How to edit pages?

[razsports]

I am trying to edit the home page and the pages where you actually see the listings. How do I go about doing this? I don't want the categories to be in a box while visiting the home page. I am lost for words here.

[civ]

Have you looked at the templates yet? home.tpl.php, viewlisting(2).tpl.php, etc

[razsports]

" Have you looked at the templates yet? home.tpl.php, viewlisting(2).tpl.php, etc."


Hi civ,

The answer is, yes. I tried making changes to my home page via my admin. panel. It did not work. Errors came up as soon as I removed any of the coding.

[Mike-N-Tosh]

razsports,

As you don't list what version of the software that you are using (designer or developer AND version 3.1.x), it makes it more difficult for others to assist you.

If you have the developer version and if I understand what your goals are, then this may be a solution for you.

Open the index.php file in the root directory of your 68c installation. find this near the bottom of the file:

PHP Code:

$class_tpl->display('layout.tpl.php'); 


replace it with this:

PHP Code:

$class_tpl->display('mylayout.tpl.php'); 


I actually use 'layout2.tpl.php'.

Next (to make all of your "pages" created in the "pages" of your admin to ALSO use this template) open your pages.php file, again in the root directory and again near the bottom of the page you will need to replace the same code as you did in the index.php file.

Lastly to make this all work, copy your original layout.tpl.php file that is located in your template folder (default if you haven't made a custom template) and save it in your template folder with the same name that you are pointing your index.php AND pages.php files too. Change your new layoutX.tpl.php file however you want it to look like.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ORIGINAL BACKUPS OF BOTH YOUR INDEX.PHP AND PAGES.PHP FILES

Check my site and you will see that this is how I have done this. To follow the logic... The change in the index.php will make your homepage go to your new layout file (e.g. when someone type in yoursite.com/net/whatever). The change in the pages.php file will ensure that any time that your "pages" are loaded will also use your new layout file.

Hope that helps!
-Mike

[razsports]

I am using the developer version- and the latest new update.

[civ]

Originally Posted by razsports

" Have you looked at the templates yet? home.tpl.php, viewlisting(2).tpl.php, etc."


Hi civ,

The answer is, yes. I tried making changes to my home page via my admin. panel. It did not work. Errors came up as soon as I removed any of the coding.

Well what were the errors? Help us out here.

And keep in mind that if you intend to edit the templates via the admincp, you'll need to give them (and their containing folders) 777 permissions. This was in the documentation.