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

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by toddos

is it possible to include not directly phpcode, but a .php file into the announcement ?

I believe bobster posted a way modify this code to look for PHP files...

[toddos]

here are all Posts in this Thread from bobster:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/search.php?searchid=10329349

i can't find a post where it is explained to include a .php file into the announcement, can you help me ?

[smirkley]

Bug report for this mod, which I truly like btw, when used with the new VB Blog V2 Beta3 on a 3.7.3 VB build.

In testing with the new V2 Beta3 Blog system coming down the pike from VB, I have found that when attempting to post a comment to an existing blog, or when using the advanced blog search page, the titles of the AJAX tabs show up in the title box of the blog post-a-comment, or the blog search phrase input box.

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by smirkley

Bug report for this mod, which I truly like btw, when used with the new VB Blog V2 Beta3 on a 3.7.3 VB build.


In testing with the new V2 Beta3 Blog system coming down the pike from VB, I have found that when attempting to post a comment to an existing blog, or when using the advanced blog search page, the titles of the AJAX tabs show up in the title box of the blog post-a-comment, or the blog search phrase input box.

Screen cap?

[smirkley]

I cant give you a screen cap as I have disabled the ajax tab from my live forum, to prove to myself that that was the issue with the new blog, which it was.

I will describe the best I can,...

...using the old 1.0 blog on a vb3.7.3 pl1 forum

Everything works as expected.

Lets say I have a ajax forum tab titled "forum tab title"..
(note that if more than one forum tab is setup as mine was, the last tab in the list was the one that gave the issue, and disabling that tab in admin acp, means the new last tab displayed would give the issue)

Anyways,..

Last night I installed the new VB Blog 2.0 Beta 3 version, and proceeded to test it out.

I noted that whenever on any of my members blog I click the "Post a Comment" link on a blog, of course it takes me to the Post a Comment form page.

On the post a comment form page, there is the "Title" box, where you would enter a title to your comment if you wished. The problem is that the new blog must use the same variable that the ajax tab hack uses for the title, because the last-in-line ajax tab title now shows up "forum tab title" in the blog post-a-comment title input box.

The same issue also replicates itself on the Blog Advanced Search page, as the search term will now have the last-in-line ajax tab title "forum tab title" automatically inserted into the search term field "Blog Title Contains:".


Disabling the ajax tab add-on removes this problem, and the blog scripts function properly from that point.

I am sorry I will not give a screen cap to see it, but I hope my description gives enough to understand what is happenning.

[SteamyLightning]

Originally Posted by King Kovifor

Check the paths to your CSS file.

I get the same error.

It's in the right folder.

To clarify, I get the same problem where they don't show as tags, but take you to a blank page with the message when clicked. The CSS and JS files are imported to the proper place. I checked the template edits, but the paths are correct there too.

[Bree]

Just an update... We've been working on the next version of SmnLikQuick... Testing now and hopefully it will be released in the next few days (if all goes well). I'm very hopeful that the changes will be a turning point and eliminate most if not all of the issues present. I thank you all for your patience, understanding, and support. Just wanted to give an update =0)

SteamyLightning,
On the page you have SmnLikQuick, can you view the source and confirm that the .css and .js are present. Also, I'm assuming that you have already created active announcements in ACP (if you already said that I apologize, its late and I'm so tired hehe)..

Smirkly,
Thanks for the alert and I am aware of those issues (its irritating the crud out of me on my own boards also grrr)... I'll have that fixed with the next release if it kills me... well I shouldn't go that far but its a priority none-the-less hehe.

Hope everyone is having an awesome night!
Always, Bree

UPDATE: I can re-create the mysterious white-box syndrome... It shows up when I have the mod enabled but no active announcements. Quick-fix (if you are experiences the problem for the same reason), is to create & enable one or more announcement(s) OR disable the mod. Please let me know if that fixes the problem?

[Sycoloco1212]

how can i add advertisements inside of this? when i put the ads code in, then it just shows the code on the website and not the advertisement

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by Bree

Just an update... We've been working on the next version of SmnLikQuick... Testing now and hopefully it will be released in the next few days (if all goes well). I'm very hopeful that the changes will be a turning point and eliminate most if not all of the issues present. I thank you all for your patience, understanding, and support. Just wanted to give an update =0)

SteamyLightning,
On the page you have SmnLikQuick, can you view the source and confirm that the .css and .js are present. Also, I'm assuming that you have already created active announcements in ACP (if you already said that I apologize, its late and I'm so tired hehe)..

Smirkly,
Thanks for the alert and I am aware of those issues (its irritating the crud out of me on my own boards also grrr)... I'll have that fixed with the next release if it kills me... well I shouldn't go that far but its a priority none-the-less hehe.

Hope everyone is having an awesome night!
Always, Bree

UPDATE: I can re-create the mysterious white-box syndrome... It shows up when I have the mod enabled but no active announcements. Quick-fix (if you are experiences the problem for the same reason), is to create & enable one or more announcement(s) OR disable the mod. Please let me know if that fixes the problem?

A few days is a bit ambitious for this update Bree. The new features we are adding will take some time.

Originally Posted by Sycoloco1212

how can i add advertisements inside of this? when i put the ads code in, then it just shows the code on the website and not the advertisement

You must enable displaying PHP, but this will be fixed using a new feature in v2.1.

Also, there is a new support forum and bug tracker for this product. It can be found here:

http://www.smnlikdat.org/

[Bree]

Regarding Announcement Titles showing up in Title of new comments etc for Blogs etc... This bug will be fixed (of course) with the next release... HOWEVER, you can fix it now on your current copy of SmnLikQuick by following these steps:

Edit Plugin: SmnLikQuick - Announcements
AdminCP > Products & Plugins > Manage Plugins.

Find:

PHP Code:

 $title = $smnlikquick['title']; 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

 $slq_title = $smnlikquick['title']; 


Edit Template: smnlikquick_bit
AdminCP > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > *Style*

Find:

PHP Code:

$title 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

$slq_title 


All done =0)
Always, Bree