Shoutbox as home page Feature .

DanielNel

Hi there !

I,ve managed to add a shoutbox in the right panel thats working OK for time being.
Cant remember if it is Van2Shout or Chatroll .

Anyways , Some users requested that the Shoutbox should be a Main Feature on the homepage (above all discussions )

Is it possible to change the module positions and resize the Shoutbox ?

http://www.thedotspot.co.za/vanilla/

luc

Answer found by OP.

DanielNel

Hi , found a link with the same question .
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/15399/shoutbox-position

luc

Answer found by OP.

DanielNel

OP ? Observing Post ?

Anyways , gonna go this route and try and move the Shoutbox .
http://vanillaforums.org/docs/themeguide/toc

Will update when i have found a solution !

DanielNel

HI Luc.

thanks for the reply but it havent solved my problem yet !

luc

OP: Original Poster.
Yep, apparantly read too fast, answer not found .

DanielNel

well , I busy downloading wamp or xamp and see if i can modify some files .

luc

Currently the shootbox goes into the Panel asset.
To be above all discussions, it needs to go the Content asset (IIRC), and then, yes, you probably need some theming.

DanielNel

thanks for the reply luc.

ye , that makes sense . looks like i,m heading in the right direction.

The thing is , i only go basic HTML/CSS and PHP skills available to complete this task , but i think its my little exercise to figure it out .

Perhaps , if you'd be so kind . You mind pointing me in a direction where likeminded coders hang out that could explain to process of moving the shoutbox .

i,m at this stage of the fight
http://vanillaforums.org/docs/themeguide/function

And hopefully we can have a modified theme to share with the community .

luc

@DanielNel, to do the change Panel to Content, it's there:

https://github.com/Caerostris/Van2Shout/blob/master/class.van2shouttext.php#L22

After, it should be CSS, I guess, or maybe use this, in your config file to move the modules:
$Configuration['Modules']['Vanilla']['Content'] = array('MessageModule', 'Notices', 'NewConversationModule', 'NewDiscussionModule', 'CategoryModeratorsModule',
'Content', 'Ads');

DanielNel

Thanks so much for the post , i actualy e-mailed caerostris , but he said he stopped developing and thought i dont want to bother him too much . I will see what i can do about the mod .

DanielNel

@DanielNel, to do the change Panel to Content, it's there:

https://github.com/Caerostris/Van2Shout/blob/master/class.van2shouttext.php#L22

After, it should be CSS, I guess, or maybe use this, in your config file to move the modules:
$Configuration['Modules']['Vanilla']['Content'] = array('MessageModule', 'Notices', 'NewConversationModule', 'NewDiscussionModule', 'CategoryModeratorsModule',
'Content', 'Ads');

@luc

if you mind , do you mind to explain what do ?

change this line

public function AssetTarget() {
return 'Panel';

to

public function AssetTarget() {
return 'Content';

????

and add:
$Configuration['Modules']['Vanilla']['Content'] = array('MessageModule', 'Notices', 'NewConversationModule', 'NewDiscussionModule', 'CategoryModeratorsModule',
'Content', 'Ads');

to the vanilla/conf/config-defaults.php file ?

luc

For the first part, yes.

For the 2nd, you should put it in config.php (it's already in config-defaults.php).
Then, you may have to try to switch it's content so the order works for you. For instance, maybe up 'Content' right after 'Notices'.
But maybe it's not even necessary, you'll have to try.

DanielNel

Great stuff ! thanks for support and helping others like me .
Hope everybody appreciate it .

I,ll give it a go soon and post some results .

Thanks
D

DanielNel

@ Luc .

I tried the above method without any luck , but i saw sombody who got the tweak right . Perhaps he,ll make posts about his mod .

Thanks