About-page

[kozakkk]

How do I update my information on the "About-page"? Do I have to change the html-code in notepad or is there a function in Admin for that. I tried to change the information in dreamweaver which didn´t work?

Kozakkk from Sweden

[dakwegmo]

You do have to edit the HTML. DreamWeaver doesn't now how to interpret the PixelPost tags, so it won't be much help as a WYSIWYG. But as long as you're using the code view in DW and not the design view, it should work fine. Editing in notepad may be easier.

[mcmost1]

ok, I posted this question to a thread I found this thread dated 2007 (http://www.pixelpost.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8477), though it appears to be similar to my problem, my issue is slightly different.

I saw the sticky (after the fact) that all 1.7.x issues should be posted here in this forum so here I am...

I have the darkmatter template installed to PPost version 1.71 and I am having problems with the results of my edited "about" and "browse" template pages.

Once I edit any of them in a text editor (and I have tried this with other templates as well) the navigation and in some cases the page layout fails if not disappears.

My site is on standby here - http://mostransky.com/pixelpost/pixelpost_v1.7.1/

as far as the "about_template" page, I was able to update the page in a text editor but now notice my navigation is lost. I added content for the "about" within the <p>and</p> and I appended the existing copyright line at the bottom of the page to add for myself.
ABOUT PAGE http://mostransky.com/pixelpost/pixelpost_v1.7.1/index.php?x=about

I also edited the "browse_template" page, I lost all functionality of what was once there. In this scenario I merely appended the copyright line at the bottom and now the whole page is defunct.

BROWSE/COLLECTION PAGE
http://mostransky.com/pixelpost/pixelpost_v1.7.1/index.php?x=browse&pagenum=1

Is it possible that the template is fubar'd by simply editing this bottom line item?

What concerns me more is again, using my web text editor from my host, I removed the html code for what was there that wasn't working for the "browse" page and then pasted the original html from the downloaded Darkmatter template, one would think that after saving and a refresh that this page would work - not the case. I cleared my cache and even tried FFox as well and still the mangled page appears.

Note - I can confirm that removing the template from my directory and replacing it with the default files obviously fixes the problem and brings me back to square one but this is obviously not ideal unless I want the default loads.

I notice "text editor" is recommended as the best method to edit these templates down below but can anyone confirm this or state that they have edited with a text editor in the past on these template html pages and succeeded?

Please help...

[TheMarco]

You edit the file in a text editor. There's comments in the page saying:

<!-- start editing here -->

and

<!-- stop editing here -->

And... hmmm editing it in an admin panel... maybe that's a nice little feature I could put in Dark Matter Pro. Will think about it!

[mcmost1]

thanks, I had done just that (editing between the two comments) but it would appear my issue is with the "web" editor from my host, which claims to be a text editor but obviously isn't if it is converting the angle brackets into unkown text and apparently has removed a number of lines of code. I am going to start over and make sure it is notepad that I am making edits with and will take it from there.

[dhdesign]

And... hmmm editing it in an admin panel... maybe that's a nice little feature I could put in Dark Matter Pro. Will think about it!
There is already an addon called About Text that you can use with Pixelpost to edit the contents of the About page in the PP admin panel.

Read post #2 in this thread (http://www.pixelpost.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7686) for links to the addon and more information about it.

I use it, and it makes it a lot easier to edit that page.

mcmost1, you might try using this addon and see if this method works better for you.

Note: This addon needs to be put in the Extend section.