[solved] I'm New and Need to Learn

[tx8627]

I just loaded CMS on my internal Windows 2003 server. Got everything done. Changed the logo and background and the update took place immediately in the Admin Panel, but did not apply onto the regular front-end site. Any ideas why? and how do I get that to work?

[deejmer]

You probably dropped your changes in the admin folder.  To affect changes in the front end, you will want to login to the admin panel, and create/edit the template and CSS in the 'Layout' menu.  Make sure you Assign the pages to the template, and also ensure you tie the CSS file to the template for proper styling.  This is all detailed out in the documentation on the site....start here -> http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php/User_Handbook/Getting_Started/Designer

I hope this at least gets you started....

[tx8627]

thanks.. ur right i was editing the files in the admin folder. i need edit the default pages outside of the admin folder. i don't need to create new templates etc... the current design is good for me.. i just need to where to locate those files and edit them.

thanks!!!

[deejmer]

OK...so here's my main messaging to you as a new user.  (Typically speaking) you should NEVER modify the core files in the application.  This will only bring you heart-ache.  This will prevent you from doing easy upgrades, moving your site to another server, etc.  Just dont do it.

You don't necessarily need to create a new template, but as you look through the "Layout" options in the admin PANEL (not the folder, get out of your FTP client) you willl see that the default install is using a CSS doc and a template.  You need to edit these to customize your site.  Again, I urge you to read up at the link I sent you earlier.  This is a very simple (hence the name of the app) product, and you just need to understand how the presentation layer works with the content stored in the database.  Its not really that difficult at all, but you must read to understand it.

[tx8627]

thanks!!! appreciate your time!