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How can I create several directories …

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Apr 25, 2009 09:36 Boulevard 1 posts	I’ve searched a long time for an easy understanding CMS like “Frog CMS”. These are my first steps. The job: I want to create several directories like “about”, “products” and “contact” … In these directories I want to publish several pages. For example: about/ … index.php … facts.php … history.php products/ … index.php … product-1.php … product-2.php My approach: Test #1: At “Pages” I’ve created a page “about”. Then I wrote a page “facts” and moved it to “about”. But it does not work, when I view the website! :-/ Test #2: Then I set the page type of “about” to “archive”. But it does not work, when I view the website! :-/ Test #3: At “Files” I’ve created a directory “about”. But at “Pages” I can’t edit pages in this directory, because this directory is not shown. Test #4: At “Files” I’ve created a new file “index.php” in the directory “about”. I can edit the page “index.php”, but I can’t use layouts and snippets like at “Pages”. My Question: Is it possible, to create directories and manage, edit and publish several pages in this directory at “Pages”? How? Please help me :-) Sorry for my bad english :-/

Apr 25, 2009 10:13 David 1493 posts	Hi Boulevard, and welcome! Have you looked at how things work in the default installation? I think you might be making things more difficult for yourself than you need to. You don’t need to create any “.php” type pages. The default install gives you a page structure something* like this: `Home Page \|- About us \|- Articles \|- %B %Y archive \|- My second article \|- My first article` To add your “Facts” and “History” page, just click the green “+” icon beside “About us”, and you can create those child pages there. You can drag-and-drop pages if you want them in a different order. For “Products”, just click the green “+” icon beside “Home Page”, and add it there. And so on. Hope that helps!

Apr 25, 2009 10:16 David 1493 posts	Then I set the page type of “about” to “archive”. Only use the “archive” page-type if you want blog-type entries. If you just want a “tree” of pages, leave the page type as `--none--`. At “Files” I’ve created a directory… Only use “Files” for proper file management (e.g., images, PDFs, etc.) Create all your front-end pages under the “Pages” tab. Maybe playing with the default installation a little longer would help! ;)

Apr 25, 2009 11:05 Boulevard 1 posts	Hi David, thanks for your fast help! Now it works! Cool :-) I’ve created a directory “about” with page-type “none”. Then I’ve created several pages in this directory. It really works `:-)` It was so easy. Shame on me `:-/` But one question left: The pages are working, when I wrote “/about/index” and “/about/facts” in browser address bar. But, when i add a suffix, – I’ve tried “.php” and “.html” – it doesn’t work. What’s that?

Apr 25, 2009 14:08 David 1493 posts	But, when i add a suffix, – I’ve tried “.php” and “.html” – it doesn’t work. You need to find the config.php file in Frog’s root directory, open it for editing, and find these lines: `// Add a suffix to pages (simluating static pages '.html') define('URL_SUFFIX', '');` It will be near the end of the file (lines 34-35 in my latest version). Just add there whatever suffix you want your pages to have, and it will be added automatically. E.g., if you want “/about/facts.html” then change line 35 to read: `define('URL_SUFFIX', '.html');` Glad Frog is starting to work for you!