Forum Activity for @strumelia

[BUG] iPhone / Responsive Mobile Profile Update Add Picture

Design and Skin Customization


Look under the link at top of this page for SUPPORT- follow the "Getting Started" and especially the "Documentation" link there, for tons of terrific in-depth tutorials on the Jamroom platform- also there's an index of tutorial subjects to allow you to focus in on a particular area you are confused about.

No Ning/Ningja Downloads?

Installation and Configuration

I'm confused-
I have always had the original Ningja skin, and now the new Ninja skin- but I have never used Site Builder. However, I use my own custom skin which was originally built off cloning the old Ningja skin.
Since that time I created my custom skin, I do keep updating my Ningja (and now Ninja) skin whenever JR updates come along, and I apply any of those updates I want to my custom skin (finding the updates by using the Compare tool).

But here's my confusion- can one no longer use the new Ninja skin at all while having Site Builder turned OFF?
If not, then what about new CLONED skins off the Ninja skin?- can those too not be used without having Site Builder be 'active' as well? Just trying to understand this.

Embeddable image slider?

Design and Skin Customization

While on the subject, I'm just going to throw this thought in here related to it-
I use third party slideshows on my site's main page, to sell ads..see a pair of them in the middle of my site's Index page: http://fotmd.com/
Just saying- 'IF' jamroom was to create a new slideshow feature or module, it'd be great to be able to select size dimensions and transition options and to place one anywhere on one's site and upload whatever custom or chosen images we want to it (not limited only to images pulled from or linked from already-existing site section content like blogs, galleries, etc)

Data Browser functions

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I've pondered this question sometimes too. How/where do we see if a User has more than one profile?

I'd like to mention here that in the jrUser module's Global Config section, you can use the 'power user' settings to make sure that certain quotas are/aren't allowed to create more than one profile under their User Account. I have all my regular member quota set to not be able to create multiple profiles within their user account.

We're buildng an FAQ for jamroom.net. Which Questions should be on it?

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1) How do I create (and update) my own custom skin? (this is a big one to need to know "from the beginning")

2) If I'm on JR hosted, where/how do I go to see my content on my server?

3) how do I set up a profile that is used for a site-wide forum? (instead of members all having their own forums)- and how do I hide the profile sidebar info on that profile so you see just the forum?

4) how do I change the default profile image? (the image that shows for members who have not uploaded their own image)

5) how do I set up or customize a Moderator role for my site? (profile admins...and what they can/cannot do)
updated by @strumelia: 02/21/17 02:03:19PM

Reversing the order of replies to forum discussion (newest first)

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Paul-
Question: it will put it "above the form"- on EVERY page of the discussion? - or only on the page with the most recent posts? - or only on the page with the oldest replies?

Other question: I have a jrForum_item_index.tpl in my custom skin. Is that the template that your code should go in? Would it need to go in the jrForum module's item_index.tpl as well?

I personally think that this should be standard whenever someone selects the 'reverse forum posts order' option... because I can't imagine anyone not needing to have the orig post show on multipage discussions. I have to agree with Elise that it should be built in to happen automatically when someone reverses the forum post order. Otherwise others will continue asking in the future how to tweak this.

Reversing the order of replies to forum discussion (newest first)

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Yes, this has been the last step needed for the whole "reverse order in forums' thing to function well. (see my last two posts and my screenshots).

I had been thinking just yesterday about starting a new thread here about just this remaining issue... particularly because this thread is marked 'solved'. But with Elise's new post above, perhaps it can still be a part of completing the project of making the reverse order work well in actual use.

In Group discussions, it all works well simply because group discussions don't use pagination- they use "show more" link at bottom. So technically it's all on one page which can be made longer to show older posts...and thus the original post will always show on top. jrForums however still keep the orig post only on the with the oldest replies. When a discussion gets to be more than 1 page long the orig post gets buried.
It's true that a member who comes to the thread from seeing a new post in activity feed will then not see the orig post and will be in the dark about the actual topic being talked about. As Elise says, they see only the title ...unless they are savvy enough to scroll down and use the pager to get to the oldest page where the orig post resides. This is very problematic, especially on mobile devices.

Event lists all show a calendar marker of 31?

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Ok, so the png file in the skin will get automatically used instead of the png file of the same name in the module. I wouldn't have to use code to point to it...just to have it with the same name, in the same folder duplicated in the skin.
I get it- thanks!

Event lists all show a calendar marker of 31?

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So if it's a file say like a .png icon file in one of your modules (not in a skin or in a cache folder)...like in say your jrChat module, and you replace it there with a different image png but same name...it should be safe... right?

Event lists all show a calendar marker of 31?

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Michael I'm curious- if you name your replacement image with the same file name, would it still be overridden by module updates?