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MLittlemore
News modules questions?

  • 2005/4/27 11:03

  • MLittlemore

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Hello!

I've just been playing with XOOPS now for a week or two in order to create a database driven site rather than my old-school static site! I've uploaded version 1.3 of the News module in order to get some of the new features but there are a couple of things I can't quite work out.

1. Is it possible to have multiple "recent news" blocks? I'd like to have a left hand block which has only recent news from 1 specific topic while still keeping a recent news block in the centre with all of the latest news.

2. Is it possible to remove the print, email and pdf functionality from the bottom of a news article?

Thanks,
Marc
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brash
Re: News modules questions?

  • 2005/4/27 11:07

  • brash

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Hi Marc,

1) Yes, but would involve editing files to create additional blocks I think.

2) Yes, it should be. Have a read of the FAQ's regarding templates and you should find you are able to customise the look of any module quite a bit using the XOOPS templating system.
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MLittlemore
Re: News modules questions?

  • 2005/4/27 11:20

  • MLittlemore

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Hey Brash,

Thanks for the quick reply.

Ok, I'll have a look at the block code for the recent news then. I've just checked out the code and I should be able to add a secondary block pretty easily I think!

Ah yes, templates! I'll check out the FAQ and have a look.

Thanks for your help,
Marc
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brash
Re: News modules questions?

  • 2005/4/27 11:33

  • brash

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Have a look in modinfo.php (I think) in the News root for creating extra blocks. I've done it before, but can't remember exactly how.
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MLittlemore
Re: News modules questions?

  • 2005/4/27 11:43

  • MLittlemore

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Ok thanks. I'll check it out.

I've just noticed another issue too.
I'm adding new topics but I can't post (or edit) a news item to use this new topic only the 2 topics that I created prior to the upgrade to version 1.3.

Any ideas?
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brash
Re: News modules questions?

  • 2005/4/27 11:47

  • brash

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Have you set the permissions?
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MLittlemore
Re: News modules questions?

  • 2005/4/27 11:59

  • MLittlemore

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Doh! I forgot that version 1.3 has permissions on a per-topic basis!

It would be nice if it allowed the webmaster to automatically have permissions but it's not a biggy.

Thanks again for your help!

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