Newbie question

esebm · 2010-07-13 17:24:53

Hi,

I’m new to CMS and I’d like to ask a (probably stupid) question:

I am supposed to modify the layout of a 10 page Textpattern website. What I usually do when I modify a website, I ftp the entire site down to my PC, alter it offline and upload it again, overwriting the old files.

However, when I download this Textpattern website, no html files can be found to be altered, only the textpattern php files and the CSS files.

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Ed

Gocom · 2010-07-13 17:33:07

Textpattern stores the templates inside the MySQL database. No external files are used. The templates can be edited from TXP’s admin panel, directly from the database or with a various TXP plugin.

Some links and guides:

You can also set a development enviroment (server) up and running to your computer, and develope the site there:

Or use plugins to help with the transfer:

cnk_versioning

colak · 2010-07-13 17:33:14

Hi esebm,

No html files:)

Txp saves all in the database. If you login in the back end (admin) side of the site the presentation is all under the “presentation” tab. You will need an account which grants you privileges to commit those updates.

els · 2010-07-13 17:35:41

Hi, welcome to Textpattern :) In Textpattern (almost) everything is in the database, which means you can edit your pages and css online. Login to yoursite.com/textpattern/index.php and find the pages in Presentation > Pages and the CSS in Presentation > Style.

A couple of things you might want to read:

Textpattern Semantic Model
Everything under Admin-side
and Textbook in general :)

Edit: late again ;)

Last edited by els (2010-07-13 17:36:01)

esebm · 2010-07-13 17:53:02

Guys,

Thanks for the quick responses.

Ed

esebm · 2010-07-14 14:36:30

Guys,

When I open the Presentation tab, all I see is a default template that resembles only a small portion of the website. I can’t find any actual live pages that I need to modify.

Any tips?

Thanks,

Ed

jsoo · 2010-07-14 15:53:26

How far are you through the lists of resources linked above :)? I’ll link to yet another, one of my own: http://textpattern.net/wiki/index.php?title=Textpattern_Quickstart:_Hello_World.

If those aren’t getting you there, you might try posting a link to the site in question, then listing a few specific modifications you’re trying to make.

esebm · 2010-07-14 16:02:36

Okay,

Here’s the website I need to modify: http://www.mickiebellahart.com/

For starters, I need to move the 4 links below the slide show into the right column below those links. I can’t find neither set of links anywhere.

Thanks for the help.

Ed

jsoo · 2010-07-14 16:45:38

esebm wrote:

I need to move the 4 links below the slide show into the right column below those links. I can’t find neither set of links anywhere.

It’s a category list. Notice the URLs, they all have “category” as the first URL slug. Look for a <txp:category_list /> tag in the default page template.

esebm · 2010-07-14 17:10:00

The <txp:category_list /> is nowhere to be found in the default page template!

It looks like the entire right column is not part of this template.

Ed

jsoo · 2010-07-14 17:16:49

Could be in another page template, or in a form, or even in the body of the article used to display the home page content.

Two good ways to find a tag:

Install the smd_where_used plugin.
Follow the advice in my sig. (Note that this entails putting the site into debugging mode, which will cause it to prominently display any error messages, so it’s best not to do this on a live site.)

esebm · 2010-07-14 17:28:50

How can I find other page templates? There’s only the default template.

Shouldn’t the default template have all columns of a page?

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