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[AJAX] SmnLikQuick v2.0 - Advanced Announcements Block · **Released**: 03-11-2008

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:

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.
Import Product: SmnLikQuick.xml via AdminCP>Plugins & Products>Manage Products>Add/Import Product
Refresh AdminCP (ie: Ctrl-F5)
Complete Template Edits (2 Edits) - Instructions provided in .zip file.
(Optional) Edit includes/smnlikquick_css.css to match your style.
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

douffle · #**232** 06-24-2008, 06:31 PM

I got it installed now and I have just one more problem, (I hope).

I added two announcements but I am not getting the tabs. Just two links with the announcements auto-rotating below the links. The rotation is very fast as well.

I don't see anything in the settings that looks like it would determine if I had links or tabs.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

BeerLuver · #**233** 06-24-2008, 06:45 PM

King Kovifor... by any chance, did your update/fixes include the vbAdvanced CMS issue I & some others were experiencing with the loading announcements issue?

bobster65 · #**234** 06-24-2008, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by douffle

I got it installed now and I have just one more problem, (I hope).

I added two announcements but I am not getting the tabs. Just two links with the announcements auto-rotating below the links. The rotation is very fast as well.

I don't see anything in the settings that looks like it would determine if I had links or tabs.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

In the FORUM HOME Template, make sure your PATHS (IN RED) are set correctly.. You can put the FULL URL to the file(s) and that should solve the problem.

Code:

================================
Template: FORUMHOME
================================
FIND:
--------------------------------
<head>
--------------------------------
ADD BELOW:
--------------------------------
<!-- SmnLikQuick -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/clientscript/smnlikquick_css.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 -->

douffle · #**235** 06-24-2008, 07:06 PM

Thanks Bobster65, I missed the begining forward slash in the path. The tabs are there now.

One final question though. The announcements are still auto-rotating back and forth. How do you set it up so that it only changes if you click the tabs?

Thanks again.

bobster65 · #**236** 06-24-2008, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by douffle

Thanks Bobster65, I missed the begining forward slash in the path. The tabs are there now.

One final question though. The announcements are still auto-rotating back and forth. How do you set it up so that it only changes if you click the tabs?

Thanks again.

Cool Beans ..

To modify the auto rotation, edit the "smnlikquick" template and look for this code towards the bottom of it..

Code:

<script type="text/javascript">

var mytabs=new ddajaxtabs("tabs", "divcontainer")
mytabs.setpersist(false)
mytabs.setselectedClassTarget("link")
mytabs.init(5000)

</script>

Change the mytabs.init(5000) to mytabs.init() the 5000 is in microseconds, so it was set to rotate every 5 seconds... setting it to () removes the rotation completely and makes it so that you have to click on a tab.

King Kovifor · #**237** 06-24-2008, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeerLuver

King Kovifor... by any chance, did your update/fixes include the vbAdvanced CMS issue I & some others were experiencing with the loading announcements issue?

I haven't messed with the CMPS module, I think it was a direct modification of one of Bobster's so I will send it to him to check out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by douffle

Thanks Bobster65, I missed the begining forward slash in the path. The tabs are there now.

One final question though. The announcements are still auto-rotating back and forth. How do you set it up so that it only changes if you click the tabs?

Thanks again.

Support for that being an option in the ACP is planned, so that will be in the next major version most likely. But it is somewhere in the template. Maybe Bobster knows the exact spot.

douffle · #**238** 06-24-2008, 11:46 PM

Interesting! What I find is that when you first enter the home page it auto-rotates between the anouncements. If I click on one of the tabs then it stops auto-rotating and does not change unless you click a different tab. If I refresh the page, then it starts to auto-rotate between the anouncements again until I click on one of the tabs again. Weird!

bobster65 · #**239** 06-25-2008, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by douffle

Interesting! What I find is that when you first enter the home page it auto-rotates between the anouncements. If I click on one of the tabs then it stops auto-rotating and does not change unless you click a different tab. If I refresh the page, then it starts to auto-rotate between the anouncements again until I click on one of the tabs again. Weird!

That's not weird, its how auto rotation is supposed to be if initialized. Auto rotation stops as soon as you click on a tab. If you refresh, you are invoking the original state, which is to auto rotate until a tab is clicked on. I posted above how to initialize without auto rotation.

Once Bree gets back online, I am going to have her change the default install to NOT rotate and add the ability to set the auto rotate time in the ACP.

douffle · #**240** 06-25-2008, 02:32 PM

It seemed weird to me at the time but I wasn't aware that it was supposed to do that.

Setting the default as non-rotating seems to me to be the best way to go. The reason I say this is because in between rotations it clears the box (table), and displays the "loading" animation, which is fine in and of itself, but I find that because the box shrinks in height when the animation begins and grows in height when it displays the next announcement, the forums listing is jumping up and down on the page. If I scroll down trying to look at all of the forums, I find it very distracting as the list jumps up and down on the page.

I am not trying to knock the mod. It is a great mod and it is what I have wanted for some time now, but I am simply trying to point out what I think might improve it. If it is not auto-rotating, the forum list will not jump up and down.

DjEddie · #**241** 06-26-2008, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by douffle

It seemed weird to me at the time but I wasn't aware that it was supposed to do that.

Setting the default as non-rotating seems to me to be the best way to go. The reason I say this is because in between rotations it clears the box (table), and displays the "loading" animation, which is fine in and of itself, but I find that because the box shrinks in height when the animation begins and grows in height when it displays the next announcement, the forums listing is jumping up and down on the page. If I scroll down trying to look at all of the forums, I find it very distracting as the list jumps up and down on the page.

I am not trying to knock the mod. It is a great mod and it is what I have wanted for some time now, but I am simply trying to point out what I think might improve it. If it is not auto-rotating, the forum list will not jump up and down.

As said in previous post, you can change the height of the box so it stays the same size when loading another tab.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=202 <--- check that post for the coding and template

Question:

Is it possible to include something where you can call the Last topics made in a certain forum to show in the tabs and update itself when a new topic is made in that forum?

Thanks

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