Blog Layout

Hi Toufiq,

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The idea on this site is for people to add to the blog from the front end (using Helix for image)
The What's On section is to use the articles addon just using a different article category so people can also add from front end. This currently produces a square image and the links do not work. We would like it to put the image in the same proportions as uploaded and link to a normal article WITHOUT the date showing. This is because the large published date may be confused with the events date.

So our solution would be not to use the template formatting for blogs - just the usual Joomla layout but we can't work out how to do this other than using another template for those pages.

As usual - any help appreciated. Many thanks
Stay safe and well

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Thanks Toufq but that did not work.

Assume you meant the /shaper_cuisine folder (not newedge). Replaced the edit file but this still does not allow adding an image to a blog using the Helix option. Pic uploads but does not display.

Also the articles addon does not work with this template. Links just go back to home page and not article.

Maybe the answer is for us just to use a different template for the blog pages.

Thanks again Toufiq,

Unfortunately, three issues remain with this template. I have added a link to a pdf so you can see them.

We don't want the large date format anyway for the blog so maybe we'll just usre a Helix 3 template layout for those pages if it can't be fixed, but interested to see if we can get the Articles addon to work.

Best regards and stay virus free.

Thanks Toufiq for fast response,

That solves a PART of the problem only.

1. There is a temporary link at Contacts/InsertTEMP to test front end uploading. If you go here and click on Helix blog options you will see that all the options appear which is confusing for the user.

2. The Articles Addon does not work. If you go to What's on you will see that the articles listed there do not link correctly. Also the picture are square format and there is no option to change this since the usual Helix blog options are missing from this template. (Check blog options in template to see.)

Thanks

OK, thanks Toufiq.

I think it's just this template though. If we try using the standard Helix 3 template for the pages in question, we get the option to change the blog settings and the Articles addon works OK in standard Helix 3 also. Just these issues in the Shaper Cuisine template.

Hope this helps. We'll go with our work-arounds for now.