Forum Activity for @paul

Lots of questions and issues being reported on the Ning forum

Installation and Configuration

The jrSeamless module allows you to mix different Jamroom items in one listing, so, for example

{jrSeamless_list modules="jrVideo,jrYouTube,jrVimeo" order_by="_created NUMERICAL_DESC" limit=20}

would list the 20 latest uploaded video type items.
updated by @paul: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

Lots of questions and issues being reported on the Ning forum

Installation and Configuration

Ning activity feeds are not present in the Ning Archive, so none are imported.
Jamroom has its own activity lists so as with above, they will show as the site is used and people upload new items and make comments etc.
hth
Pa
updated by @paul: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

creating a profile cover photo (1 missing peicce to the puzzle)

Installation and Configuration

You need the full module name in the call -

{jrCore_module_function function="jrImage_display" module="jrProfile" type="profile_cover" item_id=$_profile_id}

The /_v=1415322228 bit you likely copied from another bit of code that needed the '$_post._v' option passing to it. Its not needed to display an image.
updated by @paul: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

RE: Migration from Ning 3.0

Installation and Configuration

Hi Ceri
Yes. Just put the following code in the template where you want the activity feed to show -

{jrCore_list module="jrAction" order_by="_created NUMERICAL_DESC" limit="20"}

I knocked together a skin specifically for Ning migrants last night that demonstrates all imported Ning features, including front page activity feeds. I've took the liberty of uploading it to your site so that you can take a look. Its called 'NingTastic' !!

For adding comments anywhere use something like -

{jrComment_form module="jrProfile" profile_id=$_profile_id item_id=$_item_id}

(You'll need to check that the names of the smarty variables passed into the function are available in the template)

Note that in Jamroom, comments are always on an item (Profile, Audio, Video whatever). You cannot have 'general' comments. If you want that, it might be worth you looking at the jrForum module.
hth
Pa
updated by @paul: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

Lots of questions and issues being reported on the Ning forum

Installation and Configuration

Hi Bree
When you say the 'main page' do you mean the http://susanboylekeepingitreal.co.uk page?
Imported items take their 'created' date and time from the data in the Ning archive and are shown on this page 'newest first'. Which ones do you think are out of order?
With the default 'Elastic' that you are using, profile events are shown oldest first but there is an easy fix for that which I have done by editing a template.
The Elastic skin you are using is functional but there may be another that will work better for your site 'out-of-the-box'. Let me upload something else for you to try. Its late now so I'll do that tomorrow and let you know, then we can sort out your other queries.
updated by @paul: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

RE: Migration from Ning 3.0

Installation and Configuration

Try installing it from the ACP and see if installs ok.
It might also be worth checking the error logs to see if anything critical happened during the install.
Or to be really safe, drop the DB tables again, delete the /data/config/config.php file and the /data/log files and re-install.
updated by @paul: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

RE: Migration from Ning 3.0

Installation and Configuration

Thank goodness for that - I thought I was going mad
That's fine. If it looks ok, start using it again, but am slightly concerned that you installed Jamroom whilst the last few files were still uploading, some some of the modules 'may' not have installed correctly.
updated by @paul: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

RE: Migration from Ning 3.0

Installation and Configuration

Ceri - Did you install the new Jamroom?
I ask because I dropped all the database tables, deleted all the old JR files, uploaded them all again, went to the page to go through the install procedure but there Jamroom was, already installed!!
updated by @paul: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

Trying out groups...

Installation and Configuration

I've just very quickly tried this and it works

Create a profile quota called 'Cities'.
Create a couple of profiles, Leicester and Nottingham (do both of these actions in the Profile Tools section).
Create a simple template that lists profiles in the 'Cities' quota.
Next to each 'profile_name' (the city) add a link that takes you to http://yoursite.com/gallery/create/gallery_city_id=2 or whatever the city ID is (this is done dynamically with smarty templates).
From the gallery create form go to Form Designer and create a select field named 'gallery_city_id'.
A very simply created custom module now provides a function to fill that select field with all available cites with the specified one pre-selected.
Fill in the gallery title and upload the images. Hit submit.
Each image is now 'tagged' with smarty variable that is the city ID - gallery_city_id
This value can now be used in subsequent gallery searches to only return images tagged with a particular city.

Pa
updated by @paul: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

Simple HTML and CSS usage in Jamroom

Design and Skin Customization

Basically follow what Douglas said.
In your active skin folder, create a file called my_template.tpl
Open the index.tpl there and copy the {jrCore_include template="header.tpl"}
and {jrCore_include template="footer.tpl"} lines of smarty, in that order. Save the file.
In your browser goto http://yoursite.com/my_template
Do you get the heady and footer? If so you can now start adding your html code in-between the header and footer smarty calls.
To see what smarty variables you have to play with, put in a {debug}. Now when opening the page you'll get a popup with all available. To use a smarty variable just include it inside curly brackets - {$jamroom_url} say.

Make sure you are in developer mode when doing this, to disable caching, otherwise you'll be making changes and not immediately seeing any results.
hth
Pa