Forum Activity for @claygordon

domain mapped to profile?

Ning To Jamroom

@brian -

I know it's a huge task - I've worked on developing GUI tools for creating GUIs.

I have no doubt that you'll get there and I can afford to be patient once the basics are done. I think there's been an update since I last uploaded the Site Builder module, but one of the modules caused menus to disappear so I de-activated everything,

Image Gallery Update - icons now have new meanings and positions?

Ning To Jamroom

@Brian

http://www.thechocolatelife.info/thechocolatelife/imagez/ScreenShot-Icons.png

The page left and page right icons. On page 1, the icon on the left side was a shopping cart.
updated by @claygordon: 01/07/15 02:07:16PM

domain mapped to profile?

Ning To Jamroom

@brian -

There is a large philosophical discussion in this thread. WRT domain mapping specifically, I agree. Which is why I asked if Arvixe was up to speed with the module so if I contacted them they might be able to help.

The "plug-and-play" comment was for non-advanced modules. I was unable to get Site Builder to function properly for me, but when it's working, I want to be able to drag and drop and config important settings from right there within Site Builder without having to go into the ACP.

For the time being I am also w/ @Strumelia. I am making only the barest changes I need to make to satisfy my basic customization needs. When Site Builder is ready for prime time I will investigate it in much more detail.

Image Gallery Update - icons now have new meanings and positions?

Ning To Jamroom

Resetting the icon cache solved most of the problem. I have not yet reset the browser cache - there are still some wrong icons showing.

Image Gallery Update - icons now have new meanings and positions?

Ning To Jamroom

@douglas -

I am running in developer mode so ... cache resets not needed?

No Search or Past Events showing on Events page.

Ning To Jamroom

To generalize - in the form designer I just make sure to use the correct name of a field in that module's datastore?

Taking a look at the Events form designer, I have to say that I am the one who added the event_url into the database as event_website is not a default option (though it probably should be at some point).

I will delete the unneeded field.

But I did get it to work!

Image Gallery Update - icons now have new meanings and positions?

Ning To Jamroom

Taking a look at the image gallery udpate.

First icon is create - it's a " + " most everywhere else.

Note the tool tip. And the "Arrange the order of the icons" icon is now on the line below.


updated by @claygordon: 02/19/15 08:14:26AM

No Search or Past Events showing on Events page.

Ning To Jamroom

In the old Ning events listing the create event form asked you to (optionally) enter a URL for the event. This could be a link to the organizer, ticketing agency, venue, or whatever.

That's what I want to appear in my events listing.

Actually - taking a look at the Events datastore, there are TWO fields in the db for URLs.

They are:

event_url:
event_website:

I have no idea why there are two but I can think of uses for them both.

But there are two issues that I can see.

First is to add these two fields to the Create and Update Event forms. This COULD be done using the form designer but I have no idea how to link the fields in the form designer with with the existing database fields.

Second is to modify the template to display these fields if they are non-empty.

This is probably an update to the Events module because of the first point.

Do I hear FEATURE REQUEST?

domain mapped to profile?

Ning To Jamroom

@soaringeagle -

I fear you are making too many assumptions about my level of knowledge and interest when it comes to diving deeper than I already have and am. It was worth the money to pay the JR team to make sure that my install was done properly, just as it was worth the money to ensure that the import was done properly. Yes, I probably could have done them, but I was able to do other things that needed my attention more just right now.

I am with @Strumelia when it comes to wanting a lot more plug-and-play when it comes to modules that just work when you drop them into place. While at the same time I completely appreciate the option to roll up my sleeves and write my own modules, should I ever want to.

At the same time, I approach the code base and the development process with something close to 30 years of experience working as a member of development teams - but never as a coder, or at least not a serious one. My engineering managers wanted me to pay attention to what the code was doing, not how the code was written. I can do a good deal of basic HTML and CSS and virtually zero PHP or Apache server config.

I want to spend time more time moderating my community rather than tinkering with it and tweaking it. I started my blogging career back in 2001 using Dave Winer's Userland. From there I migrated to Expression Engine, manually copying over the content. I went cold turkey in early 2008 when I stopped my blog and opened my Ning community. I've been there, done that, and paid my dues.

Okay? You may find something easy to do and I may not. Just as I may find some things easy to do that you do not.

I appreciate your urging me not to think too much and just go do it. And I have in many respects in the migration to JR from Ning. I've done a lot more looking at code in the past two weeks than in the past five years and I am sure that I will be doing a lot more of it, way past my comfort zone.

Images and Galleries - Don't understand the functionality

Ning To Jamroom

@Paul -

Just for reference my name is Clay and you can call me that.

I would appreciate your doing the import because, while you're there ... have you been following along on the thread about my not being able to get a cloned skin to work properly?

https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/forum/ning-to-jamroom/20644/ningja-skin-update


It looks like all my code is in the cloned skin (nsNewChocSkin) but some of the files are not being interpreted properly. Footer.tpl looks okay but index.tpl is not being rendered close to properly and there are issues in the desktop menu header template. Using Compare is also generating 404 errors for me.

TIA -
:: Clay
updated by @claygordon: 01/07/15 12:19:54PM