Component/Module behaviors in Templates

chiaroscuro · 13.12.2004, 22:53

Hi! Have found a lot of helpful answers by combing through these forums over the last two months, but it seems this time I couldn't find a thread for this issue:

Am using Mambo 4.5 (1.0.9). Have made a few templates using the tutorial (and the MOS 4.5 code) found on mambosolutions.com (using Photoshop, Dreamweaver MX and MOS Extensions) and they work just fine, but it seems that certain components don't behave as they do in free templates like 'teamwork' which came with the MOS package:

For example, the editing area for Mamblog or the MOS Frontend doesn't appear in the content area.

I've tried comparing the code of several 'index.php' files of different templates, then cutting and pasting, but the error is still there. Should I look in the php files of the components instead? Thank you for being patient

rymnd02 · 14.12.2004, 00:32

kumusta? if you are using the latest component version for the mambo 45, i dont think component's php files have anything to do with the problem. i bet the problem is in the php includes. for mos4.5 make sure you have this 'mainbody' php include:
<?php include_once( 'mainbody.php' ); ?>

here's a comparison chart between mambo45 and 451a includes. Make sure you are not using the includes for the mambo451.
http://www.mamboportal.com/content/view/1670/29/

chiaroscuro · 14.12.2004, 12:00

Thanks for replying. Yes, I'm still using the old 4.5 'php includes' (which I reverted to after seeing that the new Dreamweaver MOS extensions didn't work for me yet).

My templates work well with all the text/ graphics/ modules/ components. But trouble begins when users click on interactive functions like Frontend editing (toolbars, but no htmlarea) or Mamblog (no editing/uploading area)

However, when I use a free template like 'teamwork', the abovementioned functions/components work just fine.

I compared the php tags of both my templates and the free templates and everything looks the same, down to the semicolon. Obviously, there's somewhere I haven't looked, though I haven't the foggiest notion where.

I hope I find a solution out there, because I don't want be told to upgrade to MOS 4.5.1 yet!

___

Aha! Found the bugger... it was this tag:

Quote:

if (0) {
include ("editor/editor.php");
initEditor();
}
?>

which should be:

Quote:

if ($my->id) {
include ("editor/editor.php");
initEditor();
}
?>

Such a basic oversight would not have been a problem for regular php-speakers, which I'm not!

rymnd02 · 16.12.2004, 08:34

i see! it is all in the <HEAD>