Forum Activity for @soaringeagle

questions about the "profile to import forums into"

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further questions about this "main' profile
i asked if pages that were sitewide not group pages can be assigned to this profile
but ideally id also like to be able to add custom menu items or like the profile tabs
theres 1 discussion thats a forum discussion but its so complete and informative we use it as a menu item and is practicly required reading its the "goto' reference i guess it would equate to your "documentation' link and below that we have 3 or is it 4 other very important info pages

can these special pages and discussions somehow be added as menu items either in the main menu or profile menu when in this profiles space

like your documentation links and such these are highly important to be highly visable and accessible right from the menu
updated by @soaringeagle: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

questions about the "profile to import forums into"

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got ya that was just a theory as i remembered having to manualy edit an early version but now that i remember corectly it was cause the link was to /discuss but the page was /discussions or something like that this was like version 1.00 of ninja skin i think

there is a method to my madness its how i problem solve i think things through on the fly then test the theories till i got it right


i still think theres a better way to do the group list by activity then how paul suggested but i think it would require assigning variables and using a multi conditional approach thats way beyond my current skill level

when i learned programming it was like assembler cobol jcl um i forget the other 1 fortran i think? on mainframes and it gave me such a headache i was glad to break my back and not have to have a career in that

this is so much simpler and easier to understand but will take a lil while to figure it out (especialy since im trying to learn mostly by trial and error..lol)
updated by @soaringeagle: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

questions about the "profile to import forums into"

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oh strum just a tip
something im considering but not sure till i import
i think im going to create a special quota for that "main' profile
that will have only the forums active nothing else
i was going to have the landing page be the forums but i think i want it to be the index with latest activity and latest discussions

and have none of the other profile tabs only forums available
updated by @soaringeagle: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

question for paul re specific database tables i need to clear

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paul you mentioned i sghould clear my database and do a fresh import
you suggested that a full clear and fresh install would be optimal if i didnt make changes through acp
however i have made many template edits on skins and modules in acp
so i want to only clear out the tables containing the imported data

im familiar with mysql command scripts etc so can just run that in the control panel phpmyadmin if you have a script that will clear the tables i njeed, or i can do it through the sites phpmyadmin if you just list the tables i should drop
i think that accepts commands too right but you have to do 1 at a time?

whatever method you thinks best but as long as i know the tables needed to be dropped that would be good enough

no hurry still got 90 gigs to upload
updated by @soaringeagle: 07/09/16 09:21:02AM

questions about the "profile to import forums into"

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haha im kinda surprised it imported corectly without that being set up

but yea i knew it had to be that if not then like i said tyhe database had to be cleared wich is what im needing to do
updated by @soaringeagle: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

questions about the "profile to import forums into"

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nope i changed mine to just forums cleared cache and it olinked to the right profile
you dont need to change the link it changes itself as long as you have everything updated and set up right

and there is the possibility like i said that the data in the database is conflicting with the new format and may need to be cleared and re-imported thats a last step though id double check everythings updated and that u have it set right in the skin cause everytime u change that url in the skin setting it should change the url in the discussion link


ofcourse clear cache after chasnging it
updated by @soaringeagle: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

questions about the "profile to import forums into"

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http://greentechnologyforums.com/dreadlocks-forums
that is where mine points
and you have everything updated?


when you click skins global config then site index and you have yoursite.com/forums in there?
i still think its gotta be a conflict cause jrforums used the forums url anjd the discussion link used to point to yoursite.com/forums i think..pretty sure
let me test something brb
updated by @soaringeagle: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

questions about the "profile to import forums into"

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thats veery odd cause my discussion link links to the correct profile
updated by @soaringeagle: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

questions about the "profile to import forums into"

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oh i do have 1 more question wich strum u might know the answer to since u imported already does it auto create the catagories
and say you have alot of categories (i think i have 28) would it paginate after x number of catagories and is there a way to add a simple catagory list to the sidebar
updated by @soaringeagle: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

questions about the "profile to import forums into"

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have u deleted thyge obsolete modules
have u cleared temmplate cAcxche

and it might be a simular case as what im dealingh with where u need to clear the database tables then re-import
that last paerts a guess but this is what id try

1 the system integrity check
2 ckloear temoplate cache
um 3 wait im betting i know what the issue is
i shoulda thought of this sooner

when u created the profile and named it forums discussions most likely linked to a page called forums before so your profile might have a url like forums1

click your name
then profiles
click the forum profile
copy the url from the address bar and compare it to whats in the "import into" field

i used a profile named dreadlocks natural dreads to import the forum into instead of forums though might change it to dreadlocks forums sincve only the forums are being imported there i was thinking more of the site data would be

try changing it to mountain dulcimer forums and reimport see if that dont solve it

im fairly certain that the issue is the link alreasdy pointed to a page called forums your profile cAnt have the same url so typicale a -1 or something is added to make it unique
updated by @soaringeagle: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM