Getting Started

Installation

  1. Install the Pages Module.
  2. Purchase Better Pages.
  3. Extract the .zip file to your desktop.
  4. Copy the /system/expressionengine/third_party/better_pages/ directory to your /system/expressionengine/third_party/ directory.
  5. Copy the /themes/third_party/better_pages/ directory to your /themes/third_party/ directory.

Activation

  1. Log into your ExpressionEngine control panel.
  2. Select Add-Ons → Fieldtypes.
  3. Select Install in the row for Better Pages.

Adding Thumbnails for Your Templates

Note: Thumbnails should be 200px wide and be of a consistent height.

  1. Log into your ExpressionEngine control panel.
  2. Select Add-Ons → Fieldtypes.
  3. Select Better Pages.
  4. Select an upload directory.
  5. Upload thumbnails from your computer.

Selecting Templates for Each Custom Field Group

  1. Assign a Better Pages fieldtype to your custom field group.
  2. When creating the Better Pages fieldtype, simply check off any template you would like included.

Narrowing Input Fields by Template

  1. When adding the Better Pages fieldtype to your custom field group, simply mark which fields you would like to hide by selecting their checkbox.
  2. Choose between hiding fields entirely, or collapsing them by going to the main configuration page: Addons → Fieldtypes → Better Pages.

Upgrading from 1.0 to 1.1

Please follow these steps when upgrading from 1.0 to 1.1. We have added new database tables to allow for the field narrowing functionality, and at this time ExpressionEngine does not have a method for us to automatically update the database without uninstalling.

  1. Replace the version 1.0 code with the 1.1 code (see Installation).
  2. Select Add-Ons → Fieldtypes.
  3. Uninstall Better Pages.
  4. Reinstall Better Pages.
  5. You will need to reassign Better Pages to any field-group in which it was included.

Note: Because the data is actually stored in the Pages Module, none of your pages selections will be lost.