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concrete5: Beginner's Guide - Second Edition - Second Edition

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concrete5: Beginner's Guide - Second Edition - Second Edition

Overview of this book

concrete5 is an open source content management system (CMS) for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. concrete5 is designed for ease of use, and for users with limited technical skills. It enables users to edit site content directly from the page. It provides version management for every page and allows users to edit images through an embedded editor on the page. concrete5 Beginner's Guide shows you everything you need to get your own site up and running in no time. You will then learn how to change the look of it before you find out all you need to add custom functionality to concrete5. concrete5 Beginner's Guide starts with installation, then you customize the look and feel and continue to add your own functionality. After you've installed and configured your own concrete5 site, we'll have a closer look at themes and integrate a simple layout into concrete5. Afterwards, we're going to build a block from scratch which you can use to manage a news section. We're also going to add a button to our site which can be used to create a PDF document on the fly. This book also covers some examples that show you how to integrate an existing jQuery plugin. concrete5 Beginner's Guide is a book for developers looking to get started with concrete5 in order to create great websites and applications.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Pop Quiz Answers
Index

Time for action – creating a multi-column layout


Perform the following steps to give your pages a multi-column layout:

  1. Pick a page you've created in the previous section and open it.

  2. Activate the edit mode by clicking on Edit Page.

  3. When you click on Add To Main, you should see the already familiar pop-up menu, but this time don't add a new block—select Add Layout:

  4. After that, the following dialog should pop up:

  5. In this pop-up window you've got several fields to enter values:

    • Columns: In this field enter the number of columns your layout should have.

    • Rows: In this field enter the number of rows you need for your table layout.

    • Spacing: If you want to have some space between the columns, enter the value in pixels in this field.

    • Lock Widths: Mark this checkbox if you want to avoid accidental changes to the column widths. You can unlock the layout at any time.

    • Save this style as a new preset: If you need the same number of columns and rows several times, activate this and you'll be able to reuse...