Added phrases for "None" and "No staff currently online." text.
Made code more compatible with older VB Versions (should work in 4.1.x now)
This is my first attempt at a Sideblock and Widget. The purpose of this is to list all forum staff members online.
There are settings to choose which usergroups are considered staff groups and for other basic settings.
The product .xml file contains the necessary templates and phrases but you will need to manually install the sideblock code itself and/or manually create the widget.
Specific installation instructions are in the .txt file in the zip file but the overall process is:
Upload the Product XML File
Add code to additional.css template
Edit Settings in Admin CP -> Options to setup your options
Create Sideblock (if using Sideblock)
Create Widget (if using widget)
Add Widget to Layout(s) (if using widget)
Overall this is working well- it is Beta as it's my fist Sideblock and Widget. I know it works on VB 4.2.0 but it should work on earlier versions as well (code was revised in Beta 0.99 for greater compatibility.)
If you get an error at the top of the browser window when you enable the sideblock or widget you know your VB version is too old.
In addition to working with my Font Selection by Username mod it will also work withe my Sidebar Anywhere mod.
Does not work with "Everywhere Sidebar" mod but DOES work with MY "Sidebar Anywhere" mod.
FROM redtrin_session AS session
LEFT JOIN redtrin_user AS user ON(user.userid = session.userid)
WHERE session.lastactivity > 1390984366 AND user.usergroupid IN ()
ORDER BY username ASC;
MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')
ORDER BY username ASC' at line 8
I've double checked everything, can't seem to work out where the problem is. Help!
I've just installed this. How do you change the block title 'Current Staff Online' to something else? Changing the title in the 'edit block' form makes no difference.
Well, here's one issue that I'm noticing... the current settings within the provided additional.css code tend to squeeze the larger avatars to the point of image distortion. For example, we have some staff avatars that are 180px × 120px and they end up looking very squeezed within the sidebar.
The actual aspect ratios of member avatars can however be preserved by changing max-width: 40px; to max-width: 60px; ...however, that misaligns the usernames and titles because they are each positioned the same distance from their respective multiple-width avatars.
So my choices seem to be: 1) accept the overly squeezed larger avatars, 2) accept the misaligned usernames, or 3) disable the display of avatars within this sideblock mod. The first two options don't look quite right. Playing around a bit, I've found that I can adjust the padding directive from 4px to, say, 24px. This will move the usernames farther toward the center of the sideblock. But unfortunately they are still misaligned.
I've noticed that various other sideblocks I add to the sidebar will auto-reduce avatar size proportionally in order to preserve aspect ratio and retain alignment of the text margin points. Can this somehow be done for this sideblock mod as well? And if not, is there any other solution that will allow the usernames and title text to line up while retaining the aspect ratios for larger avatars?
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12-02-2013, 11:54 PM
i dont know how to edit additional.css
