Adk Blog (A blog system for each user)

[Mano2]

Don't know if this is the right topic to ask but i'll try.
Been searching  for the option to let  users themself manage who is allowed to read and comment their blog's.
Is that option there? don't think beacuase i can't find it but maybe i look wrong.
kind regards

[S Mac]

This is a great mod..but I have a problem. I've added my first blog and everything's fine apart from the fact that the HTML code is showing on the line breaks, which makes it a bit confusing for people trying to read it. Is this a glitch?
Thanks

[rlh2006]

Hello. I posted here off and on last year quite a bit. Suki worked with me several times to make quality changes to the blog so my idea of how the blogs should look and feel could be accomplished on my forum. I finally have it to where there is a display that suits my tastes. So many edits and changes. Maybe the Mod Team might take a look at the way we have it displayed and consider that type of display as an option in a later build: http://www.1upclan.info/forum/index.php?action=blogs
(Note: in order to allow users to create a title for their blog, we had a field made in the user profile where they input the title they want, or by default it uses their name). I am going to stop working on this for now and focus on some other changes I want to make on the forum.

[David111567]

How do I move the "Blogs" menu button?  I really don't like it sitting on the tail end of the menu after "Logout". I would like it together with the other menu options.

It's not in the subs.php file like all the others...so it's inserted elsewhere. I can't find it. Anyone?

[CapadY]

It is in the database, I think in the settings table.

[Kindred]

CapadY... Database?


I would assume that the blog line item was inserted into the menu array through the use of hooks (?) in which case, the hook would be in one of the adk files.

[David111567]

Suki worked with me several times to make quality changes to the blog so my idea of how the blogs should look and feel could be accomplished on my forum. I finally have it to where there is a display that suits my tastes. So many edits and changes.

Dude....this is INCREDIBLE!  Went to the site and saw it first-hand!  I wish I could get you to share the code with me.  I would LOVE this feature on my site. I know my members would as well.

Any chance you might be willing to let me take a peek at the code?

[phpshiva]

is there a way to get it like category and then in that one other categories ?
I have nearly 1700 members and if they all start the blog it will be huge lol

[NekoJonez]

I can't seem to like posts and editing gives me all HTML stuff.

Are those bugs?

[efas]

I can't seem to like posts and editing gives me all HTML stuff.

Are those bugs?

any progress on this one yet?
as i'm getting the same problem too,
i have tried the permissions tip from an earlier post here, but it did not change anything,
not too worried about the editing giving the html stuff, but would like to get the like problem sorted out if possible.

[NekoJonez]

The editing is indeed a bug in the mod itself. They are going to fix it in the next release.

But they don't answer about the liking issue.

[Apllicmz]

Update portuguese files

[TheBliveon]

Hello,

I want to embed my ADK blog into a custom action. Is this possible?
If it is possible could somebody please tell me how to do it?
The url of the blog is now index.php?blog=1
I want it to be something like index.php?action=blog1
Redirecting doesnt work.

King Regards.

So it basically can't be the index.php?blog=1 link, cause otherwise my menu gets ******ed up. :|

[Kindred]

no... changing that would involve changing ALOT of the code in the mod...

Why can't your menu handle the blog=#?

[Arantor]

Because SMF's menu code can't handle that without rewriting it. It can only handle cases of action=identifier where the identifier is the menu id, or it has a specific exclusion like search2, login2, register2 etc. all have just below the menu definition.

[Kindred]

ah.... I didn't undertsnad what he meant by screwing up the menu.
He means that the menu won't display the "blogs" as a selected item in the menu because it doesn't recognize the blgo versus action

hmmmm.... but it does seem to work correctly for me on 40konline.com
When I go to the My Blog menu item, (index.php?blog=1833) the "Blog" menu item is highlighted, the same as if I went to the action=blog item.

[Arantor]

Then he's modified the menu code.

[TheBliveon]

I didn't modify anything on the menu, I want to add a blog button to the menu, but when i did it, it wasn't highlighted when i clicked on it, so i removed it again.

This is the code of the theme menu (I have to edit it in the theme the maker told me.

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echo '
<ul id="topnav">';
echo '
<li ' , $current_action=='home' ? ' class="chosen"' : '' , '><a href="', $scripturl, '">' , $txt['home'] , '<span>Homepage</span></a></li>';

echo '
<li' , $current_action=='forum' ? ' class="chosen"' : '' , '><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=forum">Community<span>Support Forum</span></a>';

echo '
<ul class="pngbg">
<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=help">' , $txt['help'] , '</a></li>';
if ($context['allow_search'])
echo '
<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=search">' , $txt['search'] , '</a></li>';
if ($context['allow_calendar'])
echo '
<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=calendar">' , $txt['calendar'] , '</a></li>';
if ($context['allow_moderation_center'])
echo '
<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=moderate">' , $txt['moderate'] , '</a></li>';
if ($context['allow_admin'])
echo '
<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=admin">' , $txt['admin'] , '</a></li>';
if ($context['allow_edit_profile'])
echo '
<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=profile">' , $txt['profile'] , '</a></li>';

if ($context['user']['is_logged'] && $context['allow_pm'])
echo '
<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=pm">' , $txt['pm_short'] , ' ', $context['user']['unread_messages'] > 0 ? '[<strong>'. $context['user']['unread_messages'] . '</strong>]' : '' , '</a></li>';

if ($context['allow_memberlist'])
echo '
<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=mlist">' , $txt['members'] , '</a></li>';
echo '
</ul>
</li>';

echo '
<li><a href="http://localhost/website/index.php?blog=1">News<span>News and Blog</span></a>
<ul class="pngbg">
<li><a href="#">Submenu 1</a></li>
<li><a class="subchild pngbg" href="#">Submenu 2</a>
<ul class="pngbg">
<li><a href="#">Submenu 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Submenu 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Submenu 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Submenu 4</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Submenu 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Submenu 4</a></li>
</ul>
</li>';

echo '
<li><a href="#">Menu Item 2<span>Description</span></a>
<ul class="pngbg">
<li><a href="#">Submenu 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Submenu 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Submenu 3</a></li>
</ul>
</li>';

if ($context['user']['is_logged'])
echo '
<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=logout;sesc=', $context['session_id'], '">' , $txt['logout'] , '<br /><span>Member Logout</span></a></li>';

if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
{
echo '
<li' , $current_action=='login' ? ' class="chosen"' : '' , '><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=login">' , $txt['login'] , '<br /><span>Member Login</span></a>';

echo '
<ul class="pngbg">
<li' , $current_action=='register' ? ' class="chosen"' : '' , '><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=register">' , $txt['register'] , '</a></li>
</ul>
</li>';
}

echo '
</ul>';

}

[Kindred]

IIRC, this mod adds a button via the hooks...

[SoftwareSamurai]

Is it possible to set up a membergroup (call it "bloggers", inherit from Regular Members), enable only "bloggers" to be allowed to blog, and then add members you want to allow to have a blog to the "bloggers" membergroup?

I ask because I've been trying this exact setup, and it's giving me mixed results.

I've selected only the "bloggers" membergroup in Configuration->Manage Blogs->Settings->Groups permitted to have their own blog. In my testing, my regular member "Joe" is in both "bloggers" and "registered" membergroups. (I made a "registered" membergroup inherited from Regular Members just to be able to put him into two membergroups at the same time.) I also put my Administrator account into the "bloggers" and "registered" membergroups. "Joe" can blog, but my Administrator can't.

Perhaps Adk Blog only looks at the "first" or "last" membergroup in the list when checking for enabling blogging when someone is in multiple membergroups?