[Paul]

Hi
Been trying to build a new theme by adapting one of yours.
I've put an extra heading "Contact Us" in the menu bar OK and linked it to your 'Contact Form'. It works, but it opens a new window for the form on its own. Thought maybe the form ought to fit in a seperate band page, so ....

Modified the theme.cfg as follows

Code

# main Index section (messages)      index_header.tpl | index.php      message_more.cfg | message_more_{MESSAGE_ID}.php      message_text.cfg | index.php     common_footer.tpl | index.php # Music Section      music_header.tpl | music.php              song.cfg | music.php     common_footer.tpl | music.php song_popup_lyrics.cfg | lyrics_{SONG_ID}.php   song_popup_info.cfg | info_{SONG_ID}.php # Store Section      store_header.tpl | store.php             store.cfg | store.php     common_footer.tpl | store.php # About      about_header.tpl | about.php        about_text.tpl | about.php     common_footer.tpl | about.php # Contact    contact_header.tpl | contact.php      contact_text.tpl | contact.php     common_footer.tpl | contact.php

Then copied about_header.tpl and about_text.tpl to contact_header.tpl and contact_text.tpl respectively. Made a few changes to the new contact templates, just so that I would know it was working.
Changed the other tpl files so that the 'Contact Us' now links to contact.php

Uploaded, built html, viewed page ....

Needless to say, it didn't work as I expected, but am I on the right track?
Cheers
Pash


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[Brian]

pasher:

Hi Been trying to build a new theme by adapting one of yours. I've put an extra heading "Contact Us" in the menu bar OK and linked it to your 'Contact Form'. It works, but it opens a new window for the form on its own. Thought maybe the form ought to fit in a seperate band page, so .... Modified the theme.cfg as follows Code # main Index section (messages)      index_header.tpl | index.php      message_more.cfg | message_more_{MESSAGE_ID}.php      message_text.cfg | index.php     common_footer.tpl | index.php # Music Section      music_header.tpl | music.php              song.cfg | music.php     common_footer.tpl | music.php song_popup_lyrics.cfg | lyrics_{SONG_ID}.php   song_popup_info.cfg | info_{SONG_ID}.php # Store Section      store_header.tpl | store.php             store.cfg | store.php     common_footer.tpl | store.php # About      about_header.tpl | about.php        about_text.tpl | about.php     common_footer.tpl | about.php # Contact    contact_header.tpl | contact.php      contact_text.tpl | contact.php     common_footer.tpl | contact.php Then copied about_header.tpl and about_text.tpl to contact_header.tpl and contact_text.tpl respectively. Made a few changes to the new contact templates, just so that I would know it was working. Changed the other tpl files so that the 'Contact Us' now links to contact.php Uploaded, built html, viewed page .... Needless to say, it didn't work as I expected, but am I on the right track? Cheers Pash

Pash -

You're definately on the right path, however the {BAND_CONTACT_FORM} is actually generated from within Jamroom, and would probably need an iframe to "embed" into a page (or a php include function call).

Hope this helps!

- Brian


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[Paul]

Thanks for that Brian
Got it all working now, including the 'Contact Form' on a new page. I'll spend a bit of time tweaking it a bit, then I'll make it available to all here (if they want !!).
How do I do that? Send it to you for approval first, or just make it downloadable somewhere?
Cheers
Pash
PS Its running in its present state at mccajun.motagator.co.uk


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[Paul]

OK - Got a bit ahead of myself there ...
The Contact the Band form doesn't seem to work in this situation.
Looked thro' the page's source code and the email address isn't actually there.

This is what I put in me 'contact_text.tpl'

Quote:

<tr> <td width=100% colspan=2> <table width=100% cellpadding=1 cellspacing=2 class="thMsgTable"> <tr> <td class="thCatHead"> <?php @include("{BAND_CONTACT_FORM}"); ?> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr>

Presumably this isn't the way to do it?
Thanks
Pash


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[Brian]

pasher:

OK - Got a bit ahead of myself there ... The Contact the Band form doesn't seem to work in this situation. Looked thro' the page's source code and the email address isn't actually there. This is what I put in me 'contact_text.tpl' Quote: <tr> <td width=100% colspan=2> <table width=100% cellpadding=1 cellspacing=2 class="thMsgTable"> <tr> <td class="thCatHead"> <?php @include("{BAND_CONTACT_FORM}"); ?> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> Presumably this isn't the way to do it? Thanks Pash

Pash -

it looks like it's not working being embedded into the form itself, since it's not resolving back to its full URL. I think I can fix it, but will need to modify the code some, but then you should be able to get it to work like above.

Hope this helps!

- Brian


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[Paul]

Thanks Brian - let me know
Pash


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[micxz]

You could use something like:

<iframe src="{JAMROOM_URL}/contact.php?mode=cform&band_id=1&band_name={BAND_NAME}" id="id1" name="id1" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="yes" hspace="0" vspace="0" width="100%" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe>

But the 'band_id=1' part will break because I cannot find a variables called, "{BAND_ID}". Hope this helps any'


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[Brian]

micxz:

But the 'band_id=1' part will break because I cannot find a variables called, "{BAND_ID}". Hope this helps any'

The {BAND_ID} variable should be able to work for you (it's a valid theme variable).

Hope this helps!

- Brian


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[micxz]

OK then that solves this thread and you may want to add "{BAND_ID}" to the page:

http://www.talldude.com/jamroom/theme.shtml

because this is the only reference we have to the variables' Thanks


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[Brian]

micxz:

OK then that solves this thread and you may want to add "{BAND_ID}" to the page: http://www.talldude.com/jamroom/theme.shtml because this is the only reference we have to the variables' Thanks

Actually I need to remove the link to that guide - it is out of date.

You will always find the latest and up to date documentation directly within your Jamroom install. Just go to the Admin Menu -> Documentation and you have the Theme Designers guide right there.

Hope this helps!

- Brian


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[micxz]

Learning so much from these forums Thanks again'


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