is there any way to get the sub forum to show .png photos? they assume .jpg i guess. the rest of the forum works with the .png pictures for icons, but the sub forums dont.
edit 1: first is solved. i typed here it assumed .jpg when i meant .gif, which caused me to search function for the wrong info, never finding the solution. i finally did and it was an easy fix. second issue still happening.
also, the child boards inside of child boards dont seem to get the front page board icons to light up when a new post shows, nor are they counted. can this be fixed?
im using smf 2.0 rc 1.2 and Mystic Multi v2 theme.
What part of the sub forum would you like to show png photos? Are you probably referring to the board icons?
well, when i have a regular board on the homepage of the forum, it shows the new post and no new post icons i created as a png just fine. however, when i go to the childboards, they do not show the png icons, rather, they show the words "new post" or "no new post." it shows it there and along the bottom where it would normally show the smaller version of the same icon as reference. thats the first issue.
So the childboards, that show within a parent board, should already show the same on/off.png file, but it's not showing for you? Can you double check the url to the image, make sure it's right.
Also, the smaller versions of the on/off.png files are different images which you would have to make to match your on/off.png file.
i know about the smaller ones having to be made. i made them. idk how to check for that as the pictures dont show at all. they are actually boards inside childboards. parent board is rss feeds, the childboard is gamespot game reviews, the boards in that childboard are what dont show the pictures or have the smaller pictures. what template needs to be changed? is there a specific code in that template that i should look for?
Can you post a screenshot of what you are trying to do so that I can get a better visualization of what you mean?
first is my homepage with icons showing, second is childboard with no icons showing.
./Themes/{your_theme}/MessageIndex.template.php ?
Have you tried clearing your browser and forum cache? Can you also right click where it says "No New Posts/New Posts" and click on Properties and give us the link to that image?
http://www.bluesunalliance.com/Themes/Blue_Sun_Alliance_Layout_MM/images/off.gif is the link to one. ive just completely reinstalled my computer (not related), so yeah, nothin to do with cache.
Your image is in gif. format. Did you edit the ./Themes/{your_theme}/MessageIndex.template.php ?
no, thats the thing. its not an image, but it WANTS it to be a gif from the code in the template, i suspect. my icons are png. so the messageindex is what i shud change?
I think yes. Check that file.
Quote from: scorpion1082 on November 27, 2009, 10:31:24 AM
no, thats the thing. its not an image, but it WANTS it to be a gif from the code in the template, i suspect. my icons are png. so the messageindex is what i shud change?
Can you attach your MessageIndex.template.php file please?
well, ive looked through the templates and the boardindex.template.php is the only thing that has my png extension in it and the other templates dont have jpg in it at all, or png, so i figure its that template. but it doesnt have any jpg in it anywhere, so i dont know what i wud need to do to fix this.
right click - properties and give us the links of the icons in the main board and the child forums.
Rather than change coding and trying to find all instances of the graphic I found it was a lot easier to make a gif, jpg and png and the code will use whichever one it needs. Maybe just me not being a code reader but KISS works wonders.
BAH! i just found them... the issue was in message index template like he said it was. for some reason, ive been keeping the idea that it was assuming .jpg even though it was assuming .gif <----- needed to search for THAT, not .jpg... but now thats fixed. the other issue is still there:
how do i get the child board of a child board to show/count its topics in the totals on the front page?
bump to fix last issue
still bumping
You can try requesting the child of a child board total post count as a mod in the Mod Request board. Just make sure you read the sticky topic outline prior to doing so.
This is not counting multiple child board levels because it can/will degrade performance by searching too deep. It will only keep count of the parent and first child board's post count.