[RC2] Several questions

[KW802]

There are days that I both love & hate to play with new software. :o

I'm finally settling in again to have some time to work on projects and to that end I'm trying to set up vBa Dynamics again as a blog system.

Re: http://www.coolscifi.com/blogs/

Of course, I have a questions. :D

- How/why are my stats appearing above my modules? I can not find an option to put the stats at the very bottom but all of the sites that are running Dynamics have theirs at the bottom.

- How do I enter anything in the My Links module? Same for the Generic List.

- Why would the About Me module not be showing?

- If I create multiple instances are multiple instances of the templates also created or are one set of templates used for all instances? Same question for the modules.

[Brian]

How/why are my stats appearing above my modules? I can not find an option to put the stats at the very bottom but all of the sites that are running Dynamics have theirs at the bottom.

There's really not an option by default to put the modules above the stats as they are just processed at the beginning and end of each template, and sort of wrapped around it. You may be able to move the code so that it's below the $columns_end variable in your 'ADV_DYNA' template though.

How do I enter anything in the My Links module? Same for the Generic List.
If you go to one of your categories/entries and click the 'Edit Modules on This Page' link, then you should see a little "edit" image next to the module if it's in the 'Inactive Modules' section. If the module is active on the page, then you should see the "edit" image in the 'Controls' section with either module.

Why would the About Me module not be showing?

Where do you have it enabled? For the most part it will only work when viewing a members' category or an entry since it's dependant on a userid being passed to it.

If I create multiple instances are multiple instances of the templates also created or are one set of templates used for all instances? Same question for the modules.
New templates, modules, phrases, and pretty much everything are added for each instance, and of course all of them are independant from each other.

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[KW802]

There's really not an option by default to put the modules above the stats as they are just processed at the beginning and end of each template, and sort of wrapped around it. You may be able to move the code so that it's below the $columns_end variable in your 'ADV_DYNA' template though.HHHmmm.... that explains why, for example, Lionel has his moved to the top. I tried changing the template for a quick try and $columns_end must be closing all of the columns because the stats then end up spread across the entire page (all three columns) instead of just being inside of the middle column. I'll just move What's New and other 'center bottom' stuff to be 'center top' instead instead.

If you go to one of your categories/entries and click the 'Edit Modules on This Page' link, then you should see a little "edit" image next to the module if it's in the 'Inactive Modules' section. If the module is active on the page, then you should see the "edit" image in the 'Controls' section with either module.The Edit Modules doesn't appear on the main page.... ah! That's pretty slick. :cool: I see some features for CMPS 4.0 that the users would love (being able to 'create' their own homepage). :D

Where do you have it enabled? For the most part it will only work when viewing a members' category or an entry since it's dependant on a userid being passed to it.Gotcha. I was thinking that as a user I'd see "My Links" etc. on any page (so if I as an admin' had a standard right column list of modules then the UI would be consistent across all Dyna' pages) but understand now it needs to be passed in as a page parameter specifically.


New templates, modules, phrases, and pretty much everything are added for each instance, and of course all of them are independant from each other.Cool. The question from Rebecca the other day gave me an idea on what to do with some of my unused domains. :)


Thanks. I'll have more as I go along. :D

[KW802]

Where do you have it enabled? For the most part it will only work when viewing a members' category or an entry since it's dependant on a userid being passed to it.Should the My Links module then be showing up on on this page?

http://www.coolscifi.com/blogs/browsecategory.php?c=2

I would think that it wouldn't show up since no userid is being submitted on the URL.

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[Brian]

Looks like a check was never really added in the My Links module. I've went ahead and updated the code locally to correct that. If you'd like to apply the same fix, just wrap this around all of the code in the vba_dyna_modules/dyna_mylinks.php file:
if ($entryuserid)
{


}

[KW802]

Looks like a check was never really added in the My Links module. I've went ahead and updated the code locally to correct that. If you'd like to apply the same fix, just wrap this around all of the code in the vba_dyna_modules/dyna_mylinks.php file:
if ($entryuserid)
{


}
That worked, but with one little quirk. It looks like even though no right column modules are being displayed, because they are all associated with a userid, that the right column space is being allocated anyway resulting in a 'blank' right column.

[Brian]

Yea, I realized that was happening and could be an issue a few days ago. It's on the to-do list to work out by the next release though.