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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 – styling your blocks


We would like to add an image to a page, but one that looks a bit emphasized, centered, and with a border around it. Perform the following steps to style your blocks:

  1. Navigate to the page where you want to add the picture.

  2. Go into edit mode.

  3. Click on Add To Main and select Add Block. From the list, pick the Image block.

  4. Select Choose Image to bring up the file manager pictures.

  5. In the top right-hand corner you can select a picture from your local hard disk by clicking on Choose File. Hit Upload if you've selected the file you want to upload.

  6. A small dialog appears, where you can perform different actions on the new file:

    • Properties: A file can have any kinds of properties. This action can be used to add meta information or a simple description to a file. It's not needed in our case.

    • Set: In concrete5 you have a concept similar to folders but also slightly different. Files are assigned to sets, but unlike folders, one file can be assigned to several sets or...