Anuko CMS Tips and Tricks
With the help of experienced users we have compiled this web page with tips and tricks for Anuko CMS. These tips and tricks may help you while you learn how to use and work with Anuko CMS.
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Note 2: Tips and tricks specific to
how to create a great site are compiled into this
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If you can't find an answer to your question use the Search function on the upper right corner of this site to find information. If the information you require is not available online please contact us using the
Contact Anuko form.
General Tips and Tricks about Anuko CMS
- Read the manual, the online Anuko CMS User Guide!
- Learn about Anuko CMS Formatting Tags.
- If you find a bug (something is not working properly) in Anuko CMS make sure to report a bug to us. We take bug reports seriously, and will do all we can to fix it.
- If you come up with an idea to improve Anuko CMS, please let us know! We try to review and consider all improvement suggestions that come from users.
- Subscribe to the Anuko CMS newsgroup. It's a great resource about the content management system and a proper place to ask questions and offer improvement ideas.
- Post your questions on the forum.
Use the CTX Macro in Internal Links to Your Pages
Don't use absolute links when pointing to pages in your site. Instead, use the CTX macro surrounded by $ signs. CTX stands for "context". This macro identifies the root of your site. Links with this macro will work properly when your site is accessed with or without the www prefix, as in
http://anuko.com and
http://www.anuko.com sites. The CTX macro will properly identify the root as being with or without the www prefix while an absolute link will just go to a hard-coded location. For example, to point to page.htm located in the root directory of your site use:
(($CTX$/page.htm Link name))
Use the IMG_PATH Macro to Link to Your Images
You can refer to files in "My Images" using the
$IMG_PATH$ macro. For example:
<img src="$IMG_PATH$/my_image.jpg">
Read
Anuko CMS macros section for information about additional macros available to you.
Several Different Feedback Forms - Easy!
In some situations you might need more than one feedback form. For example, on
http://www.anuko.com site we have the
Contact Anuko form, and then for each product several more forms such as
Anuko CMS Feature Request form,
Anuko CMS Bug Report form, and so on. They all send emails with a different subject and have different prefilled text. The same capabilities are available to you!
Any form in Anuko CMS internally consists of 2 files, an
.htm file and a
.script file, for example:
feedback.htm
feedback.script
To create a different form create a couple of new corresponding files, for example:
contact_us.htm
contact_us.script
Creating an .htm file is easy. Use the "Add new page" icon in your site map and copy the content from another form. Then replace the action value in the form definition line to reflect your new file name. For example:
<form method="POST" name="feedback" action="feedback.htm">
change to:
<form method="POST" name="feedback" action="contact_us.htm">
Creating a .script file requires a bit more effort. First, look at any existing form script by starting to edit the form and then, in the address bar of your browser, replacing the URL extension from .htm to .script. For example:
http://www.anuko.com/content/root/edit_page.htm?page=/feedback.script
Copy the content from this script to another page, such as contact_us.script. Change the subject and text fields accordingly. Make sure to test this new form by actually using it.
Use HTML Inserts where Necessary
Anuko CMS provides a quick and easy system for basic editing and positioning of your content, but in some situations you might want to do something that is beyond the capabilities of the
Anuko CMS Formatting Tags. In such situations use raw HTML inserts. For example,
<html>
<center>
<img src="/img/wrcms/anuko.com/auction_sniper.png">
</center>
</html>
Such HTML inserts work not only in pages but in navigational menus, too.
Use Logos with Transparent Edge
If you'd like a portion of a site background to show up through your logo you can make the edge of your logo image transparent. This will make your logo consistent with other design templates available in Anuko CMS.
Use Custom Previews in Photo Galleries
Anuko CMS automatically resizes photo-gallery images to prepare previews out of big images that you supply. But it is also possible to replace auto-generated previews with custom made images. Here is how:
Right-click on any preview in your gallery and select Properties. Take a look at the location of the image. It is located at the same place where your regular gallery images reside but has a funny name. For example, for an image website_01.jpg a preview may have a name like .tn100x100-website_01.jpg. Now, if you prepare a custom made image with the same dimensions and name and simply upload it to your photo gallery you will have a custom made preview for website-01.jpg. Images with a dot in the beginning of their names are not displayed in the list of files in gallery catalogs.
Ask for Help When You Need It
Please do not hesitate to ask for help when you need it. We stand behind our system and will help you to create and maintain your site. Technical support is provided free of charge to Anuko CMS users. You can use the
Anuko CMS Feedbak Form to contact us.
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