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

[Eneswar]

Any way to make this work with PHP5 ?

[bobster65]

Originally Posted by Hugo Holbling

One issue I'm having with this is that the container collapses in size when loading the new tab. This has the effect of making the forum homepage jump; i.e. as the container reloads the forums move up, and as the new tab is shown the forums move back down again. Is there any way to stop this or fix the size of the container so that it remains constant, whether reloading or not and regardless of how much content is contained in each tab?

Hey Hugo.... you can set the container to a "fixed" height, but it you have more text than the height of the container, then its going to over flow below the the set height.

If you want to experiment with it, edit the "smnlikquick" template ..

This Div is what controls the container...

<div id="divcontainer" style="border:0px; width:97%; padding: 6px; margin-bottom:1em">
			</div>

So to give it a "fixed" height, just add the height attribute In RED) to the style like this..

<div id="divcontainer" style="border:0px; height:205px; width:97%; padding: 6px; margin-bottom:1em">
			</div>

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by Eneswar

Any way to make this work with PHP5 ?

What errors do you have?

[Eneswar]

Originally Posted by King Kovifor

What errors do you have?

Im getting this:

Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of [runtime function name](). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file in /----/----/--------/public_html/smnlikquick.php on line 16

I even contacted my host about this and they said I had to downgrade to PHP4... But i dont want to do that. There needs to be a way around?

[King Kovifor]

I have never heard about pass-by-pass reference. I will look into when I get home and can search stuff up on PHP.net.

[Eneswar]

I hope you are luckier then me, i havent been able to find anything to help, and this is one of those addons that i REALLY would like to get up and running

Edit: I did found this: http://se.php.net/manual/en/language...ences.pass.php
Im not so good with that PHP so i hope you understand that more then me :P

[King Kovifor]

That sheds some light. I will give Bree a fix soon.

[Eneswar]

OMG. if thats true you are my hero
Ill be refreshing this like mad now >_>

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by Eneswar

OMG. if thats true you are my hero
Ill be refreshing this like mad now >_>

I will look at it tomorrow (today) as it is now after midnight. I am too tired to code anything now.

[Boofo]

You crack me up! LOL