Hi there.

I'm trying to set up Schlix for the first time, and I'm loving the customisability and relative ease of use compared to other CMS tools.

However, I can't get any part of the blog system to show the name of the author who posted the blog. All the options in Blog configuration show a tick in "Display created by" and I've even tried ticking the "Display modified by" options with no luck.

Can you help please?

Hi Selezen,

I'm glad that you enjoy it. To display the author name, the options are defined under the [Options] tab. The ones that you saw under the Blog or Web Pages configuration are applicable when you create a new item and/or if you want to reset the options by clicking "Reset all item options". The options can be customized per item/category.

1. Item Options
Sample: https://demo3.schlix.com/news/lifestyle/cosmopolitan/what-is-lorem-ipsum.html - at the bottom, it shows the author and a link to the user profile
You can toggle this by clicking the "Display created by" checkbox under Options - Item Options (screenshot: cms_item_options_1.jpg) when you edit the item (blog/webpage).

2. Category Options
We usually turn this off, but you can also turn it on when you click Edit Category/Edit Current Category
Sample: see screenshot cms_category_child_item_listing_options_1.jpg

3. To customize it further, click Macros - displayarticlemeta
See screenshot - macro_manager_display_createdby.jpg

Please let me know if you need more info or if you found a bug in these options.

Thanks
prana

Sorted, brilliant - thank you.

The macro was disabled

Apologies for the follow on question - is there any way to show the same details (creator name) and configure the dates on the "latestblog" blocks?

Hi Selezen,

Although currently there's no built-in options in the config to show the author name, you can still do this by copying /system/blocks/latestblog/view.latestblog.template.php to /web/{sitename}/themes/{themename}/blocks/latestblog/view.latestblog.template.php (e.g. /web/main/themes/companyprofile/blocks/latestblog/view.latestblog.template.php) as seen in the attached screenshot where_to_copy_view_template.jpg and modify it. For more info: https://www.schlix.com/documentation/v2/web-development/view-templates-customization.html

I've attached the PHP file so you can use it right away. The modification is shown on the attached screenshot: modification_of_view_template.jpg.

Note - the ___h(.....) function is just a shortcut of htmlentities(....)

Let me know if you need further help