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How Are You Editing Your Files On FTP?

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Good on you Curtis (derrick? not sure which to use) for getting that far. One thing that’s important to point out is: Don't edit anything in the /modules/ directory directly or it will disappear the next time the module is updated.

If you want to alter a modules .tpl file, clone the skin and prefix it like this:

"Altering a modules template"
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/development/1051/altering-a-modules-template

So the only files you should be messing around with are:
* Modules that you have created
* Anything in your cloned skin

There are ways to alter the way modules other people have made work that will keep them working. For that check out the:

"Events and Listeners"
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/development/1011/events-and-listeners

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Thanks Derrick, much appreciated.

So the problem there was there was no content added. Did you add any content? If not there will be nothing to show.

You can install some default content structure if you don't want to build it yourself by going to:
ACP -> SITE BUILDER -> PANELS -> TOOLS -> IMPORT

And import the default ning .json file that has some pre-made content built by the skin designer.

How do I add activities or events to Widgets?

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Best to title any forum posts in a way that will be helpful to others searching. So a good title for this thread would have been "How do I add an activity list to a widget" or "How to add lists to widgets".

It helps keep our workload lighter if answers are easily found.

"is there a way to put borders around the modules?" - There is no widget styler built yet, I started one a while ago, but it took up too much time so I put it off til later. You can style anything via your skins CSS system. Try cloning the skin, then adding to its CSS. Each widget will have a unique class name.

How do I add activities or events to Widgets?

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Not sure what you mean by "Click on Activity". The embed button is for adding an element to your page. That element must exist in the system on a profile somewhere.

If your meaning you're wanting to add a list of things, then make sure the Construction Kit module is enabled.

That allows you to add lists into widgets.

No need to put everything into one widget either, you can add as many as you want to an area of page layout and they you can re-arrange them easily.

Your sites looking good.

How do I add activities or events to Widgets?

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make sure you have the 'embed' module enabled.

"Editor Embedded Media"
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/networkmarket/58/editor-embedded-media

Then take a look at this page:

"Widgets"
https://www.jamroom.net/site-builder/documentation/getting-started/2256/widgets

Template Injection Question

Design and Skin Customization

There is the "Admin Skin" module that allows you to use a different skin in the admin area, profile area, and front section area:

"Alternate Admin Skin"
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/networkmarket/55/alternate-admin-skin

Not sure if its what your after or not.

Template Injection Question

Design and Skin Customization

That skin was built before Site Builder. Im pretty sure it would take a lot of work to make site builder work with it. If you can and want to, then go for it. I would imagine it would take some time and frustration to get it working though.

Bootstrap has a bunch of classes for columns and standard jamroom skins have other classes for css that could take a bit of fiddling to get lined up.

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Not sure how to go about checking whats going on there, its not working like that for me here, everyone can see it.

Got any idea on how I can set mine up to see that issue? Makes it much easier to figure stuff out if I have a local copy of the problem.


Thats right. If you are the admin and you go to any URL you can create a page there. The key indicator as to whether its a 'mistake' page or not is if there are no widgets and the page is the default 3-6-3 layout.

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Only Shatner show I know is StarTrek, Yeah!

It could still be a bug, just need to find a way to consistantly reproduce it to be able to fix it. Some bugs are like that.

Let us know if you see it again.

Changing email language strings

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Email message bodies and email subject lines are controlled by individual .tpl files, so if your getting 2 different email subject lines and message bodies, then you can customize them to your hearts content (to stay inline with rampant inflation.)

Lood for this pattern email_(some name)_subject.tpl and email_(some name)_message.tpl in the TEMPLATES tab of the modules sending out the email.

eg, there are a few in the core module:
ACP -> CORE -> TEMPLATES -> email_pending_approve_message.tpl

is the "Pending item Approval" meassage body.