Topic: Custom Portal Mod

[infostrides]

This is really nice and cool mod. I will give it a try!

[c23_Mike]

Hi there!

@Sinan: Can you make this wonderful mod ready for SP 2.3.4?

[c23_Mike]

Hi there!

*bump* I really would like to use this any longer, since it is genius and I think it would be easy to adopt.

[iulyz]

You have attached fixed version

[Slack]

Cool mod and the above version works with 2.3.4 -- be aware however if you have set, in Block Settings, "Hide Blocks in forum Areas" and have the Admin section checked, the blocks will disappear when you go to admin and will not come back when you return to the forum.   

[c23_Mike]

Hi there!

Tnx a lot!! Now its a dream! Perfect version!

[hcfwesker]

Hello, I, om s,f 2.0.2 and using the latest portal release.

I added this custom portal mod onto simple portal.  Problem is, i clicked some stuff around, and for some reason i'm only seeing the recent posts , nothing else on the portal.  I've tried uninstalling reinstalling everything.  Where in the db can i remove my settings for this so its back to default?

Thank you

PS, is it necessary to have the captcha on?  its annoying with the line through the letters.

[andy]

Made a database backup before trying new stuff? If you have a backup then import it back  into the server database for smf using phpmyadmin in cpanel.

Or
...usually cpanel on the server will restore a backup from yesterday, for example.

If you didnt backup or dont have access to the database and then changed many settings, there is no way back except manually going through settings again.

Last resort is deleting all the simple portal database fields using phpmyadmin and starting over  with simple portal= drastic action.

Im guessing this is a problem with permissions settings. There is still a bug in SP 2.3.4 I think ... it resets all group permissions to 'disallow' if you use preview - blocks and pages. That would make a lot of stuff disappear perhaps.
I dont know what you did so hard to say whats best for you. Try checking the custom permissions for the blocks again - see if they are set to 'allow' for your groups (and admin), or if the general permission setting is for 'everyone'.
Avoid using preview for blocks and pages until new release.

If I have trouble I cant fix, I start by restoring a database backup.
Still no luck, I reinstalling smf with a large upgrade package and then use the reset_settings.php files (smf site) if Im using custom themes etc.
Try installing simple portal before any other mods.

If still not right then you have to keep trying to change the settings manually or uninstall simple portal and try risking deleting the database tables for SP and starting over from the begining installing the portal - all data lost for pages and blocks... not the best way.

[hcfwesker]

Yeah, when I uninstalled, I selected the "Renove all data associated with this MOD" , and tried it again.

Also, one thing I found out is, when you move a block to the middle, it's almost impossible to get it back on the left/right side blocks.  and if you accidentally grab a block and scroll off screen and un-click, the block is gone forever lol.

Had to remove this MOD just so i could see my stuff.

The first post says this makes changes to the db per user, I'd like to know which table this makes those changes in per user.

[andy]

I havent used it so dont know anything about the mod really.  Dont know if it alters the user fields (I guess it does) or uses its own new ones.

Sinan can tell you.

I hope at least your site is back to normal...   

[hcfwesker]

yeah, it is, and only affected me, but uninstalling the MOD put it back to normal.  but i'd still love this feature, members loved it while they got to test it.

[andy]

Let us know if this is a closed/solved topic... you can also mark it solved.
Andy

OOPS... didnt see the top - thought this was a support topic 

[N-Joy]

Any news on this one? Any update for the latest version / fix for the disappearing blocks?

[velorooms]

Not working with 2.3.4 for me. Failing on install, coming up with four parse errors. Did a manual parse to see the lines and the problem lines are as follows

edit: solved, think it was me being retarded

[N-Joy]

Don't try, it doesn't seem to work on 2.3.4. All blocks are gone when I activate customportal.

[velorooms]

Phew got this working on 2.3.4 eventually, dont know why it was playing up.

Hello, I, om s,f 2.0.2 and using the latest portal release.

I added this custom portal mod onto simple portal.  Problem is, i clicked some stuff around, and for some reason i'm only seeing the recent posts , nothing else on the portal.  I've tried uninstalling reinstalling everything.  Where in the db can i remove my settings for this so its back to default?

Thank you

PS, is it necessary to have the captcha on?  its annoying with the line through the letters.

Ive found the database line. This took serious hunting, searched through all the code and struggled.. eventually found it.

the table you are looking for is the themes table (this will be preceded in phpmyadmin by your forum prefix)

the variable will be shown as sp_block_layout

removing that line for the member number will revert their block arrangement to default.

tested this by zapping all my blocks and then removing that line. Worked fine.

Please however dont go into PhpMyAdmin unless you really know what you are doing.

ok. scrub this.. as soon as you visit the forum and go back to portal, the blocks have vanished again...

edit 2: just cleared that line again, then went back, went to portal, went to forum, admin, and back to portal, and everyting is still there.

3: nope, as soon as you make a change on the portal, visit the forum or any other page, go back to portal, your blocks are gone. its fine at setting the line in the database that has your block layout, but it doesnt seem able to retrieve from the database your existing block layout. Been playing with this for a couple of hours, all I can say is it does not work on 2.3.4 with smf 2.0.2 [/color]

[velorooms]

oh, cookie for guests doesnt work at all, guests cant move the blocks around whatsoever

[N-Joy]

Does anyone have an idea what the cause of the problem could be? It would really help if I had a clue where to look for a possible fix. 

[velorooms]

the problem appears to be, it doesnt seem to be able to fetch the current layout from the database.

+ When you move the layout arount it saves the details to the database fine. There are two issues.

+ It saves a new database line everytime you make any changes creating multiple lines which isnt idea

+ It doesnt seem to be able to get the layout information from the database hence why they all appear to vanish.

This thread really needs moving out of working blocks and into development.

[velorooms]

|To further expand on the above

+ It IS saving the information to the database for the theme in use

+ it IS then extracting the data for the theme in use

(i have multiple themes and its only losing the blocks in the themes i move blocks around in)

+ it ISNT then able to take the database information and arrange the blocks somewhere

I have the feeling it is a really tiny tiny little bug.

the database line in question is

member no
theme no
sp_block_layout

and then data 48,136,62,143,141,35,52|150,135,152,142,140||137,107,145

now trying to work out what those numbers mean.. im guessing column 1, column 2 column 3..  think the double | between two and three is an issue..

my header blocks are 15,116,43
left blocks 48,136,62,143,141,35,52 so thats the first section
top blocks 150,135,152,142,140 so thats the middle section
right blocks 137,107,145 etc so thats the right section.

so header blocks  cant be moved, neither can bottom blocks. you can only move left top and right blocks.
i have tried manually editing the database to trim the || down to a single | but that made no odds.. in fact ive tried doing all sorts with that line.. so its going wrong where it tries to apply the DB info