custom sidebar[SOLVED]

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custom sidebar[SOLVED]

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Hey everyone. I am a bit new to the forums so please excuse any 'noob' questions or statements and if this is the wrong place to post this question, please let me know.

I have been working with cms made simple for a while now and seem to have got the hang of it - for the most part. But I am faced with a problem that I know can be resolved with a little bit of help from someone a bit more experienced in cmsms.
I will sort of explain what my client needs and then go on asking for a way to complete this task.

It will be a product page template with links on it to get 'more info' and the like. The content of the template will be broken up into 3 sections: left {menu}productMoreInfo, middle {content}prductDescription, right {content_block?}productImage. 

What I need is to make a template where the client can login and add new content. But on the 'edit content' menu where the TinyMCE is, there is a box to add content, right? Well I need an extra one for the {content_block} or for the product image.

I know I can do this using the {content_block} and adding the image in the global content block section of the admin panel, but the image is static..and I would have to create a new template for each product.

To confirm what I am talking about, I have seen it done in a few templates I worked with, where there was multiple places (TinyMCE's) to add content from the 'content/pages/edit page' page.

How can I create this new field in the 'edit page' section, where the user can add his product description AND image both on the same page and have the description and image display at separate places on the page? Do I need to custom program it into the admin panel? Or is there an easier way to complete this template?

If anyone has some help for me please feel free to post back.

Thanks
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Re: custom sidebar

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Can you not just use the Image: field for the page and then use the {content_image} tag to place the image in the template?

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Re: custom sidebar

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Thanks for the reply.

I am a bit unfamiliar with the {content_image} tag. But to update my progress on solving this problem I will state my latest found information. I have been searching very hard in many places for and answer. I happened to find a place that talks about using the {global_content name=}. But I do not need the global part. I do however need the content block part. I am not sure if this helps. Again I am still kind of new to cms made simple and the advanced features it has.

Thanks again for all the help.
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Re: custom sidebar

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Thanks for the help.
Problem is solved. I had to add a different content block. It looks like this: {content block="sidebar"} and it added a 2nd place to add content in the 'add new content' pages.
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Re: custom sidebar[SOLVED]

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hmm they must have finally read thru the default content, tells you all about how to do this...
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