Hi there, I've just installed version 3.5.2. and am having problems getting the subcategories to work. When I went for a test drive by uploading a story of my own, it let me put "Books" in, but wouldn't go on to the subcategories. They are not working at all. Have I done something wrong? I locked the "Books" category per the instructions on the manual.
I'm sad to say there are more issues because I am a total noob at this stuff.
1. I don't know how to get a new skin added or how to go about designing one that works. I can easily design a pretty page layout, but how do I code it correctly? The Zen one will do for the moment, but if there are tutorials around for building my own skins, I'd be grateful to be pointed to them. I've had a look around online and the ones I've seen aren't terribly impressive. I've seen the skins made by your members and they're very nice, but not quite what I'm looking for to use on my own site. I want to totally personalise my site, though I'd be happy with a basic two column layout with a header and footer if I can have my own custom banner on the top centre of the page.
2. I'd like to be able to have a longer welcome message for the home page. The system ate the one I posted.
3. The system only allows one news item at a time and will not let me put links in.
4. I haven't figured out how to link my custom pages to the skin. I've tried linking them on other pages but the system didn't like it and ended up linking the footer text.
5. The system will not allow me to simply upload a story from my computer. It flips out by posting code all over the screen which obscures the menu items.
I did CHMOD the files as instructed.
I understand that you are volunteers and may not be available immediately, but I'd really appreciate whatever help I can get.
Please read the instructions stickied at the top of this forum for reporting issues (READ THIS BEFORE POSTING! and Support Request Template). Specifically, don't append a new issue to an old post, read the wiki and the manual for basic information, and please provide the information in the support request template. Without a link to your archive so we can actually SEE the problem, we're just shooting in the dark.
1. Answered in the Wiki. There are also tutorials at my site. http://www.hugosnebula.com/articles . These two articles will probably be of most use.
2. You can't have written one too long for the system. It's saved as a text field in the database. You'd have to have written something longer than most short stories....I'm talking 20 or more pages. I'd try again posting your welcome message. If you were using HTML in the message, make sure your HTML tags were in the allowed tags list and properly formatted. For instance if you didn't close a title attribute or a tag somewhere, your browser will not display (eat) the rest of the text behind it because it will still think that tag is open.
3. The system allows many many news items. Your skin may be set up to only display 1 at a time on the index page. For the links, again, see your allowed tags list. If you didn't allow the A tag, links will be stripped.
4. What did you try? We can't tell you what you did wrong when we don't know exactly what you did to get the results you did. Again, a link to your site would be helpful here.
5. What kind of files are you trying to upload? The system can only accept HTML and TXT files. If you're trying to upload a .doc or .docx file, it can't read it
My first suggestion, is read the manual. read through the admin settings, read the wiki and the tutorials in the forums, and search the forum. I'm pretty sure you'll find your questions have already been asked and answered.
Thanks.
