Forum Activity for @brian

brian
@brian
04/19/15 09:16:12AM
10,149 posts

Ok so what do i do first and what to expect?
Using Jamroom

Zachary Moonshine:
So i am a current user of NING 3 and am looking at rebuilding a similar site using jamroom i would want the jamroom hosting so i subscribe then whats next ? will i see a sitebuilder or something how does it work ?

Welcome to Jamroom!

So first up - just to be sure - currently Ning does not have an export tool for Ning 3 sites at this time. You're probably ware of that, but just wanted to be sure you knew that at this time we can't "import" a Ning 3 site into Jamroom.

But you can definitely get started with JR pretty easily - especially using our hosting. All you need to do is spin up a new server from your Hosting menu:

https://www.jamroom.net/zachary-moonshine/hosting/dashboard

after the server is online, you add a new Domain to the server (don't worry - it does not have to point to our servers at this time) and JR will be automatically setup for you:

https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/jamroom-hosting/2541/creating-a-new-domain-on-your-server

We have a brand new site builder we are hoping goes into beta tomorrow, so it's almost here and that will make it easy for you to customize your site.

Let me know if that helps.

Thanks!
brian
@brian
04/19/15 09:12:22AM
10,149 posts

Releasing marketplace modules from a mapped domain
Jamroom Developers

iamtimbo:
Thanks, Brian. I guess that means that I'm using them on both domains, then; actualdomain.com is mapped to firstdomain.com - the URLs point to the same place, and the system can't distinguish between them, even though there's only one Jamroom URL in play, actualdomain.com.

Got it - so one domain is doing a 301 redirect to the other? If you want me to release all the modules from the other domain, shoot me an email at support [at] jamroom [dot] net with the name of the domain that is being forward, and I can manually release all the licenses from that for you.

Hope this helps!
brian
@brian
04/19/15 08:46:44AM
10,149 posts

A Bug in Groups Maybe?
Ning To Jamroom

restmin:
Think I understand your question, but no, the group page is the default page for the individual group. hope that helps.

OK - I am not able to replicate this issue here on our site, so it's something either with your browser caching or something that has been customized on your site.

What browser are you using?

Thanks!
brian
@brian
04/19/15 08:45:28AM
10,149 posts

Removing Timeline From Profiles Replacing with Comments
Design and Skin Customization

This should be doable by just modifying the profile_index.tpl file in your skin - i.e. here's the one from Elastic:

<div class="col9 last">
    {jrCore_include module="jrAction" template="item_index.tpl"}
    {jrComment_form module="jrProfile" profile_id=$_profile_id item_id=$_item_id}
</div>

Change it to:

<div class="col9 last">
    {jrComment_form module="jrProfile" profile_id=$_profile_id item_id=$_item_id}
</div>

See how I just removed the call to the Action (which is the Activity Timeline module) index?
updated by @brian: 04/19/15 08:45:39AM
brian
@brian
04/19/15 07:23:46AM
10,149 posts

Error Alert
Genosis

silverwolf:
Genosis still remains the best script I've tested, congratulations.

I will use it well, and wait for a future update.
Thank you for your involvement

Thanks for that!

There are other users waiting for this feature as well - I'll be working on it as soon as I can :)

Thanks!
brian
@brian
04/19/15 07:22:03AM
10,149 posts

What exists before we add "additional search fields" in the search module?
Using Jamroom

researchcooperative:
For the profile module, the default fields are profile_image and profile_name. Only the latter has searchable text, so what counts for the default, site-wide jr search is the profile_name field (I presume).

Actually the default is just the profile_name field.

Quote:
To build a search box that digs into new fields added to a profile form, does it matter if the added profile fields are in the Create section or Settings section? I presume all that matters is the label given to the form field.

All you have to do is put in the FIELD name you created when creating your custom form (i.e. "profile_interests") and it will be included in searches.

Quote:
Why is the Settings section called Settings and not Update?

Settings describes what the user is viewing - "Update" is ambiguous and an adjective so (IMO) would not be a good choice when a user wants to just view (and not update) their settings. "Save Changes" is the action the user would perform in the Settings section.

Quote:
In the profile form design tool, it seems that new Create fields cannot be automatically added to the Settings fields, but we can give them the same name manually.... e.g. profile_country. But then the way profile_country is set up in the Create section may be different than the way it is set up in the Settings section, so the search system may not be seeing the same data each time. Does the Settings section overwrite the Create section in the same way as an Update form?

If they are named the same they will BE the same field and contain the same info. When the user views their profile settings and updates the field, if the field name is the same as on the create form, then it will update that existing field.

Note that only ADMIN USERS see the "create" form (since normal users will create their profile as part of the signup) so you'll likely only want to customize the settings form.

Quote:
Is the "Settings" section effectively the same thing as an "Update" section, but without the option of automatically synchronising the two sections?

Thanks

Yes.
updated by @brian: 04/19/15 07:22:51AM
brian
@brian
04/19/15 07:16:13AM
10,149 posts

A Bug in Groups Maybe?
Ning To Jamroom

Something is messed up - have you created a site builder page at group/update ?
brian
@brian
04/19/15 07:15:11AM
10,149 posts

Releasing marketplace modules from a mapped domain
Jamroom Developers

How it works is if you go to release an item from a domain, the system will call that module's URL on the domain to see if it is still installed - if it is you will get that notice. So you cannot "release" the module from a domain you are still using it on.

So you need to delete the module from "firstdomain.com" THEN release it.

You say "Clearly, I can't go to firstdomain.com to delete it" - why not? If the domain is no longer in your control you will need to contact the new owner and have them remove the module.

Let me know if that helps.
brian
@brian
04/19/15 07:12:38AM
10,149 posts

Sprite Icon size - 18vs20
Design and Skin Customization

Yeah this is controlled by the "size" parameter to the {jrCore_icon} template function call - you can set it to whatever you need.
brian
@brian
04/19/15 07:11:52AM
10,149 posts

Error Alert
Genosis

With these errors you will not be able to:

- resize or work with animated GIF images (that requires the "convert" binary)
- archive remote sites in your Sources (uses wget)
- check the disk space being used by a profile (requires du)

Note that at this time users cannot create their own tree - that's not supported yet but something I AM working on - hopefully I will have that ready to go in the future - it's a much bigger job than it may seem.

Hope this helps!
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