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Recent, random, featured blocks

Eos Rose — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:18:39 +0000

Where do the default {recent_content} {featured_content} and {random_content} point to to style the output? For the life of me, I can't figure it out to change them.

MOVED: Re: Menu block configuration

Becca — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:52:03 +0000

This topic has been moved to Version 3.0 General Support.

https://efiction.org/forums/index.php?topic=6780.0

Adding icons to Panels

Jacynthe — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:43:49 +0000

NOTE
This is somewhat related to the following topic (https://efiction.org/forums/index.php?topic=5447.0) so admins should feel free to delete previous said topic in favor of this tutorial if they so choose.

Working Example: http://fanfics.suethomasfbeye.net/toplists.php (but also the member account menu if you are logged in).

The Tutorial in itself
This skinning mod requires a database alteration, so before you do anything... remember to back up your database. That way, you can always go back if you make a mistake.

Step 1
In phpMyAdmin, select your efiction database. Click on Query and enter this in the SQL Query area:

ALTER TABLE 'fanfiction_panels' ADD `panel_image` VARCHAR(100) NULL null AFTER `panel_url`;

Step 2 - for the member account menu
In your efiction install, open user.php and look for

if(!$panel) $output .=  "".$panel."
n";
else $output .= "".$panel."
n";
}

replace with

if(!$panel) $output .=  "".$panel." ".$panel."
n";
else $output .= "".$panel." ".$panel."
n";
}

Step 2 - for the Top Ten Lists
In your efiction install, open toplists.php and look for

$output .= "".$l."
";

replace with

$output .= "".$l." ".$l."
";

Step 3
Open admin/panels.php and look for

if(!empty($_GET)) {
if(!empty($_POST)) {
$panel_name = addslashes(strip_tags(descript($_POST)));
$panel_title = addslashes(strip_tags(descript($_POST)));
$panel_url = addslashes(strip_tags(descript($_POST)));
$panel_level = (!empty($_POST) && isNumber($_POST) ? $_POST : 0);
$panel_hidden = (!empty($_POST) ? 1 : 0);
$panel_type = strip_tags(descript($_POST));

replace with

if(!empty($_GET)) {
if(!empty($_POST)) {
$panel_name = addslashes(strip_tags(descript($_POST)));
$panel_title = addslashes(strip_tags(descript($_POST)));
$panel_url = addslashes(strip_tags(descript($_POST)));
$panel_image = addslashes(descript($_POST));
$panel_level = (!empty($_POST) && isNumber($_POST) ? $_POST : 0);
$panel_hidden = (!empty($_POST) ? 1 : 0);
$panel_type = strip_tags(descript($_POST));

look for

if($_GET != "new") $result = dbquery("UPDATE ".TABLEPREFIX."fanfiction_panels SET panel_name = '$panel_name', panel_title = '$panel_title', panel_url = '$panel_url', panel_level = '$panel_level', panel_hidden = '$panel_hidden', panel_type = '$panel_type'".(!empty($panel_hidden) ? ", panel_order = '$nextorder'" : "")." WHERE panel_id = '".$_GET."'");
else $result = dbquery("INSERT INTO ".TABLEPREFIX."fanfiction_panels(`panel_name`, `panel_title`, `panel_url`, 'panel_level`, `panel_hidden`, `panel_type`, `panel_order`) VALUES( '$panel_name', '$panel_title', '$panel_url', ''$panel_level', '$panel_hidden', '$panel_type', '$nextorder')");

replace with

if($_GET != "new") $result = dbquery("UPDATE ".TABLEPREFIX."fanfiction_panels SET panel_name = '$panel_name', panel_title = '$panel_title', panel_url = '$panel_url', panel_image = '$panel_image', panel_level = '$panel_level', panel_hidden = '$panel_hidden', panel_type = '$panel_type'".(!empty($panel_hidden) ? ", panel_order = '$nextorder'" : "")." WHERE panel_id = '".$_GET."'");
else $result = dbquery("INSERT INTO ".TABLEPREFIX."fanfiction_panels(`panel_name`, `panel_title`, `panel_url`, `panel_image`, `panel_level`, `panel_hidden`, `panel_type`, `panel_order`) VALUES( '$panel_name', '$panel_title', '$panel_url', '$panel_image', '$panel_level', '$panel_hidden', '$panel_type', '$nextorder')");

look for

"._PANELURL.":

add after it

Panel icon:

Step 4
Log into your efiction library and move to the admin console. Click on the Panels link and choose the panel you wish to add an image for. In the panel icon field, enter something like this

* Please note that this location means the images would be in the images folder of your efiction install, not in the images folder of the skins you are using. So Edit accordingly if you wish to have different icons on different skins.

Remember that the Top Ten Lists panels all have the Type L, most the Member Account menu are Type U, and the Stories/Series panels are Type P (the manage images - if you have images upload enabled - is a Type S panel).

Turning category image into a link

Jacynthe — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:22:14 +0000

I wanted to do that on my site so I just decided to get my act together and try not to break anything. It took me some time seeing as I'm no coding genius, but I did manage it. Yay!!! :D

Anyhow, here's what you need to do if you want to do that yourself.

open browse/categories.php and look for:


$cat->assign("image", ($cats && file_exists("$skindir/images/".$cats) ? "" : ""));

replace with


$cat->assign("image", ($cats && file_exists("$skindir/images/".$cats) ? "" : ""));

You can see this in action here.

Furthermore, I decided I wanted to remove the brackets that surrounded the number of stories because I wanted to merge together the story count and description (as shown in the link above).

So if you decide you want to do that as well, here's what you need to look for in browse/categories.php


$cat->assign("count", "[".$cats."]");

replace with:


$cat->assign("count", "".$cats."");

then in your skin's categories.tpl you need to have the following code



{image}

{link}

{count} stories {description}

Okay. I better go to bed now because it's nearing 3:30am and I work in 4 and a half hours... I'll regret staying up this late to redo all my categories images! :|

{Solved} Re: Rotating Banner Image

Marauder By Night — Thu, 10 May 2007 03:50:54 +0000

Oh, I've been looking for something like this... but my header.tpl and varible.php don't look.... well I'll show you.
variable.php:

$blocks = 2;
$blocks =  '0';
$blocks = 2;
$blocks = '1';
$blocks = array (
  0 => 'home',
  1 => 'recent',
  2 => 'authors',
  3 => 'catslink',
  4 => 'titles',
  5 => 'series',
  6 => 'search',
  7 => 'tens',
  8 => 'challenges',
  9 => 'help',
  10 => 'contactus',
  11 => 'login',
  12 => 'logout',
  13 => 'adminarea');
$blocks = 1;
$blocks = 1;
$blocks = 2;
unset($blocks);
$blocks = 1; // Long form with register and lost password options
$blocks = 2;
$blocks = 2;
$blocks = 0;
$blocks = '1';
$blocks = 2;
$displayprofile = 1;
?>

I placed $headerpics = array("image1.jpg", "image2.jpg", "image3.jpg", "image4.jpg", "image5.jpg", "image6.jpg"); & $tpl->assignGlobal("headerpic", "$skindir/images/".$headerpics); in variables and of course changed the images to the banners real names. Then I went on to the header.

As for my header:






{home}

{tos}

{rules}
   
{help}
 
{contactus}
 
{adminarea}
  






Browse By:

{recent}
 
{authors}

{catslink}

{titles}
 
{series}
 
{challenges}

{tens}
  
{search}
 






{login_content}

I didn't know where to put the code in this one as I change my banner in the stly.css. Can this still work for my site?

Fav Icon maker

Tammy — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:31:27 +0000

I found this link on another forum, but I thought some of our members might like to use this service. It creates a favicon from a picture you supply. I haven't tried it myself though.

http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/

Login Block in Floated Columns

Tammy — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:27:09 +0000

I've noticed that in skins using floated

s to create columned layout the login block forces things down below in the other "column" even though it's within a floated

. I think this is because forms are considered 100% wide or something. The solution I came up with is to set the login block to absolute positioning.


#loginblock { position: absolute; }

Styling Recent, Random, and Featured Stories

Tammy — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:41:38 +0000

Please see this thread in the general support forum.

Rotating Banner Image

Tammy — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 04:54:26 +0000

I've added a short tutorial to my efiction site on how to add a rotating banner image to your skin.

http://efiction.hugosnebula.com/readarticle.php?article_id=12

You can see the technique in action at my Wormhole Crossing site on two of the skins:

http://sgxover.hugosnebula.com/index.php?skin=AFblue

http://sgxover.hugosnebula.com/index.php?skin=ShadesofGrey

Menu block configuration

Tammy — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:40:45 +0000

Over at my site, I've got an article that describes how to configure the menu block. Rather than re-create it here, I'm just posting the link.

http://efiction.hugosnebula.com/readarticle.php?article_id=5