CTA Featured Threads & Portal [Paid] 2.17.0

[Paul B]

Why are you editing the templates?

Use the Style Properties.

 

[Sheldon]

Why are you editing the templates?

/Runs....

 

[tommydamic68]

Why are you editing the templates?

Use the Style Properties.

/Runs....

Its great you guys know this -I don't, can you steer me in the right direction please?

 

[Paul B]

Every single element on the featured thread block has its own Style Property.

It is quite possibly the most customisable add-on ever written for XenForo.

 

[tommydamic68]

Every single element on the featured thread block has its own Style Property.

It is quite possibly the most customisable add-on ever written for XenForo.

Thats great - can you please tell me how to add a space where requested?

 

[Sheldon]

Its great you guys know this -I don't, can you steer me in the right direction please?

I posted what I did because I always butcher the templates. It had nothing to do with the fact you edited them. It was a direct reply to Paul, nothing towards you.

 

[tommydamic68]

I posted what I did because I always butcher the templates. It had nothing to do with the fact you edited them. It was a direct reply to Paul, nothing towards you.

Quite honestly I really was not bothered from it, I just want to get on with it. Is it really that big of a deal to help someone instead of ranting about how easy it is?

 

[Paul B]

I don't know what it is you want exactly.



That involved editing the Thread Content (Avatar) and Thread Text (Avatar) SPs.





I'm not going to give detailed instructions on how to style your theme.

You've been using XenForo long enough now to know how Style Properties work. Or at least you should.

 

[Sheldon]

Quite honestly I really was not bothered from it, I just want to get on with it. Is it really that big of a deal to help someone instead of ranting about how easy it is?

I don't know what you are wanting to do, so I can't help you. I've helped before, and I help when at all possible, so not sure what your deal is.

My post had nothing to do with about it being easy. Not a thing. Your frustration with what you are unable to do, and deflecting it into another message that had nothing to do with you or level of skill needed, doesn't make me want to help you any further actually.

 

[ddmmh]

I guess I need to figure out how to edit the CTA FT block to display YT vids somehow so until then I disabled BB code in the options but the YouTube BB code is still showing... am I doing something wrong?(probably)

 

[Paul B]

You wil need to edit the SPs to make the block much bigger if you want videos to show there.

Until you do, as you have disabled the option, update the featured thread and save to remove the BB Code.
Or simply leave the option enabled and just edit the content to suit - i.e. move the video down a bit, add some preamble text before it, etc.

 

[ddmmh]

You wil need to edit the SPs to make the block much bigger if you want videos to show there.

Until you do, as you have disabled the option, update the featured thread and save to remove the BB Code.
Or simply leave the option enabled and just edit the content to suit - i.e. move the video down a bit, add some preamble text before it, etc.

Ah I had to re-feature it, got it, thanks! I found the SP's for the block but wouldn't have a clue what to do really. Hopefully in the future you can accommodate for YT vids automatically somehow . Thanks for the help!

 

[Paul B]

Hopefully in the future you can accommodate for YT vids automatically somehow .

I'm not sure what you mean.

The blocks are a fixed height.
So any content taller than that is going to be cut off.

You need to either increase the height of the blocks, or make them 'elastic' as with the page.
I wouldn't recommend the latter as the other content below the blocks will shift up and down if each block is a different height.

You can do either of those in Style Properties - that's what they're there for.

 

[Martok]

Ah I had to re-feature it, got it, thanks! I found the SP's for the block but wouldn't have a clue what to do really. Hopefully in the future you can accommodate for YT vids automatically somehow . Thanks for the help!

The blocks are a fixed height.
So any content taller than that is going to be cut off.

You need to either increase the height of the blocks, or make them 'elastic' as with the page.
I wouldn't recommend the latter as the other content below the blocks will shift up and down if each block is a different height.

You can do either of those in Style Properties - that's what they're there for.

Brogan's suggestions will do what you want, though as he said the latter will be horrible and personally I think the former, making the height of the blocks bigger, isn't that attractive either on the forum view and thread view page.

Personally, I will not be attempting to display YouTube videos in the small block, though I will be displaying them in the larger blocks on the Featured Threads page. So what I will do is simply edit the text in the Featured Thread overlay so that the video won't show in the smaller block - I might add some blank lines or some additional text such as "Take a look at this video..." and then hopefully users will click the Read More link to view the post with the video in its entirety.

 

[ddmmh]

I'm not sure what you mean.

The blocks are a fixed height.
So any content taller than that is going to be cut off.

You need to either increase the height of the blocks, or make them 'elastic' as with the page.
I wouldn't recommend the latter as the other content below the blocks will shift up and down if each block is a different height.

You can do either of those in Style Properties - that's what they're there for.

Elastic is what I meant yes, but not if it affects the look of the forum.

I already tried increasing the height and un-featuring and re-featuring the thread but that didn't work, the video shows the same so I am probably doing something wrong, not too much of an issue really, I just wont feature YT vids or add extra lines as you suggested. Thanks.

 

[ddmmh]

Brogan's suggestions will do what you want, though as he said the latter will be horrible and personally I think the former, making the height of the blocks bigger, isn't that attractive either on the forum view and thread view page.

Personally, I will not be attempting to display YouTube videos in the small block, though I will be displaying them in the larger blocks on the Featured Threads page. So what I will do is simply edit the text in the Featured Thread overlay so that the video won't show in the smaller block - I might add some blank lines or some additional text such as "Take a look at this video..." and then hopefully users will click the Read More link to view the post with the video in its entirety.

That is a great idea, thank you.

 

[ddmmh]

Also Brogan, on the featured threads page the YT vid is aligned too far to the left, is that normal?

 

[Paul B]

I already tried increasing the height and un-featuring and re-featuring the thread but that didn't work, the video shows the same so I am probably doing something wrong

You haven't adjusted all of the necessary Style Properties.
You need to adjust the overall height of the container and the content.

I'm with Martok though, large blocks on the pages wouldn't look great IMO - they would push the content too far down.
Which is why I suggested editing the content when you feature, to move the video down a bit:

Or simply leave the option enabled and just edit the content to suit - i.e. move the video down a bit, add some preamble text before it, etc.

 

[ddmmh]

You haven't adjusted all of the necessary Style Properties.
You need to adjust the overall height of the container and the content.

I'm with Martok though, large blocks on the pages wouldn't look great IMO - they would push the content too far down.
Which is why I suggested editing the content when you feature, to move the video down a bit:

Agreed. Thank you.

 

[Paul B]

Also Brogan, on the featured threads page the YT vid is aligned too far to the left, is that normal?

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Yes, that is correct.

If you want the content to appear as if in a column with a blank space below the avatar, you will need to edit the SPs.