Forum Activity for @claygordon

blogs lost all formatting

Installation and Configuration

@SE -

I notice that there is an inconsistency in formatting in my blogs and posts as well. Not sure exactly why or where. Might be a Ning export thing that the parser is having a problem with.

Missing Forum Discussions in Search Results

Installation and Configuration

Brian -

Probably not started that many forum topics - mostly a responder.

Okay then, if I want this to be POSTS not TOPICS I think I understand how to change that.

Missing Forum Discussions in Search Results

Installation and Configuration

This member, Brad, has over 440 posts and comments in the Discussion Forum - but only the first result is displayed (despite pagination now set to 10). And there is no "Browse These Results (###)" shown.

updated by @claygordon: 03/13/15 11:37:37AM

Changing search pagination

Design and Skin Customization

I don't know if this is related, but now the first result in Forum Topics is missing its title - here and on the next page.

I ran an integrity check on the db - repair tables - and that did not fix the problem. I did not accidentally delete the title (Bug Reports).

http://www.thechocolatelife.com/clay/forum/faqs-on-using-the-new-site

updated by @claygordon: 01/28/15 09:45:05AM

Changing search pagination

Design and Skin Customization

Paul -

Added the page break into the search form and reset the template caches (not running in developer mode).

Did not change the number of results displayed.

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However, adding discuss_description to search increased the number of results from 11 to 28 so changing the pagination is more important than ever.

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This was a latency issue somewhere (might have been local cache on " foil " as search term). Searching for other text gets 10 as the pagination length.
updated by @claygordon: 01/28/15 09:57:53AM

Changing search pagination

Design and Skin Customization

Paul -

I've made so many changes to header_menu_desktop.tpl that I doubt it's in line 167 any more! lol

But thanks, now what I know where it is I can find the text and add it in.

Adding fields to Group Discussion listings

Design and Skin Customization

So instead of


which in the jrForum item_search.tpl, change it to


in jrGroupDiscuss item_search.tpl

Adding fields to Group Discussion listings

Design and Skin Customization

Members have told me that it's confusing to them that the results for Group Discussions and Forum Discussions (this is a Ning site on JR so other skins/sites may not have Forum Discussions) are different.

As I am relatively new to JR one of my ongoing challenges is knowing exactly which template to modify and in which module it's located.

I am looking to add fields to the Group Discussion item (display Date and Poster, text from the description) to make it similar to the Forum discussion display.

Where is this done for Forum Discussions (search results)?
Where is this done for Group Discussions (search results)?

Once I know that, I can cut and paste and modify the code to make it work.

updated by @claygordon: 02/28/15 05:50:36PM

router and server errors debug

Installation and Configuration

@SE -

Is this a Ning-specific question?

There is a forum specifically for server configuration and installation questions and there might be other resources there that could provide you with answers.

I have started searching for answers and asking some questions in the other forums that are not specifically related to the Ning migration, general template and skin customization issues, for example.

Just a thought.
updated by @claygordon: 01/28/15 08:55:41AM

Adding jrGroupDiscuss discuss_description to site-wide search

Design and Skin Customization

Paul -

I did ... I just wanted to know if I was overlooking anything.

I am closing this one down.