Is cmsms only for developers or designers?
If I add my template or design to cmsms and I build for a newbie, can they use it and add pages or content at ease?
The wysiwyg is not really that good for aligning content and images. I have to add my own HTML code but if I wanted to give this to a friend, its pretty complicated for them to learn.
So is this what content management suppose to do? What is the difference, cause I'm probably better off building my site in php and edit my content. I thought cms was good for editing different sections of your site but its doesn't display an option to view your template.
In my experience it is necessary to teach some html at least what , and mean.
If computer is not an enemy to your friend you will easily teach him to post simple news, upload and align pictures (or choose class), resize pictures, create links and NOT copy/paste from word.
Majority of my coworkers doesn't know what firewall is, but they manage to post simple news,upload pictures, answer questions, link google map and news.
Somewhere was mentioned that templates are stored in DB so there is no problems with file rights on the server. Try using Template Externalizer.
CMS Made Simple is for a professional to hand off to a nonprofessional...
I made the template and design for many people who can hardly do stuff on their own computer and they have no problem updating their sites, adding images aligning them, which can be done when adding the images if you go to another tab and set the alignment before submitting it...
As far as seeing your template not sure what you mean but they can see the changes they make if they go to the preview tab while editing the page...
Editing different sections of your site, as in different pages, very easy, go to Content > Pages hit Add Content link fill in Menu Text:, Title:, pick a parent page if wanted or leave it to make it a top level menu item, fill in Content: edit box choosing if it is going to be a paragraph, h1, h2 , etc., create links in many different ways, etc. etc. then you can hit the preview tab to see what it looks like it like it hit submit, Viola you made a new page...
Some times it is a bit of a transition to go from flat file html site building to a CMS but this is the easiest one out there to learn, want to have some real learning fun try joomla or drupal some time...
True, I guess that makes sense to have the client learn a bit of html and stuff. Thanks for the breakdown guys, I think I need to know how to combine those pages. Cause I have built the template but then created the page with all its content on it. Do I have to break up those content e.g. images in a new page, text only in a new oage, etc
If I have a sub-menu will that go in my new page or menu-manager?
Example: This code in my new page or Menu-Manager
SERVICES >> Print
Development
Website
Corporate ID
Print
I definitely need more practice to figure this properly.
Last edited by Anonymous on Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I just set in the smarty call for menu in the template (but i just always use the build in menu in my installs and only edit the css for them). for sub-emenu just use the start level parameter set to =2 (see help for MenuManager for all the parameters you can use). And also look at the default templates for ideas. Some of them in fact have top menu and sub menu.
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