CTA Featured Threads & Portal [Paid] 2.17.0

[Paul B]

The CSS for the controls is in the cta_featuredthreads_slider.css template.

 

[Zynektic]

The CSS for the controls is in the cta_featuredthreads_slider.css template.

Thanks!

 

[Arno Nühm]

I featured some threads for testing purposes now. How can I unfeature them also from archive page?

 

[Paul B]

There is no option to do that - it's intended to be a permanent archive.

The only way would be to change the field in the xf_thread table to a 0:

UPDATE xf_thread SET cta_ft_featured = 0 WHERE thread_id = x

Where x is the thread ID.

Then run 'Rebuild CTA Featured Threads' in the ACP -> Tools -> Rebuild Caches.

 

[Mr Lucky]

If a thread has a poll, I'm finding the poll shows above the featured thread. I presumed that by choosing Display Poll> Thread Only that it would not show the poll but it still does.

Is there a way to stop the poll showing with the featured thread please?

 

[Paul B]

Is there a way to stop the poll showing with the featured thread please?

Select 'Thread only'.



If it's not working then test in a default style with add-ons disabled.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Select 'Thread only'.

If it's not working then test in a default style with add-ons disabled.

Yes, I have Thrad Only.

tested with default style and addons disabled, same problem

 

[Paul B]

Run this query in phpMyAdmin, select full texts and paste the output here:

show create table cta_ft_featured_threads

 

[Mr Lucky]

CREATE TABLE `cta_ft_featured_threads` (
`thread_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
`featured_title` varchar(250) NOT NULL,
`featured_message` mediumtext NOT NULL,
`featured_date` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
`featured_expiry` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
`featured_by_user_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
`featured_icon_date` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
`featured_background_date` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
`featured_slider_background_date` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
`display` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
`display_poll` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
`avatar_icon` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
`default_icon` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
`slider` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
`slider_date` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
`dismissible` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`thread_id`),
KEY `featured_by_user_id` (`featured_by_user_id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8

 

[Paul B]

That's correct so it rules out a schema problem.

As you appear to be having multiple issues (as per your thread on the support site), you are going to have to get that test installation set up so add-ons can be disabled, etc.

It won't be possible to troubleshoot the issue otherwise.

Failing that, you can try a complete uninstall and reinstall but that will remove all archived content so all featured thread counts will be reset, etc.

 

[Paul B]

Oh hang on, I may be confusing you with someone else.

The other thing to check for would be outdated templates.

There's no reason why it shouldn't work in a completely default unedited style.
I haven't had any other reports related to it and it works on all of my live/test installations.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Oh hang on, I may be confusing you with someone else.

Yes, you may be.

The other thing to check for would be outdated templates.

No outdated templates, I just did an install of 1.4.6 and checked all the post upgrade stuff. (N.B. 1.4.6 didn't fix the issue)

 

[Paul B]

If you can provide an ACP log in I can take a look.

I will need to mess around with the style and various settings and possibly run debug code, so ideally it should be done on a test site.

 

[Mr Lucky]

If you can provide an ACP log in I can take a look.

I will need to mess around with the style and various settings and possibly run debug code, so ideally it should be done on a test site.

OK that will take me a few days (as my house is currently falling down and being rebuilt) . Meanwhile I'm happy to give you admin access on the live site if you want to have a look.

Why would you need to mess around with the style though, if it still happens with the default style?

 

[Paul B]

If you can provide ACP access to your live site then I can take a look and try to minimise any disruption.

 

[Paul B]

I've just logged in to check.

You had the featured thread set like so:


Changing it to 'Poll only':


Displays just the poll, as intended:


Similarly, changing it to 'Thread only':

 

[Mr Lucky]

Oh, I was talking about the setting in Options. Surely that is a global setting that would apply to all threads. If not what is it for?

 

[Paul B]

Those options apply to manual featuring, i.e. when you manually feature a thread.
Those settings will already be applied to the template, saving you having to change them each time you feature a thread.

It doesn't retroactively apply to existing featured threads.

 

[jOOc]

How do I get the first attachment automatically as an icon when I use the "Enable Automatic Featuring", without manually select the image?
I cant get it to work, am I missing something or is it not possible?

 

[Paul B]

That's not an option.