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Re: Using a different template for the home page

Slurpdog — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:42:25 +1200

DesignCity - Got it and use it regularly, but it wasn't working in this case for me. FYI: I prefer IE7 unlike everyone else at my work place that use FF and still have IE6 installed. I am also a designer and not a true programmer.

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Re: Using a different template for the home page

DesignCity — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:56:43 +1200

Slurpdog - The web developers toolbar has a very handy and accessable 'clear cache' button which should be helpful!

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Re: Using a different template for the home page

Slurpdog — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:05:35 +1200

I was having the same problem and it turned out to be a problem with IE7. I had run the flush several times with no success so I tried it in FireFox and it worked the first time. Not sure if IE7 is unable to do the flush or if it was some caching issue, but you might want to try a different browser even if youâ€™re not using IE7.

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Re: Using a different template for the home page

DesignCity — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:25:12 +1200

bcm75204 - check the tutorials more carefully (http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=tutorial:1-building-a-basic-site#using_a_different_template_for_the_home_page) - If you follow them it will show you how to add pagetypes to the CMS. How you then style them depends on the template that is used for the site.

Given I don't know much of your setup, here's how I think you would add a home page:

1. Add HomePage.php to /mysite/code/ (with the same code as listed under http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=tutorial:1-building-a-basic-site#creating_a_new_page_type)

2. If you want the home page to be COMPLETELY different, add a template file called HomePage.ss to /themes/blackcandy/templates/. You can copy and paste the data from Page.ss into it and make any changes you want. If you want to edit the CSS of the design, you can either include a new stylesheet into the page or just make additions to BlackCandy's (found in /themes/blackcandy/css/).

3. This point in the tutorial is key - "Every page type also has a database table corresponding to it. Every time we modify the database, we need to rebuild it. We can do this by going to http://localhost:3000/db/build?flush=1." You need to flush the database by visiting /db/build and then refresh the CMS (F5) or the new pagetype will not be available.

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Re: Using a different template for the home page

quicked — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:39:22 +1200

Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but if you create a file called WhateverPage.php in mysite/code then db/build/?flush=1 (do it in the CMS), then 'Create a WhateverPage' has to appear in the drop down for create page type. If not, something is very wrong. It seems to be it is practically the premise for the whole system. What options appear in your dropdown?

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Re: Using a different template for the home page

bcm75204 — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:45:44 +1200

It still doesn't work. The option to create a home page does not appear in the dropdown option in the CMS. Anybody out there know how to use this?

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Re: Using a different template for the home page

quicked — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:06:32 +1200

If your HomePage is completely different put the template directly under templates/
If it is based on Page.ss then put it under templates/Layouts.
You will need a file called HomePage.php in mysite/code and you will need to select that page type in the CMS.
To refresh hold down ctrl and add ?flush=1 to the URL. Sometimes i have had to change browsers to see a change reflected.

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Re: Using a different template for the home page

bcm75204 — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:35:10 +1200

Can somebody tell me which folder HomePage.ss goes into?

Is it /public_html/themes/blackcandy/templates/?

or /public_html/themes/blackcandy/templates/Layout/

Thanks.

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Re: Using a different template for the home page

bcm75204 — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:58:52 +1200

The option to change it does not appear in the dropdown in the cms. Anybody else having this problem?

Thanks.

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Re: Using a different template for the home page

trevor — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:47:34 +1200

Hi,

One thing you could check is did you also change the page type for the home page in the cms?

If you followed the tutorial exactly then it should work.

Regards

Trevor

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Using a different template for the home page

bcm75204 — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:53:05 +1200

I went through the "Using a different template for the home page" section of the tutorial several times and I cannot get this to work. I want my home page to have a different layout than the rest of the site. I did multiple flushes and nothing changed. Any suggestions?

Thank you.

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