I have installed Couch and starting changing my html template according to the tutorial.

I put <cms:embed 'navbar.html' /> in the index page and subsequently added the navbar.html to the snippets folder. However when i test my template on wamp none of the links work. The links when clicked output the index page. what am i doing wrong?

When i check the source code (on firefox) i see only the link to the index page on href tag... the rest of the about us and contact us links are blank

[KK]

Hi,

Can you please post the contents of navbar.html here?

Thanks.

<nav>
<div class="menu-button">Menu</div>
<ul class="flexnav">
<li><a href="<cms:link 'index.php' />" <cms:if k_template_name=='index.php'>class="active"</cms:if> >Home</a></li>
<li><a href="<cms:link 'about.php' />" <cms:if k_template_name=='about.php'>class="active"</cms:if> >About</a></li>
<li><a href="<cms:link 'solutions.php' />" <cms:if k_template_name=='solutions.php'>class="active"</cms:if> >Solutions</a></li>
<li><a href="<cms:link 'projects.php' />" <cms:if k_template_name=='projects.php'>class="active"</cms:if> >Projects</a></li>
<li><a href="<cms:link 'partners.php' />" <cms:if k_template_name=='partners.php'>class="active"</cms:if> >Partners</a></li>
<li class="omega"><a href="<cms:link 'contacts.php' />" <cms:if k_template_name=='contacts.php'>class="active"</cms:if> >Contacts</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>

[KK]

Thanks.

The cms:link tag, as you know, takes a template's name as parameter e.g.
<cms:link 'partners.php' />
We just need to ascertain that, in the code above, there indeed is a template named 'partners.php'. It is easy to make a mistake here as, for example, if the partner template happens to be within a subfolder named 'xyz', its name would become 'xyz/partners.php' (i.e. have the folder name prepended to it).

To know the exact name of a template, please hover the mouse on the template's entry in admin-panel's sidebar - a tooltip will show the name as recognized by the system.

Can you please double-check all template names using the method mentioned above?

Thank you so much for your prompt response and the awesome tips.

However, I have noted that when i add the cms tags to a new page (for example partners.php) i have to log out and then point the browser to the file (e.g. in this case > http://localhost/couchtest/partners.php) it then redirects me to the couch login page where i am prompted to enter my log in credentials. After that process i can now access the file whether logged in or not and when i check my (Firefox) source i can see the page correctly linked in the href tags (as in my navigation snippet). Is this standard?

Once again. Thank you.

[KK]

You are welcome

when i add the cms tags to a new page (for example partners.php) i have to log out

You definitely don't have to log out for adding a new template. In fact you need to be logged-in as super-admin for adding a new template - else Couch will show you a login box to enter your super-admin creds (which explains what you observed next).

Thank you for your help. I was able to test and i must say i do love Couch Cms. I have created a dummy file for a client to test and see if they like it. I browsed through the discussion and saw a twitter addon which i integrated and it was seamless! has anyone done a facebook-feed add on?

Thank you for these great product. I will definitely be buying in the coming week or two.