[8WR] XenPorta (Portal) 1.6.0

[TheSalt]

@russoroni, @Terence Donnelly I think I got it worked out! I'm just hammering a few things out. I think I want a fixed width for a xenzine code I found. Once I got that worked out I think everything will even out. I'll keep you posted. Very excited! Thanks again for all the help!

 

[Terence Donnelly]

@russoroni, @Terence Donnelly I think I got it worked out! I'm just hammering a few things out. I think I want a fixed width for a xenzine code I found. Once I got that worked out I think everything will even out. I'll keep you posted. Very excited! Thanks again for all the help!

Its taking shape now. Good luck with it.

 

[Rob]

Hi guys,

Quick question I have installed xenporto got it up and running and everything is great. However I would like to list all my forums on the front left next to recent threads. I have googled and googled and can't seem to find anything anyone got any suggestions?

I don't think this exists but it should be easy to code. I would start by checking out the public controller for the forum index. The native code for quick navigation would also give some pointers.

 

[TheSalt]

@russoroni, @Terence Donnelly! It's looking great, thank you for all the help. I'll be back at it in the morning.
www.californiareefs.com

 

[russoroni]

Its taking shape now. Good luck with it.

Sounds like you need a template that supports that. Audentio themes have that.

 

[BillyGoat4130]

I ran the vb4 upgrader (unofficial one), and after setting an imported CMS forum as the "News" forum, and trying to go back to the forum home page, I get this error;

An exception occurred: Mysqli statement execute error : Incorrect arguments to mysqld_stmt_execute in /home/wheeler/public_html/XF/library/Zend/Db/Statement/Mysqli.php on line 214

1. Zend_Db_Statement_Mysqli->_execute() in Zend/Db/Statement.php at line 297
2. Zend_Db_Statement->execute() in Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php at line 479
3. Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->query() in Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php at line 734
4. Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->fetchAll() in EWRporta/Block/RecentNews.php at line 38
5. EWRporta_Block_RecentNews->getModule() in EWRporta/Model/Blocks.php at line 116
6. EWRporta_Model_Blocks->getBlockParams() in EWRporta/ViewPublic/Custom.php at line 71
7. EWRporta_ViewPublic_Custom->renderHtml() in XenForo/ViewRenderer/Abstract.php at line 227
8. XenForo_ViewRenderer_Abstract->renderViewObject() in XenForo/ViewRenderer/HtmlPublic.php at line 67
9. XenForo_ViewRenderer_HtmlPublic->renderView() in XenForo/FrontController.php at line 582
10. XenForo_FrontController->renderView() in XenForo/FrontController.php at line 158
11. XenForo_FrontController->run() in /home/wheeler/public_html/XF/index.php at line 13

Any ideas?



EDIT: It looks unchecking "Index" from the Globalized Custom layouts area in options made it go away - still not sure what caused it though.

 

[BillyGoat4130]

And just got it again when I tried to make a new post in that imported forum that is set as the News Source;

An exception occurred: Mysqli statement execute error : Incorrect arguments to mysqld_stmt_execute in /home/wheeler/public_html/XF/library/Zend/Db/Statement/Mysqli.php on line 214

1. Zend_Db_Statement_Mysqli->_execute() in Zend/Db/Statement.php at line 297
2. Zend_Db_Statement->execute() in Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php at line 479
3. Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->query() in Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php at line 734
4. Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->fetchAll() in EWRporta/Block/RecentNews.php at line 38
5. EWRporta_Block_RecentNews->getModule() in EWRporta/Model/Blocks.php at line 116
6. EWRporta_Model_Blocks->getBlockParams() in EWRporta/ViewPublic/Custom.php at line 71
7. EWRporta_ViewPublic_Custom->renderHtml() in XenForo/ViewRenderer/Abstract.php at line 227
8. XenForo_ViewRenderer_Abstract->renderViewObject() in XenForo/ViewRenderer/HtmlPublic.php at line 67
9. XenForo_ViewRenderer_HtmlPublic->renderView() in XenForo/FrontController.php at line 582
10. XenForo_FrontController->renderView() in XenForo/FrontController.php at line 158
11. XenForo_FrontController->run() in /home/wheeler/public_html/XF/index.php at line 13

EDIT: Also getting this when trying to promote an existing thread in the forum that had the imported articles - any ideas? Sort of renders having the articles imported useless at this point

 

[russoroni]

Another thing I would mention is that you don't actually have to display news articles on your portal to get the slider to work. You can just use the settings on recentnews and not have to display recentnews block, if you don't want to.

I have it done here.
www.unitedreds.net

Yeah thats what I'm doing. Hey Terence, looks like you're missing the controller buttons. Its cuz they were missing from the install file for some crazy reason. Here they are, just put them in the styles/8wayrun directory and you should be good to go



@TheSalt this probably applies to you too.

 

[russoroni]

Also @Terence Donnelly and @TheSalt I had an issue with images not centering and filling u the slider properly. Terence, looks like you have the slider set to fluid width so I dont know if that would effect you but if you guys want to make your slider look like mine heres my recentfeatures.css

I highlighted the bit that fixes the image centering properly...


#recentFeatures .recentFeatures
{
position: relative;
border: 0px solid #333;
background-color: #000;
overflow: hidden;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
height: 400px;
top: -4px;
}

HIGHLIGHT------->#recentFeatures ul li { background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center; background-size: cover; height: 400px; }<------ HIGHLIGHT
#recentFeatures ul li a { text-decoration: none !important; color: #EEE; }
#recentFeatures ul li .summary { position: absolute; bottom: 0px; width: 100%; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); }
#recentFeatures ul li .summary .title { padding: 15px 15px 0px; font-size: 18px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; }
#recentFeatures ul li .summary .excerpt { padding: 0px 15px 15px; font-size: 11px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; }


/*---------------------------------------*/
/* BXSLIDER LAYOUT */
/*---------------------------------------*/

/* ITEM CONTROLS */

.bx-wrapper .bx-pager { position: absolute; top: 10px; z-index: 9999; width: 100%; text-align: center; }
.bx-wrapper .bx-pager .bx-pager-item,
.bx-wrapper .bx-controls-auto .bx-controls-auto-item { display: inline-block; }

.bx-wrapper .bx-pager.bx-default-pager a
{
width: 10px;
height: 10px;
margin: 3px;
display: block;
text-indent: -9999px;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
box-shadow: 0px 0px 1px #FFF inset;
}
.bx-wrapper .bx-pager.bx-default-pager a { background-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.7); }
.bx-wrapper .bx-pager.bx-default-pager a:hover { background-color: rgba(64, 64, 64, 0.7); }
.bx-wrapper .bx-pager.bx-default-pager a.active { background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); }

/* DIRECTION CONTROLS */

.bx-wrapper .bx-prev { left: 10px; background: url('styles/8wayrun/EWRporta_slider.png') no-repeat 0 -32px; }
.bx-wrapper .bx-next { right: 10px; background: url('styles/8wayrun/EWRporta_slider.png') no-repeat -43px -32px; }
.bx-wrapper .bx-prev:hover { background-position: 0 0; }
.bx-wrapper .bx-next:hover { background-position: -43px 0; }




.bx-wrapper .bx-controls-direction a
{
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
width: 32px;
height: 32px;
margin-top: -16px;
text-indent: -9999px;
z-index: 100;
}
.bx-wrapper .bx-controls-direction a.disabled { display: none; }

/*---------------------------------------*/
/* DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE */
/*---------------------------------------*/

#recentFeatures .heightFix { height: 500px; } /*HEIGHT*/

 

[DRE]

I've noticed that when someone posts in a thread it is not immediately updated in the recent threads block of Xenporta if you have BD Cache on. Turned it off for now.

 

[TheSalt]

@russoroni, thank you for the code!

 

[TheSalt]

@russoroni, and the buttons! I was wondering about that.

 

[rivacom]

I'm curious, Can the Blocks for xenporta handle Xenforo Database commands(ie: php?) I want a block that queries a couple of custom fields and lists users on my front page.

 

[russoroni]

@russoroni, and the buttons! I was wondering about that.

Yeah, pain in the a** huh?

 

[caliman]

I was just curious if anyone ever tried getting waindigo's last post avatar to work on the recent news block on the portal page?

 

[Terence Donnelly]

@russoroni Big thanks for the info and the slider images, man. Much appreciated!

 

[whitetrash]

Has anyone with xenporta upgraded to 1.3.0??? if so, how did it go for xenporta?
thx

 

[Wild Onion]

I'm struggling with setting up a new custom index layout. I do not have "set as index controller" as an option. What am I doing wrong?

For the life of me, I cannot figure out the URL to get to my custom page.

My application is simple: I want a blog with a custom style containing promoted articles/threads, but I do not want the page to be the main portal for the site. This seems incredibly difficult to figure out.

 

[Feanor_87]

Does somebody know how to get the topics/articles to looks like 8wayrun? Like here:
http://8wayrun.com/threads/soulcalibur-lost-swords-jpn-eu-and-aus-release-dates.17698/

I did the 2 template edits and been reading the entire thread, but i can't figure out how to do it

Also, how do you get those Tabbed Recent Threads topics like the main 8wayrun site?

 

[tafreehm]

Can I run this if I have forum installed in root directory ? Maybe I can have portal setup on domain/portal. Is it possible ?