Topic: Contact admin button?

[Itchigo]

I'd like to make a "Contact" admin button for my site. I was going to make an extra button at the top for this, but I decided to do something within the "Forum Staff" block.

while I don't want to give out my site email, I had thought about having the button send a pm to the administrator (me). I want guests to have this privilege too, even though I have it set so guests can't view members profiles.

How do I do this?

[AngelinaBelle]

Maybe you would like a contact page for your forum.
You can put a button for it in the forum staff block or add it to the main nav menu.

Here is one example of how to do something like this:
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=377

I hope it helps.

[Itchigo]

Thank you. I was actually directed to that exact mod, which I tried, and it cut off the right side of my forum. The right edge of my middle blocks were the right edge of the site. I had also tried with some success to make a button for it in the top navbar. I got the button to appear, but couldn't get the action.  I tried this in Sources/subs.php.

'Contact' => array(
            'title' => $txt['Contact'],
            'href' => $scripturl . '?action=help',
            'show' => true,
            'sub_buttons' => array(
            ),
         ),
         'search' => array(
            'title' => $txt['search'],
            'href' => $scripturl . '?action=search',
            'show' => $context['allow_search'],
            'sub_buttons' => array(
            ),
         ),

[AngelinaBelle]

Did the mod cut off your forum?  Or did your button addition cut off your forum?

If you installed the mod, and it did not add a button to your nav bar, something went wrong.
Either it failed its changes to Subs.php or the theme is ignoring the buttons in Subs.php.


Did you get any errors on install?
http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?action=parse;mod=377;attach=218512;smf_version=2.0.7

[Itchigo]

Yes, it cutoff the whole right side of the forum. It did install the button though.

If I could get the "action" right in that code I'd be set. Adding that code gives me a button, but it doesn't do anything because I don't know what to do.

[AngelinaBelle]

Did you try contacting the mod author? I assume the problem with the mod was that there was something wrong with the button, since it broke every page of the forum. This implies that there was some problem with the text string that goes on the button.  Looking at the install instructions, I cannot figure out what that is, but if you test he mod again on a test forum, you'd be able to look at the html at that point on the page, and probably spot what has gone .

You should be able to keep the action and fix the button after that.

[AngelinaBelle]

You are getting slightly different advice at simolemachines.org.
Does the contact page action itself work?

Try the url with ?action=contact and see what happens.

Good lipuck!

[Itchigo]

Sorry for the late reply. The mod itself works. It just makes the forum cut off (resizes) on the right side. But, I think the mod is for older smf than what I have. I'm going to do the button code, the action line was what I was missing.

The only thing I may have an issue with is if I run out of space and have top do 2 rows of nav buttons. We'll see. Thanks again, you're making a career out of helping me....

[AngelinaBelle]

Enjoy!  This is not really so much a simple portal issue as a SimpleMachines issue, so you might get more and better input over in one of the simplemachines coding boards, if the author is not responsive to your questions.

[Itchigo]

Just to update this I marked it as solved because I got the info I needed at the SMF site. I haven't had time to try it mind you, but I'm pretty sure it's what I need.

Thanks as always.

[AngelinaBelle]

I'm glad you got the answer you needed!