Struggling with the basics - Newbie questions
Installation and Configuration
Hi Jay - Have answered these same questions in your support ticket. Will copy it here for the benefit of others but with the links to your site ACP removed.
Quote: 1) Search for music that 'sounds like'
When we add influences (such as foo fighters, michael jackson etc) I
believed that was for the band not the individual tracks but I just did a
search for foo fighters in the sounds like search box and the results
brought back 2 songs (there is only one artist added and they have 3 songs
attached not 2 so that seems confusing too). Looked at the module settings
and cannot see why the search brings the muic result not the artist result.
This is the correct operation of the Recommended module. If a band state that the sound like the Foo Fighter, the search will return that band’s music. Have just checked Black Star Bullet’s profile and they do only have the two songs that are returned in the search.
Quote: 2) In main menu - Stations (under the muic category)
We have been into the skin template and removed the stations option but it
still shows on the main menu. How do we remove this?
The Stations option would need to be removed from the skin’s header_menu_desktop.tpl and header_menu_mobile.tpl templates. Also, when making template modifications make sure the site is running in Developer Mode so that caching is disabled and changes are shown immediately. Also, if making skin template changes directly on the templates and not by using the ACP template editor, clone the skin first then switch to the cloned skin and work on that. This will ensure that should we update any of the original skin templates your work will not be overwritten.
Quote: 3)Followers:
We'd like members to follow artists but not artists to follow members.
Cannot see this option, is it available?
Unfortunately this is not possible. The Follower functionality is part of the Jamroom Core and is not quota controled inherently. You could, however, modify the profile templates so as not to show the Follow button on member profiles.
Quote: 4) Private notes (we renamed this private messages):
We have unticked the followers only as this says "You can remove this
restriction by unchecking this option, which will allow users to send a
private note to any other user in the system."
But there is an issue as a user member I still get "Select the user you
would like to send this Private Message to. MESSAGE: You can only send a
Private Message to site admins and followers."
You can change the text string in the PrivateNote module language tab (string #18)
Quote: 5) Email verification: we set members and artists to email verification but
no emails are coming through to the new users to validate accounts. We're
not sure why but I think it could be to do with the email set up in the
communication module? Not sure on that one at all.
You need to set up a MailGun account and set the API Key in your HCP
Quote: 6) Is there a way of moving modules around on the website? I saw there is something called site builder which is in beta but I need to go live soon (so I can earn money to pay the hosting!!). I am using media pro 5 dark.
Site Builder is still in beta but is working well (I’ve been using it a lot recently). You need to enable Beta Channels in your market place tools section then install it from your Market Place
Quote: 7) On profiles there is a box on the right saying Location. Where do people add this? Is it something to do with the geo locator plugin?
This is actually a bug in the template as profile_location is field in sites imported from Ning and if there is no profile bio, it defaults to looking for the location (and other) Ning settings. I’ll get that fixed up, then, if you do want a profile location field to show you can create one with the Form Designer.
Thanks
Paul