[Done 1.5.1-1.5.5] Blog Mod (07/19)

[Spaceman-Spiff]

yes, site has been down since this morning
hope it will be up soon

a blog is a web-based journal, it's used for writing everything you want about your daily life, events, etc
it works like this one: http://blog.hyrum.net/ (Jeff's blog), except for the side bar
you can post comments through a popup window, include your blog into your site, etc (read the first post for the features list)

[Spaceman-Spiff]

forgot one query, fixed the dbmod files and reuploaded the zip
since there're no reports, i guess no one has tried v1.0 yet

[Jeff Lewis]

Nice stuff! We'll have to add that to the official insall sometime

[groundup]

Nice stuff! We'll have to add that to the official insall sometime

'blog' != 'message board'

[Spaceman-Spiff]

lol
thx for the compliment, Jeff, but i also don't think it will be suitable for a built-in feature...
it would be a nice addon for sites that provides forum hosting, like boardnation

[amango]

I have a problem with quoted text and blog_ssi.

Test it. You'll see, that you can't read anything. I'll have to invert the text with the mouse to read quoted text. Can you do something about it?  

[Spaceman-Spiff]

I have a problem with quoted text and blog_ssi.

Test it. You'll see, that you can't read anything. I'll have to invert the text with the mouse to read quoted text. Can you do something about it?  

include the .quote style into your site's style

[Spaceman-Spiff]

version 1.1 is released
the only change is in Post.php (fixed a bug in blog posting permission)
so if you were running version 1.0 before, you only need to uninstall the .mod file and install 1.1 mod file in BoardMod.
and then reupload Post.php

[amango]

@Spaceman

I tried it, but quoted text remains unreadable. Could you test it yourself on your board? Make a quoted posting on your board so it could be seen here:

http://www.monkey-pirate.com/php/test/includetest.php

[Spaceman-Spiff]

the black bg and black text is a bug in YSE, i already talked with Compuart about that
the problem is the code for quote and code tag is something like this (in Subs.php):

Code Select Expand

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#000000"><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td class="code">
the nested tables are done because we wanted the quote and code border to work in older browsers (browsers without css support), but forgot to put a bgcolor for the last td, so the background stays black
to fix this bug you can add bgcolor="#FFFFFF" right before class="code" and bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" right before class=\"quote\" (2x)

another way to do this is include/make a style class for: .quote, .code, and .meaction
you can either make a new style & colors, or copy the ones from your forum
example: http://www.monkey-pirate.com/php/test/includetest.php

[Spaceman-Spiff]

I've been making good progress with the blog mod
you can check here: http://omanga.monkey-pirate.com/index.php?board=27
those stuff will be included in the next version
other stuffs i'm thinking to make:
- recentComments SSI
- blog setting page for each blog (settings include: blog name/title & blog home page)

comments are welcomed

[amango]

I got an error with IE6 if I do this on your site
http://omanga.monkey-pirate.com/index.php?board=27

Click on "comment". The blog-window opens. Now close the blog-window.

Now - do it again. Nothing happens. The window will not open, and the Internet Explorer will give you an "error on this page".

[Edit] I tested it also with Mozilla - it happens the same.

Another question: How can I make the pop-up window with the comments a little bit larger?

[Spaceman-Spiff]

fixed the JS bug, thx

the popup size is currently hardcoded (in Display.php)
i'll move them to modsettings later...

[amango]

It seems I found another little bug.

After deleting a comment in the blog page and posting a new one, the comments are not displayed in the correct order anymore.

[Spaceman-Spiff]

hmm.... i'll check that

i'm almost done with the next version (v1.2)
here's a screenshot of the blog settings page (for each blog writer):


added an include for comments, for sample, view my blog
i wanna make one for archive too, but don't know if i'll have the time or not
if i dont, probably it will go into v1.3