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

[Veer]

There should be an option to "Active" and "De Active" per announcement, Not just delete.

thanks.

[Breathex]

Originally Posted by Steve M

Did you upload ALL files? If so try to re-upload all files again making sure they upload either in binary or ASCII mode.

Thanks a lot for the reply Steve. It works like a charm now.

[Mythotical]

Breathex: Great to hear. Was it the re-uploading that got it to work?

[Breathex]

Originally Posted by Steve M

Breathex: Great to hear. Was it the re-uploading that got it to work?

Yes Steve, when i re-uploaded all the files, it worked.

Bree, thanks again for this brilliant hack and thanks again to Steve for the help. I hope to see putting announcements in order option for the future releases. Also in admin panel if we could write announcements with WYSIWYG editor, it would be very nice. Some of my admins don't know how to prepare HTML codes.

[rmxs]

works only if you remove the first / from the css files.

Byt when i install it make me high load...if i remove it everything its ok..

[macc]

hello!

i installed today and have 2 problems

have vbulletin 3.7.0 rc1 and cmps 3.0

on my forum it looks so www.belaplay.com/vb/libar

i want get board around like i have on all my boards (announcements expl not just blank template) and same in cmps module ... just tamplete but can not get module tittle ...)
could not see loading.gif ... just red x ...

some help

regards
macc

[co0kz]

Originally Posted by Pehchaan

There should be an option to "Active" and "De Active" per announcement, Not just delete.

thanks.

Can i add another suggestion simalar to the above post, that it may be worth adding a weight system to this so you can place new tabs/announements where you want them. At the moment when you add a new tab it is added to the end of the list. Maybe a simple up and down button would be cool so you move your tabs around after adding them. Just a suggestion.

ps.. works fine in 3.6.8

Thanks.

[Bree]

To Upgrade:

• Reupload files allowing overwrite. (Excluding the smnlikquick_css.css file if you have altered it)
• Import the Product XML
• If you have the CMPS Module installed you will need to reupload those files also allowing overwrite.
• You may then want to Order your Announcement via AdminCP

Sorry about the delay... There was some debate about the HTML being allowed. Thanks for your patience!

Always, Bree

[Bree]

As I'm not having much luck with figuring out how to manage the css with just one file (depending on style being used)... A fix for multiple styles would be.....

• Copy the smnlikquick_css.css file once for every style you have, naming them whatever you wish IE smnlikquick_style1.css, smnlikquick_style2.css, etc
• When doing the template edits, change the file name to match the .css file for that style. For example (Look for the Red):

In the 1st Edit performed:

<!-- SmnLikQuick -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/clientscript/smnlikquick_style1.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="/clientscript/smnlikquick_ajax.js">
/***********************************************
* Ajax Tabs Content script- ? Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/
</script>
<!-- / SmnLikQuick -->

Or:

<!-- SmnLikQuick -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/clientscript/smnlikquick_style2.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="/clientscript/smnlikquick_ajax.js">
/***********************************************
* Ajax Tabs Content script- ? Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/
</script>
<!-- / SmnLikQuick -->

ETC

Hope this helps some of yas....

[macc]

hello!

have installed before and nice hack...just one question ...if i upgrade now should i lose all my announcements on forum page (mean what i make with this hack)?

reg

macc