I don't understand Dolphin

Not sure what i can do with this script? It doesn't seem to have much admin functionality. Really don't understand why there's an add page feature, when it can never find the page i add. What about editing pages? There's no editor.

And why bother adding an extra column when you can't do anything with it? I can drag and drop blocks from column one to two, but if i create a new column i can't. So what can i put in a new column? How can i edit the appearance of the front page? I don't want that 'welcome, log in or sign up message covering the images, yet there is nowhere to edit anything from.

This is a really poor script, i'm quite disappointed, and there doesn't seem to be much useful documentation either.

Quote · 24 Dec 2011

Not sure what i can do with this script?
You can do anything you want with the script (you just need to know how to)

It doesn't seem to have much admin functionality
It doesn't have every single option you can think of but it has enough functionality

Really don't understand why there's an add page feature, when it can never find the page i add
When you add a page look to the -->  it's says something like preview page

What about editing pages? There's no editor.
Don't know what you mean

And why bother adding an extra column when you can't do anything with it? I can drag and drop blocks from column one to two, but if i create a new column i can't.
Sure you can, did you try it in ff.. i know it had some problems in ie.

So what can i put in a new column?
Blocks, Html blocks (content) rss feeds , and so on (a lot you can do)

How can i edit the appearance of the front page?
Design vise or content?  Move blocks around, disable some you don't need get some extensions from the market endless possibilities

I don't want that 'welcome, log in or sign up message covering the images, yet there is nowhere to edit anything from.
Sure there is, do a forum search here and you'll find all you need.

This is a really poor script, i'm quite disappointed, and there doesn't seem to be much useful documentation either.
If you need documentation for everything then this might not be the best script for you.

Quote · 24 Dec 2011

 

Not sure what i can do with this script? It doesn't seem to have much admin functionality. Really don't understand why there's an add page feature, when it can never find the page i add. What about editing pages? There's no editor.

And why bother adding an extra column when you can't do anything with it? I can drag and drop blocks from column one to two, but if i create a new column i can't. So what can i put in a new column? How can i edit the appearance of the front page? I don't want that 'welcome, log in or sign up message covering the images, yet there is nowhere to edit anything from.

This is a really poor script, i'm quite disappointed, and there doesn't seem to be much useful documentation either.

I'll answer this in points (sorry, prolaznik!):

  1. There is plenty of admin functionality.  I can't really answer this without knowing what you want to do, though.
  2. You can add a page from Administration -> Builders -> Pages Blocks.  Click the Add Page button and enter in the information requested.  Page URI is the actual URI/URL for the page, which can be accessed from http://www.example.com/page/foo - where foo is the URI for the page.  Page title is self-explanatory.  You must add content (columns and page blocks) immediately after creating the page, or else it will be deleted.  You can access the page after the initial creation process from the drop-down menu for the page builder.
  3. You can add a new column to a page and immediately begin dragging blocks from other columns into the new column.  You may need to drag the blocks around a bit, but this is probably a browser issue.  I've noticed that the builders work best in Firefox.
  4. You can't remove the welcome banner that appears in front of the promo images without editing some actual files.  But this is actually pretty easy.  Here's how:

/templates/base/css/index.css:

 

#indexPhotoLabel {
    height:82px;
    line-height:82px;
    position:absolute;
    bottom:0px;
    width:100%;
    z-index:1;
    background:transparent url(../images/opSplash.png) repeat-x scroll left top;
}

 

change to

 

#indexPhotoLabel {
    height:82px;
    line-height:82px;
    position:absolute;
    bottom:0px;
    width:100%;
    z-index:1;
    background:transparent url(../images/opSplash.png) repeat-x scroll left top;
    display: none;
}

 

The edited portion is in red.  You'll also need to empty the /cache/ (except for the .htaccess file) and /cache_public/ directories after editing template files.

 

I should also mention that most (if not all) of these questions were answered before in past topics.  You should search the forums.

 

You can also find documentation at http://www.boonex.com/help.  There's a wealth of information here in the forums, too.

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Quote · 24 Dec 2011

Thanks for your replies, well it's sort of odd now because at 4am this morning i wasn't able to do anything. Now suddenly i can???

I was using both ff and ie, but nothing seemed to happen, for example i could add columns but not page blocks, now they're working.

Just woken up, will have a look at the rest of your helpful advice shortly, thanks.

Quote · 24 Dec 2011

i know i have troubles from time to time unable to drag blocks from (point A to point B). To deal with the IEXPLORER issue, you will see what appears to be a broken page icon just to the right of your browsers search bar. Click that to switch to "compatability view" IF your using IE.

Works for me

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Quote · 26 Dec 2011
 
 
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