Shared Forum Mod -- latest version: 0.2.5.4

[Eliana Tamerin]

Point taken.

Well, IMO, themes like Soft MC make drop down menus quite well. You might check on how that was coded and copy it.

[Sarge]

Well, IMO, themes like Soft MC make drop down menus quite well. You might check on how that was coded and copy it.

Might as well (with permission, of course). Doing it for a theme with "flat" buttons should be easy; I almost made it work as a suckerfish dropdown in the default theme, except for the bottom menu border (the one with rounded corners). If you have noticed, the bottom border has been removed from dropdown menus in SMF 2.0.

My skills are improving, though. Anyway, I'm going to add some kind of menu in the next major version of SFMod for SMF and SMF+TP.

[Eliana Tamerin]

Since you brought up 2.0, you might check how they make the dropdown menus in the admin/moderator area. You could probably use that without having to ask special permission.

Anyways, good luck on it.

[Sarge]

As I mentioned, I think it's been done by removing the bottom border. The main menu still has that border, though.

I will try once more to crack that "little detail". Thanks for wishing me luck with it.

[sgilleland]

I love what I think this does!  Please help me understand if I am on the right track...

I would like to have a site that everyone can post to, I would like them to have the ability to post by state or region....I haven't decided which would be best.  For the sake of this discussion, lets say they would post by state.  I am thinking that each state would have its own forum, and in that forum they would have different boards to post in.  I think that I had read that you can search a specific board or the entire forum...is that correct?

Also, I would like each state to have thier own Frontpage or something that is unique to the state so that we would be able to advertise local business, and/or put when we will be having an event with in the area(state).  I also thought I had read about this but couldn't find how to do it. 

Would I create a forum for each state (region)  Also, I already have the boards created, can I use them or do I need to start over?  Here is my site www.sharemydreamz.com.

Lastly, I would like different subforums to be able to use the ad mod and one not to.  For example, on the Iowa forum, I would like to use the ad mod....then on the Florida subforum I would like to NOT have ad mod (google adsense)

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Sarge]

I would like to have a site that everyone can post to, I would like them to have the ability to post by state or region....I haven't decided which would be best.  For the sake of this discussion, lets say they would post by state.  I am thinking that each state would have its own forum, and in that forum they would have different boards to post in.  I think that I had read that you can search a specific board or the entire forum...is that correct?

Yes. The way to do it would be to create a category (or several categories) for each state. Then create a (sub)forum for each state and add those category IDs in the Category List field.

There are settings to get the search/recent posts/etc. results only from the current (last visited) subforum. Simply check/uncheck those to get the desired effect.

Also, I would like each state to have thier own Frontpage or something that is unique to the state so that we would be able to advertise local business, and/or put when we will be having an event with in the area(state).  I also thought I had read about this but couldn't find how to do it. 

It depends on how is the frontpage set up. If it's just the articles that need to be different for each forum, the next major version of the mod (currently in development) will support forum-specific articles.

Would I create a forum for each state (region)  Also, I already have the boards created, can I use them or do I need to start over?  Here is my site www.sharemydreamz.com.

SFMod works with categories. So you can use the boards you have already created, but you have to move and group them into the relevant categories.

Lastly, I would like different subforums to be able to use the ad mod and one not to.  For example, on the Iowa forum, I would like to use the ad mod....then on the Florida subforum I would like to NOT have ad mod (google adsense)

Support for the Ad Management mod will be included in the next major version (0.3).

[Sarge]

I *think* I managed to create a dropdown menu that works fine in all major browsers: Internet Explorer 6 and 7, Firefox 2.0, Opera 9 and Safari 3.1.1 for Windows. It should work fine in other browsers/versions as well. I will see how I can integrate it in the future versions of the mod.



On another note: The SMF 1.1.5 update patch reports an error on Recent.php during installation when SFMod is installed. That's because SFMod modifies a line in Recent.php that the patch searches for.

There are two ways to solve this:
a) Uninstall SFMod; install the SMF 1.1.5 patch; reinstall SFMod.

b)
1) Download and open Recent.php from the Sources directory. Search for this:

Code Select Expand


// Added by the Shared Forum Mod - SFMod.
$context['page_title'] = (!empty($context['sfmod']['current_forum']['page_title']) ? $context['sfmod']['current_forum']['page_title'] . ' - ' : '') . $txt[214];

2) Add this line before that:

Code Select Expand


$context['page_title'] = $txt[214];


so that it looks like this:

Code Select Expand


$context['page_title'] = $txt[214];
// Added by the Shared Forum Mod - SFMod.
$context['page_title'] = (!empty($context['sfmod']['current_forum']['page_title']) ? $context['sfmod']['current_forum']['page_title'] . ' - ' : '') . $txt[214];

3) Save and upload the modified Recent.php. Make sure it replaces the original Recent.php.
4) Run the SMF 1.1.5 update.
5) Then remove the line you added in Recent.php in step 2), save and upload again. Be sure to remove the line from Recent.php after installing the patch for SMF 1.1.5.

Note that the patch does not modify the line in question -- it modifies some code before that line and uses the line simply for verification -- so the mod should be installed without errors after the SMF update. Also, SFMod does not modify any other code needed by the SMF 1.1.5 patch, so if you get "Test failed!" errors in other files, they're not caused by my mod.

Let me know if you experience any SFMod-related issues after updating SMF to 1.1.5.

[sgilleland]

This is the best mod out there, after playing with it, it really is easy!

You stated

It depends on how is the frontpage set up. If it's just the articles that need to be different for each forum, the next major version of the mod (currently in development) will support forum-specific articles.

Can you explain what you mean by  Frontpage setup?  Also, do you have a rough timefame of when the next version is coming?

Thanks a ton for this mod and your help!

[Sarge]

This is the best mod out there, after playing with it, it really is easy!

Thank you, I'm glad you like it and I hope it serves your needs well.

You stated

It depends on how is the frontpage set up. If it's just the articles that need to be different for each forum, the next major version of the mod (currently in development) will support forum-specific articles.

Can you explain what you mean by  Frontpage setup?  Also, do you have a rough timefame of when the next version is coming?

Thanks a ton for this mod and your help!

In TinyPortal 0.9.8 (1.0.x is not yet supported by this mod), you can set up the frontpage in SMF Admin > TinyPortal group > Settings > Front Page tab. Basically, you can have a combination of:

1) forum posts
2) articles
3) featured article, and
4) front-page blocks
or go directly to the forum index, which is how I have tested my mod most of the time so far.

I haven't looked at having subforum-specific posts show there (I think they're already filtered, but I'm not sure) or subforum-specific front-page blocks, but you will be able to select subforum-specific articles in the next major version of the mod.

Which brings us to the release date. Simply said, I'm not sure when I will be able to release the 0.3 version. It is still under development.

[05185736]

I like the idea of this mod but me thinks that it will be too complicated to install?

[eaglesoars]

I like the idea of this mod but me thinks that it will be too complicated to install?

Nope, not at all.

It is actually very easy and clean to use.

I'm certainly not a computer wiz and I had no problems at all, I am using it on 2 different forums.

[sparkster666]

Are you going to support tp 1.05 in the future??

[Sarge]

Are you going to support tp 1.05 in the future??

Yes.

[Carlos Gandra]

Hi,

I'm going to use this great mod soon, but before, please tell me:

It is currently for SMF+TP only

What this exactly means? That I should have SMF + TP? Or I could use it on standalone SMF? The fact is that I really don't want TP on my site...

Regards from Portugal!

[ormuz]

Hi,

I'm going to use this great mod soon, but before, please tell me:

It is currently for SMF+TP only

What this exactly means? That I should have SMF + TP? Or I could use it on standalone SMF? The fact is that I really don't want TP on my site...

Regards from Portugal!

Hi there,

Ate the moment yes, you have to had tinyportal installed, but tinyportal don't have do had any direct effect in your forum! Just have to be installed...

[Carlos Gandra]

ormuz os tugas estão bem representados aqui

Thanks for your answer, I'll try it soon

[eaglesoars]

Will you be updating this for SMF 2.0?

I'm using it on 2 different sites and love it, but I would also like to upgrade the forums.

Thanks

Michael

[fords8]

Sarge, any plans on working with Pedja on that multi domain trick he wrote up? This Trick

[ormuz]

Any errors with 1.1.6?

[Sarge]

Will you be updating this for SMF 2.0?

Yes, of course. However, I'll wait until SMF 2.0 reaches RC1 -- Release Candidate 1 -- which is the first pre-release version after the betas. Hopefully SMF 2.0 Beta 4 is the last beta and RC1 should be available soon.

Sarge, any plans on working with Pedja on that multi domain trick he wrote up? This Trick

I have done some initial tests with the multidomain trick and there seem to be a few security issues with it. This is one of the main reasons why SFMod 0.3/1.0 isn't out yet. The next major version of the mod will be out as soon as I have worked out the problems. And yes, I would like to work with Pedja about this (and give him credit) when I have a clearer picture of the differences between his mod and mine.

Any errors with 1.1.6?

No, not at all. You don't need to uninstall SFMod (the latest version) in order to update SMF to 1.1.6, and the update should not have any effect on the mod operations at all.

Check out SFMod 0.2.5.3 and TinyPortal 0.9.8.3 on SMF 1.1.6 at my forum: http://www.albwebmaster.com/index.php