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How to use logo instead of site name

January 25th, 2009
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If you want to have a logo instead of  Site name in the header of your pages, do the following:

1. Locate the directory of your theme. For default (Plain Yogurt) theme it is /concrete/themes/default/

2. Upload your logo (for example, logo.jpg) to the images directory inside your theme directory.

3. Find the template header.php file at the directory with the theme you are using.

For example, header.php for default (Plain Yogurt) theme can be found in /concrete/themes/default/elements/

4. Open the file and find the code:

<h1 id="logo">
<a href="<?php echo DIR_REL?>/">
<?php echo SITE?></a></h1>

5.  REPLACE

<?php echo SITE?>

WITH

<img src="<?php echo $this->getThemePath()?>/images/logo.jpg" alt="logo" />

Of course, images/logo.jpg must be the filepath for the logo you upload at step number 2.

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Adding external link in navigation

January 24th, 2009
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If you want to have an external link (the link that points outside of your concrete5 cms) in navigation menu and in the sitemap structure, you can do it the following way:

1. Log in as admin.
2. Go to Dashboard.
3. Click on the page you would like to be the parent of your external link (for example, you can add external link to homepage or to `About` page), so in the sitemap structure the external link will be shown as a child of this parent.
4. In the popup menu click ‘Add External Link’.
5. Fill the URL of your link and its title (name).
6. Click ‘Add’.

The link will appear in your sitemap structure and in the Auto-Nav (automatically generated navigatio) block.

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