ok, i changed to 5.2.2 and now i cannot turn on/off any extensions. i tried to CHMOD the extensions.php file to make it writeable but the changes aren't sticking.
i had to go back to php 4.4.4. the 5.2.2 install on my host (hostgator) is very odd, nothing was working correctly. i haven't upgraded vanilla for a long time, as it caused some problems with wordpress integration. i'm going to test vanilla on my other host (dreamhost). if it works i'll just move everything over there.
it still didn't work on dreamhost until i upgraded to the latest version of vanilla... so there was either a bug in the old version of vanilla, or a corrupted file on my install.
This extension works for me, but it has a terrible interface. It is far too difficult to merge and split discussions. There needs to be a separate more efficient interface besides a checkbox on every post. I'll see if I can come up with something.
@Apreche if you can improve the UI that will be great! I did not really focus on the interface too much as my efforts were more focused on make the thing working and compatible with major extensions....
lipa, I've updated modtools, now it integrates with Tabled theme, however you need to tweak two files in the tabled theme.... to get it nicely... maybe you could suggest this in the Tabled theme thread...
Had to change it anyway, because of the modifications i made to discussion.php and discussions.php some time ago. But thanks to your tips I managed to get it to work properly. Thank you! Still there are some problems:
- Selecting comments doesn't work (Firebug gives tgis error: SwitchCheckboxModTools is not defined) - Changing the discussion title doesn't work
I'll try to determine if it's caused by an other extension.
Need some basic "user manual" type info for Modtools.
So, I have a series of comments that are off-topic, and need to be put into their
own discussion.
I select "Split Mode", and I see TWO copies of the thread, one after the other.
Do I delete the comments to be moved from the topmost copy, and delete
the comments that "stay" from the bottom copy, and then rename the
discussion title for the bottom copy? Or what?
Is there even terse instructions for the use of these tools?
Sorry to be so stupid, but I'd rather not mess up "live" discussions,
and I'd also rather not install a whole 'nother copy of Vanilla as
a testbed for experiementing.
Comments
i haven't upgraded vanilla for a long time, as it caused some problems with wordpress integration.
i'm going to test vanilla on my other host (dreamhost). if it works i'll just move everything over there.
what version you had before of vanilla?
@Apreche
if you can improve the UI that will be great!
I did not really focus on the interface too much
as my efforts were more focused on make the thing
working and compatible with major extensions....
@blizeH
any news?
however you need to tweak two files in the tabled theme.... to get it nicely...
maybe you could suggest this in the Tabled theme thread...
so here it goes the modification:
search for this in the file discussions.php
if ($this->Context->Configuration['USE_CATEGORIES']) { echo ' <th class="DiscussionCategory">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('Category').'</th>'; } echo ' <th class="DiscussionStarted">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('StartedBy').'</th> <th class="DiscussionComments">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('Comments').'</th> <th class="DiscussionLastComment">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('LastCommentBy').'</th> <th class="DiscussionActive">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('LastActive').'</th> '; if ($this->Context->Session->UserID > 0) { echo ' <th class="DiscussionNew">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('NewCaps').'</th>'; }and replace with this:
if ($this->Context->Configuration['USE_CATEGORIES']) { echo ' <th class="DiscussionCategory">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('Category').'</th>'; } echo ' <th class="DiscussionStarted">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('StartedBy').'</th> <th class="DiscussionComments">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('Comments').'</th> <th class="DiscussionLastComment">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('LastCommentBy').'</th> <th class="DiscussionActive">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('LastActive').'</th> '; if ($this->Context->Session->User->Permission('PERMISSION_MODERATE_COMMENTS')) { echo ' <th class="DiscussionModerate">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('Moderate').'</th>'; } if ($this->Context->Session->UserID > 0) { echo ' <th class="DiscussionNew">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('NewCaps').'</th>'; }and then search for this in the file discussion.php
if ($this->Context->Configuration['USE_CATEGORIES']) { $DiscussionList .= ' <td class="DiscussionCategory"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'index.php', '', 'CategoryID', $Discussion->CategoryID).'">'.$Discussion->Category.'</a></td>'; } $DiscussionList .= ' <td class="DiscussionStarted"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'account.php', '', 'u', $Discussion->AuthUserID).'">'.$Discussion->AuthUsername.'</a></td> <td class="DiscussionComments">'.$Discussion->CountComments.'</td> <td class="DiscussionLastComment"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'account.php', '', 'u', $Discussion->LastUserID).'">'.$Discussion->LastUsername.'</a></td> <td class="DiscussionActive"><a href="'.$LastUrl.'">'.TimeDiff($this->Context, $Discussion->DateLastActive,mktime()).'</a></td>'; if ($this->Context->Session->UserID > 0) { $DiscussionList .= ' <td class="DiscussionNew"><a href="'.$NewUrl.'">'.$Discussion->NewComments.'</a></td>'; }and replace with this
if ($this->Context->Configuration['USE_CATEGORIES']) { $DiscussionList .= ' <td class="DiscussionCategory"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'index.php', '', 'CategoryID', $Discussion->CategoryID).'">'.$Discussion->Category.'</a></td>'; } $DiscussionList .= ' <td class="DiscussionStarted"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'account.php', '', 'u', $Discussion->AuthUserID).'">'.$Discussion->AuthUsername.'</a></td> <td class="DiscussionComments">'.$Discussion->CountComments.'</td> <td class="DiscussionLastComment"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'account.php', '', 'u', $Discussion->LastUserID).'">'.$Discussion->LastUsername.'</a></td> <td class="DiscussionActive"><a href="'.$LastUrl.'">'.TimeDiff($this->Context, $Discussion->DateLastActive,mktime()).'</a></td>'; if ($this->Context->Session->User->Permission('PERMISSION_MODERATE_COMMENTS')) { $DiscussionList .= ' <td class="DiscussionModerate"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'extension.php', '', '', '', '', 'PostBackAction=ShowModTools&DiscussionID='.$Discussion->DiscussionID, '').'">this Discussion ID '.$Discussion->DiscussionID.'</a></td>'; } if ($this->Context->Session->UserID > 0) { $DiscussionList .= ' <td class="DiscussionNew"><a href="'.$NewUrl.'">'.$Discussion->NewComments.'</a></td>'; }- Selecting comments doesn't work (Firebug gives tgis error: SwitchCheckboxModTools is not defined)
- Changing the discussion title doesn't work
I'll try to determine if it's caused by an other extension.
> and I see TWO copies of the thread, one after the other.
Yeah, that's strange, but same for me! I've just worked with the top copy...
you're not stupid at all jfischer!
I was not aware of that! it should be only one copy... Tiggr did you have this "copy" behaviour since the beginning?