Topic: start blocks collapsed

[IdanC]

hi!

love simplePortal!

how do i set a block to start collapsed?

tried looking for something in the PHP, nada yet...

[ccbtimewiz]

AFAIK there are no options on the SP terminal to do this.

[IdanC]

but maybe some piece of code?

[Nathaniel]

Moved to the Custom Coding board.

This shouldn't be too hard to do.

There are two different ways that I can think of, could you please choose one?
1) The block is collapsed the first time that it is viewed, then the cookie 'takes over', so if the user chooses to view it on one page and then swaps pages, then it will still be shown.
2) The block is always collapsed on every page load.

[IdanC]

ok, i'll start causing some dammage and i'll come back with an answer...

if you could point me to the code that handles the cookie that would be great...

[Nathaniel]

Do a search for the code below in your 'sources/SPortal1-1.php' file, although that may not be the best place to implement this.

Code: [Select]

function sp_collapseBlock(id)
The 'template_block' function in your 'themes/default/SPortalBlocks1-1.template.php' file, would probably be a better place to make any changes.

Anyway, you need to know some PHP/HTML/JS to be able to do anything.

If that has put you 'into the deep end' then I am happy to make some edits that will implement this, if you tell me which way you would prefer it to work (as I asked above).

[IdanC]

thanks allot man! i'll try sinking my teath to it first, i like a good challenge.

problems or successes - i'll update soon...

[[SiNaN]]

Note that collapse state for each block is set in Subs-SPortal1-1.php file.