Hi guys!
There is something I want you to know about.
Vlad has kindly invited me to provide my services on behalf of their "Custom development"dropdown element department at vldpersonals.com HelpDesk.
From now I want you to address all inquiries and mod development requests to HelpDesk so our correspondence will be transparent and organized. (thanks to all who already does it).
Though I'm still proud vldCrowd admin, blogger, friend of licensed vldPersonals owners :) and out of the box mods provider.
Cheers,
Ramil View Comments & Reply...
There is something I want you to know about.
Vlad has kindly invited me to provide my services on behalf of their "Custom development"
From now I want you to address all inquiries and mod development requests to HelpDesk so our correspondence will be transparent and organized. (thanks to all who already does it).
Though I'm still proud vldCrowd admin, blogger, friend of licensed vldPersonals owners :) and out of the box mods provider.
Cheers,
Ramil View Comments & Reply...
This is continuation of the very popular post: Moods. Tutorial.
First of all I'm going to sort out previous post related questions and issues.
1. I did everything according to tutorial - no luck, all I can see only Edit link.
Oops. I forgot to mention that original icon set doesn't have Edit.gif in it. I had to create it myself. Please download it right from vldCrowd: http://www.vldcrowd.com/media/moods/Edit.gif and put to your moods folder.
2. I don't have mod_rewrite on my server and that's why seo-friendly url "Click to edit" leads me to nowhere.
I'm sorry, I thought every hosting has mod rewrite these days. My bad.
Please instead of {virtual_path}account/profile/mood/ use {virtual_path}index.php?m=account_profile&group=mood
3. I don't want to display Moods group at profile groups tabs because I already have it displayed as graphic icon.
We have to do same thing as with General group, if you noticed it it's not displayed at account_home in field group tabs.
Open your account_home.tpl and replace both occurrences of <!-- IF group_label != "general" --> with <!-- IF group_label != "general" AND group_label != "mood" -->
4. I installed your mod and can't see anything when I visit member's profile page
Oh yes, vldP v.2.5.5 doesn't use member_sections_card.tpl at member_profile page, hence you have to edit member_profile.tpl too. Add this anywhere at the file but outside of profile groups, fields loop:
<div style="background: url('{top.virtual_tpl_path}{session.template}/media/moods/<!-- IF profile_field_mymood_value -->{profile_field_mymood_value}<!-- ELSE -->Question<!-- ENDIF -->.gif') no-repeat; width:93px; height:30px;"> </div>
Play with different locations and fine the best place. Placing somewhere under profile photo could be good idea.
Here comes main part of tutorial.
How to dynamically display moods on selection
1. Open your account_profile.tpl and find <!-- ELSEIF field_type = "combo" -->
Add right after it:
<!-- IF field_label == "mymood" -->
<select class="select" onchange="display_mood('{top.virtual_tpl_path}{session.template}/media/moods/');" id="field_{field_label}" name="{field_label}">
<option value="">{lang:"core","user_field_none"}</option> {dropdownlist:field_items,field_value} </select><div id="mood_div"> </div>
<!-- ELSE -->
Then find <!-- ELSEIF field_type = "birthday" --> and add right before it:
<!-- ENDIF -->
2. Scroll your account_profile.tpl to bottom and add right before
<!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- INCLUDE ...
this code:
<script type="text/javascript" >
$(document).ready(function(){
display_mood('{virtual_tpl_path}{session.template}/media/moods/');
});
// display mood icon
function display_mood(url)
{
var mood = $('select#field_mymood option:selected').text();
$('#mood_div').attr('style', 'background: url(' + url + mood + '.gif) no-repeat; width:93px; height:30px;');
}
</script>
3. Go and try to change your mood. View Comments & Reply...
First of all I'm going to sort out previous post related questions and issues.
1. I did everything according to tutorial - no luck, all I can see only Edit link.
Oops. I forgot to mention that original icon set doesn't have Edit.gif in it. I had to create it myself. Please download it right from vldCrowd: http://www.vldcrowd.com/media/moods/Edit.gif and put to your moods folder.
2. I don't have mod_rewrite on my server and that's why seo-friendly url "Click to edit" leads me to nowhere.
I'm sorry, I thought every hosting has mod rewrite these days. My bad.
Please instead of {virtual_path}account/profile/mood/ use {virtual_path}index.php?m=account_profile&group=mood
3. I don't want to display Moods group at profile groups tabs because I already have it displayed as graphic icon.
We have to do same thing as with General group, if you noticed it it's not displayed at account_home in field group tabs.
Open your account_home.tpl and replace both occurrences of <!-- IF group_label != "general" --> with <!-- IF group_label != "general" AND group_label != "mood" -->
4. I installed your mod and can't see anything when I visit member's profile page
Oh yes, vldP v.2.5.5 doesn't use member_sections_card.tpl at member_profile page, hence you have to edit member_profile.tpl too. Add this anywhere at the file but outside of profile groups, fields loop:
Text
<div style="background: url('{top.virtual_tpl_path}{session.template}/media/moods/<!-- IF profile_field_mymood_value -->{profile_field_mymood_value}<!-- ELSE -->Question<!-- ENDIF -->.gif') no-repeat; width:93px; height:30px;"> </div>
Here comes main part of tutorial.
How to dynamically display moods on selection
1. Open your account_profile.tpl and find <!-- ELSEIF field_type = "combo" -->
Add right after it:
Text
<!-- IF field_label == "mymood" -->
<select class="select" onchange="display_mood('{top.virtual_tpl_path}{session.template}/media/moods/');" id="field_{field_label}" name="{field_label}">
<option value="">{lang:"core","user_field_none"}</option> {dropdownlist:field_items,field_value} </select><div id="mood_div"> </div>
<!-- ELSE -->
Text
<!-- ENDIF -->
2. Scroll your account_profile.tpl to bottom and add right before
<!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- INCLUDE ...
this code:
Javascript
<script type="text/javascript" >
$(document).ready(function(){
display_mood('{virtual_tpl_path}{session.template}/media/moods/');
});
// display mood icon
function display_mood(url)
{
var mood = $('select#field_mymood option:selected').text();
$('#mood_div').attr('style', 'background: url(' + url + mood + '.gif) no-repeat; width:93px; height:30px;');
}
</script>
3. Go and try to change your mood. View Comments & Reply...
We have to divide birthday cake among two great vldCrowd members: godyn from Belgium and Little Moosie from Canada!
I wish you all the best guys and this song is for you, it's a remix for one of my favorite youtube series about Annoying Apple! Have a nice birthday!
P.S: Richard is Little Moosie's owner and his birthday was one week ago :) so address him all my best wishes as well :) View Comments & Reply...
I wish you all the best guys and this song is for you, it's a remix for one of my favorite youtube series about Annoying Apple! Have a nice birthday!
P.S: Richard is Little Moosie's owner and his birthday was one week ago :) so address him all my best wishes as well :) View Comments & Reply...
This little but meaningful tutorial inspired by this forum post therefore dedicated to Little Moosie
If you are lazy and didn't read that post I'll quote Richard's words so you see what this mod do:
To acheive that simply open your lib.news.php and ext.news.php and replace all instances of:
active='1'
with:
active='1' AND postdate < '" . time(). "'
Thank you Richard :)
UPD from Idealists
Also need to edit /includes/hp/hp.sitemap.php find the first active='1' (which should be in the News section of the sitemap) and replace it with:
active='1' AND postdate < '" . time(). "' View Comments & Reply...
If you are lazy and didn't read that post I'll quote Richard's words so you see what this mod do:
Would it not make more sense to use the date as a trigger to release the news item on that date and keep it hidden from view until then? For instance if I am on holidays for Easter I can already write a Happy Easter message now and not worry about forgetting it later. This way the message is hidden and show up automatically on the date set for Easter.
To acheive that simply open your lib.news.php and ext.news.php and replace all instances of:
PHP
active='1'
with:
PHP
active='1' AND postdate < '" . time(). "'
Thank you Richard :)
UPD from Idealists
Also need to edit /includes/hp/hp.sitemap.php find the first active='1' (which should be in the News section of the sitemap) and replace it with:
active='1' AND postdate < '" . time(). "' View Comments & Reply...
Most of us are vldPersonals website owners.
I ask you to help me creating complaints top list. Please tell me 3 most popular complaints you get about your website from your site members. Start from most popular. After we found out "worst of the worst" things we'll try to find some workarounds.
Here are my popular contact us requests:
1. How can I delete my profile? (don't think we need care about it too much though :)
2. I forgot my password and/or forgot my username, please help!
3. Why can't I upload my 3600px to 4500px photo!
Honestly, I don't get even those "popular" complaints very often. View Comments & Reply...
I ask you to help me creating complaints top list. Please tell me 3 most popular complaints you get about your website from your site members. Start from most popular. After we found out "worst of the worst" things we'll try to find some workarounds.
Here are my popular contact us requests:
1. How can I delete my profile? (don't think we need care about it too much though :)
2. I forgot my password and/or forgot my username, please help!
3. Why can't I upload my 3600px to 4500px photo!
Honestly, I don't get even those "popular" complaints very often. View Comments & Reply...
Real Faces Week begins with Idealist, Inatmo, Me uploaded their real pictures as avatars. Come on guys, upload your ugly faces to vldCrowd! Don't hesitate, we are all friends!
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Today is the great day!
Today is the birthday of the greatest vldCrowd evangelists, Dan aka db3204.
Fortunately he has everything to be happy: beautiful wife, gifted children, successful websites and good friends.
He always ready to help me with copy writing, tutorials making, helps other guys with vldPersonals and really cares about vldCrowd community.
Be happy, be successful, be cool!
View Comments & Reply...
Today is the birthday of the greatest vldCrowd evangelists, Dan aka db3204.
Fortunately he has everything to be happy: beautiful wife, gifted children, successful websites and good friends.
He always ready to help me with copy writing, tutorials making, helps other guys with vldPersonals and really cares about vldCrowd community.
Be happy, be successful, be cool!
View Comments & Reply...
Today is a good day! About 20-40 years ago was born guy in Australia, whose name is, according to vldCrowd profile, Yahooo (that's probably the sound they scream throwing boomerang).
He is friend of mine, my happy client and when it comes to programming - colleague and competitor. He could do a lot of things himself but hires me so I could get some cash and I don't feel myself like an object of charity :) Thank you!
What can we present guy who has everything? (running machine, dozens of websites and hundreds of domains, Japanese girlfriend and Korean vacuum cleaner)
This song is for you (starting from 0:54):
Happy birthday,Okii Chin Chin Idealists!
P.S: Yes, guys, from now you can embed youtube videos right from blog post or comments. Using [you tube]id goes here[/ you tube] syntax (without spaces) View Comments & Reply...
He is friend of mine, my happy client and when it comes to programming - colleague and competitor. He could do a lot of things himself but hires me so I could get some cash and I don't feel myself like an object of charity :) Thank you!
What can we present guy who has everything? (running machine, dozens of websites and hundreds of domains, Japanese girlfriend and Korean vacuum cleaner)
This song is for you (starting from 0:54):
Happy birthday,
P.S: Yes, guys, from now you can embed youtube videos right from blog post or comments. Using [you tube]id goes here[/ you tube] syntax (without spaces) View Comments & Reply...
Today is Yaroslav's birthday! He is great, responsive guy and owner of http://www.overgold.ru/.
Our friendly vldCrowd family is wishing you all the best and we're celebrating your birthday with you along with your aunt and her husband visiting you today! ;)
As birthday gift I suggest we to buy you one year download access to vldPersonals commercial license, with value of $40.
Here is myfifty cent $10.
Guys, if you wish to participate, put your amount in comments and I'll contact you by PM :)
$30 yet to get.
May all your dreams come true, Firesgame! View Comments & Reply...
Our friendly vldCrowd family is wishing you all the best and we're celebrating your birthday with you along with your aunt and her husband visiting you today! ;)
As birthday gift I suggest we to buy you one year download access to vldPersonals commercial license, with value of $40.
Here is my
Guys, if you wish to participate, put your amount in comments and I'll contact you by PM :)
$30 yet to get.
May all your dreams come true, Firesgame! View Comments & Reply...
This extension was inspired by Paul Berry's feature request at vldForum
This little extension allows you to display previous, next blog link with entry titles. Developed using vldP 2.5.3 but should also work for vldP 2.5.5.
You have to call it at member_blog_entry.tpl
Put somewhere in it:
{blog_link:member_id=member_id,entry_id=entry_id,type="previous",prefix="Previous post: "}
{blog_link:member_id=member_id,entry_id=entry_id,type="next",prefix="Next post: "}
Available params:
member_id - id of member
entry_id - id of current blog entry
type - type of link ("previous", "next") if omitted will return current blog title and link)
prefix, postfix - text before and after link
Enjoy!
Download link View Comments & Reply...
This little extension allows you to display previous, next blog link with entry titles. Developed using vldP 2.5.3 but should also work for vldP 2.5.5.
You have to call it at member_blog_entry.tpl
Put somewhere in it:
HTML
{blog_link:member_id=member_id,entry_id=entry_id,type="previous",prefix="Previous post: "}
{blog_link:member_id=member_id,entry_id=entry_id,type="next",prefix="Next post: "}
Available params:
member_id - id of member
entry_id - id of current blog entry
type - type of link ("previous", "next") if omitted will return current blog title and link)
prefix, postfix - text before and after link
Enjoy!
Download link View Comments & Reply...
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