How to add pages to vanilla 2?

Duane

Anyone know how to create internal pages with vanilla 2? I dont believe a plugin is NEEDED for this although it would be convient considering http://vanillaforums.org/addon/519/one-cms doesnt work

Mark

You can do it through a plugin, or you can just create a simple application / controller and hammer out pages that way. I apologize that there's not better documentation for this. We're looking at hires right now who will be helping with documentation, and getting questions answered here on the forums.

Duane

@Mark u should strongly consider adding this feature into the final release

Mark

We are

bobtheman

@Mark
if im not mistaken, the documentation portion of the vf.org site is using a wiki system for vanilla/garden, right? Will this be in the v2 final release also?

thanks

Stash

I would assume that if it's an app written for Garden, then it would be released, when it's ready, separately from Vanilla 2 (another app for garden).

bobtheman

@stash
thanks for the reply. The whole naming conventions discussion, I hope gets addressed soon.

Silencer

http://www.vanillaforums.org/addon/536/custom-pages

bobtheman

sweet, thanks

so is the point of the master view "pagename/admin" .. is this because in the future of this plugin/app we will be able to edit the pages from the dashboard?

And shouldn't this be a application, not a plugin? What if i only want to create and manage pages/content

Mark

The custom pages plugin is a stop-gap solution for people who need something right away. We have a basic version of a wiki/cms that we're using on our documentation area here at vf.org. We will be working on it more down the road, but for now we're focused on finishing Vanilla 2.

bobtheman

thanks for the update.

mventures

Hi mark, can we start creating additional pages with vanilla in the new version now? Or is the solution still the custom pages plugin?

Linc

Vanilla isn't a CMS, so we don't have that as a feature. You'd still need a custom plugin.

Or, you could start a new discussion, close it, and then set a route in your Dashboard to do an Internal redirect from "/mypage" to the URL of the discussion (e.g. /discussion/1234/the-name-whatever). That's not a full page, per se, but a very easy way to put some content at a simple-to-type URL.

vrijvlinder

You can make other pages as html and place them in your forum folder then add a link to the pages onto the menu or anywhere in the forum.
I added a policy page like that.

then add this to the master.php in the menu section where the other links are to place it in the menu.

$this->Menu->AddLink('Policy', T('Policy'), '/policy.html');

Live example:

http://www.vrijvlinder.com/forum/policy.html

You can make endless pages like this and when you make them just relay the forum style sheet so they match.