http://www.layingback.net/ Pro_News fully templated article based news module for Dragonfly en-us Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:40:48 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly layingback News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.layingback.net/images/logo.gif http://www.layingback.net/ http://www.layingback.net//aid=62.html You want a new/replacement website? But these questions - or ones very much like them - are at the forefront of your mind? You are through with "static" websites which never change, and seem to go "out of date" almost overnight?But you simply can't afford to always have someone on staff - or on contract - to keep your website up-to-date for you?And you yourself simply don't have the time, inclination or even the skill to build the sort of website that you really want for yourself?But you worry that if you don't build it yourself, how are you possibly going to know how to change it yourself? Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:40:48 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=63.html If you've already decided that you want to build your next website on DragonflyCMS, or think you might want to, but are unsure if you can complete it unaided, or are unsure just where to start, then please Contact Us. We can configure the help from anything from a little paid advice, to implementing much of the website for you. But you decide, you are in the driving seat, and the one doing the work. We'll act as the tutor. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:05:51 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=45.html Looking for a FOSS (Free Open Source Software) CMS released under the GPL version 2 (GNU Public License)? Then look no further than DragonflyCMS. Looking for an advanced, powerful yet flexible, easy to use and easy to deploy module to use on Dragonfly? Then look no further than Pro_News. The combination of DragonflyCMS and Pro_News module will give you all the tools you will need to develop, launch and maintain a website capable of everything from a simple 5-page (Home/About/Products/Services/Contact Us) through to a fully fledged business centric website with Support Forums, Reference Articles, Blogs, Downloads, WWW and Social Network links - all from the same software. And additions such a DFmaps, Storez and other specialist modules are easily obtained and installed. Details ... Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:28:56 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=86.html Been a while - but I just wanted to highlight the very latest generalized article footer, by posting to the Blog. The latest footer includes all 72 Social Network icons, but most are hidden behind a 'click to show' link so that your page will look clean and minimalist. 3 icons - facebook, MySpace and twitter - are always on display, but you can easily switch those in the HTML for any icons that you wish. It also includes icon links to Printer-Friendly and Send to a Friend, plus a simple icon display for posting or reading comments, with a different icon if Comments already exist. Additionally there is a PermaLink link (Pro_News doesn't change the links in the way that some other systems do, but the presence of a PermaLink helps to reinforce that). And the very latest addition is a link to the QR 2D Code for the page as an alternate to the PermaLink. Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:09:00 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=85.html As some of you may be aware, with Pro_News I've pushed the Dragonfly Template system, a variant of the SMARTY system in PHP I'm led to understand, pretty far. I've templated pretty much everything, except repetitive lists. You might be surprised to learn that I've even added templates to the Submit Article Input screens. The reason is that you can then easily customise those Submit Article screens to remove any unneeded input fields for certain classes of users. But slowly I discover other things which can be accomplished in the template system. Although unfortunately inserting comments isn't one of them, so the process is a slow one. But I thought you might be interested in a new template which I've built for my own use, which adds an active graphic. Active in that it is generated entirely within the template based on 2 supplied values. It even has an extra flourish when the goal amount is reached/exceeded! Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:36:05 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=84.html I hate menus. I like what menus do, keep access to a large array of selections in a small neat package. But I hate how those menus are usually used. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:53:41 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=82.html So of course I now need a 2nd blog entry in order to demonstrate the new dynamic links. It never ends! OK, I've a little time to make this into a real entry! Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:34:42 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=81.html Actually something I'd been planning to do for a while, and finally got around to. Creating a Blog template for Pro_News. Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:07:48 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=77.html Yes, you read that correctly, I'm opening a small template store here at layingback.net. The Template Exchange concept never really worked out, so I'm closing that forum. [ At least I don't have to archive the 0 themes which have accumulated there! ] I'm a long time supporter of RMS (Stallman) and his GNU GPL2 and later, so rest assured that Pro_News is and will remain F/OSS: Free Libre Open Source Software. And staying with GPL2 until or unless DragonflyCMS goes GPL3. But in the meantime I need some coin to rub together, so I have come up with additional themes myself. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:58:52 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=76.html Announcing an updated German language files for Pro_News 3.2. In the Downloads section. Thanks to designSumpf for putting the work in to creating this. As always I am more than happy to host any translation files for Pro_News. (And submission of same will earn you membership to the Sponsors group.) File in Downloads with all the other languages available. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:35:32 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=75.html Announcing an updated Spanish language files for Pro_News 3.2. In the Downloads section. Thanks to aforo over at DragonflyCMS.es for putting the work in to creating this. As always I am more than happy to host any translation files for Pro_News. (And submission of same will earn you membership to the Sponsors group.) File in Downloads with all the other languages available. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:29:57 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=72.html Announcing Swedish language files for Pro_News 3.2. In the Downloads section. Thanks to radoka over at DragonflyCMS for putting the work in to creating this. As always I am more than happy to host any translation files for Pro_News. (And submission of same will earn you membership to the Sponsors group.) So if you already have one, are are thinking of building one, please let me know. TIA! Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:48:56 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=71.html Pro_News 3.2.1 is available. Included are the Featured Content Slider which can be used to display a large number of pictures in a small space, as a slideshow alternative or both, and a Coppermine hack to allow Batch Upload without resorting to ftp. Plus a few small improvements, details on download page. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:20:57 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=70.html A screen shot of the final version of the (future) Featured Content Slider is on the left, but you can test out a live version in the demo below. (Click read more to view.) This Slider was created by simply selecting a Photo Album, as previously, and using a brand new template. No changes to the Submit Article user interface at all. Now, instead of the Photo Album images appearing as separate images on the page as before, they appear in a single Slider. No formating or anything else special for the submitter to do! Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:58:20 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=69.html As any of you who've been following will know, I wanted to add a "Featured Content" like display into Pro_News. (If you don't know what I mean by Featured Content, then do a search on DragonflyCMS for the post by greenday2k, or take a look at the original developers Dynamic Drive.) Anyway, I've got it working, see screen capture alongside. Note this is ENTIRELY done in Pro_News template, no change to Pro_News code at all. A strong vindication as to the power of Pro_News templates! Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:16:29 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=67.html Just to let everyone know that the latest and best Pro_News available is now ready, initially just for Sponsors, but it will be released to Registered Members shortly, and then everyone. Lots and lots of small but useful enhancements, continuing the push to make Pro_News easier to deploy and manage. Update: Now available to all. Enjoy! And please think about the Donation ... Update: If you downloaded as a Sponsor before 17 Oct 09, please read this. 1 file needs to be updated. Sorry! Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:12:10 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=64.html Just to let everyone know that the latest and greatest Pro_News is now available, initially just for Sponsors, but now for all Registered Members A lot of small but useful enhancements mostly, the sort of thing which makes building and running the site easier, even if you can't actually put your finger on exactly what changed. Most every annoyance I found when building Pro_News centric websites have been addressed, all minor though I must say, along with all the enhancements requested. Plus the Submit Article screen has been made much more approachable. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:02:27 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=58.html Please update to the latest release. v3.0.0.1 fixes an issue with display on the Home page if multiple Sections are used with differing templates. Unfortunately an error crept into to the 3.0 release just before release, when adding "No Article" error messages for Admins. The new release totally changes and improves the method used to display multiple templates on the same page, to prevent the display issues. Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:45:06 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=56.html This is to announce a new forum dedicated to a group of members who have gone out of their way to help bring Pro_News to the community. Either by extensive testing, writing code, translating, or donating funds to help me develop Pro_News. In many cases these members have done most or all of the above. This new forum is my way of saying thanks to these individuals. In the forum I'll be providing some snippets on how I use Pro_News, and few tricks to get the very best out of a Pro_News based website. Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:31:32 GMT http://www.layingback.net//aid=55.html Pro_News 3.0.0.0, which was going to be called 2.3.0.7, has been released. You can find it in downloads here. Downloads are restricted to registered members initially, until we can be confident there are no big issues. Expect it to be widely available in just a few days. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:35:35 GMT