Topic: limiting lines

[sevrva22]

Hi i want to know if there is a possibility to make a limit of one line per post on the recent posts.

Example

   Slash: At Guitar Center, Technique At Guitar Center, Fat Strings and Simple
 and Style    [M.C.TV]

with the limites lines:

        Slash: At Guitar Center, Technique At Guitar Cente....    [M.C.TV]

is there a way to do ito or putt a limit of characters?

[Eudemon]

i think u have to set the limit of characters for that
it's hard to make it cutoff at first line because the width of the block, the font size etc is not always the same

[AngelinaBelle]

The Recent Posts/Topics  does not show any of the the message body -- only the subject line.
Are you talking about a boardnews block?

[[SiNaN]]

Sources/PortalBlocks.php

Code: (Find) [Select]

if ($display == 'compact')

Code: (Replace) [Select]

foreach ($items as $key => $item)
$items[$key]['subject'] = shorten_subject($item['subject'], 25);

if ($display == 'compact')
Change 25 as the number of characters you want.

[sevrva22]

Exelent thank you very much  ,

(I refer the recent posts)

[sevrva22]

How can i adapt it to this two blocks? (the recent post block worked perfectly)

Media Gallery block (customized)

Code: [Select]

if ($mod == 'aeva_media')
{
echo '
<img src="http://musicommunity.org/Themes/default/images/sp/mediaspicon.png">  <a href="', $galurl, 'sa=item;id=', $item['id'], '">', $item['title'], '</a>', $item['is_new'] ?'<img alt="" src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/new.gif" border="0" />' : '';
}
and top boards block (customized)

Code: [Select]

if (empty($boards))
{
echo '
', $txt['error_sp_no_boards_found'];
return;
}
else
$boards[count($boards) - 1]['is_last'] = true;

echo '
<ul class="sp_list">';

foreach ($boards as $board)
echo '
<li class="sp_list_top">', sp_embed_image('board'), ' ', $board['link'], '</li>';

echo '
</ul>';
}
Thanks!

[Eudemon]

for aeva

Code: [Select]

if ($mod == 'aeva_media')
{
echo '
<img src="http://musicommunity.org/Themes/default/images/sp/mediaspicon.png">  <a href="', $galurl, 'sa=item;id=', $item['id'], '">', $item['title'], '</a>', $item['is_new'] ?'<img alt="" src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/new.gif" border="0" />' : '';
}
replace with

Code: [Select]

if ($mod == 'aeva_media')
{
$item['title'] = shorten_subject($item['title'], 25);
echo '               
<img src="http://musicommunity.org/Themes/default/images/sp/mediaspicon.png">  <a href="', $galurl, 'sa=item;id=', $item['id'], '">', $item['title'], '</a>', $item['is_new'] ?'<img alt="" src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/' . $context['user']['language'] . '/new.gif" border="0" />' : '';
}
tested on my own site, works

for top boards, find

Code: [Select]

foreach ($boards as $board)
echo '
<li class="sp_list_top">', sp_embed_image('board'), ' ', $board['link'], '</li>';
replace with

Code: [Select]

foreach ($boards as $board)
$board['link'] = shorten_subject($board['link'], 25);
echo '
<li class="sp_list_top">', sp_embed_image('board'), ' ', $board['link'], '</li>';
haven't test the second one, so make a backup first

again change the number 25 to the number of characters u want

[sevrva22]

Thank you vey much the aeva work perfectly, the boards one doesn´t but thanks for trying 

[Eudemon]

the boards don't have the html makeup like aeva and recent topic/post
which is <a href="board url">board name</a>
so i guess those codes are located somewhere else

the team member like sinan or angelia probably would have a better answer

[sevrva22]

ok

[AngelinaBelle]

In your second example, you'll have to go a bit further. Here's why.
Take a look at $board['link'].  It is not just a subject or title. It is the entire link. What goes into it? To find that out, I had to find out where it came from. It comes from ssi_topBoards, found in SSI.php. I see that ['link'] is made like this:

Code: [Select]

  $boards[] = array(
   'id' => $row['id_board'],
   'num_posts' => $row['num_posts'],
   'num_topics' => $row['num_topics'],
   'name' => $row['name'],
   'new' => empty($row['is_read']),
   'href' => $scripturl . '?board=' . $row['id_board'] . '.0',
   'link' => '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?board=' . $row['id_board'] . '.0">' . $row['name'] . '</a>'
  );
So I know I can use that information in the topBoards block. And I remember to use {} to surround a foreach block. http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_looping_for.asp

Code: [Select]

foreach ($boards as $board)
{
    $board['link'] =  '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?board=' . $row['id_board'] . '.0">' . shorten_subject($row['name']) . '</a>';
    echo '
 <li class="sp_list_top">', sp_embed_image('board'), ' ', $board['link'], '</li>';
}

 
 

[Eudemon]

oops i forgot to add {} you can see i have that in my first example
and the second one i knew it is coming from some where
but i just didnt know whete to look for
thx for the tips tho

[sevrva22]

Thanks for the help 

[AngelinaBelle]

Glad to help. I've marked this solved.