Add content anywhere

[katya]

Basically, I'd like a plugin that can give me something like $[stuff1], $[stuff2], $[stuff3], that I could insert anywhere into my forum wrapper templates for different site themes. A $[stuff#] would be customized to contain whatever html content I'd need. I don't really need unlimited stuffs, just like 5 would be enough, 10 would be ideal.

See, I want to have multiple skins up for my site, but there's a lot of info (stuff that would usually go in sidebars, but for some skins, it's up top in tables, or in the footers by the site info, or in a static floating div, etc etc) that I need to regularly update, and I sure don't want to edit 5+ templates just to add an affiliate to every skin.

So yeah, I just need a way to make unified content appear in different places on different skins. I haven't the foggiest idea how to write a plugin though, so I have no idea if this would be simple or difficult to code. If anyone could give this a shot, I'd hugely appreciate it!

[omgpink]

Hey loves,
just bumping this because it would be super useful *^*

[omgpink]

bumps!

[Wormopolis]

the only way I could see this actually working, and to keep someone from doing something sneaky in a post, would be to use span tags in the templates and not just placeholders. otherwise placeholders run the risk of getting replaced directly in a message. members being able to force their own html content into a post is already a security risk (which is why doHTML requests keep getting shot down).

so I was thinking you could do this

<span id="Stuff_1" style="display:none"></span>

as the placeholder. the display:none is to keep it hidden until it actually gets content.

or if you wanted to target multiple spans with the same content, you could do

<span class="Stuff_1" style="display:none">

and then all spans with that class would get the extra content.

[omgpink]

The point of this plug in wouldn't be to create skins with shared classnames. The point would be, as far as role-play forums are concerned, is to have one place to update what's new on the forum on all skins. It would also be useful for having one place to update affiliates while being more flexible stylistically than keeping them in global footers.

I'd like to bump this again. CJink has an equivalent to this with their pages feature, which allows you to give name to content placed in their page that you can directly input into any forum wrapper with a name prescribe.

[Former Member]

if you put it in your header/footers, it'd show on all themes

[Tumbleweed]

Since ₪» ⅀ ƪ Ƒ «₪ replied, bumped this topic up, it brought my attention to this request, which I'd not noticed before. I did help with something similar to what you are asking (I think) in this thread:

support.proboards.com/thread/487630/info

Where the javascript part in that thread says...

$("#my_affies").insertAfter(".shoutbox.container.full");

...you could give it a generic name like: 

$("#my_affies").insertAfter(".insert_affies");

And then whatever area you want that content (in that thread it was for affiliates) to appear you'd just put a simple div with that class and your affiliates/content will appear after that div.

<div class="insert_affies"></div>

So then it would be a matter of just updating the actual content (affiliates) in your main or global headers. Would something like that work?

[omgpink]

Nov 29, 2013 15:29:00 GMT -8 ₪» ⅀ ƪ Ƒ «₪ said:

if you put it in your header/footers, it'd show on all themes

the problem with this is that affiliates will appear above the cbox on most role-play skins, which isn't very aesthetically pleasing. My point is, headers and footers do not give me enough freedom to create the designs i want to create that have a global affiliates area. For example, what if I want affiliates in a sidebar on one skin? If the cbox ends up in global footers too to be above the affiliates, that limits my cbox's design as well.

[Former Member]

You should respond to Tumbleweed then.

[omgpink]

Nov 29, 2013 16:21:18 GMT -8 Tumbleweed said:

Since ₪» ⅀ ƪ Ƒ «₪ replied, bumped this topic up, it brought my attention to this request, which I'd not noticed before. I did help with something similar to what you are asking (I think) in this thread:

support.proboards.com/thread/487630/info

Where the javascript part in that thread says...

$("#my_affies").insertAfter(".shoutbox.container.full");

...you could give it a generic name like: 

$("#my_affies").insertAfter(".insert_affies");

And then whatever area you want that content (in that thread it was for affiliates) to appear you'd just put a simple div with that class and your affiliates/content will appear after that div.

<div class="insert_affies"></div>

So then it would be a matter of just updating the actual content (affiliates) in your main or global headers. Would something like that work?

YES THANK YOU this is exactly the kind of code i was looking for <3 <3 AH ty so much you have no idea!

[Tumbleweed]

Hey, omgpink, glad you found it useful since the original poster never came back. lol  Let me know if you have any issues.