How to show Points with Author Meta?

r0obert

@peregrine said:
now you can upload it if you want.
@vrijvlinder said:
And Don't forget to make an icon for it or I will!!

Done: http://vanillaforums.org/addon/myyagapoints-plugin

vrijvlinder

Very Nice !!

r0obert

Thanks @vrijvlinder!

I need to actually learn some real coding now...

...now that I'm part of the team haha

r0obert

How can I add text next to the number of points eg. "10 Points" ?

peregrine

try this

echo Wrap($Author->Points . " Points",'span', array('class' => 'Points Count'));

vrijvlinder

Try this

echo Wrap(T('Points'),$Author->Points,'span', array('class' => 'Points Count'));

peregrine

the only time it would be point - would be 1 Point

you could put a test to determine pseudocode if $Author->Points == 1 then echo " Point" insead

r0obert

That easy huh, I wonder how many more cool things I can learn. Thanks @peregrine!

peregrine

yes a T (good idea V) would be better if you are going to upload and make it translateable.

if ($Author->Points == 1) {
  echo Wrap($Author->Points .  " " . T("Point") ,'span', array('class' => 'Points Count'));
  }else {
  echo Wrap($Author->Points .  " " . T("Points") ,'span', array('class' => 'Points Count'));
  }

vrijvlinder

You are lucky, some people can't cut and paste successfully ...

r0obert

What's does the "T" do?

@peregrine said:
yes a T (good idea V) would be better if you are going to upload and make it translateable.

if ($Author->Points == 1) {
  echo Wrap($Author->Points .  " " . T("Point") ,'span', array('class' => 'Points Count'));
  }else {
  echo Wrap($Author->Points .  " " . T("Points") ,'span', array('class' => 'Points Count'));
  }

Working perfectly, thanks guys!

vrijvlinder

It mean translatable string. Anything that has a T for translate can be changed with a language locale to another language. So if I use a spanish locale for example, that word would be translated after I add the $Definition in the file for the locale if it is not there already.

r0obert

I used position: absolute and left/top to position the element under the user avatar (bootstrap theme). Is there a better way to do this? @vrijvlinder you are the expert in css right?

@vrijvlinder said:
It mean translatable string. Anything that has a T for translate can be changed with a language locale to another language. So if I use a spanish locale for example, that word would be translated after I add the $Definition in the file for the locale if it is not there already.

Awesome, the translatable string might come in handy!

vrijvlinder

I would need to see it to help you with that.

vrijvlinder

You could try changing the span class to AuthorInfo instead of Points Count and see if it lines up proper on it's own

r0obert

It's working fine with both classes, I just needed it to work with PhotoWrap class. I was only wondering if there is a better way to position elements, besides position absolute and left/top etc.

vrijvlinder

Don't use Photowrap class because that is only for the user image user link

AuthorInfo is for the span that contains it. Then you can add css example. So it targets the right element

.Item .AuthorInfo img{
padding-right:2px;
height:20px;
width:20px
}

you can also do it like this

echo Wrap($Author->Points . " " . T("Points") ,'span', array('class' => 'Points Count'));

the css

     .Item .AuthorInfo .PointsCount{
        padding-right:2px;
        height:20px;
        width:20px
        margin:0;
        vertical-align:text-bottom;
        }

r0obert

How about making it into a hyperlink that goes to say /profile/name page? I'm also not sure where to add/edit the html property title="Points description on hover". How would this be done?

peregrine

array('class' => 'Points Count', 'title'=> 'Points description on hover'));

peregrine

or

this should work with translations.
echo Wrap($Author->Points . " " . T("Point") ,'span',array('class' => 'Points Count', 'title' => sprintf(T('Points description on hover'))));