CTA Featured Threads & Portal [Paid] 2.17.0

[Brad P]

Update the featured thread and check this box and save.
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Thank you Brogan

 

[Brad P]

Sorry, i did do what you said but it did not move the thread back to the top of the hompage grid list?, for instance i check the update the featured date


the go back to see if this thread has moved to the top, its still visible at the bottom left.

 

[Paul B]

You need to sort on featured date in the options.

 

[Brad P]

You need to sort on featured date in the options.

perfect working

 

[Dadparvar]

@Brogan
Is there any way to read featured thread's icon or image in archive page? By default, in archive page it shows avatar of user. (but in portal page or forums list page its possible)
If yes, can I have sample code of it?
Thanks

 

[Paul B]

The icon only exists while the thread is actively featured.

Once the thread is no longer featured, the icon is deleted from the server.

 

[Dadparvar]

The icon only exists while the thread is actively featured.

Once the thread is no longer featured, the icon is deleted from the server.

Thanks.

Then, my new question is that: I featured 5 threads and they are actively feature now (as I also see them in portal page and I set expire date in future for them) and they have icon in portal page.
I also see them in archive page (featured-archive) at the same time, but they don't have icon.

Any misunderstanding by me?

 

[Paul B]

I also see them in archive page (featured-archive) at the same time, but they don't have icon.

That is by design, for the reason I posted above.

 

[Davyc]

@Brogan Can you help me to understand how to achieve this:



I've created the 'New' icon which is a transparent PNG file and have tried to add it to the styles for the icon. It works but it lies underneath the image as opposed to on top as shown in the mock-up image above. I'd also like to move the edges of the image to the outside of the block, again as shown. For the life of me I've tried to work around this using CSS but failed miserably lol. Any help would be appreciated.

With thanks

 

[Paul B]

There may be a helper you can use to overlay an icon on the avatar - I'm mobile so can't check the code.

With regards to the styling, I can only suggest you adjust the style properties and/or CSS to suit.
There is a guide here which may help you identify the specific elements: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/how-to.4390/

 

[TeflonDon]

IMHO (but I'm not using CTA FT & P) if you can't feature less Thread from many different forum nodes you need more caching or more server power

I'm open to any ideas. Whether that be different ways to configure this addon or server settings. I reduced the amount of threads that show on the home page already, that didn't seem to help. I have 3 dedicated servers, 1 for DB and 2 for webserver and I'm using memcached. I also use incapsula and caching from them. I'd be more than willing to pay someone to help fix this issue, preferably @Brogan. As much as I view this addon as essential to my forum, I'm not sure I can justify adding another server to accommodate it.

 

[Paul B]

About the only thing I can think of would be to remove the permission checks in the code, which would serve all featured threads to all visitors, regardless whether they have permission to view the original threads.

 

[Davyc]

There may be a helper you can use to overlay an icon on the avatar - I'm mobile so can't check the code.

Any news on this?

The CSS I can handle once I know where to look

With thanks

 

[Paul B]

Look for <span class="helper"></span> in the *_list_item templates.

 

[Davyc]

With thanks to @Brogan for pointing me in the right direction - achieved: actual screen-shot below.



Added this to the helper that you pointed me towards:

<div style="position: absolute;"><img src="/graphix/new-icon.png" width="100" height="100" style="margin-top: -8px; margin-left: -8px;"></div>

Thanks again for the help - top notch support as always!

 

[Paul B]

Glad to hear it.

I'm running around like an idiot at the moment sorting everything out over here and my PC and other stuff doesn't arrive until next week, so I'm limited to mobile mainly and the laptop for those few times I'm back at the apartment between appointments.

 

[webducknj]

Hi Brogan, sorry to bother you with a minor problem but my featured images aren't displaying in the size that is entered in the controls page. Instead of 850x250 they're more like 850x150. I've tried playing with the settings, turning the page on and off, resizing images but nothing is changing. It's as if the size of the featured images is frozen.

Version is 2.12.0 Beta

If it's the version that is the problem is there a cost to upgrade? I've forgotten how you manage upgrades, it's been a while!

Thanks,
Bart

 

[Paul B]

The options determine the size the images are cropped and resized too.

The style properties control how they are displayed.

Ensure both match and there is sufficient width and height in the container/area where they are being displayed.

 

[webducknj]

The style properties control how they are displayed.

by setting them where width and height are listed under Miscellaneous for the container, background, and background image?

 

[Paul B]

It depends which image/property you are changing - there is a style property for everything so it's just a case of finding the right one.

This guide should help: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/how-to.4390/