Modules into specific forums

[fxreview]

Hello Brian and All,

Is it possible in the new version to add modules to specific forums?

Thx

Regards,

[Brian]

You should be able to use some code like this and add it as a plugin to your 'vba_cmps_include_getpage' hook location.

PHP Code:

if (isset($_REQUEST['f'])) 
{ 
    $_REQUEST['forumid'] = intval($_REQUEST['f']); 
}

switch($_REQUEST['forumid'])
{
    // Quick example for just one forumid
    case 1:
        $getpage = 'forum1';
    break;

    // Quick example for multiple forumids that should use the same page
    case 2:
    case 3:
    case 4:
        $getpage = 'forum2';
    break;
} 


Change the numbers within the "case:" statements above to match your forumids, and then the "$getpage = 'X'" parts to add the "Page Identifier" for the page you want to integrate with those forums.

[PamBlizzard]

Brian, I've been needing to do this for a long time (make different blocks come up based on the folder subject.)

Can you give me a little bit more detail as to how to do what you describe above?

I've searched on the code 'vba_cmps_include_getpage' and found the PHP code in includes/vba_cmps_include_top.php and xml/hooks_vbacmps.xml, but I'm a little lost as to how to connect it all together.

I know how to install plugins that I've gotten from VB.org, but are you saying that I'd need to create the plugin myself?

Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated

[PamBlizzard]

I want to be more clear about what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to make the block that displays "context sensitive" according to the forumid's subject matter.

In human language this is what I'd like to do:

PHP Code:

IF
  forumdisplay.php?f=2 then display adv_portal_promo2
  forumdisplay.php?f=7 then display adv_portal_promo7
  forumdisplay.php?f=15 or 17  then display adv_portal_promo15_17
else 
display adv_portal_promo_default

IF
    showthread.php?t=16292 belongs to f=2 then display adv_portal_promo2
    showthread.php?t=99999 belongs to f=7 then display adv_portal_promo7
    showthread.php?t=33333 belongs to f=15 or 17 then display adv_portal_promo_default
else 
display adv_portal_promo_default 


Would the code above go in forumdisplay.php and showthread.php, or are there other vBADV. modules I need to touch?

Thank you so much!

[Brian]

Hi Pam,
The code example above should allow you to do just that.
First, go ahead and integrate your forumdisplay.php and showthread.php files with the CMPS page that you would like to integrate the majority of your forums with, using the "Integration" link in your Admin CP.

Next, go to your plugin manager and click the link to add a new plugin at the bottom of the page there. Enter whatever you would like for the title, and then add the code from my post above in the "Plugin PHP Code" section (after you've changed out the forumid's and $getpage variables to match what you would like for your forum), set the "Active" option to yes, and save the plugin.
Going from the example you gave, the code to add would need to look something like this:

PHP Code:

if (isset($_REQUEST['f']))  
{  
    $_REQUEST['forumid'] = intval($_REQUEST['f']);  
} 

switch($_REQUEST['forumid']) 
{ 
    // Quick example for just one forumid 
    case 2:
        $getpage = 'adv_portal_promo2'; 
    break; 

    case 7:
        $getpage = 'adv_portal_promo7'; 
    break; 

    case 15:
    case 17:
        $getpage = 'adv_portal_promo15_17'; 
    break; 

} 


[djroppolo]

Have either of you guys had any luck with this? I'm a little confused at what you guys are trying to accomplish and Brian's explanation. I would like to create a new page and have a particular forum and sub forums appear on that page exclusively. Not sure if that's what this is about or not.

[towermatt]

Hey Brian, I am giving this a shot and I am wondering if you change the

switch($_REQUEST['forumid'])

to the id for my forum. Seems logical but I didn't see it in the example

also, I notice adv_portal_something in the getpage= part. I have that as the identifier for the cmps page that I want to use to display the forum.

Is that right? Or do I need to create a template?

Here is what I changed from what you have above

if (isset($_REQUEST['f'])) 
{ 
    $_REQUEST['forumid'] = intval($_REQUEST['f']); 
}

switch($_REQUEST['forumid'])
{
    // Quick example for just one forumid
    case 696:
        $getpage = 'towerpedia';
    break;

}

towerpedia being the identifier for the page I want to display

[Brian]

No, the "switch($_REQUEST['forumid'])" statement does not need to be changed. The forumid just needs to be changed below, which it seems you've done in your code assuming that the forumid is 696.

[towermatt]

yep, that is done. Then I created a page as a "module" and gave it an identifier as "towerpedia"

Probably should have been a "template" page with that as the identifier.

Glad to know I understood the instructions right though.

this would be the forum I wanted it to use http://www.thedarktower.com/palaver/...read.php?t=696

[djroppolo]

Anxious to see your results

[towermatt]

Me too!

I forgot to say what the problem is though :slaps head:

when I go out to http://www.thedarktower.com/palaver/...age=towerpedia

I get just a blank CMPS screen

[Brian]

696 is the threadid for that thread. 116 seems to be the forumid that your nuwiki.php file is redirecting to, so I would assume that's most of the problem.

Going straight to cmps_index.php?page=towerpedia should not pull up anything besides the modules you have on that page as it does not have any way to pull the forum info or anything else unless you're browsing your normal forum pages.

[towermatt]

Okay so I may be along the wrong path here.

Mostly what I wanted to do was make a location on my server

http://www.thedarktower.com/towerpedia

that would display that forum with a CMPS wrap around it only (without it wrapping my entire forum)

Mostly just because not all folks who visit the site visit the forum and I wanted them to be able to see a view of it with modules like the rest of the pages.

a simple solve is to just put a link in the navbar to that forum but it doesn't have the much loved CMPS wrap

[djroppolo]

Originally Posted by towermatt

Okay so I may be along the wrong path here.

Mostly what I wanted to do was make a location on my server

http://www.thedarktower.com/towerpedia

that would display that forum with a CMPS wrap around it only (without it wrapping my entire forum)

Mostly just because not all folks who visit the site visit the forum and I wanted them to be able to see a view of it with modules like the rest of the pages.

a simple solve is to just put a link in the navbar to that forum but it doesn't have the much loved CMPS wrap

Matt, that is exactly what i'd like to do.... I have an idea for a particular forum for my site but i'd like it along with its sub-forums to have their own page wrapped by cmps.... I don't want to have to load an entirely new copy of vB to do this though....

[towermatt]

I have not actually tried this because I was worried about the forum. My members are against a CMPS wrap on the forums (not sure why but that was the vote).

I think, what the code above does, is use the integration to wrap specific forums (that you put in the code), so it integrates without doing it "fully"

[Powerbook]

Hi,

This is working perfectly in one of my forums where I don't use vBSEO and have the forum id as a number like:

case 154:

On another forum where I do use vBSEO I get either a vBulletin database error or it doesn't show at all. Might this just be coincidence? Should you be using the forum ID like in the example above or the name of the forum as vBSEO displays it?

case temptation:

The second forum integration not working was done on a upgraded V2 cmps system where the other one is a new installation of RC2. Might be a issue as well?

Thanks

EDIT: Not too worry got it working like a charm...

[Rev O]

Originally Posted by Brian

Hi Pam,
The code example above should allow you to do just that.
First, go ahead and integrate your forumdisplay.php and showthread.php files with the CMPS page that you would like to integrate the majority of your forums with, using the "Integration" link in your Admin CP.

Next, go to your plugin manager and click the link to add a new plugin at the bottom of the page there. Enter whatever you would like for the title, and then add the code from my post above in the "Plugin PHP Code" section (after you've changed out the forumid's and $getpage variables to match what you would like for your forum), set the "Active" option to yes, and save the plugin.
Going from the example you gave, the code to add would need to look something like this:

PHP Code:

if (isset($_REQUEST['f']))  
{  
    $_REQUEST['forumid'] = intval($_REQUEST['f']);  
} 

switch($_REQUEST['forumid']) 
{ 
    // Quick example for just one forumid 
    case 2:
        $getpage = 'adv_portal_promo2'; 
    break; 

    case 7:
        $getpage = 'adv_portal_promo7'; 
    break; 

    case 15:
    case 17:
        $getpage = 'adv_portal_promo15_17'; 
    break; 

} 


Ok, so do I have to create another custom page for the specific sub forum that I want to wrap the sidebar/modules around? If not then how do I get it to wrap around a specific subforum in forum display, whilst leaving the original (first) integration unaffected?

I've created the plugin and added the specific forumid - although can i just check, which 'hook location' do you recommend using? (just in case i've used the wrong one - i used CMPS_global)

Thanks for any assistance in this area

[Brian]

Yes, you need to add a new CMPS page for each different layout you want to use. The same CMPS page can be used for multiple forums/integration files though if you want the layout to remain the same on each.

which 'hook location' do you recommend using?

Originally Posted by Brian

You should be able to use some code like this and add it as a plugin to your 'vba_cmps_include_getpage' hook location.

[Rev O]

Oops! Thanks again Brian, i'll give that a try.

[HenrikHansen]

Originally Posted by Brian

You should be able to use some code like this and add it as a plugin to your 'vba_cmps_include_getpage' hook location.

I have tried the method on pages integrated into the links directory,
using the code in post 2, replacing forumid with catid, but it is not working.

Should other changes be made to make it work with the links directory?