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    I’m back from MODxpo and "loaded for bear" as they say... I think I’m going to be bombarding this board with questions even more than before. I’ll try to space them out and limit them to 1-2 per day, for the sanity of all.

    So, 1st question: how do I go about customizing the content on the home page in Revo Manager? Specifically, I’m interested in:

    • adding new "widget boxes" (I’m not sure what the proper name is) to the current list ("MODx News", "Security Notices", etc.)
    • changing the order of the widget boxes
    • changing the default state (open/closed) of the widget boxes


    I’m not looking for a lot of hand-holding or a full tutorial... just want to be pointed in the right direction.

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      Quote from: jrotering at May 13, 2010, 09:29 AM

      So, 1st question: how do I go about customizing the content on the home page in Revo Manager? Specifically, I’m interested in:

      • adding new "widget boxes" (I’m not sure what the proper name is) to the current list ("MODx News", "Security Notices", etc.)
      • changing the order of the widget boxes
      • changing the default state (open/closed) of the widget boxes
      I’m not looking for a lot of hand-holding or a full tutorial... just want to be pointed in the right direction.

      I like how shrewdly you worked those 3 questions into "1 question". wink

      That said, customizing the welcome page is not able to be done in 2.0.0 - it will be for at least 2.1 or onward. Sorry - it was a feature that we just werent able to work in.
        shaun mccormick | bigcommerce mgr of software engineering, former modx co-architect | github | splittingred.com
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        Aw man... it just *looked* so customizable! With the dragging and dropping, and opening and closing...

        Understandable though. And not mission-critical for me by any means.

        But - just so you know - I now reserve the right to ask a replacement question grin

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          Quote from: jrotering at May 13, 2010, 10:21 AM

          But - just so you know - I now reserve the right to ask a replacement question grin

          And I reserve the right to make fun of you for it. wink
            shaun mccormick | bigcommerce mgr of software engineering, former modx co-architect | github | splittingred.com
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            I hate to drag up this old thread, but the manager homepage is downright scary when a client opens it up and sees all those security/vulnerability messages.

            I hope the dev team bumps this up to sooner than later. I’d just be pleased with the old evo greeting, "Welcome to your Modx Content Manager" or something like it.

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              It will be in 2.1. In the meantime you can disable the RSS feeds via the corresponding System Settings.
                shaun mccormick | bigcommerce mgr of software engineering, former modx co-architect | github | splittingred.com
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                Quote from: puffin at Oct 08, 2010, 02:53 PM

                I hate to drag up this old thread, but the manager homepage is downright scary when a client opens it up and sees all those security/vulnerability messages.

                Open /manager/templates/default/welcome.tpl and remove the following code:

                <div id="modx-security">
                	{foreach from=$securefeed item=article}
                    <div class="news_article" style="padding: 1.5em;">
                		<h2>
                			<a href="{$article.link}" target="_blank">{$article.title}</a>
                		</h2>
                		<br />{$article.description}
                		<span class="date_stamp">{$article.pubdate|date_format}</span>
                	</div>
                	{/foreach}
                </div>


                In Evo I added there our blogs RSS but can’t figure it out where I can add our blog’s RSS url in MODx Revo huh

                Br,
                Kaspar
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                  Quote from: splittingred at Oct 08, 2010, 03:00 PM

                  It will be in 2.1.

                  Okay - I’ve got 2.1-RC4. Is the option there? If so, where do I find it? smiley
                    Jason
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                    Search for ’feed’ in System Settings. There you can disable/enable the feeds. Custom dashboards were postponed to 2.2 or later.
                      shaun mccormick | bigcommerce mgr of software engineering, former modx co-architect | github | splittingred.com
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                      Quote from: splittingred at May 05, 2011, 10:05 PM

                      Custom dashboards were postponed to 2.2 or later.

                      Bummer - I was hoping to put some basic client docs in there... thanks for the reply.
                        Jason