OK, template question

Originally posted by tngator:

how do you get news stories to only show like the title and @ the first sentence or so of the article? Do you just put a minimum amount of words in the first story box and then the rest in the extended news section?

Yes

Originally posted by tngator:

Also, how do you enable a small thumbnail photo to appear to the left of the story title on the front page?

To add a teaser image:
1. News => Add
2. Scroll down to Teaser Image
3. Click on "Upload" and upload the images
4. You need to change the news template:

Find:

if ($insert[story_teaser]) $teaserline = "<img src="https://www.contentteller.com/images/teaser/$insert[story_teaser]" border="0" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="10">";

and replace with:

if ($insert[story_teaser]) $teaserline = "<img src="https://www.contentteller.com/images/teaser/$insert[story_teaser]" border="0">";

Find:

             <td bgcolor="#000084">

                    <font face="Verdana, Arial" color="#ffffff" size="2">

                         <b>$insert[story_title]</b>

                   </font>

             </td>

and replace with:

               <td bgcolor="#000084">$teaserline

                 <font face="Verdana, Arial" color="#ffffff" size="2">

                         <b>$insert[story_title]</b>

                   </font>

             </td>

Find:

           <td bgcolor="#ffffff">

             $teaserline

                      <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">

                           $insert[story_text]<br /><br />

                       </font>           

          </td>

and replace with:

               <td bgcolor="#ffffff">

                    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">

                           $insert[story_text]<br /><br />

                       </font>           

          </td>

Originally posted by tngator:

My last question: is it possible to have all of the news stories appear within the same box on the front (home) page? I have different sports categories set up and instead of them appearing in separate boxes, it would look cleaner if I could get them to appear in the same one on the front page eventhough they are from different categories.

Yes, with template modifications. To find out which templates are used, view the page source in your browser.

OK, template question

nevermind, figured that one out. OK, next question:

how do you get news stories to only show like the title and @ the first sentence or so of the article? Do you just put a minimum amount of words in the first story box and then the rest in the extended news section?

Also, how do you enable a small thumbnail photo to appear to the left of the story title on the front page?

My last question: is it possible to have all of the news stories appear within the same box on the front (home) page? I have different sports categories set up and instead of them appearing in separate boxes, it would look cleaner if I could get them to appear in the same one on the front page eventhough they are from different categories.