Staff Page

[poseidon]

Anyone got a php code laying around that would make a good staff page templete? I'd like something that looks alittle better than just the forum leaders page on the forums. Any ideas?

[Viktor Kraft]

That would be great. I'm loking for that too! :D

[mholtum]

I just used a regular html page.. http://www.ravensrealm.net/about_us/ I would like to do something like this as well..

[poseidon]

well I created one of my own. If anyone wants to see it go here: http://gamingevolved.com/main/index.php?page=staffmembers

If you want to use it I'll post the code I used to make it.

[allhandl]

sign me up for that poseidon..

[poseidon]

Alright, here's the code:

Create a new templete and name it:

adv_portal_staffmembers

In the code below you'll have to replace the url to your staff members.
Their join #
and the Image for each section (you can steal mine if you wish) and then change the path to where the image is stored on your server.


<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left" height="5" valign="top">

<p align="center">
<br />

<p><small>Currently we are accepting applications for staff writer positions. To be considered for a position, you must be able to write <i>at the very least</i> 1 new game review per month. If you cannot meet these expectations please do not apply. If you are interested in being on staff or would like more information please <a href="mailto:poseidon@gamingevolved.com?subject=Im%20interested%20in%20applying%20for% 20a%20staff%20position">email me</a> a game review written by you. Once I've reached a decision I'll contact you via private message.
<br>
<br>
We are not looking to add any moderators at this time. Please do not email/pm me regarding availability of moderator positions. We do not openly announce mod positions on the site, if we are interested in adding you on as a moderator we will contact you.</p></small>

<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left" height="10" valign="top" bgcolor="white">

<p align="center">
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.gamingevolved.com/main/images/admintag.jpg"width="528" height="127">
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=3">Poseidon</a>-<i>Owner/Admininstrator</i>
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=2">Eyes Only</a>-<i>Owner/Admininstrator</i>
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=217">Roody</a>-<i>Admininstrator</i>
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=8">RMcElroy</a>-<i>Admininstrator</i>
<br>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />

<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left" height="10" valign="top" bgcolor="white">

<p align="center">
<p align="center">
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.gamingevolved.com/main/images/smodtag.jpg"width="528" height="127">
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=369">OGT777777</a>-<i>Super Moderator</i>
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=241">Micolithe</a>-<i>Super Moderator</i>
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=41">PlayaJ</a>-<i>Super Moderator</i>

<br>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />

<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left" height="10" valign="top" bgcolor="white">

<p align="center">
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.gamingevolved.com/main/images/modtag.jpg"width="528" height="127">

<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=589">GamingGod 2137</a>-<i>Moderator</i>
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=102">keder</a>-<i>Moderator</i>
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=585">Thalia</a>-<i>Moderator</i>
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=1138">Connor</a>-<i>Moderator</i>
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=387">Monkeylite</a>-<i>Moderator</i>
<br>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />

<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left" height="10" valign="top" bgcolor="white">

<p align="center">
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.gamingevolved.com/main/images/seniortag.jpg"width="528" height="127">
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=175">Rev. Spaz</a>-<i>Mainpage Staff</i>
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=985">Video Game Master</a>-<i>Mainpage Staff</i>
<br>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />

<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left" height="10" valign="top" bgcolor="white">

<p align="center">
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.gamingevolved.com/main/images/stafftag.jpg"width="528" height="127">

<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=297">VenoM[vA]</a>-<i>Mainpage Staff</i>
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=1812">Spartan-17</a>-<i>Mainpage Staff</i>
<br>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />

<table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left" height="10" valign="top" bgcolor="white">

<p align="center">
<p align="center"><img src="http://www.gamingevolved.com/main/images/gmtag.jpg"width="528" height="127">

<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=1030">Dennethor</a>-<i>GameMaster</i>
<br>
<a href="http://gamingevolved.com/forums/member.php?u=967">GCN Hyren 56</a>-<i>GameMaster</i>
<br>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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</td>
</tr>
</table>


Save your changes, then go to your CMPS inside your admin panel and create a new page. be sure to include the templete name above in the new page setup.

[mholtum]

That Rocks! Easy too.. Thanks !

[poseidon]

glad to help ;)

[Polo]

awesome poseidon, do you have any screenshots?

[poseidon]

just follow the link in post #4 to see a live demo of it.

[Lurk]

:) :D ;)
Poseidon, that's amazing! :)

[poseidon]

thanks guys, its not amazing but it looks better than an old drab html file.

[Polo]

just follow the link in post #4 to see a live demo of it.

oh i see, sorry i missed the link, looks great, keep up the good work.

[Socket]

ah things are going from bad to worst today...lol

Ok I've tried to add this hack

http://www.zap.games4all.co.uk/cmps_index.php?page=staffmembers

adv_portal_staffmembers contains the below code

<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" class="tborder" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left" height="5" valign="top">

<p align="center">
<br />

<p><small>Please Just display something... :)<br>
<br>
And I'll be a happy guy</p></small>

<br />


</td>
</tr>
</table>

Page is setup like this (see attached pic)

For some reason it won't display the page But if I enable a module then it displays the module but not the staff page.... :o

I'm a nooB to this and have a feeling I'm just being really dumb

Cheers

Socket

[poseidon]

did you make sure the custom page content box was checkmarked to on?

[Socket]

did you make sure the custom page content box was checkmarked to on?

Poseidon your a hero

No I did not turn that on... doh :o

Works fine now

Thanks for helping me out :D

Socket

[Polo]

the only downside of this addon is that everytime there is new staff (moderators) you have to add them manually right? same goes when they leave or are not longer moderators...

[mholtum]

the only downside of this addon is that everytime there is new staff (moderators) you have to add them manually right? same goes when they leave or are not longer moderators...
That would be correct.

[mholtum]

I did something similar

http://www.ravensrealm.net/index.php?page=staff

[Polo]

nice work, looks nice and clean, just like poseidon's

[poseidon]

yeah you have to manually change it but my staff doesn't change very often. I've not had any staff leave in about 6 months so its not to much of a problem for me.

[mholtum]

the only downside of this addon is that everytime there is new staff (moderators) you have to add them manually right? same goes when they leave or are not longer moderators...
Just keep a copy of the HTML in a txt file and if someone leaves (or gets fired :)) you can just edit that and then cut and past into your template..

[Polo]

thanks for the tip

[Realist]

I have added this page to my forums but now I need to remove it. How do I delete a module and/or how do I delete this all together.

Thanks.

[poseidon]

just go into your admin cp, then into styles and templetes, then choose to revert the templete which will delete it. Then go to your cmps edit pages and choose delete.

[Realist]

I have and its still showing :)

[Realist]

I only have 1 page in CMPS and thats Default / Homepage

[DigitalDesktops]

is there anyway to get this to read off of the site database for the usernames and what groups they are in??

[poseidon]

you could just add a link to your staff pages into your navigation menu on you cmps portal or do you want it set up in page format?

[Mike_XBLW]

I've also got one at www.xblw.com/cmps_index.php?page=staff (http://www.xblw.com/cmps_index.php?page=staff)

[Polo]

I've also got one at www.xblw.com/cmps_index.php?page=staff (http://www.xblw.com/cmps_index.php?page=staff)
that looks nice... good work

[apokalupsis]

Poseidon, I see that you have an updated staff page. Would it be ok with you if I based my own off of your new one?

I really like your template mods...they are exactly what I've been needing (I also am using your "spotlight" page that you have publicly released).

I'm asking first about this because the code you pasted earlier in this thread, is not what you currently have on your site. The new stuff is much better. ;)

I indend to modify it with my own graphics of course...I want to keep the layout the same though if that is ok with you. I'll await a response before actually doing it. ;)

[poseidon]

;) I like my new staff page alot more than the one posted in here to. I borrowed the code from an affiliate of mine and he had no problems with sharing the code so I would assume its alright for me to share the code here. Let me get with him and make sure he doesn't have any issues with it. Once I have an answer from him I'll repost into here.

[poseidon]

Sorry, author doesn't wish for the code to be publicly released :(

[Polo]

your staff page seems not to be so hard to do...

[apokalupsis]

Thanks for trying poseidon.

Polo, it isn't that it is "difficult", it is that it was already complete. All that would have been necessary, is copy/paste then add your personal stuff.

However, one can always make something with the similar layout. You are right, it is not that hard. Just takes up a few extra minutes. ;)

[Polo]

Thanks for trying poseidon.

Polo, it isn't that it is "difficult", it is that it was already complete. All that would have been necessary, is copy/paste then add your personal stuff.

However, one can always make something with the similar layout. You are right, it is not that hard. Just takes up a few extra minutes. ;)

correct :)

[apokalupsis]

Finally got mine up: www.myfamilycorner.net/index.php?page=staff

Still working on some of the content, but the layout should be good nuff.

[poseidon]

nice job man ;)

[Polo]

Finally got mine up: www.myfamilycorner.net/index.php?page=staff

Still working on some of the content, but the layout should be good nuff.
looks good

[KW802]

Finally got mine up: www.myfamilycorner.net/index.php?page=staff

Still working on some of the content, but the layout should be good nuff.
Just curious.... what's your target visitor resolution size? At 1024x768 I'm getting a horizontal scroll bar.

BTW: The over-all look & feel of your design is coming along quite nicely. I noticed you changed the upper-right to be a random quote -- Can I ask what you're using to generate it?

[apokalupsis]

The header is still being tweaked. It's being designed for 800+ resolutions. The problem is, the quote block code is trickin' it out. It's dynamic, and with anything dynamic in the header, the tables and code are going to be more complex. In short, the finished product will NOT have any horiz scroll bar for anyone. That should be fixed tonight or tomorrow. ;)

It's just basic PHP randomizing code and a couple templates from a friend. It's still being worked on. I will need to tweak it a bit more, and I may play w/ vb.org's quoteit hack too. If I'm happy with the adjustments, I may release it. It's still too early in the game now though. ;)

If you want to get started on something like this yourself, check out: http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/51/0.php

It's not the same code, but it will get you started in the right direction.

[Polo]

keep up the good work apokalupsis, indeed your site looks really nice and proffesional...

[apokalupsis]

ty. But I can't take credit for the actual graphics/images. My contribution in that area is only on an "input" level. hehe I'm not a graphics guy...I hired someone for that.

[Polo]

oh i see... how much did it cost you? can you recommend that person?

[apokalupsis]

check your pm's.

[Polo]

who me? i have nothing no pms...

[apokalupsis]

....yer too quick. Now check. ;)

[Polo]

lol ok

[Polo]

thanks for the info ;)