Forum Home Enhancements - [AJAX] SmnLikQuick v2.0 - Advanced Announcements Block

Description:
SmnLikQuick v2.0 adds an advanced announcement block (Title and Content) to your vBulletin powered pages that is easily managed via AdminCP. This new version (based on the AJAX Tabs Content Script (v 2.0) written by Dynamic Drive), utilizes Ajax to display multiple announcements in one container when the title (tab) is clicked on. It also has the ability (and utilizes this ability upon install) to rotate between tabs (announcements) in a "slideshow" type manner until a user explicitly clicks on a tab (see screenshots provided).

See Post #02 for log.
See Post #98 for Upgrade Instructions.
See Post #99 for Multiple Styles Fix

DEMO: SmnLikDat.com Community

Co-Owner/Co-Authors:

• Bobster65
  (who brought you the CMPS Module: "AJAX Tabbed Content")
• King Kovifor
  (who added BB Code Parsing! Thanks so much King!)

Please Note that there is a new setting that allows Admins to choose whether to parse BB Code or HTML (not both). It is reccomended that you parse BB for security reasons, however the choice is yours.

SmnLikQuick Addons:

• SmnLikQuick CMPS Module - This turns your SmnLikQuick v2.0.x Announcements Block into a CMPS Module. You MUST have BOTH SmnLikQuick v2.0 AND vBAdvanced CMPS installed. Demo: SmnLikDat.com

Future Features:

• Usergroup permissions per Announcement.
• Slideshow timing controlled via AdminCP (Control Speed or Disable this feature)
• Display certain Announcements to certain users via their UserCP

INSTALL:

1. Upload the files within the UPLOAD folder (in this package) to the corrosponding forum directories on your server making sure to keep the filetree intact.
2. Import Product: SmnLikQuick.xml via AdminCP>Plugins & Products>Manage Products>Add/Import Product
3. Refresh AdminCP (ie: Ctrl-F5)
4. Complete Template Edits (2 Edits) - Instructions provided in .zip file.
5. (Optional) Edit includes/smnlikquick_css.css to match your style.
6. Add Announcements & Enable the SmnLikQuick Mod via AdminCP>SmnLikQuick

Don't forget to mark as installed! Support will be given in this thread. Comments appreciated and feature requests welcomed! Thank you and Enjoy! -Bree

[Bree]

You shouldn't.... when I upgraded my main site via the instructions I posted, I didn't lose anything... I just had to go back and edit so that I could put them in order is all. And thank you!

Always, Bree

[macc]

Thanks !

regards

macc

[TTG]

Great addition but I've come across one problem in admincp when trying to edit an announcement of more than one line. The option to edit / disable / delete becomes centred and when attempting to select an option, it opens the forumhome page !?

Clicked install :up:

[King Kovifor]

The centered problem can be explained by the reasoning that HTML rendering ttys to put as much one one line as possible in the center column and create a very small width on the last column. And I cannot explain the forum home link.

[Triky]

Nice!

[TTG]

Originally Posted by King Kovifor

The centered problem can be explained by the reasoning that HTML rendering ttys to put as much one one line as possible in the center column and create a very small width on the last column. And I cannot explain the forum home link.

I now have an announcement which I cannot edit/delete .. guess I'll have to un-install and re-install to lose it !?

[crkgb]

Is there a way to get cyrillic characters supported?
I run my forum in UTF-8 (to no success updated charset in the xml file to UTF-8)
and this mod is the only one where cyrillic comes out as "???????" instead of what was plugged in.

Thank you

[ishare]

First of all i would like to thank you for this usefull and nice addon.
But i have a problem actually. I do use vBulletin 3.7.Release Candidate 2 and when i write something long, it comes out the border as shown on below image.
Do you have any idea about how i can correct this problem ?

[bobster65]

Originally Posted by ishare

First of all i would like to thank you for this usefull and nice addon.
But i have a problem actually. I do use vBulletin 3.7.Release Candidate 2 and when i write something long, it comes out the border as shown on below image.
Do you have any idea about how i can correct this problem ?

That could be due to a DIV height attribute being hard coded to a static value instead of a % Let me check out the core code that Bree released to see if the main content DIV has a hard coded value..

[SuperDave71]

Can these messages be formatted using HTML or BB code?


Thanks


***Nevermind! *** DOH! I just had to read! Sorry bout that!! HTML markup it is!


Sorry about that one.. ha ha