Info Center Modification

[Former Member]

May 28, 2015 15:23:45 GMT -8 Tumbleweed said:

Dave B,

I downloaded the plug in and tried different things with it plus fiddled with what I had in my new fader via the regular way and I can't replicate that. Now sometimes a plugin needs to run first so you might want to try moving it up in the hierarchy of your plugins. If it is still doing it, temporarily remove the code you have to add the newest user and last thread. You could even remove the line "newest user"  first to see if it is that and then remove the whole thing. Also where is that javascript code? In our global headers or in your wrapper template? Not sure if that would make a difference. (I can't test that javascript code to add those to things as I'm not sure how it works or I could test it myself.)

    Hi Tumbleweed
  
    I have moved the news fader plugin to the top and still no change .. I currently have the height set at 120px .. Which it obviously isnt displayed like that lol

    And as soon as i removed both the Newest User and Last Thread codes there was no more jumping .. They are in the top of the template.

    Thanks
    Dave

[Tumbleweed]

Do you know where you got that code (the javascript) so I know how to use it. I have a couple ideas to try to see if we can fix it. 

[Former Member]

May 28, 2015 20:00:53 GMT -8 Tumbleweed said:

Do you know where you got that code (the javascript) so I know how to use it. I have a couple ideas to try to see if we can fix it. 

  Yeah it's Brian's V4 News fader Plugin > support.proboards.com/thread/466352/v4-news-fader-1-2

 Thanks Tumbleweed     

[Tumbleweed]

May 29, 2015 0:25:47 GMT -8 Dave B said:

May 28, 2015 20:00:53 GMT -8 Tumbleweed said:

Do you know where you got that code (the javascript) so I know how to use it. I have a couple ideas to try to see if we can fix it. 

  Yeah it's Brian's V4 News fader Plugin > support.proboards.com/thread/466352/v4-news-fader-1-2

 Thanks Tumbleweed     

Oh, I just downloaded it via my admin panel and didn't look at the thread that had that javacript code. I'm really puzzled by this and another thing I noticed was when the latest update thread cycles through in your news fader, on your board section, in the last column, the text, TEST BOARD moves a few pixels  AND Total Threads - 2 Total Posts - 3 Total Members - 2 in your info center moves up a few pixels.  I have a feeling it is something in how the board was remodeled but the problem is, I now have both the board remodel and info center remodel on my test site and I'm not getting that at all! We know it was happening before the info remodel so it's not that. And since I can't replicate it I can't dabble with anything but my first thing to address is the custom title for the new last column.

It needs fixed so you are going to have to be the guinea pig and thankfully, you have a test site.

The first and easiest thing, if you are willing,  (but the longest shot) is go to your style sheet and in the css I had you put at the bottom of your style sheet, change margin-top to zero pixels. Save and then check to see if jumping stops. If jumping continues just put it back to 8px or whatever you have it set at.

.boards .main .description{
margin-top:8px;
}

Now next is where I really think the problem might be and that is the new custom last column I added but first while in the style sheet scroll up to where board lists are and note what you have your columns set as and write them down and then change them to the quick test widths I have here: (Not ideal but good for testing)

.boards .main { width: 58%; text-align: @board_align_main; }
.boards .threads { width: 9%; text-align: @board_align_threads; white-space: nowrap; }
.boards .posts { width: 8%; text-align: @board_align_posts; white-space: nowrap; }
.boards .latest { width: 32%; text-align: @board_align_last_post; }

Now move to your board lists template.

and comment out this like I did in red: (line 8 ish)

<!--<th id="my_cust_title">Topic</th>-->

and futher down comment out that new column: (line 65ish)

<!-- <td id="my_thread_col">
{if $[board.last_thread]}      
$[board.last_thread.recent_link]<br />
{/if}
</td>-->

Now copy just the if part......

{if $[board.last_thread]} 
$[board.last_thread.recent_link]<br />
{/if}

and paste the copy into the original last column.... (and to be honest, I like it a lot more in that column because it lines up perfectly with "replied to")...

<td class="latest last">

<div class="date">$[board.last_thread.last_post.created_on]</div>
<div style="text-align:left!important;">
{if $[board.posts] > 0}
{if $[board.last_thread]} $[board.last_thread.last_post.created_by] replied to
{/if}
{else}
No posts have been made on this board.
{/if}
{if $[board.last_thread]}      
$[board.last_thread.recent_link]<br />
{/if}
</div>

</td>

Save and check to see if the jumping stops and let me know.  And sorry, wish I could have replicated that so I could have tested what I think might be a 'my end' problem.

[Former Member]

Hi Tumbleweed

Ive done the above and unfortunately it still jumps for me

And sure il be your guinea pig

Thanks
Dave

[Tumbleweed]

May 29, 2015 14:24:55 GMT -8 Dave B said:

Hi Tumbleweed

Ive done the above and unfortunately it still jumps for me

And sure il be your guinea pig

Thanks
Dave

I only have a couple more ideas to try to pin point why that is doing that and then I think I'm out of ideas.

The first one is to disable all your plugins except the newfader one and see if it fixes the jump. If it does fix the jump, enable them one by one so we can pin point which one.


The last test is for you to make a new theme. Don't worry about colors or anything but then I want you to enable all your plugins on that theme but leave your templates remodels alone and see if the jump is on that new theme. I just want to rule out any template changes since you (and I sort of) are remodeling a lot.

If you don't want to make a new theme you could just copy your board list template and paste it in a post on your site and then set that template back to default and ignore any distorted columns and see if the jump is still there.

If it is still there, I'm out of ideas.

[Former Member]

May 29, 2015 19:06:45 GMT -8 Tumbleweed said:

May 29, 2015 14:24:55 GMT -8 Dave B said:

Hi Tumbleweed

Ive done the above and unfortunately it still jumps for me

And sure il be your guinea pig

Thanks
Dave

I only have a couple more ideas to try to pin point why that is doing that and then I think I'm out of ideas.

The first one is to disable all your plugins except the newfader one and see if it fixes the jump. If it does fix the jump, enable them one by one so we can pin point which one.


The last test is for you to make a new theme. Don't worry about colors or anything but then I want you to enable all your plugins on that theme but leave your templates remodels alone and see if the jump is on that new theme. I just want to rule out any template changes since you (and I sort of) are remodeling a lot.

If you don't want to make a new theme you could just copy your board list template and paste it in a post on your site and then set that template back to default and ignore any distorted columns and see if the jump is still there.

If it is still there, I'm out of ideas.

    Hi Tumbleweed 

    I think its the actual code thats pushing the information to the plugin.

    I disabled all the plugins apart from the News fader and it still jumped so i then enabled all of them and disabled the news fader and the jumping stopped

    I put a new line into the news Fader and that appeared and didnt jump .. It only jumps when its switching through the ones that are forced in by the code in the template or when switching back to the standard feeds.

    I wonder if Brian knows why this is happening?

   Thanks
   Dave

[Tumbleweed]

Dave B

Hopefully, Brian or someone else can help because I haven't a clue since I have that same plug-in and your templates on my test site and it doesn't do it. I keep going back to text size and something I'm missing, which is typically the issue with jumping, but I don't see where it is different. I know it will end up being something simple that I just am not seeing or didn't think of.

[Former Member]

That's no problem Tumbleweed

Thanks for all your help you have been amazing

Dave

[Brian]

You need to add px after the height you specify in the news fader plugin settings as shown in the example when you hover over the icon next to the Height field.

[Former Member]

May 31, 2015 8:23:12 GMT -8 Brian said:

You need to add px after the height you specify in the news fader plugin settings as shown in the example when you hover over the icon next to the Height field.

   Thanks Brian

   If i usually miss anything its the simplest of things.

   Dave

[Tumbleweed]

May 31, 2015 8:23:12 GMT -8 Brian said:

You need to add px after the height you specify in the news fader plugin settings as shown in the example when you hover over the icon next to the Height field.

Of course I didn't even think to check that. Didn't even enter my brain at all. I checked the text size and made Dave jump through hoops doing all kinds of things to pin it down.  lol  Thanks Brian for solving this for Dave, as I was totally at a loss. And Dave, you did some pretty good hoop jumping. ha ha...