CTA Featured Threads & Portal [Paid] 2.17.0

[Paul B]

They will be featured the next time the cron task runs.

 

[tommydamic68]

They will be featured the next time the cron task runs.

Ok - that makes sense.

Thanks.

 

[tommydamic68]

I screwed something up, is there a way to get to the "update out dated templates" again? Overwrite files or something to that effect?
this is what I get when clicking on a forum. Had to disable for now.

 

[Martok]

I screwed something up, is there a way to get to the "update out dated templates" again? Overwrite files or something to that effect?
this is what I get when clicking on a forum. Had to disable for now.
View attachment 92331

Admin CP search is your friend.

 

[tommydamic68]

View attachment 92332

Admin CP search is your friend.

I got it fixed, thanks @Martok - will be busy re- adding in my custom template changes for the rest of the day...

 

[Paul B]

Considering almost everything is controlled via SPs and has a unique CSS class, what is it you are doing exactly which requires such extensive template edits?

 

[Martok]

I got it fixed, thanks @Martok - will be busy re- adding in my custom template changes for the rest of the day...

I would strongly suggest that you set up a test site, an exact copy of your live site (either on a computer or in a password protected directory) and note down somewhere any edits you make. I have done this and every change, every edit, every install I do on my test site first to ensure it works and so I am happy before making changes to my live site. This avoids urgent fixes to a live site.

Also as Brogan says, most things for this add-on are controlled by SPs, there's only a couple of things that aren't which I discussed with him first that have been directly edited into the templates (and I have a separate note of thges for future reference).

 

[tommydamic68]

Considering almost everything is controlled via SPs and has a unique CSS class, what is it you are doing exactly which requires such extensive template edits?

These dumb Font awesome icons I have added in the templates manually. It sometimes takes precision placement to make them work without screwing up the templates depending on what you have changed in your updated templates.

<xen:if is="@ctaFtEnableReplies">
                        <span class="ctaFtReplies"><!--font awesome icon start--><i class="fa fa-reply-all fa-flip-horizontal fa-lg"></i><!--Font awesome icon end--> {xen:phrase cta_ft_replies}{xen:number $featuredThread.reply_count}</span>
                    </xen:if>
                    <xen:if is="@ctaFtEnableViews">
                        <span class="ctaFtViews"><!--font awesome icon start--><i class="fa fa-eye fa-lg"></i><!--font awesome icon end--> {xen:phrase cta_ft_views}{xen:number $featuredThread.view_count}</span>
                    </xen:if>
                    <!-- <xen:if is="@ctaFtEnableLikes">
                        <span class="ctaFtLikes">{xen:phrase cta_ft_likes}{xen:number $featuredThread.first_post_likes}</span>
                    </xen:if> -->

 

[tommydamic68]

I would strongly suggest that you set up a test site, an exact copy of your live site (either on a computer or in a password protected directory) and note down somewhere any edits you make. I have done this and every change, every edit, every install I do on my test site first to ensure it works and so I am happy before making changes to my live site. This avoids urgent fixes to a live site.

Also as Brogan says, most things for this add-on are controlled by SPs, there's only a couple of things that aren't which I discussed with him first that have been directly edited into the templates (and I have a separate note of thges for future reference).

Thanks, I always save templates before updating them just in case.

 

[Paul B]

Download Notepad++

Open the template in it.

Find: <span class="ctaFtReplies">{xen:phrase cta_ft_replies}

Replace: <span class="ctaFtReplies"><!--font awesome icon start--><i class="fa fa-reply-all fa-flip-horizontal fa-lg"></i><!--Font awesome icon end--> {xen:phrase cta_ft_replies}

Should take less than a minute to do that for all of them, if you have the find and replace text saved in a file.

 

[tommydamic68]

Download Notepad++

Open the template in it.

Find: <span class="ctaFtReplies">{xen:phrase cta_ft_replies}

Replace: <span class="ctaFtReplies"><!--font awesome icon start--><i class="fa fa-reply-all fa-flip-horizontal fa-lg"></i><!--Font awesome icon end--> {xen:phrase cta_ft_replies}

Should take less than a minute to do that for all of them, if you have the find and replace text saved in a file.

Thanks - will give it a go.

 

[motowebmaster]

I'd like to insert content on the archive page, after post 4 or 5. found this conditional for threads:

<xen:if is="{$post.position} % {$xenOptions.messagesPerPage} == x">
This content will show after post x on every page
</xen:if>

Is there something similar that can be done on the featured archive page?

 

[Paul B]

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/cta-featured-threads-portal.2599/update?update=13220

 

[motowebmaster]

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/cta-featured-threads-portal.2599/update?update=13220

Doh! Thanks Brogan

 

[cdub]

Nothing has changed with regards to the code for the Home tab.

Which add-on is providing the Short Films tab?

That's XenForo Media Gallery

 

[Paul B]

Unfortunately this is likely due to the execution order being the same for both tabs.
Each time an upgrade is performed, it will randomly swap between the two tabs.

The only way to resolve it is to change the execution order, which requires debug mode to be enabled.
Set one to a lower (or higher) value than the other. The tab with the lower value will be on the left.

 

[cdub]

What is debug mode?

 

[Paul B]

Development mode.

Edit the library/config.php file and add the following: $config['debug'] = true;

You will then need to edit the code event listener for the gallery tab (or the home tab for this add-on).

 

[TeflonDon]

would it be at all possible to exclude featured threads from X subforum from being included in the rss feed?

(not expecting this to be built in, just wondering if something could be added to the php file)

great update!

 

[Martok]

would it be at all possible to exclude featured threads from X subforum from being included in the rss feed?

(not expecting this to be built in, just wondering if something could be added to the php file)

great update!

Out of interest, why do you want to exclude forums?