[CLOSED]Page Blocks doesn't seem to work

[chrisbar]

I use CMSMS 1.9.4.3 (would like to upgrade, but still have some unsolved problems with that). I have installed the module page blocks. Everything is installed, but when I try to use it I only get the line Blocks|Templates|Options. Clicking on one of these tabs does not help. Anyone an idea?

[Dr.CSS]

Where did you get this module, I don't see it in forge?...

[chrisbar]

I installed it through the module manager in my admin.

Over de PageBlocks module


Auteur: Elijah Lofgren <elijahlofgren@elijahlofgren.com>

Versie: 0.1.5

Wijzigingen Geschiedenis:

Version 0.1, July 2006 (elijahlofgren).
Initial release.



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[Dr.CSS]

It most likely is so old it won't work any more...

[chrisbar]

Clear!! Rest my Case

[lawry]

Does anybody know any alternative for the plugin "PageBlocks"? Sounds exactly what I'm looking for ... help would be appreciated!

[Dr.CSS]

You will have to give more detail as to what you are trying to do before we can give you any idea as to what module might work for you...

[lawry]

Sorry, my bad. For easier reference i'll copy the description of the module itself.

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Modulname: PageBlocks
Version : 0.1.5
XML-Datei: PageBlocks-0.1.5.xml

What Does This Do?

Allows unlimited blocks of Content to be attached to pages and edited individually

How Do I Use It

Put this is in your page or template:

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{cms_module module='pageblocks'}

Example of use: Job Listings

1. Create a "Employment Opportunities" page.
2. Go to Content » Page Blocks
3. Click on the templates tab.
4. Click "Add Template"
5. Paste in a template. Maybe something like this: Code:

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    Job Title: {$title}
    Work Experience required: {content block="WorkExperience"}
    Detailed Description: {content block="DetailedDescription"}
    Person to Contact: {content block="ContactPerson" oneline="true"}
    This job posting was last modified: {$modified}
    etc...

NOTE: The name of the block must NOT CONTAIN SPACES (it does not seem to work)!
6. Go back to Content » Page Blocks
7. Next to your "Employment Opportunities" page click "Add Block".
8. Choose the template you added earlier and all the {content block="block name"} will show up as input fields.
9. Repeat step 8 for each job.

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[Dr.CSS]

Not sure how this is any different from the default {content} tag...

http://multiintech.com/defaultcontent/h ... types.html

[calguy1000]

IIRC this module was found not to work with CMSMS a long time ago... and was unmaintained so was deleted from the forge last year.

[lawry]

In my judgement one big difference is, that the back end user, the editor for example, gets the ability to add complex (visual) content blocks without touching the template.

Plus the ability to predefine Templates and CSS for different content blocks.

For example: there is a page with 7 equaly css-styled boxes on it. Each box contains a picture, a name and a short bio. If the editor needs a box more, he just clicks a "+" in the backend. He enters the three requested values (picture, name, short bio) and hits the save button.

If this is possible with the standard content blocks, please give me a hint, where to look at or how to think.




Editing a page with he just clicks on a little "+" under

[Dr.CSS]

That kind of function makes me think of something like Company Directory that you can make extra fields for the kinds of output you want...

[lawry]

It's basically what I'm looking for, except for two things:

everything is labeled with something like company. That's kinda irritating for the backend user, if the content I'm building with this module has nothing to do with companies. PageBlock seemed to do the job pretty good by handling the whole thing more general.

Second thing: i get fatal errors generating a first entry under 1.10.3 "Hyacinthe" and 1.11 Beta 4.

Sorry if I give you guys a hard time, but there has to be another module for this ... i hope!

[uniqu3]

For labels you can always customize it to your needs:
http://docs.cmsmadesimple.org/customizi ... ge-strings

You can also look at ListItExtended Module (http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/listit2), that i think would meet your needs or as suggested use content blocks but you can make them a bit more flexible with AdvancedCotnent Module (http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/content2) for example.

There are many solutions to your problem, basically any module that lists some items should do the job for you and with module_custom method it actually doesn't matter what the name of module is.

[lawry]

ListIt almost fits my needs. I'll need to look deeper into it.

And I'm sure I'll figure out how AdvancedContent could might be any help.

Thanks a lot! You gave me some interesting input!