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Development => Resources => Topic started by: QueenTiye on January 12, 2009, 11:25:11 PM

Title: Pages...?
Post by: QueenTiye on January 12, 2009, 11:25:11 PM
Are we able to add pages to our sites by way of the portal?

In other words - at present, the portal wraps around an SMF forum. Which is awesome.  BUT - is it possible to have totally unique page that can be integrated with the portal?

Here's what I'd like to have: I'd like to have a big blank page with a giant "iFrame" on it - into which external websites would open.  I finally got my scrolling links working (Thanks JP! :)) so this is stage two, if you will.

QT
Title: Re: Pages...?
Post by: JPDeni on January 12, 2009, 11:30:17 PM
That's what articles are for. You can put an iframe in an html article.
Title: Re: Pages...?
Post by: QueenTiye on January 12, 2009, 11:40:23 PM
Right - but can the article be anywhere but on the front page?  Like - can I create a back page?

QT
Title: Re: Pages...?
Post by: IchBin on January 12, 2009, 11:47:20 PM
What is a backpage? What do you mean by anywhere? If you assign a single article to your frontpage, you can control what content is shown in that article, as well as where it is displayed in the article.
Title: Re: Pages...?
Post by: JPDeni on January 13, 2009, 12:16:55 AM
The article can be on the front page or not, as you wish. There is a place to select whether you want the article to be on the front page or not.

Take a look at my site.

Front page -- http://www.morethanspike.com/index.php

Biography -- http://www.morethanspike.com/index.php?page=4

A listing of articles in a category -- http://www.morethanspike.com/index.php?cat=35 (to read each one, click the "More..." link

A javascript game -- http://www.morethanspike.com/index.php?page=19

A php article, which uses information from Custom Profile fields -- http://www.morethanspike.com/index.php?page=29

And on and on and on. :) You can do just about anything with articles.
Title: Re: Pages...?
Post by: QueenTiye on January 13, 2009, 08:51:38 PM
IchBin:  Sorry to offend your sensibilities with my nonsensical terms.  I was trying to convey a particular idea, and being not quite knowledgeable, I did it poorly.

JP Deni: Thank you!  First of all - love your site!  I'm not Whedon-er, nor even a Spike fan (one of the few who never did and never will watch Buffy), but James Marsters showed up on my beloved Andromeda as a guest, and was simply wonderful. :)  (And fans of Buffy AND Andromeda were overjoyed!)  Second - yes, you got to the heart of what I was trying to say.  I'm going to play with articles and see if I can make them act as additional pages as you've shown on your site.

QT
Title: Re: Pages...?
Post by: JPDeni on January 13, 2009, 10:47:20 PM
Cool! :-D We'll be glad to help out.

(BTW, there was a special event back in 2006 with both James Marsters and Kevin Sorbo. Kevin is a very nice man. :-) )