Cat ID for features goes where?

Posted: Jul Thu 21, 2005 1:30 am

At least to me, the docs are a little vague. Or at least in an order that I cannot comphrehend.

Quote:

* Features are regular articles that you want highlighted at the top and may stay at the top for a while. For example, I use this for my monthly summary article on one site and on another i use it just to give the most recent article more prominence.
+ You can choose a special category for features or it can be the same as your articles (by using category id).

To create a Feature:
1 Go to New Story
2. See Catagory
3. Type in - Feature
4. Save
Now each time you want to add a Feature - along with setting a topic, choose Catagory / Feature - it will be added under the Feature headline.

I have the same questions for the hotspots.

Quote:

2. HotSpots:
*Description: you can enter any text including instructions, sponsorship, ads or blocks into any of nine predefined areas of your homepage
*Putting text in a hotspot: If you want to put the text "MetOpen is the best site" in hotspot 6 (right below the most recent tip) just enter the text as following:
define("_HOTSPOT6","MetOpen is the best site");
*Putting a block in a hotspot: If you want to put the forums in the area directly above the module(hotspot1) then enter some text in the hotspot definition (you must enter text here- even if it's just a space). then enter the full block name in the corresponding hotspot block definition. For example:
define("_HOTSPOT1","<center><a href=\"forums.html\">Visit Our Forums</a></center>");
define("_HOTSPOTBLOCK1","block-FiSubNuke-Forums.php");

Where exactly does this text go?
What and where exactly are the 9 predefined hotspots?

Newbie Joined: Jun 25, 2005 Posts: 18

Yes I was wondering anout the 'predefined hotspots' myself.
Perhaps the autohers could give us a sample page with code so we can see the diffrences and how they have been implemented

Newbie Joined: Jul 15, 2004 Posts: 199

I started a thread to address this:
MetOpen Home Page Manual

Newbie Joined: Jul 05, 2005 Posts: 14

First of let me preface my statement by saying that you guys/gals really have a nice package here, Very Happy

really nice. That said, your new manual page is even more confusing than the different docs that you have with the package. Shocked

First off, you say in your readme.txt file that you can "Plus admins have access to administrator functions right on the home page."
Where? Idea

second, "You can add categories by clicking on the add button.) Find out your feature's category id then go to the language file where it says
Code:
define("_CATIDFEATURE","X");//category id for features
and change the 2 to the category number."
My language file has nothing like that. Did you mean your suppose to add that to your language file in the /language/lang-engish.php?

third, define("_BGCOLOR","");//Default is blank. this overrides your theme background color for tips and features.
I used 99CCFF and nothing happened at all.
Again, you have a great package, be the docs really need to rewitten. I know it's very easy for to understand as you wrote the package, but not to a lot of us.

Thanks again
Rick Smile

Posted: Jul Fri 22, 2005 8:06 pm

We are working on it - hopefully he will put in some of my stuff (with the language file you just mentioned)

as far as admin stuff - Admin is the only one that sees the Edit catagory from the homepage... you do see edit?

Users do not see Edit on the homepage

Newbie Joined: Jul 05, 2005 Posts: 14

I do see edit, but all that does is let me edit the article that was already writen. You should change the wording to something like "Edit exisiting articles" which can be done from the admin anyway. So if your logged into admin you can do the same thing.
Like I said, You have a great package. Make it better with some great docs!
Thanks Very Happy

Rick
BTW we are using it at www.two-five.com
which is our testing site for the new Grillinggourmet.com

Posted: Jul Fri 22, 2005 9:14 pm

Quote:

which is our testing site for the new Grillinggourmet.com

you wanna exchange some banners with http://www.bookwired.com ?

Newbie Joined: Jul 05, 2005 Posts: 14

?:To create a Feature:
1 Go to New Story
2. See Catagory
3. Type in - Feature
4. Save
Now each time you want to add a Feature - along with setting a topic, choose Catagory / Feature - it will be added under the Feature headline.
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What's "Go to new story"
I'm honestly not trying to be an AHole, but where does anyone have "New Story" in their PHPnuke? Do you mean new Topic?
And the orginal question: Cat ID for features goes where?
Can we get an answer to that.
We love your package guys, HELP US!!

Posted: Jul Sat 23, 2005 3:49 pm

Ok as admin you have a admin menu on the left side of your sreen, unless you told the block not to load. In order it says:

Administration
NEW Story
Change Survey
Content
Logout

Choose: NEW Story

CATID

1 In Admin New Story, go to Catagory and just as an example type in Feature, then click add.

2. Create an article the article can be something for sale with link such as software, a theme, book, dvd... or anything else you want to say. Make it like you would make any other text article. (see: http://bookwired.com ) for an example of a book.

3. In Catagory click: Feature

4. Save

5. If it shows up in your Feature, you are done. If it does not, go to the next instruction.

6. Go to you database (phpMyAdmin in most cases), find your nuke_stories_cat, browse and find Feature look at the CID number. This is the number they want.

7. open up Met homes / eng_language (or any other language files you will be using with it). Find define("_CATIDFEATURE","1") change that 1 to the number you got from CID in nuke_stories_cat. Save the language file(s), and upload it (them).

8. Your Feature will now work. Remember that in this example Feature is the Catagory you want to assign future Features too. You can name this anything you want, but the associated number in nuke_stories_cat is the number for the language files.

9. If this does not work. Start again at 1.

Use this for TIPS as well: _CATIDTIPS","1" in language file

Newbie Joined: Jul 05, 2005 Posts: 14

Ok last question. I was going through the lang file looking for a place to make the feature to only show, let's say 1 paragraph, or maybe 20 lines, anything but the whole article. Is there a way to do that?
And, BTW Thanks TAG.
Rick

Posted: Jul Sun 24, 2005 12:25 pm

Yes, there is a way to do that, but you do not do it in the language file.

You will notice in New Story or Admin Story Edit you have several fields. The first filed is name, the second title (of article) the third is topic, the fourth is asociated topic, the fifth is Category, the sixth is Publish in Home, the seventh is Activate Comments for this Story, the eight is Language, the Ninth is story text, and the tenth is Extended text.

Put your first paragrah in Story Text, put the rest of the article in Extended Text. It is that simple. Then only your first paragraph will show and they have to click read me to continue with the article.

It shows up the same way using Met Open Home.

Newbie Joined: Jul 05, 2005 Posts: 14

Thanks Tag,
I couldn't see the forest for the trees.
Now I get to move on to another of one of Metopen's mods.
Later
Ya'll drop on by www.two-five.com for so good cooking.... Very Happy

Newbie Joined: Jun 25, 2005 Posts: 18

I am slowly getting to grips with this as I think it has great potential.
One thing I have found, though it might only be applicable to my own particular installation is the for the exisiting news stories I have, many of them are attributed to one main cat (as they have to be) but also 2 or sometimes more 'associated' categories. This works well for my site as some stories do overlap news categories. For example a story abotu an injured security officer would go into the main cat 'Officer injuires and deaths' but would also be in an associated cat 'Health and safety' - I am finding that when using MetOpen Homepage that because of the associated cats, things are not quite displaying how I expected. For example setting the cat Id is also bring ing in associated topics as well.

I'm sure I'll sort it though, great script, keep up the good work!

Newbie Joined: Jul 15, 2004 Posts: 199

I think you are mixing up categories and topics. There are associated topics for an article but it can only be in one category.

This image may help you:

check out the manual on this:
http://www.metopen.com/ftopict-75.html

Newbie Joined: Jun 25, 2005 Posts: 18

Interesting - thank you for that.
Despite visiting that page on my site hundreds of times and using nuke for nearly 2 years I had failed to spot the signifance of those differences.
I had just assume that 'associated topics' were just additional categories but of course they are not.

Just shows, you never stop learning - now if you will excuse me while I go and kick myself.... Wink