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Michael Blake
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Sep 22, 2007, 4:32 AM
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Hi,
I have just installed AM2 and would prefer to use the 3 column layout of AM1. I've been looking for the guidance to do this but it appears that if I use the 'classic' template style then I can not run AM2 in MySQL state, if this is correct then I'm going to have a lot of work to do creating new 3 column templates to work with AM2, seems pretty weird so I am hoping I've got the wrong impression of AM2 here :-)
Mickey
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MikeB
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Sep 22, 2007, 2:33 PM
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Hi Mickey,
Thanks for the post! 
If you've just started with a fresh copy of Article Manager 2 then you actually should be able to set up the "Classic" template design quite easily. You'll want to note that you'll be overwriting your existing templates and one data file so you'll probably want to backup the /data/ and /templates/ folders first. I'll outline the steps to set this up for you:
1. On your local computer you'll want to navigate to the /cgi/templates/ directory that Article Manager comes with. Once you're here you'll want to unzip the classic.zip file.
2. From there, take all of the files in the new unzipped /classic/templates/ folder and overwrite the files in Article Manager's original /templates/ folder on your server.
3. The next step is to copy the /classic/data/db_publishrules.dat.cgi and paste it to overwrite the default /cgi/data/db_publishrules.dat.cgi file on your server.
From there if you log into Article Manager you should see a full list of publishing rules (as the Classic style uses more rules) and you should then be able to click "Publish All" to see the Classic design on your site.
I hope this helps Mickey!
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Mike Briggs - Product Specialist
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Heather
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Aug 15, 2008, 3:27 AM
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Can you still not use the 3 column layout if you are using a mysql database for AM2?
Going to a flatfile database is not an option as I get a ton of traffic and post a lot of articles.
My site uses a 3 column layout. Actually its 5 - Header, footer, left nav bar, main, right nav bar. I just recently bought and installed AM2 although it's not "live" yet on my site. If I can't use a 3 column layout with mysql then this software is useless to me. Can AM1 use a 3 column layout with mysql? If so will I need to buy that too or how would that work with billing?
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Michael Blake
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Aug 17, 2008, 1:25 PM
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Hi Heather,
You can have a 3 column layout with AM2. The 'old' templates work with either AM1 or AM2.
HTH,
Mickey
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Heather
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Aug 17, 2008, 1:31 PM
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Can you have the 3 column layout with mysql being used as your database?
You said earlier that you couldn't. Plus it also says you can't in the readme of the old templates.
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Jake
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Aug 17, 2008, 6:29 PM
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Hi Heather,
You can use MySQL with this new layout, but you first have to convert back to the flatfile database. So what you'd do is go to Admin -> Database Editor and use the "Database Actions" menu to do that. You can then install the "classic" template set, and in turn convert back to MySQL and implement the three column layout.
Let us know if you have any other questions.
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Heather
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Aug 17, 2008, 6:39 PM
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Ok. Let me see if I got this right.
1.Do a fresh install.
2. Have a flat file database.
3. Overwrite the templates with the classic templates.
4. Publish all
5. Convert to a mysql database.
6. Publish all
If those steps are correct this means I can have a 3 column layout using mysql as the database.
This was not made clear in the initial posting or the classic templates readme file...which confused me.
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Jake
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Aug 17, 2008, 7:02 PM
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Hi Heather,
You're correct, those are the steps you'll need to take. It isn't necessary to do the "Publish All" in the middle though.
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