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michael
@michael
04/03/15 12:53:10AM
7,832 posts

Adding an RSS feed from my own site into an activity page on my own site


Design and Skin Customization

researchcooperative:....As a first step I watched the video here...

www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/modules/277/feed-reader-and-rss-feeder

This went well but skipped the essential detail of how to open up the CSS code page and find the place to add the template code generated by the module. Where is that page?.

Which page? The code you can put on any page you like. You could create a new page by adding a file to:

/skins/YOUR SKIN/somepage.tpl

and that will show up at:
your-site.com/somepage

You could put it there.

This doc also deals with RSS feeds and is pretty step-by-step

"HowTo: Form Designer + Aparna = Custom Page Module with RSS feed"
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/howto/2463/howto-form-designer-aparna-custom-page-module-with-rss-feed

Do you NEED it to be an rss feed? because you can get anything from your sites datastores directly using the {jrCore_list.....} function.

"{jrCore_list}"
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/development/89/jrcore-list



These two courses are cover he basics of jamroom:

"Start your own online community"
https://www.udemy.com/start-your-own-online-community

"Developers Guide to Customizing Jamroom"
https://www.udemy.com/developers-guide-to-customizing-jamroom/

--edit--
The first course is free, the second one, there is a 100% off coupon here:
https://www.jamroom.net/backstage/forum/resources/3112/100-off-coupon-for-developers-guide-to-customizing-jamroom-udemycom-course
updated by @michael: 04/03/15 12:55:58AM
michael
@michael
04/02/15 02:48:08AM
7,832 posts

Out-of-the-Box Setups


Suggestions

davej56:
I just realized something that really surprises me. One of my members made some really nice comments about the site on their timeline. I went to say thank you, but there's no ability to comment or reply on timeline entries. This seems very basic to me that we should be able to do that. Am I missing something?

The twitterish way to do it would be to 'share this' which would add their post to your timeline. Or send a message with their name in it:

"hi there @whoever , thanks for the great post you made about us!"
That will show up in their MENTIONS section of their timeline.

--
On activity timeline posts that were actually written, not just an update of something you will see 'comments:0' if you click on that you can go leave a comment on the activity post.
updated by @michael: 04/02/15 02:48:35AM
michael
@michael
04/02/15 02:28:58AM
7,832 posts

(share this)


Using Jamroom

The policy of modules is to keep them to a minimum because its easier to add in what you need than it is to take stuff away.

Adding those locations is not something that feels like it would fit for the default usage of the module because it requires awareness of what other modules are in the system.

Glad you got it working on your site though. Good job. :)
michael
@michael
04/02/15 02:25:58AM
7,832 posts

trouble with all skin images (title updates)


Ning To Jamroom

got this fixed for the next core 5.2.30.

Thanks for the screenshot. :)
michael
@michael
04/02/15 02:24:04AM
7,832 posts

ShareThis Syntax Error


Design and Skin Customization

Yeah its going to be the main reason that javascript pasted in is going to fail. Super easy to fix up if you know why its happening. :)

Most pieces of javascript that you get from around the place make the (wrong) assumption that you will be pasting it into HTML pages.
michael
@michael
04/02/15 02:21:21AM
7,832 posts

Three quick questions about Groups


Ning To Jamroom

3. the batch editor is for making mass updates to datastore items. It can probably handle deleting a bunch of group stuff.

Probably better if there is a ton of it is to construct a nice SQL query to do it in one go. Thats not copy+paste stuff though. When you need it, let me know.

2. First thoughts are add an admin only Form Designer field with the id's of the groups you want to get rid of (or keep whichever way is easier)...... Then surround the group wall in the templates with a check for those id's to hide that section.

There are a couple of other ways to do it too, the key point in choosing the way is going to be: "How do you select whether the wall should be shown or not. Who gets to do that, the admin user or the profile owner."
michael
@michael
04/02/15 02:06:18AM
7,832 posts

Adding a menu the main menu of Projam5 Light


Design and Skin Customization

scardwell:....I am guessing that I cannot do this within Jamroom, but need to do this server side?...
The Site Builder system is being built to address that problem. We're finalizing a new version of it that should be easier to use now. Keep an eye out for it soon.

For now though, just like Douglas said, upload a file to your skin:
/skins/(YOUR SKIN)/somename.tpl

will come out at
your-site.com/somename

So use whatever name you like. If you want a page at your-site.com/hippos then make the file at
/skins/(YOUR SKIN)/hippos.tpl

and whatever you put in there will appear.

Check out the index.tpl file in your skin to see how to get the header and footer in there.
michael
@michael
04/02/15 02:00:44AM
7,832 posts

How to write an IF/ELSE Conditional Statement?


Design and Skin Customization

Quote: ....I can make the background transparent on the profile_index, but that also makes the content background transparent for every page in that profile (ie, timeline, audio, blogs, etc.)...
Right, that's what I thought you were after.

Looking at the {debug} these options change in that area. So putting this in the profile_header.tpl seams to work to output just on the profile index page:
{if $_post.module == "" && $_post.option == ""}
    THIS IS THE INDEX PAGE
{/if}

So you could use that to set the background to transparent


{if $_post.module == "" && $_post.option == ""}
    {$transparent = "on"}
{/if}

updated by @michael: 04/02/15 02:02:23AM
michael
@michael
04/02/15 01:54:09AM
7,832 posts

Every profile can just have one quota, right?


Using Jamroom

restmin:.... Every profile can just have one quota, right?....
right. :)

make sure you understand the differences between a profile and a user.

"Concepts the admin user needs to know"
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/getting-started/2167/concepts-the-admin-user-needs-to-know

Quotas allocate modules to profiles.

So 'additional privelages' would mean extra modules or more space/stuff then right. but any user can have their user group changed:
* standard user
* profile admin
* master admin.
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