I'm new to Serendipity and am trying to learn all of the new verbage related to this project so I can use it.
I have s9y up and running with no issues. I have added the Contact form plugin along with a few others. I have searched and read docs here but for the life of my I can't figure out the Static pages or permalink plugins. I just want to get a link to the contact form on the main page.
I was in the hosting biz for years and have installed and modified a variety of PHP progs including cpgnuke and oscommerce... but this one has me baffled. You guys have created a language unto your own here.
Could someone kindly explain the process of adding a link to the main page for this plugin? Explain permalinks and the static page plugin a little better?
I'm a lost ball in the weeds....
Thanks,
Contact Form Link
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The easiest way of adding a link is with the HTML Nugget. Just use basic HTML in it.
The static pages plugin will create pages with the URL:
your domain/yourblogname/index.php?/pages/pagename.html
and you can configure the pagename when writing an entry.
The contact form will create a permalink, and again you can configure the permalink in the plugin setup.
e.g. your domain/yourblogname/index.php?/pages/contactform.html
Use those links in the HTML Nugget and everything will work fine.
The static pages plugin will create pages with the URL:
your domain/yourblogname/index.php?/pages/pagename.html
and you can configure the pagename when writing an entry.
The contact form will create a permalink, and again you can configure the permalink in the plugin setup.
e.g. your domain/yourblogname/index.php?/pages/contactform.html
Use those links in the HTML Nugget and everything will work fine.
That didn't work... this is for a simple project and I guess I need to do something else as I'm not up for burning alot of time trying to figure out something that isn't real intuitive.
When you create a project and develop a whole new verbage it makes it 10x times harder for a newbie to learn.. not the first time I've run into this for sure.
Thanks anyway...
When you create a project and develop a whole new verbage it makes it 10x times harder for a newbie to learn.. not the first time I've run into this for sure.
Thanks anyway...
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You might need to use this link format:
index.php?serendipity[subpage]=contactform
You might need to replace "contactform" with the URL title you configured in the plugin, as it can be customized.
Regards,
Garvin
index.php?serendipity[subpage]=contactform
You might need to replace "contactform" with the URL title you configured in the plugin, as it can be customized.
Regards,
Garvin
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American, I am sure of course. But I don't have my magic crystal ball polished up enough to see how you configured your contactform plugin.
If you send a screenshot of the config page of that plugin I can tell you the URL to use.
You can use a simple "HTML Nugget" as sidebar plugin. Not one of the event plugins.
Serendipity is a Blog, so you can contact the author by commenting on an entry. Additional features are available with that contactform plugin, and once you get the hold of it, it's powerful and easy to use.
Regards,
Garvin
If you send a screenshot of the config page of that plugin I can tell you the URL to use.
You can use a simple "HTML Nugget" as sidebar plugin. Not one of the event plugins.
Serendipity is a Blog, so you can contact the author by commenting on an entry. Additional features are available with that contactform plugin, and once you get the hold of it, it's powerful and easy to use.
Regards,
Garvin
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If you tell us what you have done exactly, we could help you. Since the index page seems to have worked before, there must be some change you made that was not correct.
But without patience, there's no success - I'm sorry.
Best regards,
Garvin
But without patience, there's no success - I'm sorry.
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Garvin
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Brad, I understand your pain and I'm truefully surry. If you ever get around for some spare time and want to get this figured out completely, you can always come back here and I'll try to help.
Best regards,
Garvin
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