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[Rigel Kentaurus]

It looks like the Blog Description (stored in a MediumText column) is hardcoded to be a maximum of 800 characters. Can this be changed?

No, there is no setting to change this. It would require code changes.

 

[Rigel Kentaurus]

Rigel Kentaurus updated Better Blogs with a new update entry:

1.0.41 Fixed vBulletin import for Categories

Bug fixes

• Categories were not always being associated to the entries when importing on vBulletin 3.8

[FONT=HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]http://xfaddons.com/resources/better-blogs.5/update?update=80[/FONT]

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[kingston]

@Rigel Kentaurus how is the SEO on these blogs?

 

[Alpha1]

Good to see a bug fix for the importer. I hope to see more, so that blog comments get correctly imported as well. Could you please fix these importer bugs:
http://xfaddons.com/threads/botched-vb-blog-import.919/
http://xfaddons.com/threads/vbulletin-blog-attachment-links-do-not-get-converted-or-redirected.921/
It would be really nice if it becomes possible to migrate from vbulletin to xenforo with blog.

 

[Rigel Kentaurus]

@Rigel Kentaurus how is the SEO on these blogs?

Pretty good, I'd say, I had a few hundred thousand entries from one site indexed in no time.
I took care of the duplicate content (the paginated index is not indexed, only the individual entries are)

 

[Alpha1]

Some SEO issues and improvements are discussed here: http://xfaddons.com/threads/better-routing.854/
These urls should not lead to errors:

http://xfaddons.com/blog/user/crashik.15812/

http://xfaddons.com/blog/category/the-xfaddons-site.14/

 

[wirtheim]

I have a problem with the blogs, users cant see the blogs...

The group permissions is set so users(all users including visitors ) can view all blog entries, comment and likes
how ever, only admins can see all of the blogs,
when a blogger sends an entry he marks in the view your entry: ALL VISITORS

 

[TPerry]

Have you ran a permissions check (which is what it sounds like). For registered users you need to give them permissions to create and read. I'm pretty sure that guests can't create one (due to the nature of needing to be logged in).

 

[wirtheim]

first thing I checked...

Blogs Permissions
Can view the blogs section:
Yes (Details)
Can create blog entries:
No (Details)
Can edit blog entries:
No (Details)
Can delete blog entries:
No (Details)
Can restore deleted entries:
No (Details)
Can like blog entries:
Yes (Details)
Can comment on entries:
Yes (Details)
Can edit blog comments:
No (Details)
Can delete blog comments:
No (Details)
Can restore deleted comments:
No (Details)
Can like blog comments:
Yes (Details)
Can report entries and comments:
Yes (Details)
Can customize blog:
No (Details)
Can download blog:
No (Details)
Can create categories:
No (Details)
Can view all entries history:
Yes (Details)
Can view all comments history:
Yes (Details)

 

[wirtheim]

By the way, users can see a blog - My blog only (i'm the admin)
there is another blog but the cant see it.

 

[TPerry]

By the way, users can see a blog - My blog only (i'm the admin)
there is another blog but the cant see it.

Are you sure that the option to only allow <Members Only, People You Follow , or specific list> was not checked for that blog? If it was, then depending on what was selected is who can see it.

 

[wirtheim]

yup

 

[Rigel Kentaurus]

yup
View attachment 82283

There's another global option for the full blog in User Preferences -> Privacy

?index.php?account/privacy

Check that one is not setting the blog to private

 

[wirtheim]

There's another global option for the full blog in User Preferences -> Privacy

?index.php?account/privacy

Check that one is not setting the blog to private

Yes it was that! thanks!

How can I make it default for all blog writers?

 

[Dad.]

Hi there,

For designs that support horizontal postbits, your plugin doesn't work because you force .messageUserInfo to be a fixed width of around 160px. A manual fix is needed for all these themes, not just mine. Just thought you should know. And if you need help with something let me know, cause there is no reason you need to force that width

@Rigel Kentaurus

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Rigel Kentaurus]

Yes it was that! thanks!

How can I make it default for all blog writers?

On the Forum Options, in the Registration Options, you can set the default

 

[Rigel Kentaurus]

Hi there,

For designs that support vertical postbits, your plugin doesn't work because you force .messageUserInfo to be a fixed width of around 160px. A manual fix is needed for all these themes, not just mine. Just thought you should know. And if you need help with something let me know, cause there is no reason you need to force that width

@Rigel Kentaurus

Thanks,
Mike

I think the only special thing that I do is add a "B" icon on the left of the avatar

 

[Dad.]

I think the only special thing that I do is add a "B" icon on the left of the avatar

What you can do instead of the width, is make the wrapper 'relative' positioned (position: relative in CSS. Then absolute the B icon wherever you want. Thus you wont need the width I presume?

ETA: Also in my original post I meant 'horizontal postbits'

 

[Ebla]

I just upgraded Better blogs from the free version. When I attempted to upgrade at the admin panel I got a "the specified add--on is older than the installed version. Downgrading not possible" error message. In the package the xml file is 1.0.37 while Better blogs is 1.0.40. When checking the blogs the plug in has updated because I see the "report" link is active which is one of the upgrade features.

Can I assume that everything upgraded okay or do I need an updated xml file?

Thank you

 

[Rigel Kentaurus]

Latest is 1.0.41, try updating to that
http://xfaddons.com/resources/better-blogs.5/