SkyBlueCanvas CMS

The SkyBlueCanvas template system, also referred to as the skin system, is a content token replacement technique. In this article I give a detailed explanation of how SkyBlueCanvas skins work, what each of the tokens are and how they are used.

ThickBox for jQuery is one of the most popular modal overlay plugins available. This article gives step-by-step instructions on how to install and use ThickBox in the Gallery extension for your SkyBlueCanvas web site.

SkyBlueCanvas Lightweight CMS comes with the ability to easily display banner ads on your site. This is achieved via the Plugin API and the ads plugin that comes with the SkyBlueCanvas source code. In this article I give you step-by-step instructions to help set up banner ads on your SkyBlueCanvas site.

Upgrading SkyBlueCanvas to newer releases is very simple. The software was designed so that all of the user-editable files are stored in a single location. In this article I give you step-by-step instructions to help you upgrade to the latest version of the SkyBlueCanvas software.

SkyBlueCanvas is built for small web sites and non-technical users. The system distills the core concepts of content editing down to their simplest form and eliminates a lot of the complexities associated with larger systems. This article explains the key concepts at the core of a SkyBlueCanvas web site.

The ability to re-skin a web site - or change the appearance without affecting the content - is one of the more useful features of any content management system. SkyBlueCanvas makes this task extremely simple. In this article I explain how to install new skins on your SkyBlueCanvas site.

Templates - or skins - are the presentation layer of a web site and allow you to change the appearance of your site without making any changes to the content (text and pictures). The SkyBlueCanvas template system is very simple and very flexible. What your site looks like is limited only by your imagination.
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SkyBlueCanvas is very flexible in how it allows you to place content in different regions on a page. The idea of Collections is closely tied to the way the skin (template) system works. You can even place the same content in different locations on individual pages. In this article I explain how to indicate where content is to appear on a page.

Collections are perhaps the trickiest concept to grasp in SkyBlueCanvas. A collection is a type of container made up of a variable number of items. Examples of collections include link lists, photo galleries, FAQs and Menus. They are literally collections of things or smaller units that appear within a page. The concept of a collection, allows you, the user to add, edit and delete individual items within a container without having to worry about building the container itself.

SkyBlueCanvas allows you to include additional, non-html media with a page in your site. These media include images and PDF, TAR, ZIP and DOC files. This article explains how to upload and manage media for use on your SkyBlueCanvas site.