The install was super easy and I'm well nigh pleased.
I somehow think I know too much all the while knowing much too little!
I'm an experienced HTML and CSS coder but know naught about PHP. I've installed to: http://www.mainefocus.com/index.php ...
and need to get from there to something like http://www.mainefocus.com/index.html and http://www.mainefocus.com/holding.html which I coded by hand.
This looks perfect to do that but I've got the terminology kind of mixed up and I'm not sure where to start. And sorry but I find the Wicki very confusing and incomplete.
Anyway, I'm not complaining - I'm pleased. But if there's some resource that could help me get there, I'd really like to know it.
Thanks. Much.
O.
This is great! Uh... what next?
This is great! Uh... what next?
No problem. The lack of docs is becoming more and more of a problem...
The quick 5 second version is:
1. Make a new template. In that template, you basically want to paste in your whole site look. This would basically be everything that would go into header and footer include files. In the spot that you would put your actual page content, stick a {content} in there. Where a menu would go, you would put a {bulletmenu} or {dhtmlmenu}.
2. Make a new content page. Put your home page content in it. Call it home.
3. Check out your new site.
Hope that helps a little bit.
The quick 5 second version is:
1. Make a new template. In that template, you basically want to paste in your whole site look. This would basically be everything that would go into header and footer include files. In the spot that you would put your actual page content, stick a {content} in there. Where a menu would go, you would put a {bulletmenu} or {dhtmlmenu}.
2. Make a new content page. Put your home page content in it. Call it home.
3. Check out your new site.
Hope that helps a little bit.
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oreb
This is great! Uh... what next?
It does help. I'll work on it. Probably be back though. 
Thanks.
O.
Thanks.
O.
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oreb
Ping Wishy
Hi again,
What you said makes sense. Almost.
I understand the header and footer part and I can make them includes. I sort of understand the content and menu part. But I'm not sure how to actually set up the body with the columnar appearance I want.
Would it be possible to post an example template that shows how to incorporate the {} items and, for that matter what the content page looks like with the includes. It doesn't have to be a live page, just a sample for the way it's coded.
Also where does my style sheet figure into all this.
I really appreciate the help.
O.
What you said makes sense. Almost.
I understand the header and footer part and I can make them includes. I sort of understand the content and menu part. But I'm not sure how to actually set up the body with the columnar appearance I want.
Would it be possible to post an example template that shows how to incorporate the {} items and, for that matter what the content page looks like with the includes. It doesn't have to be a live page, just a sample for the way it's coded.
Also where does my style sheet figure into all this.
I really appreciate the help.
O.
This is great! Uh... what next?
Take a look at the default template. Notice how it's all of the html for the site, minus the content. About 2/3 of the way down, you'll see the {content} tag. That's what will get replaced with your content page.
Also, about a 1/3 down should be the {dhtmlmenu}. That's the menu that is generated automatically (by way of a plugin) from your list of content in Content Management.
Now, the CSS (stuff in the stylesheet box on the edit template form) is automatically inserted into the place where the {stylesheet} tag is. Change that, and the changes will automatically be put into the template.
Ignore CSS Managment for now, as it's really only used in advanced cases where you share the same CSS for more than one template.
Hopefully that helps you get closer...
Also, about a 1/3 down should be the {dhtmlmenu}. That's the menu that is generated automatically (by way of a plugin) from your list of content in Content Management.
Now, the CSS (stuff in the stylesheet box on the edit template form) is automatically inserted into the place where the {stylesheet} tag is. Change that, and the changes will automatically be put into the template.
Ignore CSS Managment for now, as it's really only used in advanced cases where you share the same CSS for more than one template.
Hopefully that helps you get closer...
