Content not showing up

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Content not showing up

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After a fresh install new content is not showing up.

Created new content as "Block Content" this does not appear on the public site. Yes it is published.

Edited existing "Articles" and they are converted to "Block Content" and disappear.

Answer 1 · 2013-09-10T11:54:35.000Z

I don't see this. I did notice that every time you install it inserts the About-Me, Welcome and Sample Article. This part I can fix easily (never noticed it until I was trying to track this one down.)
Another thing I noticed was that one of the merges made the taxonomy an required field which means that sometimes you can't actually update content, because it's unable to focus on a required field on a secondary tab. This should be fixed independently, but taxonomy has a default of '' and should not be required.
Block content will only show up if that block is being used in the template but articles should show up fine. Can you send me reproducible steps for the Article to block conversion?
I fixed the duplication of the sample data during installation.

Answer 2 · 2013-09-10T11:55:05.000Z

Have you tried the aloha editor to edit the blocks?

Answer 3 · 2013-09-10T12:05:09.000Z

I have the aloha editor module enabled but I only get a textbox to edit content. This is another issue.

I did a fresh install of everything.
I created some content I only had Block Content to choose from.
I made sure it was published
It does not show up on the site

Looking inside mongo I see that is_public is set to false. Is this important?

Answer 4 · 2013-09-10T12:53:32.000Z

Ah ok. We might have found another problem. If the content type does not
get installed properly then it would fail. Aloha shows up as a yellow
outline over the block in the actual ui and not inside of the content
editor ui. I will check on the content type. I wish I didn't need to
upgrade mongoose willy nilly but the calip.so site was down since nodejitsu
no longer supports mongodb 0.9.x and to get mongodb 1.3.x I had to upgrade
mongoose. I belive all this is fallout thereof.
Sorry, I'll stay on top of it.
Andy

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I have the aloha editor module enabled but I only get a textbox to edit
content. This is another issue.

I did a fresh install of everything.
I created some content I only had Block Content to choose from.
I made sure it was published
It does not show up on the site

Looking inside mongo I see that is_public is set to false. Is this
important?

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Answer 5 · 2013-09-10T13:42:12.000Z

Fixed. There was a typo in the content installer, causing content-type and other modules to not install correctly.
This is probably why you didn't get access to all the content-types.

Answer 6 · 2013-09-10T14:34:48.000Z

Just reinstalled everything and it's still the same.
Only Block Content and new content does not show up.

Answer 7 · 2013-09-10T14:48:16.000Z

Can you paste the output of "node app" or the way you install it? I tried it multiple times and it seems to work for me.
Do you have steps to reproduce?
Andy

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Just reinstalled everything and it's still the same.
Only Block Content and new content does not show up.

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Answer 8 · 2013-09-10T15:04:40.000Z

Installed as per the instructions on your site:

npm install calipso -g
calipso site /path/to/a/dir
calipso server

Running on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Mongo 2.0.4
See the log at http://www.steveww.org/drop/calipso.log.gz

Answer 9 · 2013-09-10T15:16:39.000Z

Hmm, ok you're using 0.10.18 and I am using 0.10.15 (checking)
Also, could you send the output of "calipso server" and then execute the installation steps (removing conf/development.json before executing calipso server.)
The reason is that the installation of the previous install would set "installed" = true although it didn't properly populate contentTypes and other modules thereafter.
Thanks
Andy

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Installed as per the instructions on your site:

npm install calipso -g
calipso site /path/to/a/dir
calipso server

Running on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Mongo 2.0.4
See the log at http://www.steveww.org/drop/calipso.log.gz

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Answer 10 · 2013-09-10T15:17:51.000Z

Actually what is "node 0.10.18"? I don't see it published yet. I usually use "nvm" to make sure I have production versions.
Andy

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Hmm, ok you're using 0.10.18 and I am using 0.10.15 (checking)
Also, could you send the output of "calipso server" and then execute the installation steps (removing conf/development.json before executing calipso server.)
The reason is that the installation of the previous install would set "installed" = true although it didn't properly populate contentTypes and other modules thereafter.
Thanks
Andy

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Installed as per the instructions on your site:

npm install calipso -g
calipso site /path/to/a/dir
calipso server

Running on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Mongo 2.0.4
See the log at http://www.steveww.org/drop/calipso.log.gz

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Answer 11 · 2013-09-10T15:19:50.000Z

Just got it hot off node.org

Answer 12 · 2013-09-10T15:22:21.000Z

End of calipso site ... command

Application created at: /home/stevew/temp/node
Installing any difficult application dependencies via NPM, please wait ...
Installing mongodb in native mode ...

npm WARN package.json connect-form@0.2.1 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json ejs@0.6.1 No repository field.
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/kerberos/0.0.3
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bson/0.2.2
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/kerberos/0.0.3
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bson/0.2.2

Answer 13 · 2013-09-10T15:24:07.000Z

Does it sizzle? :)
Thanks
Andy

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Answer 14 · 2013-09-10T15:26:03.000Z

Output of calipso server

Calipso version: 0.3.40
Calipso configured for: development environment.
Calipso server listening on port: 3000
Installation Password: "x0XgTEJjDySEI0oyPzaveOumuYHndA0yXQ==" (inside quotes)
10 Sep 16:25:10 - info: Saving configuration ...
10 Sep 16:25:10 - info: Reloading updated configuration ...
10 Sep 16:25:10 - info: Installing module content
10 Sep 16:25:10 - info: Installing module contentTypes
10 Sep 16:25:10 - info: Installing module permissions
10 Sep 16:25:10 - info: Installing module user
10 Sep 16:25:11 - info: User module installed ...
10 Sep 16:25:11 - info: Content types module installed ...
10 Sep 16:25:11 - info: Content module installed ...
10 Sep 16:25:11 - info: User Roles sub-module installed ...

Answer 15 · 2013-09-10T15:28:09.000Z

This looks good. Do you see any errors when you're trying to add or update content which might give us a clue?
I am not quite sure what is and isn't working in your scenario.
Thanks
Andy

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Output of calipso server

Calipso version: 0.3.40
Calipso configured for: development environment.
Calipso server listening on port: 3000
Installation Password: "x0XgTEJjDySEI0oyPzaveOumuYHndA0yXQ==" (inside quotes)
10 Sep 16:25:10 - info: Saving configuration ...
10 Sep 16:25:10 - info: Reloading updated configuration ...
10 Sep 16:25:10 - info: Installing module content
10 Sep 16:25:10 - info: Installing module contentTypes
10 Sep 16:25:10 - info: Installing module permissions
10 Sep 16:25:10 - info: Installing module user
10 Sep 16:25:11 - info: User module installed ...
10 Sep 16:25:11 - info: Content types module installed ...
10 Sep 16:25:11 - info: Content module installed ...
10 Sep 16:25:11 - info: User Roles sub-module installed ...

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Answer 16 · 2013-09-10T15:30:58.000Z

No errors. I just can get to the new content after I create it.
Just a moment I will attach a view of the data......

Answer 17 · 2013-09-10T15:33:50.000Z

Here it is.

Answer 18 · 2013-09-10T15:34:26.000Z

I will try the install on one of my EC2 instances. Then you should be able to see what is happening.

Answer 19 · 2013-09-10T15:36:58.000Z

Ok trying to go through your steps.
Andy

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Here it is.

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Answer 20 · 2013-09-10T15:55:11.000Z

Somehow the contentTypes were still not installing correctly. I moved some of the code around and now it works.
Might have been a timing issue or something that didn't jump out at me. Seems to work now.
Thanks
Andy

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Ok trying to go through your steps.
Andy

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Here it is.

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Answer 21 · 2013-09-10T16:11:04.000Z

Cool I can now create an Article and it shows up :-)
Block content still does not show up. What is Block for?

Answer 22 · 2013-09-10T17:10:44.000Z

Blocks are used from within templates. For example the about and welcome blocks show up on the home page.
Thanks
Andy

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Cool I can now create an Article and it shows up :-)
Block content still does not show up. What is Block for?

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Answer 23 · 2013-09-10T18:03:38.000Z

Please can you point me in the right direction as to how these are called in to the template?

Answer 24 · 2013-09-10T20:03:19.000Z

Did you look at http://calip.so for the documentation? It's not as complete as I'd like but might get you started.

For example this is how content is output:

<% contents.forEach(function(item) { %>
<div class='content-list-item content-list-item-<%- item.status %> content-type-<%- item.contentType %>'>
    <h2><a href='/<%= item.alias %>.html'><%- item.title %></a></h2>

    <p><%- item.teaser %> ... <a href='/<%= item.alias %>.html'>more</a></p>
</div>
<% });  %>
<%- pager %>

This is how a block might be pulled in:

<div class = "home-content">
    <div class = "home-welcome">
        <%- welcome %>
    </div>
</div>

/**
 * Additional content section / block functions for body.
 */

var rootpath = process.cwd() + '/',
    path = require('path'),
    calipso = require(path.join(rootpath, 'lib/calipso'));

exports = module.exports = function (req, options, callback)
{

    /**
     *  Get additional content for blocks in the template
     */
    calipso.lib.step(

        function getContent()
        {
            options.getContent(req, "welcome", this.parallel());
        }, function done(err, welcome, homepageText)
        {
            callback(err, {
                welcome: welcome,
                homepageText: homepageText
            });
        });

};

Answer 25 · 2013-09-11T10:48:57.000Z

OK I have figured out how options.getContent(...) works.
I have read the limited documentation on the WIKI on Github.
Not sure what options.getBlock(/regex/, this.parallel()) does???????

Answer 26 · 2013-09-11T10:58:54.000Z

It accumulates all the blocks matching the regex.
For example...

/**
 * Additional content section / block functions for body.
 */

var rootpath = process.cwd() + '/',
    path = require('path'),
    calipso = require(path.join(rootpath, 'lib/calipso'));

exports = module.exports = function (req, options, callback)
{

    /**
     *  Get additional content for blocks in the template
     */
    calipso.lib.step(
        function getContent()
        {
            options.getBlock(/^content.*/, this.parallel());
            options.getBlock(/^admin.*/, this.parallel());
            options.getBlock('scripts.disqus', this.parallel());
        },
        function done(err, content, admin, disqus)
        {
            callback(err, {content: content, admin: admin, disqus: disqus});
        }
    );

};

The first options.getBlock() accumulates all content blocks which are then passed as the first parameter (after the error) to the done() function. Therefore the callback will be invoked with {content: array of all content blocks, ...}
The route needs to populate those blocks and then the js associated to the template can pull them out and return them to the renderer.

Answer 27 · 2013-09-11T11:12:29.000Z

Hmm.....

Digging through the source it looks like getBlock pulls in modules and getContent pulls in "Block Content" whose alias matches the name.

Looking at some of the modules it appears that presentation formatting is included in the modules. Surely there should be total separation of formatting so that it is only handled by the template?

I know this is getting off topic now. May be we should continue elsewhere?

Answer 28 · 2013-09-11T11:20:49.000Z

The data is formatted by templates. Either a generic one or a custom one
associated with the content type. Then the theme templates put together the
rendered blocks.
Thanks
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Hmm.....

Digging through the source it looks like getBlock pulls in modules and
getContent pulls in "Block Content" whose alias matches the name.

Looking at some of the modules it appears that presentation formatting is
included in the modules. Surely there should be total separation of
formatting so that it is only handled by the template?

I know this is getting off topic now. May be we should continue elsewhere?

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Answer 29 · 2013-09-11T11:52:07.000Z

Not wishing to get in to a pantomime situation but.......

From the content core module it clearly has formatting elements in it:

<%- content.title %>

<p class='by'>By <a href='/user/profile/<%- content.author %>'><%- content.displayAuthor.name %></a></small>

h2 and small (end tag only) are formatting. IMHO the elelmets would be better as

Answer 30 · 2013-09-11T11:53:33.000Z

Not sure what happened there only half my post appeared????

... continued

<%- content.title %>

<p class='by'>By <a href='/user/profile/<%- content.author %>'><%- content.displayAuthor.name %></a></small>

Answer 31 · 2013-09-11T11:57:28.000Z

Chrome on Linux not working so well on Github trying with a different set up on my Mac.

... continued

<%- content.title %>

<p class='by'>By <a href='/user/profile/<%- content.author %>'><%- content.displayAuthor.name %></a></small>

and are definitely formatting

Answer 32 · 2013-09-11T11:58:35.000Z

OK still did not work on my Mac. Github is blocking my content when it has HTML in it.

There are h2 and small tags in the show.html for example.

Answer 33 · 2013-09-11T12:14:21.000Z

Use three backquotes on the line before and after code you put in. You can
add the type after the initial back quotes. Like bq bq bq html or bq bq bq
javascript. It's part if the github md
Andy

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Chrome on Linux not working so well on Github trying with a different set
up on my Mac.

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Answer 34 · 2013-09-11T12:15:22.000Z

That's the template which can be overridden in the theme. If the theme
doesn't have a replacement it will use the one from the model
Andy

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OK still did not work on my Mac. Github is blocking my content when it has
HTML in it.

There are h2 and small tags in the show.html for example.

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Answer 35 · 2013-09-12T08:59:22.000Z

OK I see.
How do I work out what I need to put in the template to override the model? What are the rules for substitution?

Answer 36 · 2013-09-17T15:06:09.000Z

To answer my own question.

You need to define the overrides in the theme.json file by adding a modules element. Have a look at the calipso theme under the downloaded folder for an example as the documentation is not clear on where to add it.