Recently Updated Threads Sidebar (0.4.6)

[mackenzieh]

Jun 2, 2014 19:10:46 GMT -8 ♥ ℒʊ√ ♥ said:

The CSS Todge provided is a scroll bar ~ like mine has.

The forum you posted added their own CSS for a rolling scroll.

That's what I want, a rolling scroll.  I just don't know the CSS for it. Your forum is a rolling scroll as well. I didn't see that Todge added it. If it was added, then why isn't it working on my board? 

[♥ ℒʊ√ ♥]

MamaGails container boxes are done in HTML ~ like my "Who's Hanging Out" container.

But her "Recent Threads" container isn't scrolling. It has a scroll bar ~ like mine.

I don't know enough about CSS or if a rolling scroll is even possible in CSS or this plugin.

Todge or Elf would know.

[mackenzieh]

Jun 2, 2014 19:28:42 GMT -8 ♥ ℒʊ√ ♥ said:

MamaGails container boxes are done in HTML ~ like my "Who's Hanging Out" container.

But her "Recent Threads" container isn't scrolling. It has a scroll bar ~ like mine.

I don't know enough about CSS or if a rolling scroll is even possible in CSS or this plugin.

Todge or Elf would know.

oh, ok. Yeah, I don't know enough about CSS either. I like the rolling scroll idea a lot. I added the scroll bar back but when will it show up? 

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Which plugin did you change the height? It has to be set in the Recent Threads Plugin; not Brian's. Mine is set to a height of 275px.

Also, how many threads did you choose to display? You can choose from 1 to 100. I chose 20. 

As Todge posted, if you want the scroll bar displayed without having enough content, he provided the code. But it's just displayed. It won't be able to go up or down without enough threads to fill up the container. The idea of a scroll is to reveal that which is hidden. So far, none of your content is hidden. They're all showing in the container.

IMO, a rolling scroll would make this information harder to read. This type of content should be easily readable, accessible and clickable.  

[mackenzieh]

Jun 2, 2014 20:27:55 GMT -8 ♥ ℒʊ√ ♥ said:

Which plugin did you change the height? It has to be set in the Recent Threads Plugin; not Brian's. Mine is set to a height of 275px.

Also, how many threads did you choose to display? You can choose from 1 to 100. I chose 20. 

As Todge posted, if you want the scroll bar displayed without having enough content, he provided the code. But it's just displayed. It won't be able to go up or down without enough threads to fill up the container. The idea of a scroll is to reveal that which is hidden. So far, none of your content is hidden. They're all showing in the container.

IMO, a rolling scroll would make this information harder to read. This type of content should be easily readable, accessible and clickable.  

I changed the plugin's height to 275 and it's still the square...not a rectangle. should I have changed the width as well? I chose to display 10 threads. So I have to wait until it hits that 10 mark, I guess. 

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Yes, and only if that 10 mark goes over the container's height. If the container's height can hold 10 posts, it may take 11 or 12.

[mackenzieh]

oh, ok. That makes sense. Since I changed the height to 275 & I changed the width to 500 in the plugin but the box is still a square. 

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It doesn't look like it's 275px in length. Mine is 275px and much longer. Did you remember to put the px next to the number? And the width shouldn't exceed the width you've set for Brian's sidebar.

[Todge]

mackenzieh, how are you adding a height to the Recent Threads cell?

If you add this into the Cell Styling CSS box it should add the height and the scrollbars when they are needed..


#recent-threads-cell
{
   height: 275px;
   overflow: auto;
}

Can I also suggest that you add this too? It will make the contents easier to read..


#recent-threads-cell div
{
   border-bottom: 1px solid black;
}


[Todge]

Jun 2, 2014 19:10:27 GMT -8 ₪» ⅀ ƪ Ƒ «₪ said:

Todge, just for the future, certainly not pressing whatsoever, I have a few feature requests.

I'd like to add this into a tabbed table and have one tab be the recently CREATED ones and one be the recently POSTED in ones. Right now, you have to pick between the two, but my interest is in the ability to create two technical sidetables with the separate purpose. I would write the tabbed code myself and just use your current code's ability to target specific IDs to place the sidetables into it. I have no clue if this is making sense, if not.. ignore me or ask for clarification? xD

The other one would be possibly a different plugin entirely rather than this one, but I was interested in a "top threads" one. Like, which ones have the most posts. Though if the one with the most posts had not been posted in within the past x number of days, it wouldn't count as a top one anymore and be removed from the list unless it was posted in again. If this isn't an option/feasible or should be a different plugin or you wanna tell me to go suck on a rock, feel free.

Go suck on a rock....

No, seriously, in order to have a recently posted AND a recently created option running in tandem would ideally require another key.. It COULD be done using the existing one, but would obviously restrict the space available for either.

The top threads option could be added to this plugin.. The only problem I see with that is the fact you'd want the the thread removed after a set time.. To do that you'd need a backup thread to display in it's place, which would mean keeping track of multiple threads, just in case they are needed to replace the removed one.. That would be pretty difficult to do, and would again impact on the storage available.

AND, any modifications to this would have to wait.. I'm currently fighting with another request.

[Former Member]

I'll go find a suitable rock..

I'd be okay with that, though I know that's cuz I'm spoiled by my key-less forum xD

What if there were only a few you could show, like 3 or 5, rather than the 1-100 option for the recently created/posted in versions? Then the plugin knows exactly how many threads it has to keep track of to handle it

That's perfectly fine, of course. None of my feature requests are usually "I NEED DIS NOW" haha I can wait months with no problem

[Former Member]

Also, for the Ancillary Pages, so far I've noticed it doesn't show up on the Recent Threads page. I know it seems redundant but I'd prefer the redundancy than the random empty sidetable xD
I'll report if I notice it missing anywhere else =)

EDIT: One possible glitch I've noticed is that, while it's loading, the content just floats randomly at the far left of my site, outside the forum wrapper, until it loads and snaps back into place in the sidebar. Is there a coding mishap that perhaps causes it to show up while loading but not be in the targeted location during that time?

[Todge]

Jun 3, 2014 19:14:43 GMT -8 ₪» ⅀ ƪ Ƒ «₪ said:

Also, for the Ancillary Pages, so far I've noticed it doesn't show up on the Recent Threads page. I know it seems redundant but I'd prefer the redundancy than the random empty sidetable xD
I'll report if I notice it missing anywhere else =)

EDIT: One possible glitch I've noticed is that, while it's loading, the content just floats randomly at the far left of my site, outside the forum wrapper, until it loads and snaps back into place in the sidebar. Is there a coding mishap that perhaps causes it to show up while loading but not be in the targeted location during that time?

Version 0.1.7 fixes the Recent Threads/Posts page.

The Recent Threads is displayed to the side of your forum during loading because the last thing the plugin does is move it into any containing cell that you may have added in the options.

To start with, the recent threads cell is invisible, the contents are added to the cell(s), the extra cell is added if need be, the 'invisibility is removed allowing the Recent Threads cells to be seen, and then it is moved to a containing cell if need be, all in that order.

I will see if I can switch the last two processes, but that may take a little reworking because of the way everything is written and laid out in the plugin.

[Former Member]

If it could be reworked, I think that'd look a lot better for anyone with a sidetable, but I completely understand that it may take time so there's no rush ^^

[mackenzieh]

I updated the plugin, but it wiped out all the threads I had (It had 1.6 & 1.7 installed). I deleted 1.6.. was I not supposed to do that? In the future, how do I get to keep the data from the old plugin and bring it over to the new one?