Modifying a template

Hello,
I’m new to modx and am experimenting to find what is possible. I downloaded the Yoghourt template and decided to try changing things a bit to learn how things worked.
The install went welland I was able to access the site with the new template as default.

To see what would happen I removed some code from the sidebar and replaced it further down - just to see if I could easily change the position of objects.
I cleared the cache, both in modx and the browser and reloaded - exactly the same page showed up - no change. Tried a few things and nothing worked. Removed the file Yoghurt.template.html completely and expected the request for the page to fail - it didn’t - popped up in its original form.

I have cleared the caches on both modx and the browser completely and repeatedly, but it persists. Chaging the default template back to the original works, but as soon as I revert to Yoghurt, the original page shows without my changes.

Perhaps it is stored somewhere in modx that I can’t find? Perhaps I am changing the wrong file? I am not running a proxy. My testing server is standard ubuntu server with Apache2. I don’t have this problem with any other testing sites.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Is the side column placed using CSS absolute positioning?

The templates are stored on the database. In the Manager, go to Resources > Manage Resources then select the Templates tab. The Yogurt template should be listed.

Quote from: rthrash at Mar 26, 2009, 06:49 AM

Is the side column placed using CSS absolute positioning?

Thanks rthrash,
Yes - it does appear to be - there is a file layout.css which gives position details. So I would need to alter that as well. But where does it get the details of the menu code menu when the code has been removed?

Quote from: dev_cw at Mar 26, 2009, 07:11 AM

The templates are stored on the database. In the Manager, go to Resources > Manage Resources then select the Templates tab. The Yogurt template should be listed.

Thanks dev-cw.
Yes - I can find it OK in the Manager, but I am trying to alter the code.

Are you just editing the .html file? What dev_cw is saying is that you need to CHANGE it in the manager. Copy the contents of the file you’ve changed, and paste it into the template in Resources > Manage Resources > Templates > Yogurt

Quote from: twz at Mar 26, 2009, 08:33 PM

Are you just editing the .html file? What dev_cw is saying is that you need to CHANGE it in the manager. Copy the contents of the file you’ve changed, and paste it into the template in Resources > Manage Resources > Templates > Yogurt

Ah! Thanks twz. I’ve got a bit to learn That was where it was coming from - now I see how it works. Thanks to all for the help - problem solved

You may find this thread helpful:
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,4139.msg30260.html#msg30260
So you can use your favorite external editor to write your templates.
Keep it up
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