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

[Namaless]

Dear Bree, Bobster65 and King Kovifor, I have added usergroup permission to view annoucements, autotemplate, timer setting and persistent tab setting to your modification.

Now request if possible to post here the my version for releasing official 2.0.5 version..

Regards.

[slick368]

I checked the clean output option, and when I do, the module disappears altogether. I then de-select the clean output option and the module re-appears and everything is back in the same state that it was before.

[bobster65]

Originally Posted by slick368

I checked the clean output option, and when I do, the module disappears altogether. I then de-select the clean output option and the module re-appears and everything is back in the same state that it was before.

are you using the default cmps module wrapper? If not, I will give you an alt module wrapper to use with it.. that should do the trick ..

[slick368]

Okay... I had the default module wrapper activated. I turned it off and it fixed the problem. If you have an alternate wrapper I can use, that would be great, as the default seems to break things.

Thanks for the tip!

Originally Posted by bobster65

are you using the default cmps module wrapper? If not, I will give you an alt module wrapper to use with it.. that should do the trick ..

[DoB Rhapsody]

I have this running on my site right now. I have 2 announcements at the moment, The problem is that when the page loads it loads the module fine but on the second re-load it will load the same announcement instead of moving on to the second.

[bobster65]

Originally Posted by slick368

Okay... I had the default module wrapper activated. I turned it off and it fixed the problem. If you have an alternate wrapper I can use, that would be great, as the default seems to break things.

Thanks for the tip!

If it works without the default wrapper, yer good to go.. no need for an alt wrapper

[bashy]

Hi, Thanks for this hack it looks great..

I have installed it yet it looks nothing like your demo

Please see my forum here Just below the chatbox I uploaded all files and kept directory structure
Import the product and did the 2 template edits, yet sommat is amiss

Any ideas please, cause i was hoping it would look like the demo?

[bobster65]

Originally Posted by bashy

Hi, Thanks for this hack it looks great..

I have installed it yet it looks nothing like your demo

Please see my forum here Just below the chatbox I uploaded all files and kept directory structure
Import the product and did the 2 template edits, yet sommat is amiss

Any ideas please, cause i was hoping it would look like the demo?

the script isn't finding the CSS ..

Edit the FORUMHOME Template and in the <head> section, look for this..

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/clientscript/smnlikquick_css.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="/clientscript/smnlikquick_ajax.js">

Change to this..

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.bashys-place.com/forums/clientscript/smnlikquick_css.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.bashys-place.com/forums/clientscript/smnlikquick_ajax.js">

[bashy]

Thank you very much for the quick response and that worked great..
I take it you cant use html markup in it, cause that dont seem to work?

[bobster65]

Originally Posted by bashy

Thank you very much for the quick response and that worked great..
I take it you cant use html markup in it, cause that dont seem to work?

I believe that is something that Bree or KK is working on. I'll let them answer that for ya