[Glastonbury] Mambo editing
Martin Wheeler
mwheeler at startext.co.uk
Fri Dec 23 14:36:11 GMT 2005
On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Sean Miller wrote:
> Martin Wheeler wrote:
>
>> Still trying to figure out how to change details of next meeting, tho'.
>
> Modules -> Site Modules -> Next Meeting
Thanks for the tip.
[Now -- you want to edit something on the front page. You don't know WTF
it is in local nomenclature; all you know is it's on the front page.
The only vaguely appropriate choice the Control Panel gives you is
'Frontpage Manager'.
What would you choose?
Oh, I see -- you're meant to scan the tiny print in the staus line at the
top and assume by psychic resonance with the developer that what you're
really looking for is .. "Modules" ?
I think *not*.]
> I find it hard to really see what's so difficult, Martin... I have completely
> technophobic folks on other sites quite happily getting their head around
> Mambo's "Power in Simplicity" layout, yet you seem to be unable to get your
> head around the way the thing is structured whilst, meanwhile, I can't suss
> out other products that you seem to find very simple at all...
Yup. Zope? P-o-P. Any 5-year old should be able to handle it.
> There's a manual here, btw, if anybody is stuck on anything...
>
> http://help.mamboserver.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=16&id=101&Itemid=121
When I feel like going back to this thing, I'll put a very evident link to
that from the front page.
>> Would you care to give us all a run-down on how to use this thing on Jan.
>> 10th, Sean?
>
> Sure can do that.... will look into alternatives too... perhaps we'll
> discuss a few of them at the meeting...
Ta. I have half-a-dozen alternatives on the laptop at all times, so if we
liaise beforehand we should be able to provide quite a few between us all.
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