarty_compilecheck: On (True)
auto_clear_cache_age: On (True)
Server Information:

Server Software: Apache
Server Api: fpm-fcgi
Server Os: Linux 3.10.0-1160.66.1.el7.x86_64 On x86_64
Server Db Type: MySQL (mysqli)
Server Db Version: 10.4.25
Server Db Grants: Could not find a suitable "GRANT ALL" permission, this does not necessarily lead to problems... But if you have problems installing/removing modules or adding and deleting items/pages this could be the cause!

Permission Information:

tmp: /home/sites/2a/8/84b58c74a8/public_html/tmp (0755)
tmp_cache: /home/sites/2a/8/84b58c74a8/public_html/tmp/cache (0755)
templates_c: /home/sites/2a/8/84b58c74a8/public_html/tmp/templates_c (0755)
modules: /home/sites/2a/8/84b58c74a8/public_html/modules (0755)
uploads: /home/sites/2a/8/84b58c74a8/public_html/uploads (0755)
File Creation Mask (umask): /home/sites/2a/8/84b58c74a8/public_html/tmp/cache (0755)
config_file: 0444
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Re: News Module Getting Started Simply

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:42 pm
by DIGI3
For module templates (such as News), the best way is to use the module_custom folder in assets. Set up a folder structure to exactly match the module, and copy the template files you want to use into there.

So create something like:
/assets/module_custom/News/templates/editarticle.tpl
where editarticle.tpl is copied from /modules/News/Templates

You likely need to clear the CMSMS cache after any changes.

Re: News Module Getting Started Simply

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:12 pm
by tboned78
Hmm i did that.. and cleared cache

Wasnt 100% clear which template was for create article but if this is the way then I will double check my steps

Re: News Module Getting Started Simply

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:48 pm
by tboned78
Been a fuzz bucket.. that will teach me to do this stuff at 6aM .. I am much mor eof a night person
My files were not in a template folder just in a News Folder
which makes total sense how the overrides work..! Thanks in advance
There is a learning curve here.. but its not steep.