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I'm asked to develop a site for a client very quickly and chose CMSMS for this project.  The basic template, so far as I can see, is really quite simple.  I even plugged in a calendar module without so much as a whimper.  And I will gradually learn the more advanced features, but in order to accelerate the process I wonder if someone would point me to the correct location in the documentation for the following.

The home page will contain a number of blocks that represent an introduction to a topic, with a "read more" link to a interior page that contains the entire topic.   http://www.inyomonowater.org/default-template.html

I would search for such a feature, and  have been through the basic template guide, but I don't know what phrase would take me to the correct section of the manual. Could someone please point me in the right direction?

thanks

If these are permanent pages and there will only be a few of them then do it this way:

1. Create the detail pages individually using Content->Pages->Add New Content.

2. In your home page content section put your blurbs with a cms self-link. The palm tree icon in the TinyMCE editor lets you create a quick link to any page inside the CMS.

If the pages are going to be regularly added like a blog, then use either the {news} module or the {blogs} module.

1. In Content->Pages create a new page, titled News, click the options tab and make sure the alias is 'news' (don't use the quotes).  Use the template want for the interior pages.

In the main content block of this page put nothing but {news}

2. In your homepage template put {news detailpage="news"} - it will display the summary template by default.  There are lots of parameters you can customize.  For info goto Extensions->Modules and click the link for "News" and it will show you all the parameters you can use.

3. If you want to customize how the news is displayed on the summary or on the detail page, click Content->News and there are tabs for the various templates.

Hope this helps!