Forum Activity for @paul

Missing groups on Import

Installation and Configuration

Can you look at the ning-groups-local.json file using the NingImport tool and check the image URL of the groups that are missing the image and check that it is actually there in the uploaded archive /groups folder?

Missing groups on Import

Installation and Configuration

If the NingImport module decides not to import a group for any reason it shows an error message in the modal window. It also puts the error message into the debug log so check there.
The most common reason for not importing an item is that there is no owner profile so check that the missing groups' profiles are imported and were not excluded as 'suspended' or 'left' members.
Were you using the direct media import option? It might be that the missing group images were not available directly from the Ning servers?

Displaying a users last logged in time

Design and Skin Customization

A simpler, and less resource hungry method might be this -

Displaying a users last logged in time

Design and Skin Customization

search1="user_id = $_profile_id" is wrong.
'user_id' should be '_user_id' but that aside you are searching for when a user ID == a profile ID!!
Try search1="_profile_id = $_profile_id"

test site migrating 3.0 ning site

Installation and Configuration

The Ning3 CSV also has their location (country, state, zip), gender and birthdate which are also saved in Jamroom.
If you just email them now and ask them to re-register on the new site, at a guess, only 10% to 20% of them will actually bother to do it.
One advantage of doing the import and using the JR Tool to send them their new passwords is that it only sends an email to those who have not already logged in at least once. This means that after a couple of weeks, say, you could edit the email content and use the tool again to resend only to members that haven't yet responded, so hopefully you'll ultimately retain a higher percentage of your current members.

"View All" link in Widget Titles

Using Jamroom

TIP: If you are developing templates directly using a Jamroom skin as a starting point, clone the skin first (ACP=>Tools=>Developer Tools=>Tools=>Clone Skin), then switch to the cloned skin (make it the active skin) and use that for development.
That way, should any of our skin templates get updated, there is no chance of any of your work being overwritten.

updated by @paul: 07/09/15 12:41:53AM

"View All" link in Widget Titles

Using Jamroom

The showcase sites are based on our stock skins and were not created with Site Builder. Skins are created via template files that contain html and css code so using them gives many more options as to what can be created.
If you have basic html knowledge, take a look at these skin (and module) templates via the template editors in your site ACP. Elastic is a good one to start with as its a pretty simple layout and you can easily see its structure in the templates.
If you can develop your site using these templates instead of Site Builder, the options are infinite

Profile ID Numbers

Genosis

Profile ID numbers are unique and are not re-usable if a profile is deleted. The same is also true for user IDs and any other Jamroom item ID number.
These numbers are invisible to users and there is no reason for them to be re-used.
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"View All" link in Widget Titles

Using Jamroom

Hi Mark - Welcome to the Jamroom forum.
With SiteBuilder the widget titles are just for plain text and cannot accept any html.
What you can do is create menu items that link to other pages that list 'all' of an item - create the page and an 'Item List' widget on that page.
Hope that helps

birthdate field from Ning backup

Installation and Configuration

Try this in the user template where you want to show their birthdate -

{$_user.user_birthdate|strtotime|date_format:"%d %b %Y"}

and keep the field as a text field in the user update form.