Topic: Quotes block

[gibby]

Hi

I looked and could not find, is there a block for adding and displaying quotes?

Thanks

Gibby

[Nathaniel]

What exactly do you mean by 'quotes'?

Do you mean quotes from a posts/topics on your forum? From certain boards?

SimplePortal does have the 'Board News Block' which will display the first x characters from the most recent posts on a certain board.

There are also SimplePortal articles, like on the portal of this website. Which can be enabled using the 'Enable articles' setting. You can then add a category for your articles in the 'Categories' section. Topics can then be made into articles by clikcing the 'Add as Article' link when viewing the topic, or by using the Add Article area in the admin panel.

[Immortal]

I suppose he mean displaying in block random quotes from file maybe? 

If that's the case, then the easiest way would be add via php block.

[gibby]

Thanks for the reply

I now know how to configure those items - thanks 

I would like a block that I add personal quotes and they are then displayed in the block.

Quotes

Never eat yellow snow

Click for another / if can't do this just refresh to see a new one

I hope you understand

Thanks

Gibby

[gibby]

Thanks

So I just need a php script then add to the php block?

Do you have one 

Thanks

Gibby

[gibby]

Currently the news block that is a SMF feature kind of does the job - if I could change News to Quote then that would do, but then I would lose the ability to post some news to the members

A block would be better

Thanks

Gibby

[Nathaniel]

You should be able to do it with a Simple PHP block. Here is some very basic code that will do what you want if you put it in a PHP block.

Code: [Select]

global $scripturl;

$quotes = array(
'I am me!',
'I think therefore I am!',
'Howzat!',
'Lolz'
);

echo $quotes[rand(0, count($quotes)-1)], '<br /><br />
<a href="', $scripturl, '">Click Here for another Quote.</a>';
You can change the values in the $quotes array to add/change quotes.

[gibby]

Where you born GOOD or did you learn it...

wooow - it seems to work

Thanks

I will play and test today

Thanks

Gibby

[gibby]

Just remember to \ when you have a '

Everything looks good 

[geekfairy]

That's excellent, how would I go about centering the text?

Thanks.

[Nathaniel]

@geekfairy,
The easiest way would be to add "text-align: center;" to the 'Custom Body Style' option for the block.

[geekfairy]

Thankyou! That was embarrassingly easy, I thought I'd have to add something to the code itself.

Thanks again

[GrannyT]

Please can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong here - the block is showing but says:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ')' in /home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/forum/Sources/PortalBlocks.php(3272) : eval()'d code on line 3

(I know they're corny quotes but they're for our kids site.)

Code: [Select]

global $scripturl;
$quotes = array(
'A dog is a person's best friend',
'I think therefore I am',
'Troubles never seem so bad the next morning',
'Adults are obsolete children.',
'Be Yourself. Who else is better qualified?',
'Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them',
'Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality',
'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic',
'Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest',
'Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it',
'Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died',
'Expressing anger is a form of public littering',
'A child needs your love most when he deserves it least',
'Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression',
'There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva',
'Dogs have Owners, Cats have Staff',
'Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet',
'To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so'
);
echo $quotes[rand(0, count($quotes)-1)], '<br /><br />
<a href="', $scripturl, '">Click Here for another Quote.</a>';

[ccbtimewiz]

Escape your single quotes.

Example: 'A dog is a person\'s best friend';

[GrannyT]

Thank you ccbtimewiz - now I understand what Gibby meant earlier. Works fine now.

[Old Fossil]

Sorry to wake this topic up but is there a way this can be updated?

[ccbtimewiz]

There is nothing to update.

[Old Fossil]

There is nothing to update.

I tried to add this to a block but had an error.

Also in regards to the link at the bottom where is it supposed to lead to?

[AngelinaBelle]

Did you try a direct select/copy/paste from Nathaniel's quote block?
If you changed any of the quotations, did you remember to put a "\" before any ' in the quotation?
What error did you get?

[Old Fossil]

Er

Can ya see me 

If I use Nathaniels code it is working.

If I use GrannyTs it doesn't.

All I gotta do now is centre the text and work out where the link should point to.