editing category templates

[apocan]

hi,

I want to use different things in a special category. for example to show a different box in the right column.but I want to show it only in one category not all of the categories...I hope it is possible because I reaally need this..

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/6066/untitled1jh0.jpg

[merismus]

Thtas a good question me to i am interessted to know hoe to change that.
Thanks for bringing this up Apocan.

[Alex]

The image you showed is not a category page, its an article page. So, I'm a bit confused do you want to have different/custom box on article pages or category pages?

If you want to have different boxes on category pages, create a custom category template in Template manager and assign it to category in Category management. Then edit it, and remove/add boxes to right-hand side. This should do it.

[apocan]

what I want to say is that I want to put a block in different categories' article page.but It must only be in that special category's article pages..

as you said I tried different category template for special category but it only works in category page not in that categories articles..

[boccio]

as you said I tried different category template for special category but it only works in category page not in that categories articles..
exactly :)

The thing is, having custom article templates requires substantial rewrite of the very core of Vivvo - which is, at this point, almost impossible.

Now, for more than 9 months we're developing a premium class news publishing CMS in parallel. That CMS (allow me to keep its name a secret for a little bit) will have the option of cross-posting (one article in multiple categories), custom article templates, and much more. I can't reveal more at a time, but you'll see screenshots and features soon enough.

If you think Vivvo is great - wait to see this :)

[zwenthe]

I think its great that you are advancing the CMS, but I would rather see you do it in vivvo. People are spending time and money on your product, and the features need to be added. I understand creating a new level, but for those who invested in the Developer license for the features, support, and flexibility, it is a little disheartening to see that you are working on a new product, and not Vivvo. I have a ticket that hasn't been responded to in over 10 days... so I am at a stand still for upgrading to 3.5. I assume shortly I will be at a stand still when you release the new product, and stop adding to vivvo.

[boccio]

People are spending time and money on your product, and the features need to be added.
Exactly, and as you can see - we do that all the time. New versions, updates, plug-ins and extensions are being added all the time. We value our community very much and have absolutely no intention of letting it go anywhere else :)

I understand creating a new level, but for those who invested in the Developer license for the features, support, and flexibility, it is a little disheartening to see that you are working on a new product, and not Vivvo.
This is where you're wrong. We're working on the new platform for last nine months, believe it or not. And for all this time, we released not one, but tree upgrades of Vivvo (3.25, 3.4, 3.5), and 3 new plugins (vBulletin, Streaming Media, Google Sitemap). Not only that, we made complete overhaul of template engine and now Vivvo is one of the rare CMS systems that supports full CSS layout and is W3C valid (html/css). What else can I say to assure you that nothing will stop Vivvo from going further and further :)


I assume shortly I will be at a stand still when you release the new product, and stop adding to vivvo.
The thing about new platform is very simple. I can't say much about it yet, but here's the story. We had one thing on our minds - creating full Web 2.0 publishing tool, with full AJAX framework, intuitive website editing (similar to Netvibes and Personalized Google experience) and a whole lot more options. When we put it all down to white board we realized it would be easier to do it from the scratch then to "add" it to Vivvo. And this is why it will be a separate "line". The good news is that if you choose to migrate to new platform as a developer license holder - you will be able to do it easily for only a fraction of real price. If not - you'll still have (upcoming) Vivvo 4.0 and all the things we talk about here (like custom article templates) will be available to that version as well.

We really worked hard in past two years to make Vivvo a brand among news publishing systems, and we do not intend to let that go easily. Everybody who invested time and money in Vivvo will not be let down because of the new platform, or anything else.

[zwenthe]

That's exactly the response I was hoping for. I've seen it too often when a software company comes out with a new line, is really excited, and forgets about the old...

So far I am incredibly impressed with your product and I want that to continue forward.