Newbie plain site tutorial problem

Friday 02 January 2004 8:05:25 am - 2 replies

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Marco Zinn	Saturday 03 January 2004 4:33:22 am Hi, hm, looks very much like ezPublish does not find a template file. The error-messages are about some "sortlist.tpl" and "view.tpl" It also gives a hint: "Custom match file: path '' not found in any resource. Check template settings in settings/override.ini" I guess, you used "vuwa" as the design instead of "tscm". So, do you have a directory "design/vuwa/" ? BTW: The changes in the admin interface (displaying node-id and object-id) were made in 3.3 and the tutorial was started, before 3.3 was release. Don't worry, you will love this later :) I didn't completly follow the tutorial, but if you changed the name of the siteacces and/or the design, you must take care, that you really change the occurance of "tscm" everywehre (.ini files and directory structure). Marco http://www.hyperroad-design.com
rex nedoli	Saturday 03 January 2004 9:31:34 am thanks for the response, Marco. Yes I have replaced all references to tscm with vuwa. For the moment I have just simply disabled the debug info - beacause I simply cannot understand what these error messages mean. And like ignoring the proverbial mad uncle in the basement, I find I can pretty much continue with the tutorial...well until some of these ugly errors pop their heads out of the basement :) So far this looks like a very useful way for a newbie like me to learn to use this app - but I wish some of the annoyances could be eliminated. I got stuck for hours trying to figure this one out; and I'm currently stuck on workflow section (guestbook) - someone suggested that that one might be a bug...well, it's kinda difficult to know that you have encountered a bug, when you only have a day and half experience on what seems to be a fairly sophisticated application. A tutorial (and a basic one, at that) is meant to be something that does not require hours of research to go through. It scares away folks who might have other options to try...and that is not necessarily a good thing for ez. Sorry for rambling on... but my point really is that if nothing else, an introductory tutorial must (and I do mean must) must reflect positively on the subject matter at hand. A poorly written (not that this one is) or buggy tutorial gives new user the impression that all might not be well with the rest of the app... I, Rex

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Saturday 03 January 2004 4:33:22 am

Hi,
hm, looks very much like ezPublish does not find a template file.
The error-messages are about some "sortlist.tpl" and "view.tpl"
It also gives a hint: "Custom match file: path '' not found in any resource. Check template settings in settings/override.ini"
I guess, you used "vuwa" as the design instead of "tscm". So, do you have a directory "design/vuwa/" ?

BTW: The changes in the admin interface (displaying node-id and object-id) were made in 3.3 and the tutorial was started, before 3.3 was release. Don't worry, you will love this later :)

I didn't completly follow the tutorial, but if you changed the name of the siteacces and/or the design, you must take care, that you really change the occurance of "tscm" everywehre (.ini files and directory structure).

Marco
http://www.hyperroad-design.com

rex nedoli

Saturday 03 January 2004 9:31:34 am

thanks for the response, Marco. Yes I have replaced all references to tscm with vuwa. For the moment I have just simply disabled the debug info - beacause I simply cannot understand what these error messages mean. And like ignoring the proverbial mad uncle in the basement, I find I can pretty much continue with the tutorial...well until some of these ugly errors pop their heads out of the basement :)

So far this looks like a very useful way for a newbie like me to learn to use this app - but I wish some of the annoyances could be eliminated. I got stuck for hours trying to figure this one out; and I'm currently stuck on workflow section (guestbook) - someone suggested that that one might be a bug...well, it's kinda difficult to know that you have encountered a bug, when you only have a day and half experience on what seems to be a fairly sophisticated application.

A tutorial (and a basic one, at that) is meant to be something that does not require hours of research to go through. It scares away folks who might have other options to try...and that is not necessarily a good thing for ez.

Sorry for rambling on... but my point really is that if nothing else, an introductory tutorial must (and I do mean must) must reflect positively on the subject matter at hand. A poorly written (not that this one is) or buggy tutorial gives new user the impression that all might not be well with the rest of the app...

I, Rex

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