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derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
03/14/15 02:51:22PM
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Question Regarding Seamless Module Function
Using Jamroom

Thanks Ultrajam- I have used seamless to combine the lists-
The part I cant get seamless to do is to format the image thumbnails so they are the same

this from JR video
item_id=$item._item_id size="medium" crop="auto" class="iloutline img_scale" alt=$item.video_title width=false height=false}

vs this from the YouTube module

{$item._item_id}/{$item.youtube_title_url}"><img src="{$item.youtube_artwork_url}" alt="{$item.youtube_title|jrCore_entity_string}" class="iloutline img_scale">

If I use seamless to combine these in a Col-3 layout 4 wide- the youtube thumbnails break out of the col-3 layout
My guess is that when using seamless to combine them it uses the settings from each template on how to display the combined images ( which this maybe totally incorrect)

It seems like in a "perfect world" all the output video thumbnails would be sized the same way like
size="medium" crop="auto" class="iloutline img_scale" alt=$item.video_title width=false height=false

I guess i do not understand the reasoning for the default settings to size all 3 differently and most importantly I dont know how to fix it...
Plans on getting some help from India tonight


updated by @derrickhand300: 03/14/15 03:06:58PM
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
03/14/15 05:25:05AM
1,353 posts

Forum Mising
Using Jamroom

click that little gear icon in the header...click "add menu item"....name it what you want- then in the url box below the name add the url...if you have already created the page somehow you can use the /page name in this box without including the main url...
Otherwise if you are starting with a blank page- name the url under the name whatever you want just be sure and use _ or _ in spaces...
Anyway I think thats what you are asking and how i do it
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
03/14/15 05:07:14AM
1,353 posts

Branding at top left in a Jamroom skin
Design and Skin Customization

I think you can change it here
Your Site Url/core/skin_admin/images/
If not- then you can upload your image in skins/images tab- copy that code and use it to replace the current img url in index.tpl which is located in your skin templates
Just saw you may have that figured out..if you want to change the dimensions of your header you will need to do it in the css style sheet- start by looking under the STYLE tab...if not there then use firebug to locate it in the site css...
Im no longer using those skins but I think its there under the STYLE tab somewhere...
updated by @derrickhand300: 03/14/15 05:17:38AM
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
03/14/15 04:18:48AM
1,353 posts

Question Regarding Seamless Module Function
Using Jamroom

Think I have solved the "FORM issue"...just need to get the layout to work correctly now

I actually figured out a work around for me using this
{jrSeamless_list modules="jrVideo,jrVimeo,jrYouTube"  limit="26" pager="true" order_by="_created numerical_desc"}
But then I am left with a layout like this( the top video is a youtube video and the one below it is a JR hosted video notice the size/display difference)
https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/jamssite/Capturepage.JPG

I know the issue is in the difference in the youtube template and the JR video template...they need to be the same settings so all thumbnails are the same...I have been comparing the codes of the 2 and trying to make youtube match that of the jrvideos ( maybe Im doing it in the wrong place?)

JR VIDEO TEMPLATE CODE
                    	<div class="block_image">
                            <a href="{$jamroom_url}/{$item.profile_url}/{$murl}/{$item._item_id}/{$item.video_title|jrCore_url_string}">{jrCore_module_function function="jrImage_display" module="jrVideo" type="video_image" item_id=$item._item_id size="medium" crop="auto" class="iloutline img_scale" alt=$item.video_title width=false height=false}</a>

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
YOUTUBE VIDEO TEMPLATE CODE                          

                    <div class="block_image">
                        <a href="{$jamroom_url}/{$item.profile_url}/{$murl}/{$item._item_id}/{$item.youtube_title_url}"><img src="{$item.youtube_artwork_url}" alt="{$item.youtube_title|jrCore_entity_string}" class="iloutline img_scale"></a>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    
COMBINED INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHICH DIDNT WORK AT ALL

<a href="{$jamroom_url}/{$item.profile_url}/{$murl}/{$item._item_id}/{$item.youtube_title_url}"> <img src="{$item.youtube_artwork_url type="video_image" item_id=$item._item_id size="medium" crop="auto" class="iloutline img_scale" alt=$item.video_title width=false height=false}" alt="{$item.youtube_title|jrCore_entity_string}" class="iloutline img_scale"></a>

WHICH OF COURSE DID NOT WORK AT ALL :(

Of course the same would need to be repeated for Vimeo
updated by @derrickhand300: 03/14/15 04:25:28AM
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
03/14/15 03:56:05AM
1,353 posts

Question Regarding Seamless Module Function
Using Jamroom

haha- well they do in this form WHICH I have 15,000 members used to using
http://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/jamssite/Capture.JPG
each link in the form opens in a different window..

Now go get us some chocolate milk :)
updated by @derrickhand300: 03/14/15 04:23:25AM
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
03/13/15 04:36:43PM
1,353 posts

Question Regarding Seamless Module Function
Using Jamroom

and finally- here is a screenshot of how ning combines Ning videos- youtube videos and vimeo/hulu videos in a grid together
http://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/jamssite/Capture5.JPG

Which would be our final output and displayed using the "Custom" code JR would provide in the "help" section..

The thing is-it seems if you did this as a jrCore update- it would effect/break all the work others have done on their sites before us and thats not what i am after- I jut want this tweak for my site

( I do apologize for all the posts on this-I have drank a 6 pack of 20oz sugar free Red Bulls in the last couple hours- nothing much worse than a rambling redneck roughneck on red bulls)
updated by @derrickhand300: 03/13/15 04:46:26PM
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
03/13/15 04:26:38PM
1,353 posts

Question Regarding Seamless Module Function
Using Jamroom

My idea would look like this
http://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/jamssite/Idea.jpg

No module or anything needed.. just a "How To Combine Videos" tweak by Michael in the help section that also provides the code for the grid layout :0

All UPLOAD video forms available with a single click- no looking around the site for them
all videos n a combined grid so users dont have to look around the site for different video places..

Viewers dont care if the video they are looking at is a youtube-Vimeo or JR video- they are just interested in the content of the video

The same for uploading...if you want to add a video from ANY source- you should be able to add it from either the same form or in a new window that opens from the same form

New users dont want to spend time looking for the proper place to upload a video- they just want a single button/..

All this is just my opinion of course :0
updated by @derrickhand300: 03/13/15 04:31:32PM
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
03/13/15 03:59:11PM
1,353 posts

Question Regarding Seamless Module Function
Using Jamroom

The analogies to milk and stuff here always make me smile so i will try to spin one for this situation

Me and the JR team are stranded on a deserted island and all we have between us is 2 paper clips and 2 pieces of tin foil

The JR team takes a paperclip and a tin foil and forms a think tank- in the end from these materials they fashion an elaborate ship capable of running on solar power and has broadband internet...

With my paper clip and tin foil I fashion a transmitter and call someone to get me the heck outta here

Yours is much better of course....but I think either will get us where we need to be
updated by @derrickhand300: 03/13/15 04:00:03PM
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
03/13/15 03:39:12PM
1,353 posts

Question Regarding Seamless Module Function
Using Jamroom

I think the problem is we make it sound too difficult to JR support-I have been talking to someone who i think can do it with some simple coding ( for him)
It would simply be adding a link on the video/create form to the youtube/vimeo form ( upload your jr video on the video create form-OR select the link on that form that goes to embed youtube in a new window) I noticed last night thats the way it works on Ning- then , just like ning- have all the video thumbnails combine in the same grid.. then we can use this code to do whatever we want with it...we can keep all the videos displaying on profile pages by leaving the current code intact OR we cou;d use the grid code to create a new page called VIDEOS and link to it in the main nav bar- that page would display all teh videos- add a button at the top of that page using your own html and link it to the video/create form...and then you are there OR we could use that code as the template code for profile_videos..your choice......seems like to me...
On the new VIDEO page we create we can add a serach for and pagination at the bottom- which would allow us to SEARCH ALL VIDEOS or to use pagination to keep viewing all
updated by @derrickhand300: 03/13/15 03:43:54PM
derrickhand300
@derrickhand300
03/13/15 12:21:04PM
1,353 posts

Question Regarding Seamless Module Function
Using Jamroom

" Milk now includes Chocolate Milk, White Milk and Strawberry Milk...all in the same Milk Box" :)
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