The idea behind it is simple and it builds on an already existing facility: myRealPage Custom Templates. Our Next-Gen Layouts can do everything that the Custom Templates can, but very importantly, they can also be configured to give the end user full control over the content IN ANY PART of their custom pages. This means that you can create your Next-Gen Layouts using whatever layout techniques you choose, mock these up on your own computer, then identify which areas you would like to carry our weblets, then zip it all up and apply it to either a master template or an individual page on your website. At all times, your Next-Gen Layout based templates are fully functional standalone on your own computer.
Another cool feature in the Next-Gen Layouts is that they support fully editable nested layouts based on myRealPage stock layouts. And all of this is in the end user’s hands: we love the DIY (do-it-yourself) philosophy when it comes to websites.
I have put together a video demonstrating what myRealPage Next-Gen Layouts can do. (It’s a bit too wide to fit in this page, hence I am referencing it externally):
You can also download the ZIP file containing myRealPage Next-Gen Layout example used in the video here.
And here you can view the website where I applied myRealPage Next-Gen Layout.
You will also want to know what are the recognized myRealPage id’s for your HTML containers in the Next-Gen Layouts. Here they are:
- mrp-header
- mrp-footer
- mrp-sidebar
- mrp-sidebar2
- content-well
- mrp-container1
- mrp-container2
- …
- mrp-container10
IMPORTANT: Please do not use “styles.css” as a name for your custom CSS stylesheet, it is currently a reserved name.
If you have comments, please leave them here to drop me a line to bill-at-myrealpage.com
6 comments:
Nicee, this article is coming in very handy right now. I'm redesigning a website for Steve Jamieson (therealestatespot.ca) and am at the stage where I'll soon be adding content to the template I've created. Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the tutorial. For some reason your link to the zipped file does not work. The zip file has no data. Please fix this.
Thanks!
Philip, I just successfully downloaded and opened the zip file. Perhaps, try with another zip utility.
I can't really give it to you in a different format, because the idea is to let you have a file that you can upload to a website and try it out; and this zip file should work with our CMS.
Email me to bill-at-myrealpage.com if you continue to have issues.
--Bill
Thanks Bill,
Download seems to be working now.
Phil
I'm trying to apply the layout you've supplied. When I do so, I am told "Processing Custom Template Package
Please wait..." This message never goes away, though, and the layout is never applied.
Also, your video shows a different UI from the one used by myrealpage today.
Thanks!
@ziggy Hi. Yes, you are right, the video uses our old Private Office as an example. We have since migrated our software to the new web-based Private Office. I will have this updated: thanks for pointing it out.
I did manage to apply my .zip file, so it should still be a valid "reference" package. One important thing to remember is that the .zip file contains a root-level folder with the same name as the zip (minus the ".zip" extension). Please make sure the filename of the zip file didn't change before you upload it. For example:
sample-template-layout-1.zip should contain a root level folder "sample-template-layout-1"
Here are some screenshots how to get into the right place in our Web Private Office:
1.https://www.evernote.com/shard/s25/sh/5bc52728-3d4d-44ed-8403-cf2008ade58a/04a9c5e62c96bb820f61ee8b60db935e
2. https://www.evernote.com/shard/s25/sh/b8c9f9b7-e5f1-4c16-baa4-91b7bb9aaf1e/8edec753cf66234a4cbf7c4a8953db11
3. Please make sure you publish your changes from Staging to Live after all has been done.
Let me know if you still run into issues. If so, you can email me directly to : bill-at-myrealpage.com
Cheers,
--Bill
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