[SOLVED] Questions for setting up site

[hig]

I am a newbie to cms and am wondering how to set up my site. I have loaded cmsmadesimple and have my template working. My question is:

I will have multiple areas on a page that need to be editable and multiple images. How do I set up these areas in my html to be able to see them and edit them in cms?

This may be a very simple question or not. I am clueless. I used the {content} tag in an area and it works fine. But like I said, I have multiple areas.

The page can be found at khcreativemedia.com/cms.

The area under the left menu is set up as the content area. I need to be able to change the area under "current exhibition" including the text and image. I would like the image area to be separate from the text area in the admin area.

Thank you,
Keith

[hexdj]

You can use the following:

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{content block='block_name'}

Throw that in your template as many times as you like and when you edit your pages you will see multiple WYSIWIG blocks which you can then fill out. For example, I have a site that uses {content block='sidebar'} and {content block='pictures'}

Hope this helps.

[Dr.CSS]

If you go to Extensions > Tags > content you will see the parameters it takes...

[hig]

I knew it had to be easy. Thanks.

I still have to have the {content} selector first, correct?

Thanks again,
Keith

[hexdj]

Yes, as I said this is the use of the tag:

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{content block='block_name'}

You just need to replace block_name to whatever you want yours to be called

[Dr.CSS]

The {content} tag is most often used where the main Content will be, if it is removed from a template it will still show when editing/adding a page, but if you do and then add text to it it won't show on the page...

Any name you use for the secondary content blocks will show with uppercase first letter...

[hig]

Terrific. I am going to give it a go. So far....I am loving cmsmadesimple.

Thanks,
Keith

[hig]

O.K., so I know that this will click one day and everything will make sense. Until then, I have to lean on you guys. So, sorry about all the questions.

I have added additional blocks in my template and I see them in the content / pages area. But when I add content to my second block, I see nothing in the preview. And when I preview site, I am getting text in the content area that I am not sure where it is coming from. It looks like content from one of the templates.

Could someone please assist?

Thanks again,
Keith

[calguy1000]

Additonal content blocks don't show in the preview.... save the page and see what happens.

[hig]

Got it. I deleted and reloaded and everything is working. I forgot to delete the install directory and I believe this was causing problems.

Only question left is:

I can't leave content blank because it is requiring info. I use a space and it works. Can I just leave it blank?

[hexdj]

You can leave it blank, but then again what's the point of having a content block if it's gonna be empty? 

[hig]

Well I thought I had to have a {content} selector if I was going to have multiple content areas. I found I can delete {content} out of my template and solve the problem.  The site I am working on has many areas that need content, so I didn't want the one generic one. I want to be able to make specific blocks.

So not having a {content} selector solved my problem.

Thanks
Keith

[calguy1000]

Put it back in

if you don't have a generic (default) content block somewhere in your template, many modules won't be able to output their code.

Most module actions will replace {content} with their results by default....