Recently Updated Threads Sidebar (0.4.6)

[Todge]

Dec 16, 2020 20:42:07 GMT -8 Timebomb007 said:

The person creating the threads is doing it from the desktop site. No one else is creating threads within the board, and the board is not a restricted board.

It doesn’t happen often, so it’s nothing major. Thanks.

I would say is it being caused by more than one person posting at the same time then.. If that is the case there's little I can do about it without breaking PBs rules. I'm not sure how V6 will work regarding access to key data, so keep your fingers that it will get better rather than worse.

[widepe]

Todge, thanks for all your work on this. Overall, the plugin is working great for me and I've been able to modify it with all your help in this thread:)

One thing on my wish list, and your plugin may do it??? I would like to post a box that allows users to edit and update the text in the box from their screen without having to go into the control panel. In the SETTINGS tab, I have it checked EVERYONE for write permissions. How do users write a message without going into the control panel? I don't know if I'm not reading that correctly.

[Todge]

Dec 18, 2020 12:36:19 GMT -8 widepe said:

Todge, thanks for all your work on this. Overall, the plugin is working great for me and I've been able to modify it with all your help in this thread:)

One thing on my wish list, and your plugin may do it??? I would like to post a box that allows users to edit and update the text in the box from their screen without having to go into the control panel. In the SETTINGS tab, I have it checked EVERYONE for write permissions. How do users write a message without going into the control panel? I don't know if I'm not reading that correctly.

I'm afraid that's not possible with the plugin as it is.

The write permissions you are talking about is for the key.. That will need to be set to Everyone or Members to allow the plugin to work, otherwise posts by members and/or guests would not be listed.

[widepe]

Happy New Year!

I was trying to modify the text of the recent threads where the [T] subject line would be larger and a different color than the

poster and the [W] time posted.  I tried the following.  The padding worked, but the text remained unchanged except for the word "by" which was the only text I added. 

In the RECENT THREADS tab, I typed the following in the box:

<div style="font-weight: bold; color: blue; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 14px;" >[T]</div>
<div style="padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: green; font-size: 12px" >by

[W]</div>

Can this be done?  I had scanned a number of pages, but didn't see anything like I'm looking for.

[Todge]

Jan 2, 2021 20:53:05 GMT -8 widepe said:

Happy New Year!

I was trying to modify the text of the recent threads where the [T] subject line would be larger and a different color than the

poster and the [W] time posted.  I tried the following.  The padding worked, but the text remained unchanged except for the word "by" which was the only text I added. 

In the RECENT THREADS tab, I typed the following in the box:

<div style="font-weight: bold; color: blue; padding-left: 5px; font-size: 14px;" >[T]</div>
<div style="padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: green; font-size: 12px" >by

[W]</div>

Can this be done?  I had scanned a number of pages, but didn't see anything like I'm looking for.

The problem is that the link styles are being overridden by the forum styles. The best way to overcome this is to use your own class names.

So, replace the coding you are currently using in the Recent Threads with this..

<div class="ruts_thread" >[T]</div>
<div class="ruts_time">by [W]</div>

And put this in the Cell Styling option. found in the Settings tab..

.ruts_thread > a
{
font-weight: bold;
color: blue;
padding-left: 5px;
font-size: 14px;
}

.ruts_time
{
padding-left: 5px;
padding-bottom: 5px;
color: green;
font-size: 12px
}

That will ensure that the plugin will use your styling rather than that used by the forum in general.

[widepe]

Perfect!  Thanks for the coding lesson:)

[dobbyhe]

Silly questions and forgive me if it has already been asked and/or answered. But the

"Read Permissions and Write permissions should be set to 'Everyone'." is that a must?

I have private and hidden boards and don't want "everyone" to see them and post on them. So what should I do here? Am I reading it wrong or does it give permission for everyone to read the private and hidden boards if they appear in the side bar?

[Todge]

Feb 16, 2021 17:43:28 GMT -8 dobbyhe said:

Silly questions and forgive me if it has already been asked and/or answered. But the

"Read Permissions and Write permissions should be set to 'Everyone'." is that a must?

I have private and hidden boards and don't want "everyone" to see them and post on them. So what should I do here? Am I reading it wrong or does it give permission for everyone to read the private and hidden boards if they appear in the side bar?

If you have private boards, they should not appear in the list anyway.. Even if they did, members that do not have access would not be able to view the posts themselves.

Hidden boards are different. If the boards are hidden with a plugin or with CSS, then depending on how the plugin works, 'normal' members would have access to threads in hidden boards.

But, regarding your permissions question, if you change the write permission to members only, for instance, guest posts would not be listed, same as if you selected staff members only, then posts by normal members would not be listed.. You'd also get a lot of pop-ups asking you to reset the key count as those posts would throw out counting done by the plugin... So 'Write Permissions' should ideally be left at everyone.

As for 'Read Permissions'.. You can select members only quite safely, in that case guests would not see the post list, but selecting staff only would stop your normal members from having access to the list too.

So...

'Write Permission' should always be set to everyone.
'Read Permission' can safely be set to members only.

No-one that does not normally have access to private boards cannot access them, even if they are included in the list, but they shouldn't be.

[Bunnie]

I can't make it so that I get a list with the recent updates in the sidebar.
Guess the 1st explanations are to old (2014) and I'm missing information.
In this thread there are 100+ posts and I don't know where to look for.
So how do I make it possible?

[Todge]

Mar 4, 2021 8:10:50 GMT -8 Bunnie said:

I can't make it so that I get a list with the recent updates in the sidebar.
Guess the 1st explanations are to old (2014) and I'm missing information.
In this thread there are 100+ posts and I don't know where to look for.
So how do I make it possible?

Threads will only appear in the sidebar as they are posted AFTER the plugin was installed. Si when the plugin is first installed it will not show anything, but it should populate as threads are created.

If this is not the case, can you please leave a link to your forum so I can take a look. Thanks.

[Bunnie]

I've read that, so I tested that also. Point is that I can't figure out how to set it in the sidebar settings.

see my board below

[Todge]

Mar 4, 2021 9:29:48 GMT -8 Bunnie said:

I've read that, so I tested that also. Point is that I can't figure out how to set it in the sidebar settings.

see my board below

I can't see you board link I'm afraid..

How have you set the key permissions?

[Bunnie]

Hi,

yes, only members of a specific group can see the sidebar.
Where in these settings can I create a list of recent messages?


drive.google.com/file/d/1kplPS5vzuPB3dpVi1NydfkyThaBrT8y7/view?usp=sharing

[Todge]

Mar 5, 2021 12:40:05 GMT -8 Bunnie said:

Hi,

yes, only members of a specific group can see the sidebar.
Where in these settings can I create a list of recent messages?


drive.google.com/file/d/1kplPS5vzuPB3dpVi1NydfkyThaBrT8y7/view?usp=sharing

That is the Sidebar Redux plugin, nothing you change in there will directly effect the Recently Updated Threads plugin.

The settings in the RUTs plugin are the ones that effect that, but first up, you say the key is set for one specific group? That's OK for the Read Permissions, but the Write Permissions need to be set to 'Everyone' otherwise the majority of your threads/posts will not be added to the RUTs sidebar.

[Bunnie]

Okay. I understand. In that case I cannot use the RUT.