Frequently Asked Questions
A number of standard questions have been posed already - here are the 'standard' answers - if you want to ask any questions, please go to the forums page (see contacting and downloading) - you don't need to supply any details other than your question / comment.
I'd like to help in this project
Yes, there are ways in which you can assist:
- Financially - A donation is always welcome - and any supporters will be mentioned within this website - together with a web address if you wish.
- Granphics and Layout - If you have improved graphics or layouts, I'm always happy to examine these and incorporate if possible.
- Suggestions and Testers - I always welcome suggestions and notification of any problems - these may not get acted upon immediately, but will always be remembered and bourne in mind.
- Documentation - Assistance with documentation is always welcomed.
- Programming - Unfortunatley, due to the way that this system is developed, it is not possible to directly change the programming, however, I'm always happy to examine code samples and suggestions to see if these can be incorporated.
I've got an account with ... - can XDBCMS be used on this server?
With version 0.11, it should now be possible to use the system - you can now specify the database name to use, and there is no need to modify the php configuration - these two issues should cover the majority of problems - please let me know if it doesn't! (Obviously, your provider needs to have mysql, and php as part of your hosting package!)
I've transferred my xdbcms installation to another server, and I'm now generating the system on another server - why arn't the graphics appearing?
This is an interesting one. In order to get the graphics to display properly on your edit window, it is necessary to have a complete path to your graphics files. If you change your servers where your graphics files 'live', the graphics will no longer appear within the edit pages, or the final website. You need to change the address of the graphics while editing your pages - that is, (using the tinyMCE editor), you right-click on your 'broken' graphic, then alter the address where your graphic now lives. Click on 'update' and your graphic should appear.
Getting a little more technical...
When you drag and drop a graphic into a web-editor, it stores the complete address of the graphic. When xdbcms generates your website, it hunts forand removes the address of your website (as entered into the web-site definition screen), so all you end up with is a proper relative address.
For example, if you are developing your website on http://192.168.104.10/mywebsite/, your images will be stored in http://192.168.104.10/mywebsite/images. So on generating a website, a graphic file with the address of http://192.168.104.10/mywebsite/images/myimagefile.gif, will be translated to images/myimagefile.gif.
In a future release, I'll look at a 'global search and replace' option so that you can alter your website address with minimal fuss.
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