bloggy!

[Parker]

thanks Kindred - I will check those out.

Actually, I am trying to eliminate (simplify) the right section of the page rather than expand on it.    So, I expect that I will be removing some code.

In my situation, my forum's front screen will use the smf default theme.   Most of the boards will also use the default theme, with the exception of the blogs, for which I have specified bloggy.  I will not allow users to select other theme options. 

This seems to work great -- I had to change the blue color to make it match the default and also adjusted the header size; otherwise it fits together pretty well from a visual perspective.   We will go-live hopefully next week, as soon as I figure out this final change.   My audience is fairly non-technical so keeping it simple is a must.

Thanks for the responses.  Good luck with your projects.

[Kindred]

I actually removed everything except the "child board" list.

open MessageIndex.template.php, find  <div id="contentright"> and remove down to the closing </div>

You should also go into the global.css file and change the width of the contentleft tag to match the full width.

[starcad]

Just a quick question and I hope some one can point me in the right direction.  While I can see that in index.template.php where to put this code I can't for the life of me get it show.  What I'm trying to do is add a text sizer script but I get errors when I try to add the links to increase or decrease the font.  Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks Guy Fuller

[starcad]

Just a quick question and I hope some one can point me in the right direction.  While I can see that in index.template.php where to put this code I can't for the life of me get it show.  What I'm trying to do is add a text sizer script but I get errors when I try to add the links to increase or decrease the font.  Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thanks Guy Fuller

Well partially solved.  So far I have it working in the right content under statistics but I would really like to get it into the header.  Note: that if you use this script change the 'body' in the links section to 'bodyarea'.  Humm I'm thinking that if I change the css width for the forum name that I may be able to squeeze it in there.  A little more cut and paste needed to get it to work right in all pages or globally across all the pages of the forum.  Just have to find that sweet spot in the code.

[jerm]

I get this error:

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8: Undefined index: theme_options_reset
File: /home/*/www/www/smooth/Themes/bloggy102/Themes.template.php (set_settings sub template - eval?)
Line: 411


[writerrobert680]

Link to the theme


bloggy! is a theme designed for SMF 1.1 which transforms your good old SMF into a fully-featured blog without any source code modifications.

It uses semantic markup and accessibility has been improved a lot.

I'd like to thank everyone who have provided their input.

Demo:

http://turkish.doom9.org/blog/index.php

Updates

There has been an issue about me using » instead of the proper entity &raquo; which caused question marks to show up infront of board names on boardindex and the messageindex. For those who have customized the theme or don't want to upload all the files, here are the instructions for manually updating the theme to 1.02.

Make sure you read the instructions that are posted on the demo site (Embrace SMF's True Power: bloggy!).

I assume you are using HEX numbers for the background color, as I cannot find the background image anywhere.

If so, then where do I edit the color. If not, then what file name/

[Kindred]

As with every other theme...  style.css

[starcad]

Link to the theme


bloggy! is a theme designed for SMF 1.1 which transforms your good old SMF into a fully-featured blog without any source code modifications.

It uses semantic markup and accessibility has been improved a lot.

I'd like to thank everyone who have provided their input.

Demo:

http://turkish.doom9.org/blog/index.php [nofollow]

Updates

There has been an issue about me using » instead of the proper entity &raquo; which caused question marks to show up infront of board names on boardindex and the messageindex. For those who have customized the theme or don't want to upload all the files, here are the instructions for manually updating the theme to 1.02.

Make sure you read the instructions that are posted on the demo site (Embrace SMF's True Power: bloggy!).

I assume you are using HEX numbers for the background color, as I cannot find the background image anywhere.

If so, then where do I edit the color. If not, then what file name/

Basically Robert, it is in the themes folder then in the css folder under global.css line 11.  You can change the color there or add an image by using         background: url(../images/background.png); /*  A3D2A3 - green f2f2f2 - normal  */           Be sure to backup your original file first before you play. 

[writerrobert680]

Link to the theme


bloggy! is a theme designed for SMF 1.1 which transforms your good old SMF into a fully-featured blog without any source code modifications.

It uses semantic markup and accessibility has been improved a lot.

I'd like to thank everyone who have provided their input.

Demo:

http://turkish.doom9.org/blog/index.php

Updates

There has been an issue about me using » instead of the proper entity &raquo; which caused question marks to show up infront of board names on boardindex and the messageindex. For those who have customized the theme or don't want to upload all the files, here are the instructions for manually updating the theme to 1.02.

Make sure you read the instructions that are posted on the demo site (Embrace SMF's True Power: bloggy!).

I assume you are using HEX numbers for the background color, as I cannot find the background image anywhere.

If so, then where do I edit the color. If not, then what file name/

Basically Robert, it is in the themes folder then in the css folder under global.css line 11.  You can change the color there or add an image by using         background: url(../images/background.png); /*  A3D2A3 - green f2f2f2 - normal  */           Be sure to backup your original file first before you play. 

Thanks

And when I clicked on "Current Theme" when using bloggy!, I clicked on "style.css" and it didn't appear and I didn't know that you used a different style sheet name.

[starcad]

Hey Robert, actually I didn't.  eren did it.  What it does is just tidy things up by putting like files in the same folders, thus making it easier for people like you and I to find things.  You kind of need to think of these type of programs as a 'top down structure' and the css supports the design of the package. 

[neocoolsong]

Hi Eren

You are my hero....and I am waiting for my Hero...

Any update?

The current file on the theme site is corrupted because of the latest issues with the sm.org server. I'm doing some vast improvements to the theme including different blog styles. I'm hoping to release a theme with all the issues fixed within the week.

[MagicG]

Hi Eren,

thanks your your great theme.

This is files for the french translation You can add them to bloggy.

I think you should update the file theme_info.xml and name of the zip file (bloggy102 to bloggy113)

bests,

Gerard L.

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<?php
// Version: 1.1.3; Modifications

// General accessibility strings
$txt['forsakenlad_access'] = 'Menu accessibili&eacute; :';
$txt['forsakenlad_navigation'] = 'Menu principal :';
$txt['forsakenlad_maincontent'] = 'Contenu principal :';
$txt['forsakenlad_othercontent'] = 'Autre contenu :';

$txt['forsakenlad_access_nav'] = 'Aller &agrave; la navigation :';
$txt['forsakenlad_access_con'] = 'Aller au contenu :';

// Theme spesific accessibility  strings
$txt['bloggy_categories'] = 'Cat&eacute;gories';

// Language strings for certain extra stuff
$txt['bloggy_subscribe'] = 'Abonnement';
$txt['bloggy_childboards_none'] = 'Il n\'y a aucune sous-section dans cette section.';
$txt['bloggy_abouttheauthor'] = 'A propos de l\'auteur';
$txt['bloggy_addcomment'] = 'Ajouter un commentaire';
$txt['bloggy_comments'] = 'Commentaires';
$txt['bloggy_comments_register'] = 'Seuls les membres inscrits peuvent publier des commentaires, veuillez <a href="?action=register">cliquer ici</a> pour vous inscrire.';

// Language strings for the administration panel
$txt['bloggy_settings_boardid'] = 'Frontpage Section ID';
$txt['bloggy_settings_boardid_desc'] = 'Vous devriez indiquer l\'ID de la section dont vous voulez voir les extraits de fils de discussion affich&eacute;s sur la page de garde. L\'ID 1 sera utilis&eacute; si vous laissez le champ vide.';
$txt['bloggy_settings_mlength'] = 'Longueur des extraits de la page de garde';
$txt['bloggy_settings_mlength_desc'] = 'Indiquez le nombre de caract&egrave;res que vous voulez afficher sur la page de garde pour les extraits de fils de discussion, indiquez un grand nombre (comme 1000000) si vous voulez afficher tout le fils de discussion.';
$txt['bloggy_settings_blgdesc'] = 'Description du Blog';
$txt['bloggy_settings_blgdesc_desc'] = 'Pour la description qui appara&icirc;t juste en dessous du titre du blog dans l\'ent&ecirc;te du Blog.';
$txt['bloggy_settings_extra'] = 'Afficher le panneau lat&eacute;ral HTML suppl&eacute;mentaire';
$txt['bloggy_settings_extrahtml'] = '<em>Veuillez indiquer le contenu du panneau lat&eacute;ral HTML :</em>';


?>


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<?php
// Version: 1.1.3; Settings

$txt['theme_thumbnail_href'] = $settings['images_url'] . '/thumbnail.gif';
$txt['theme_description'] = '<p>bloggy! est un th&egrave;me con&ccedil;u pour SMF 1.1 qui transforme votre bon vieux SMF en un blog complet sans aucune modification de code source. Il utilise le balisage s&eacute;mantique et l\'accessibilit&eacute; a &eacute;t&eacute; consid&eacute;rablement am&eacute;lior&eacute;. J\'aimerai remercier tout ceux qui ont apport&eacute; leur contributions.</p><p>Auteur: <em><a href="mailto:[email protected]">Eren "forsakenlad"</a></em></p>';

?>


[Ein Uhu]

I get this error:

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8: Undefined index: theme_options_reset
(etc....)


Same with me. Also:

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8: Undefined index: forsakenlad_navigation
Datei: /forum/Themes/bloggy102/BoardIndex.template.php (eval?)
Zeile: 158


and some others alike. This causes bloggy! not to show any posted entries at all at the index.php page, just linktree and header links.

[Owdy]

Eren, can you update this to 2.0?

[erlend_sh]

Eren, can you update this to 2.0?

Seconded!

We have very basic needs for the blogging part of our forum, and used to use Daniel15's simple blogging mod. However, he hasn't updated his mod for 2.0, and I also think that this method would look even better (we'd simply make the blog-theme appear only on the blog-board).

[mclay3482]

I would love to have Bloggy! for 2.0 Beta 3.1 as well.

If it would help - I could paypal 5 dollars to you. 

Anyway - thanks and I am looking forward to a version that works with 2.0

[forsakenlad]

No need for the five dollars, I'll update the theme when beta4 comes out because there will be a lot of template related changes.

[erlend_sh]

No need for the five dollars, I'll update the theme when beta4 comes out because there will be a lot of template related changes.

Yay! Very glad to hear that, I'll be greatly looking forward to it.

[GliG]

Demo site not working...

[Owdy]

Therse a bug. If therse many pages comments, in second page first commentor shows as "blogger".

I use this with SMF 2.0, but its heavily modified version http://foorumi.hoitajat.net/index.php?board=46.0 I use that theme only in "blog" board in my forums. I'm happy with it, only thing that one bug needs to be fixed