[Plugin] Multicolored Categories

[thehappyfaceking]

Aug 4, 2016 10:42:36 GMT -8 Brian said:

Aug 4, 2016 10:40:38 GMT -8 thehappyfaceking said:

Yeah Basically If a plugin can't do that then how can it be done?

You would have to design the theme itself to work that way using a combination of template variables and CSS.

Is there any chance you could help me with doing this?

[Brian]

Aug 4, 2016 10:57:56 GMT -8 thehappyfaceking said:

Aug 4, 2016 10:42:36 GMT -8 Brian said:

You would have to design the theme itself to work that way using a combination of template variables and CSS.

Is there any chance you could help me with doing this?

Support staff only assist with template issues on a voluntary basis, as they consume much more time than standard technical support.

I would suggest requesting help in the Templates board.

[thehappyfaceking]

Can you add support for Inside Border Color?

[Brian]

Aug 4, 2016 18:45:07 GMT -8 thehappyfaceking said:

Can you add support for Inside Border Color?

Done. Update your plugin to 1.5.0 to gain access to this feature.

[thehappyfaceking]

Thanks although it seems to ignore the (Board Information & Statistics) area.

[Brian]

Aug 11, 2016 12:56:19 GMT -8 thehappyfaceking said:

Thanks although it seems to ignore the (Board Information & Statistics) area.

Added 1.5.1 to the library which should fix that. Sorry I missed it!

[weareallone]

I wasnt able to find an answer to this question but are you able to change the color of the sub-categories too? Or just the main ones.

[Kami]

Feb 24, 2017 19:38:29 GMT -8 weareallone said:

I wasnt able to find an answer to this question but are you able to change the color of the sub-categories too? Or just the main ones.

There are no subcategories, exactly. The way the structure is set up, in terms of terminology, is:

Categories > Boards > Subboards

So the subboards are all part of the category their parent board is in. Hopefully that makes sense!

[weareallone]

Feb 24, 2017 20:18:45 GMT -8 Kami said:

Feb 24, 2017 19:38:29 GMT -8 weareallone said:

I wasnt able to find an answer to this question but are you able to change the color of the sub-categories too? Or just the main ones.

There are no subcategories, exactly. The way the structure is set up, in terms of terminology, is:

Categories > Boards > Subboards

So the subboards are all part of the category their parent board is in. Hopefully that makes sense!

Ahhh okay I see. I mixed up my terminology there lol. So is it possible to re-color the sub-boards as well? Instead of just the main boards themselves?

www.awakeningforums.com for reference. I changed the main category color to blue it was a gray, I was hoping I could do the same to the sub-board/title. Kinda hard to explain lol

[Kami]

Feb 24, 2017 22:55:27 GMT -8 weareallone said:

Feb 24, 2017 20:18:45 GMT -8 Kami said:

There are no subcategories, exactly. The way the structure is set up, in terms of terminology, is:

Categories > Boards > Subboards

So the subboards are all part of the category their parent board is in. Hopefully that makes sense!

Ahhh okay I see. I mixed up my terminology there lol. So is it possible to re-color the sub-boards as well? Instead of just the main boards themselves?

www.awakeningforums.com for reference. I changed the main category color to blue it was a gray, I was hoping I could do the same to the sub-board/title. Kinda hard to explain lol

I'll defer to the plugin writer for this one, as I don't write plugins myself just yet. You may need to request another plugin or use a template mod for this, but there's a chance the plugin could be edited to include this option.

[Brian]

Feb 24, 2017 22:55:27 GMT -8 weareallone said:

Feb 24, 2017 20:18:45 GMT -8 Kami said:

There are no subcategories, exactly. The way the structure is set up, in terms of terminology, is:

Categories > Boards > Subboards

So the subboards are all part of the category their parent board is in. Hopefully that makes sense!

Ahhh okay I see. I mixed up my terminology there lol. So is it possible to re-color the sub-boards as well? Instead of just the main boards themselves?

www.awakeningforums.com for reference. I changed the main category color to blue it was a gray, I was hoping I could do the same to the sub-board/title. Kinda hard to explain lol

This plugin can only target categories so sub-boards wouldn't be doable without changing how the plugin works.

Technically all of the customizations performed by this plugin don't require a plugin to achieve at all. A few modifications to your layout templates can allow you to assign classes to elements depending on the page you're visiting, after which you can modify their colors using CSS. The Cave of the Err Bear theme that you can select in your profile here on ProBoards Support is proof of concept for that method as it was recently changed to have zero reliance on the plugin.

[rassy]

My Categories have an image...it should be also going onto the boards...for example the "History" board has the image yet "The Lounge" does not. Why is that? It has to do with my Multicolored Categories plugin

nbazone23.proboards.com/

[Brian]

Apr 10, 2017 20:52:04 GMT -8 rassy said:

My Categories have an image...it should be also going onto the boards...for example the "History" board has the image yet "The Lounge" does not. Why is that? It has to do with my Multicolored Categories plugin

nbazone23.proboards.com/

Your first category's name and display name are different. Both must be the same in order for the plugin to work properly.

The plugin searches for the category's display name on the page to add the category images to the homepage. When you're inside boards it relies on the regular category name since it's added to a Javascript object in the page's head.

[rassy]

Got it. thx.

[justja]

Loving the plugin Brian! And possibly even over-using it, which leads to a question: Is there a way to have boards and posts inherent the settings for colour but not the background images?

I'm also using the Different Background per Board plugin, and while I've made background images which work well on the home page, some of them clash with the board backgrounds. Others make the titles unreadable when the text is placed directly over them (rather than next to them, which works on the home page as the text is centered, but not for the boards).