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Per4orm
Re: Some queries

  • 2003/11/18 3:24

  • Per4orm

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Sakuragi:

Xoops is displayed through a template driven system, which means that anything can look the way you want it to, given a bit of time and effort. Yes, curves can be added and the forums could be more rounded. This would, however, involve the use of graphics within the table and increase site bandwith... it's up to you to decide what you want from your site.
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Per4orm
Re: Cutting out the Geeky stuff!

  • 2003/11/18 3:21

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Draven:

Whilst I agree that the MAJORITY of display issues can be resolved through editing the templates, I have to point out that much of the problem here results from the use of composite arrays or variables.

For example, the reason that "Comments?" still appears in articles when comments are disabled, is because the phrase is a composite component of <{$story.morelink}>, which means it cannot simply be removed by editing the template.

Another example within the news module is that the title and topic also become a composite array, so they must be displayed on the same line. This is often undesireable - I know for example that I prefer to see a topic heading ABOVE the headline of the story.

Designers choose to use a CMS because it saves time for both them and their client. Whilst redesigning the look and feel of the site is part of their job, they should not be subjected to programming (or re-programming) PHP where it could be avoided - if we were all PHP experts, we would write our own CMS after all.
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Per4orm
Re: Cutting out the Geeky stuff!

  • 2003/11/17 16:57

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I agree that stripped down versions of templates would be an appropriate way to deal with the majority of issues we're facing here. However, there are a number of issues that still need to be addressed in the core code.

For example:

1. When you disable smilies in admin, why do they still show in the forms?

2. When you disable comments in the news module, why does the word "Comments?" still appear in the news item summary?

I know I'm being picky here, but XOOPS is an excellent system and deserves to be given a corporate client base - the easier we can make it for developers to provide a corporate look to Xoops, the easier it will become.
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Per4orm
Re: multiple websites?

  • 2003/11/17 16:04

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In a word, no. You can run a number of XOOPS installations on a single database, but you'd have to use a different database prefix for each installation. You can't however run more than one XOOPS site on a single installation. But then, I don't know of a CMS you can - other than perhaps EZ Publish which is a VERY different system altogether.
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Per4orm
Re: providing info

  • 2003/11/16 23:01

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I do agree with you on that score - I guess it's up to the individual user to decide whether they want to display their URL or not. In most cases I can't see why not - it's hardly like we're running confidential government sites here after all!
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Per4orm
Re: Web Links and My Links for Articles

  • 2003/11/16 22:59

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I think the reason people choose to do things this way, is that you can display a summary of the news item and archive it the same way you would any other article. It would be much harder I think to draw users attention to an external story if it was simply placed in the weblinks.
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Per4orm
Re: Getting the hang of this - one more question

  • 2003/11/16 22:57

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Hi Kelly,

In order for anyone to help you, you're going to need to be a bit more specific about what you're trying to achieve. Give us some examples of the menus that you're trying to display perhaps, or tell us what the "divisions" you want people to access are.
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Per4orm
Re: providing info

  • 2003/11/16 20:36

  • Per4orm

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A lot of people when posting a problem , are at the development stages with their sites. In many cases, I think they would rather their site remained private until it was at production quality.
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Per4orm
Re: Blocks

  • 2003/11/16 20:17

  • Per4orm

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Hi

The solution is so simple, that you've probably totally overlooked it...

In the administration menu, go to "Groups" and click on "Modify" next to "Anonymous"

You'll see a list of blocks with a tick box next to each one... simply select the blocks that you want anonymous users to be able to see and update the group.
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Per4orm
Re: removing logo and centering banner

  • 2003/11/16 20:14

  • Per4orm

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In the themes/default/ folder, you'll find a file called theme.html

Look for, and remove the following line:

Quote:
<td id="headerlogo"><a href="<{$xoops_url}>/"><img src="<{$xoops_imageurl}>logo.gif" width="150" height="80" alt="" /></a></td>


I think it's line 28 if I remembemer rightly...

Now you'll have to go into general preferences in the admin menu and where it says:

Quote:
Update module template .html files from themes/your theme/templates directory?


select "yes". When you go back to your homepage, the XOOPS logo should have gone, and your banner should be in the center.
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