Frequently Asked Questions
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Here's a list of questions you'll eventually be faced with, along with short answers that might help you.
Installing and running Tópico
Creating web sites
Publishing your collection
Installing and running Tópico
Tópico won't start and gives me an error message. What can I do? ...top
Make sure you've downloaded and installed all the required components.
Still get an error message? Make a screen capture ( Ctrl+PrntScrn ) and send the image to support@formedia.ca along with a short description of the steps you followed to get the message.
I'm trying to use feature X but it doen't work. What can I do? ...top
Make sure that feature X does not require a registered version of Tópico. Once this possibility is out of the way , send us an email with a short description of the problem and we'll try to help you the best we can.
Please note that no support is provided with the starter version of Tópico.
Creating web sites
I don't know much about web standards and publishing. Where do I start? ...top
Have you studied the basic tutorials? Are you familiar with the intermediate tutorials familiar? Then the place to go next might be the web standards reference page.
Publishing your collection
When I publish my collection, the page layout is somehow screwed up. What can I do? ...top
Your publishing stylesheet might be out of sync with your markup/template. If you got to this point, you should be able to identify the element that seems to be causing the problem and check it's stylesheet selector in the CSS file. If you were only experimenting with customization, reapply the publishing template and select Yes when asked to replace existing files.
When I publish my collection, I get an error message. What can I do? ...top
Did you modify the template? This would be most likely the cause of the error message. After backing your modified template/script/stylesheet, reapply the publishing package and select Yes when asked to replace existing files.
If the error is gone, compare your modified template with the one from the base publishing package. You should be able to find the error in there.
Still get an error message? Make a screen capture ( Ctrl+PrntScrn ) and send the image to support@formedia.ca along with a short description of the steps you followed to get the message.
Advanced topics
I'd like to be able to use my own menu and scripts. What can I do? ...top
Don't fear, although it's a bit more work than using the existing ones, you can use any script in your Tópico publication. One thing you can do is to replace the exiting scripts with your own and reference them in the template. The other thing you can do is to build yourself a reusable publishing package, which you can learn here.
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