I think the light is finally coming on! I've now deleted my header and footer pages from the server as they were doing nothing on there. My publishing report seems ok and were not using LiveServer.
I've discovered that if I change the header/footer from the homepage and select the 'publish related' then it seems to work the changes through the entire site, but I've got to publish the foundation page, not the header/footer pages as I was expecting, but that's fine.. just the learning curve. My reasons for wanting this one page hit all solution stem back to changing dreamweaver templates and finding pages checked out, left, right and center, which was solved by using the php include. Hopefully a bit more time with reddot and my fears will be laid to rest. Thanks again Mike On Feb 6, 5:13 pm, bobbykjack <[email protected]> wrote: > Yup - sounds like you have it spot on. RedDot is very much a static, > 'assemble once, sever as flat files' system as opposed to something > like PHP which is much more dynamic. This has its upsides and > downsides, one of which you've come across - when a 'component' > changes, you need to ensure all affected pages publish out. The > 'publish related' option /should/ achieve that, but it sounds as > though it's not, for some reason. Can you investigate the publishing > report, in conjunction with a page that you think should have > published but didn't, and spot any possible reason? > > BTW, are you using LiveServer? If so, you'll need to take cache into > account. > > - Bobby > > On Feb 6, 3:33 pm, abdn_webteam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for reply. > > > That's pretty much what I'm doing, the chages are being reflected on > > all the pages inside smart edit but only the pages that are published > > to the server get the changes. > > > It's appears like the pages are being "assembled" inside reddot and > > put up as a whole, rather than my thinking where the foundation page > > on the server is actually looking at the header page on the server, > > like an include. Hope that makes sense! > > > Cheers > > > Mike > > > On Feb 6, 12:44 pm, bobbykjack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > How are you publishing it? I /think/ that if you do the following ... > > > > 1. Select the specific header instance ('page') > > > 2. Click 'Publish pages' in the Action Menu > > > 3. Ensure 'Publish related pages' is checked > > > > ... that should have the desired effect. It may be subtly different > > > depending on which of the 3 or 4 ways you've linked the header in; I > > > can never quite remember the rules! I sympathise - I came from a PHP > > > background too and it's quite a change in mindset. > > > > - Bobby > > > > On Feb 6, 9:41 am, abdn_webteam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Guys > > > > > I'm having a problem, or unsure, if I can update a whole site by > > > > publishing a global page such as header or footer. It's my first > > > > redDot site and would normaly have used a php include to achieve this. > > > > > I have an admin page at start of project with the global pages > > > > (header, footer, etc) hanging off. > > > > I've created header and footer containers in my foundation templates > > > > and referenced these to the anchors of the header and footer pages > > > > that are hanging off the admin page. > > > > > I'm maybe missing something, or still thinking in php!, but the header > > > > page on the server is the altered one but only the pages publish since > > > > the change get updated. > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > Mike- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/RedDot-CMS-Users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
