Using Boards

[carl101lee]

I have set-up a small site with a news feature using the default Boards set-up - I like they way the work but…

How do I set them to auto update - regenerate when a new blog post is added? The user doesn’t want to have to have to update the board every time they add a news item?

The Scheduler - is complex and no info/tutorials on how to use it? where do you set-up elements and what does it do?

I have set-up Cron jobs on tasks- After lots of errors on the cron Schedule - after using the wrong expression (no spaces) I had to manually remove from the data base table to get past the error.

But then their is no task for this?

Please advise ? Otherwise I will switch back to using Page list block.

Carl

[JohntheFish]

I agree, Boards are both complex and lacking in documentation.

A little bit disappointed with boards

I have been looking at how the blog board is built in Atomik and am a little bit disappointed. I was expecting the slots in the board to be built out from the way Containers work, but it is a completely separate mechanism. I was expecting the topics filter to be like adding a topics block to an area, like a sidebar or a container area, but it is actually implemented as a hard coded stack display in the board template. Containers are so simple and elegant in code and in UI. Boards are massivel…

[fixt.org]

I doubt this answers carl101lee’s questions, but for those interested in watching a Boards “quickest walkthrough in the world” by Andrew Embler and Franz Maruna, here’s a link:

Concrete CMS September 2021 Town Hall - YouTube

[deanhawthorn]

Ive just started looking at boards, instances etc. There is zero clear explanation of this for your average user like me.
Ive tried to use the built in stuff that comes with Atomik by experimentation and am completely lost.
Please, please, can we have a video that’s not someone waffling on about code and stuff in bad resolution, but just straight forward, this is what boards do, this is how to use them (with actual example).
I would make the video myself and share it if I had any kind of understand of boards.

Sorry just so frustrated as I think boards could really help me and would love to try.

[EvanCooper]

Hi @deanhawthorn - is this documentation helpful?

Overview

[designbureau]

I’m also interested in taming Boards. I’m with Atomik (The built-in Theme of v. 9) like @deanhawthorn.

@EvanCooper: I f I click on your link, it takes me to a page:

Overview

A yellow alert tells me: This documentation is not for the most recent release version of Concrete CMS.
If I go to the "Release Version; 9, I end up on this page:

V9 Docs

The same happens with an essential link by @jero in this post:

Total newbie, in urgent need of help (custom styling on bedrock theme)

There is a README.md file in the basic bedrock package that includes instructions on how to customise the theme. You’re going to need to install/use Node / NPM / Laravel Mix to build your CSS. You might want to take a look at: for more information on getting this working.

Where is the current, valid documentation?

I’m confused.
Stefan

[ConcreteOwl]

Easy enough to find.

Board Basics

[designbureau]

Thank you for the correct and direct link.

Sorry, small little things confuse me. Shouldn’t these two pages know of each other by proper linking, - unambiguously?

See screens imgs

[deanhawthorn]

Thanks for that page link. I have already read it, and as a light user it doesn’t make it clear to me, basically assumes you understand how it works already.
Sadly concrete is seriously lacking in simple ‘break it down for beginners’ video instructions, that visually show (not just text) how to combine all the various parts of what you need to do utilise boards.
Concrete were quick to instigate core 9, but there is so much backup stuff needed to support a new CMS that isn’t yet available.
The average user (like me) is totally reliant on the goodwill of the forum to sometimes work out the most simplest of things.
I soldier on regardless