Justin Frydman - Web developer/designer from Canada

Featured member on the concrete5 community!

defunct — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:26:07 +0000

I’m please to announce I have been selected as a featured member on the concrete5 community page. Concrete5 certainly has changed the way I build websites and applications and I am proud to be apart of such a great open source community! If you haven’t joined the forums yet, now is a good time.

How to disable Concrete5 site statistics

defunct — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:31:08 +0000

Concrete5 has built in site statistics tracking but it’s very simple and records every hit, not checking if the user is unique. This can create some very large database tables and possibly slow down your website. Although the graph will remain in the dashboard, the site will no longer track all the visits.

Open up config/site.php and add the following lines:

// turn off site tracking
define('STATISTICS_TRACK_PAGE_VIEWS', false);

As well, load up your favorite database manager, like phpMyAdmin and find the table PageStatistics and empty the contents to clean up past tracking data.

Injecting header items into a block

defunct — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:16:52 +0000

Many times you need to inject includes of javascript or css into the header instead of writing the include path into add.php or edit.php. This is a much cleaner solution and can be accomplished in the blocks controller.php. In this example I include both swfobject and jquery’s colorpicker libraries as well as the jquery colorpicker Concrete5 css file:

        /*
         * include swfobject and colorpicker in the header
         */
        public function on_page_view() {
                $html = Loader::helper('html');
                $this->addHeaderItem($html->javascript('swfobject.js'));
                $this->addHeaderItem($html->javascript('jquery.colorpicker.js'));
                $this->addHeaderItem($html->css('ccm.colorpicker.css'));
        }

Using the on_page_view() function easily accomplishes this.

Changing the Concrete5 title divider format

defunct — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:11:44 +0000

Many people do not like the default spacer that Concrete5 uses for its page titles which is “::”

To change this, open config/site.php and add the following code:

define(’PAGE_TITLE_FORMAT’, ‘%1$s – %2$s’);

You may adjust the “-” character in the above code to any that you wish and that will become your new page title divider.

Updated Concrete5 Testimonials Package Released

defunct — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:24:32 +0000

There is an updated version of my Concrete5 Testimonials Package now available on the Concrete5 Marketplace.

New Features Include:

Now includes a WYSIWYG editor in the backend.
Testimonials can now include images, formatted text and more.
Includes an optional content field which displays below the testimonial so you can add additional information like Website, Country, or anything you need!

The screenshots have been updated on Testimonials page, so have a look!

Concrete5 Testimonials Unlimited Developers License

defunct — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:19:39 +0000

I’m happy to announce the release of a developer licensed version of my Concrete5 Testimonials package. This means it’s a one time fee of $125.00 USD and you can use it on as many websites as you wish, meaning you never have to buy another Concrete5 Testimonials license again. If you or your firm have a lot of clients this will save you a lot of money.

You can pick it up below and you will receive an unlimited licensed version in your email within 24 hours.

Introducing The Concrete5 Testimonials Package

defunct — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:48:45 +0000

*Edit*: Just submitted version 1.2 to the Concrete5 Marketplace. This version now includes a wysiwyg editor, so you can now style your text, add images and customize the testimonial as much as you like.

It also includes a new optional content textbox to add additional information below the testimonial. View the updated screenshots below!

*Edit*: The Concrete5 Marketplace has finally approved my submission. You can now purchase and install the Concrete5 Testimonials Package direct through your concrete5 install. I will be releasing an unlimited developers license that will be available here soon.

The Testimonials Package is a full featured Concrete5 Package.

Features

Manage Testimonials from an integrated Concrete5 backend
Includes a Testimonials single_page where all testimonials are shown. This page is configurable in the backend as to how many testimonials per page you wish to display. Pagination automatically kicks in
Testimonials Block can be placed in any editable area and will load a random testimonial on page load.
Clear, clean and valid XHTML/CSS for easy customization by developers (single_page and block views)

Screenshots

Add Testimonial

Manage your testimonials

Single_page view of testimonials with pagination

Adding the testimonails block

Testimonial Documentation

Welcome!

defunct — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:17:03 +0000

Hello,

I’d like to welcome you to this, my first blog post. I will have some articles up soon mostly focusing on Concrete5, an amazing CMS I have been using recently.

This blog will feature articles on web design, web development, backpacking and even some posts regarding learning the German language (Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache!).

So stay tuned!