Ten Great Concrete5 Tutorials

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Concrete5 is a great new Content Management System (CMS) that is gaining popularity very quickly. If you are wanting to learn how to use concrete5 for your next web project, here are 10 great tutorials about concrete5 to get you started:

1. How to Install Concrete5 from CPanel

A detailed tutorial on how to install concrete5 from your CPanel.

2. How to Install a Concrete5 Theme

An easy little tutorial on how to install a concrete5 theme.

3. Developer Screencast 1: Introduction to Themes

Get an introduction to how concrete5 themes work and how to create one.

4. Creating a Concrete5 Theme

A very great in-depth tutorial on building a concrete5 theme.

5. How to use your logo instead of site name in your Concrete5 Theme

Here’s a simple tutorial on how to add your company logo to your concrete5 theme.

6. Making Core changes outside of the Core

If you ever need to modify any of the concrete5 core, here’s a tutorial on how to do that without actually messing with the core files.

7. Customizing Sitemap.xml in Concrete5

A tutorial on how to customize your Sitemap.xml file.

8. Creating Single Pages in Concrete5

Wondering what Single Pages in concrete5 are and how to create them? This tutorial will show you how.

9. Making your own Concrete5 Block

Understand what files make up a block and learn how to make your own.

10. Editing your Concrete5 Site

Learn the ins and outs of editing your concrete5 site.

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9 Comments

Remo  on April 11th, 2009

Chris, thanks for the link!
I actually translated that tutorial on my own, maybe the google translation is better? (:

http://www.codeblog.ch/en/2009/01/concrete5-theme-erstellen/

Chris  on April 11th, 2009

Remo, didnt know there was already an english version - thanks for letting me know! I updated the link.

Remo  on April 11th, 2009

There’s also a little extension to that tutorial which explains how to create a drop down menu http://www.codeblog.ch/en/2009/04/concrete5-drop-down-menu/

ScottC  on April 25th, 2009

I was amazed that my post on editing files outside the core didn’t garner a reply at all :)

-Scott

Subrahmanyam  on April 28th, 2009

This is good tutorial for new to Concrete5 , like me

Thanks,
Subrahmanyam

chirag  on May 3rd, 2009

I am a new user of Concrete, I wanted to know how to insert sitewide elements on a template (like search, footers etc. ) any pointers will be appreciated. thanks

Tony  on May 25th, 2009

Here’s a tutorial on how to make packages in concrete5 (for if any of you would like to contribute/sell your themes or blocks in the concrete5 marketplace):

http://www.concrete5.org/help/building_with_concrete5/developers/packages

Great site man! keep it up!!

Chris  on May 26th, 2009

Tony- Thanks for the link & kind words!

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