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

[Skyrider]

Any possible way announcements can be done / shown for specific usergroups? handy for secret announcements.

[Bree]

Originally Posted by lazserus

This is probably one of the most useful and pragmatic mods I've seen on this site. Great work, Bree (and all who lent a hand)! People tend to ignore my announcement forum--which rests at the top of my forums--but with this mod, important announcements can't be ignored!

You are soo super sweet... Thank you so much!

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Thanks guys, I figured it out. . I was also wondering if the author of the plugin could add a "Are you sure you want to delete this announcement" box after you selected on "delete". I accidentally selected delete rather than edit. And it removed the announcement right away.

I cannot believe I left that out... *blush*... Yes we will get that one done for sure! Thanks & sorry about that.

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

Reagrding the Display of recent threads etc, within one of the tabs .

Im not sure how this is integrated ( not via cpms )

We just want to list latest threads within one of the tabs.

Help appreciated ( have incidentally looked at recentthread.php and on vba site.

Ozzy

We're working on this one too...

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

Any possible way announcements can be done / shown for specific usergroups? handy for secret announcements.

And this one =0)

SmnLikQuick is in heavy development (Right alongside TFH) and will be sporting quite a few new features in the near future.. a while in coming I know but we are working on it and hopefully everyone will be happy with the results very soon. Thanks for all your support and patience!

Always, Bree

[Dingo14]

thanks for this Bree and the rest of the team who put this together its a great mod members like this one a lot

[Dennis Kaczor]

Originally Posted by King Kovifor

It cannot access your database from your supplied information. I wouldn't see why if your forums worked.

And double check the CSS path.

Tried to install this again, and still get the database errors.

I checked the path and by making it direct using http and making headway, but still get this error.

Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: Access denied for user: 'torontod@localhost' (Using password: NO) in [path]/admincp/smnlikquick.php on line 50

Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: A link to the server could not be established in [path]/admincp/smnlikquick.php on line 50

Warning: mysql_result(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in [path]/admincp/smnlikquick.php on line 51

I have no clue on where to turn to correct this issue. Vbulletin works and so does everything else, and I don't have a clue why it cannot access the database with this program. It beyond my scope at this point, and need someone to point my in the right direction to get this working.

Thanks

No one have any ideas on the problem here? Left a message a few days ago, and was hoping that there was something that I could try.

[Dennis Kaczor]

Originally Posted by Nectro

Ok guys i have same DB problem here, i got the css sorted but i still get this error:



Could some one help me out? Reinstall of the product does not work either.

Did you ever get this program to work, I tried it again with the same errors.

[Ng?i Sao Việt]

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

Where on earth is the file smnlikquick_css.css anyway?

[bobster65]

Originally Posted by Ng?i Sao Việt

Where on earth is the file smnlikquick_css.css anyway?

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.

Look in the UPLOAD folder and it will tell you what directory it is to be uploaded to.

[TimberFloorAu]

Thanks Bree and wlcome back.

Could you run some checks please, to see if there is some java script collision... ( or ajax code ) that could be affecting the display of the template chooser.

We have noted that with this mod activated, users cannot see the style chooser, with it deactivated they can?

Weird I know... but perhaps there is a conflict somewhere ( almost 100% possibly our webpoint template )

[Ng?i Sao Việt]

Originally Posted by bobster65

Look in the UPLOAD folder and it will tell you what directory it is to be uploaded to.

Nah, in the folder UPLOAD/forums/includes there's only one folder named xml with an xml file in it, and THAT'S ALL

There's no such file named smnlikquick_css.css in the package they gave us!!

[bobster65]

Originally Posted by Ng?i Sao Việt

Nah, in the folder UPLOAD/forums/includes there's only one folder named xml with an xml file in it, and THAT'S ALL

There's no such file named smnlikquick_css.css in the package they gave us!!

...if you would have looked at the entire UPLOAD Folder, you would have found it in the UPLOAD/forums/clientscript/smnlikquick_css.css

I'll let Bree know that there is a mistake in her install instructions on the location of the CSS file on the (optional) step 5

part of the install instructions includes this (which tells you the location of the file)

<!-- SmnLikQuick -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/clientscript/smnlikquick_css.css" />