1 Topic by jon9china 2015-04-06 08:18:56

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Topic: write content with html and bootstrap classes

Is there a way for me to create pages and use bootstrap classes in html tags within my content?  Thanks for any help offered!

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Re: write content with html and bootstrap classes

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Hi there of course there is deppends on your layout design and on your Bootstraap version. But you sure can, if you are using the monstra.org 3.0.1 cms its already with version 3.0 Bootstraap but you may edit all layout and design to meet your needs.

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3 Reply by jon9china 2015-04-07 08:24:45

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Re: write content with html and bootstrap classes

Thanks for the reply.  I should say I'm a bit of a newbie here.  I need to ask exactly where I would paste the code for any such content that would include html.  I see in the file structure, the content is in .txt files with some markup that I don't recognize. So where would I put the html content for one of these pages and have it rendered accordingly?  Seems I can't just put it in the text window where pages are normally composed.

Thanks again!

4 Reply by wormsunited 2015-04-07 09:08:12 (edited by wormsunited 2015-04-07 09:10:06)

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Re: write content with html and bootstrap classes

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Hi mate. In order to you to make the design as you wish and paste the code, you should follow this steps:

1 - Go to public/themes/yourtheme (open or create new folder)
2 - Open or create a file named as header.chunk.php and footer.chunk.php and index.template.php
3 - On the file header.chunk.php paste your desired code (normally its the <html> tag and <head> tag contents, do the same for footer.chunk.php.

So now you have 2 pieces, one to the top and other to the footer all you need now its to create a index file to place your contents inside.

4 - Open your index.template.php file and place inside this code:

<?php Chunk::get('header'); ?> // this calls your header file
<?php echo Site::content(); ?> // this will output your cms contents
<?php Chunk::get('footer'); ?> // this calls your footer file

5 - Copy all your files under public/themes/yourtheme.
6 - Replace the filepath like this for all your files:

<link href="<?php echo Site::url(); ?>/public/themes/mytheme/mycss.css" rel="stylesheet"> // echo Site::url will get your filespath

7 - Now lets create a menu for navigation:

<ul><?php echo Menu::get(); ?></ul> // this will bring up your monstracms menu inside the tags <ul>

8 - Open your backoffice and place contents inside and hit preview.

You should also read a bit about this template tags on: http://monstra.org/documentation/theme-template-tags.

There are many ways to create a template but this is the more easy one.

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Re: write content with html and bootstrap classes

Oh, now I see, in fact I can enter html directly into the text box when composing pages and it renders. Alright, then. Seems my problem is solved! 

Thanks, and nice product by the way. I like it because it's easy to get my head around the system and seems lightweight without extraneous stuff.  It may be what I need!

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Indeed it is my friend, you can do many things with monstra! wink

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7 Reply by jon9china 2015-04-07 09:24:16

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Re: write content with html and bootstrap classes

Thanks for the fast reply. This is very useful if and when I get into working with the theme!

btw looking forward to when the admin Reference bullet points on the documentation page might be filled out. That would also be useful for me in grasping 'snippets' and 'blocks', though I suspect with tooling around I should be able to figure it out myself.

Thanks,
Jon

8 Reply by wormsunited 2015-04-07 09:30:32

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Re: write content with html and bootstrap classes

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Yes you can call up blocks and snippets easy... With php code or shortcodes on your pages only shortcodes works (if you are using monstra editor) but if you edit your files on a notepad or something you may call blocks and snippets to meet your needs.

<?php echo Block::get('block_name'); ?> for blocks
<?php echo Snippet::get('snippet_name'); ?> for snippets

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So you can use for example...

<div class="span12">
<?php echo Block::get('block_name'); ?>
</div>

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Re: write content with html and bootstrap classes

Where would I place javascript that I might want to reuse on select pages?

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Re: write content with html and bootstrap classes

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I advise you to place on the footer.chunk.php file since it loads less your pages you may place as many as you wish only loads when you try to use them or call some action by the js files, so even if you dont use them they make you no harm at all, only at your disk space LOL big_smile

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Re: write content with html and bootstrap classes

I see.  Thanks for the generous responses!

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You are more then welcome, enjoy Monstra wink

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