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Infobox? "Static" content in ezFlow?

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Olaf Fichtner	Sunday 23 May 2010 8:36:30 am I am still fairly new to eZP and lots of things are still confusing me, but I think I understood now that ezWebin allows to modify content directly as it should be on a certain page, while ezFlow manages content somewhere in a storage and allows to use that content at several places on a site. (Sorry if this sounds weird, but that's my impression.) My problem now is that I am trying to display some kind of "static" content in an ezFlow installation, like a contact info (address and phone), that should always be displayed in the right column. But with all the power of ezFlow, I can not find a way to do this. I tried creating an "infobox" on a frontpage, but without a block to put it into I have no idea how to view that infobox at all - and it seems there is not much documentation regarding this content class. Something like the demo block would be nice, but with customizable content. It may very well be that I am blind to a somehow obvious solution, forgive me if that's the case. But I really do not know how to put a simple static box/block with text and maybe a link or two into the right column with ezFlow. If this is possible at all, could someone please enlighten me?
Doug Brethower	Monday 24 May 2010 5:55:24 am Not only possible, very easy, when you have seen it done once or twice. The ezwebin and ezflow demo contents are great references. Load them up and study how top developers have done it. In ezwebin, from the online editor toolbar, "Insert custom tag", use the "factbox". An example is the contact block on right hand side at http://lakedata.net In ezflow, use the article or documentation class, the home page, and/or the global zone to position your block. Example that uses the article class and global zone is any subpage of http://ipliance.com displays ACN info on right hand side. Cheers! Doug Brethower Apple Certified Technical Consultant, Southwest, MO USA http://share.ez.no/directory/companies/lakedata.net
Olaf Fichtner	Monday 24 May 2010 8:52:41 am Hello Doug, Thanks for the directions, but I'm afraid I am still stuck. I did look at the demo contents for both ezWebin and ezFlow, and it seems this issue would not be one with ezWebin. Due to the publish/unpublish feature and a few other automatisms I would like to go with ezFlow for this, but the one thing that really gives me headache is that about every block that I could insert into either frontpage or global layout only offers links to content, but not the content itself. There are lots of list blocks (single/multiple items, manual/dynamic), a gallery with thumbnails linking to images, but even the main story will just show the title and perhaps the cover image for an article, linking to it, but not the article itself. That's why I mentioned the demo block: It seems to be the only block that will directly display content, not just links to it. So, what kind of block did you use for the ACN info? Sorry, but I am stuck here...
Olaf Fichtner	Monday 24 May 2010 9:15:01 am I may perhaps have found some kind of workaround: If I put some info into an article summary and list the article in a two-item block, then it shows up like a small text block. Could it be that you did the same?