Adding static pages!

[Maky70]

I'd like to know if I can add static/private pages - like About Us, Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, etc. - in Vivvo CMS, and be able to update them separately? If no, do you intend to add this feature in future releases?

Thanks in advance. :cool:

[mrmotivation]

I'd like to know if I can add static/private pages - like About Us, Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, etc. - in Vivvo CMS, and be able to update them separately? If no, do you intend to add this feature in future releases?

Thanks in advance. :cool:

Hey Maky -

Currently you can add static pages, but it really isn't easy. I know that we have been on the crew at Vivvo to create an easy way for people to add static pages because I am in a very similar situation to you when I need a page that doesn't have the article look and feel to it.

Hang tight and I assure you that it will be out very soon. Boccio and the boys have never let us down yet. They are very good at listening to our ideas, concerns, questions, etc. Some of the best customer service around.


Aaron

[boccio]

Here's a short how-to for creating static pages:
http://www.vivvo.net/forums/showthread.php?t=176

[Maky70]

Hi Boccio. It would be a great feature to have "Static pages" without the spices (i.e. Printer Friendly; Email to Friend; Rating, etc.), since they shouldn't look like the rest of the site (News/Articles).

I like the feature in ArticleLive NX from Interspire.com, where you could easily add static pages with any title from the CMS backend/console and make them hidden; then modify the header.tpl or footer.tpl files to insert the required menu items (Privacy Policy, Terms, About us, etc.) and link them to the hidden static pages in your site by simply inserting 1-2 lines of HTML code in the template file as required.

For example:
<a href= "VivvoStaticPagesFolder/HiddenPage.html"> About Us </a> - to show "About Us" page in header/footer sections.

Adding static pages with their own titles and options is one of the basic & most important features of most popular CMS packages. With this feature embedded in Vivvo, it will be a complete & competitive CMS tool.

Keep the good work!

[MemoBony]

It's very nice indeed to add a new page to your website with Vivvo CMS. Here I need to add a contact form page, I tried to use the contact form from the plugins, but it's completely not giving me what I want.
So, how can I put this page in my website? Have any body an idea?

Thanks a lot.

[apocan]

if you had a contact form that you use in your site, first create a category for it then create a template for this contact form. if it is in another page you can use iframe.

I hope I told what I think truely and you understand it :)

[MemoBony]

if you had a contact form that you use in your site, first create a category for it then create a template for this contact form. if it is in another page you can use iframe.

My dear I have a contact form, I made it before for many websites, and I create a category for it already. iframe it's not good idea, because I would like to have it in the same all other pages in Vivvo, mean same header and footer and the right and left boxes.
That what I search about it, so if I make template for it, then how? and where?

Thank you too much.

[Micha]

Go to your Vivvo administration >> Templates >> Create new category template.

Name it contact for example (the file will be saved as ctg_contact).

After you create custom category template go to Category management >> Add new category/subcategory, and choose created template from Custom template drop down (ctg_contact.tpl).

You can edit ctg_contact.tpl like any other HTML file, simply place your form inside created template.

[MemoBony]

You can edit ctg_contact.tpl like any other HTML file, simply place your form inside created template.

Thank you Micha, but if you have php codes how can then these codes work with an HTML or .tpl files?

[Micha]

Thank you Micha, but if you have php codes how can then these codes work with an HTML or .tpl files?

I'm afraid I don't quite understand.
You said here:

My dear I have a contact form, I made it before for many websites

.tpl files are just like any other HTML files, exept for tags ({BOX_SECTIONS} for example).

In your case, when you create custom category template, you can remove following tags:

<h1>{CATEGORY_NAME}</h1>
{SORT_BY}
{PAGINATION}
{ARTICLE_SHORT}
{SUBCATEGORY_ARTICLE_LIST}
{PAGINATION}

and place your form instead of it.