Help creating dynamic front page

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alexlr

Help creating dynamic front page

Post by alexlr »

Ok, so here's my situation. I'm new to php and for the most part I just do design. I'm not a backend guy and this is on the reasons I chose CMS made simple. And here's what I need to do:

What I'm looking to do is create a somewhat dynamic front page. It will have an image with a welcome message and then I'd like to have three sections below it. One for articles, one for reviews and one for studios. Each section will contain a set amount of articles with short descriptions of each with the option to read on (as seen in this mockup below).

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What I need to know is can CMSMS do this? Will modules need to be written? I am completely worthless when it comes to php and writing a module is something I just can't do at this point. If that's the case, is there someone with more knowledge in this area willing to help?

Ideally each section would pull the latest articles from within the bowels of the database and slap them on the front page, updating itself whenever a newer article is published.

I have accepted the fact that I'll need a separate "front-page" template for this, which is fine and styling won't be an issue. It's just the actual coding that I think will inevitably have to occur that frightens me.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Alex
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alby

Re: Help creating dynamic front page

Post by alby »

alexlr wrote: What I'm looking to do is create a somewhat dynamic front page. It will have an image with a welcome message and then I'd like to have three sections below it. One for articles, one for reviews and one for studios. Each section will contain a set amount of articles with short descriptions of each with the option to read on (as seen in this mockup below).
Module News with 3 categories (view Extensions >> Modules >> News -> Help for other params).
Add 3 category (ex: article,review,studio) in Content >> News

Add in your template:

{news category=article}

{news category=review}

{news category=studio}


Alby
Last edited by alby on Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:35 am, edited 1 time in total.
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