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concrete5 Beginner's Guide

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concrete5 Beginner's Guide

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
concrete5
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – finding autonav block properties


There are several tools doing a similar job, but Firefox in combination with Firebug has proven to be a solid choice. Install Firefox if you haven't done that already.

  1. Navigate to http://getfirebug.com/ and click on Install Firebug For Firefox.

  2. After the installation procedure has succeeded, log in to your concrete5 test site http://localhost/login/.

  3. Navigate to the home page and switch to the edit mode. Click on Add to Main and Add Block.

  4. Pick the block you want to find the properties for. Autonav is a good choice as it has a few properties you might not find very intuitive.

  5. When the block edit dialog is visible, right click on the first drop-down list, as shown in the following screenshot:

  6. The Firebug add-on has added a new menu item Inspect Element (as shown in the preceding screenshot) click on it and Firebug will be displayed.

  7. The focus should be set on the select element named orderBy. Expand it by clicking on the small plus sign in front...