OMG I do not believe it; it actually works! Thanks a lot! You've ended about a full day's worth of experimentation!
On Jan 21, 12:04 pm, bobbykjack <[email protected]> wrote: > You're looking at the templates (within content classes) which are > just the structural 'building blocks' for actual end pages. If you > open up the 'Administer Project Structure' node, you're then looking > at instances ('pages') built from those templates. You might have a > very sparse tree if this has been created totally from scratch, so you > might need to do some initial setup - without knowing this, it's > difficult to give any further info. > > As soon as you have a 'page' created from your content class, you'll > be able to expand it, select your anchor, and the options I previously > referred to will then be visible in the action menu. > > - Bobby > > On Jan 21, 4:47 pm, fred2028 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, thanks for the prompt reply! > > > How do I "connect" a page from SmartTree? I have a Content Class > > called Homepage (used for homepage only) and I wish to to link to a > > page called Benefits under a content class called "Non-Homepage". I > > created an Anchor placeholder in the template for Homepage and went > > > Administer Content Classes > Content Classes > Homepage > Structural > > Elements > benefits_link (anchor) > > > and in the Action Menu I do not see anything that represents connect > > page. There are options in there like "Connect to Authorization > > Package in Clipboard" but they do not work, even if I have the > > Benefits page in the clipboard. > > > A temporary fix I have was to make a link to Benefits with the text > > editor in the CMS and then copy the href attribute, but I'd really > > like to know how to do it with a placeholder so it's easier to manage > > for my superiors. Thanks! > > > On Jan 21, 11:36 am, bobbykjack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This is RedDot 101 :-) > > > > Once you've created a template with an Anchor placeholder, you can > > > create instances of that template ('pages' in RD terminology). An > > > instance will then allow you to edit the value for that specific > > > Anchor. You can either 'connect' a page, if you want the link to > > > target another 'page' in your RD project; you can reference a link/ > > > page if you understand fully the side-effects of that action; you can > > > directly assign a URL if you're linking to an external site. > > > > That's all very easy to do in SmartTree view; for SmartEdit, you'll > > > need to add RedDot 'editing' placeholders (i.e. the actual 'red > > > dots'). > > > > Finally, if you just want a permanent, static link in all 'pages' > > > created using that template, you can just hardcode the href attribute > > > directly in your template. > > > > If anything's unclear, plese let me know - happy to help out further. > > > > - Bobby > > > > On Jan 21, 3:49 pm, fred2028 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > How does 1 achieve this using RedDot's Template Editor? I have > > > > extensive HTML and CSS knowledge, so no problem there. Just when I > > > > choose Anchor as the placeholder type, there is no option to choose > > > > the page I want to link to, and same thing happens when I choose Info > > > > as the placeholder type. Anyone have a step-by-step guide as to how to > > > > get the URL of a certain page that I've created with RedDot so I can > > > > make a hyperlink to it? Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/RedDot-CMS-Users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
