How to do what they did on this site.....

[cyrillsneer]

I really like the article hack, using it on site www.geekforums.com

However,

I really like what they are doing with the system on www.techenclave.com and was wondering if anyone knew how they did it.

1) How on hell did they manage to allow HTML in the original post but not in any of the replies, i would love to be able to do this.

2) Have multiple featured articles displayed under the main article.

[Lizard King]

For second you just need to create a featured articles module and place it anywhere you want in showthread. You can edit module settings for how many featured articles you want to be shown.

For the first one this is done with settings.

[cyrillsneer]

For second you just need to create a featured articles module and place it anywhere you want in showthread. You can edit module settings for how many featured articles you want to be shown.

For the first one this is done with settings.

Mmmmm,

This confuses me,

2) I thought i had already tried that but nothing seemed to change in the layout.

GARS -> Types -> Article Type

Term Set = Article Set
Template Set = Default
Modules = Deafult Module Set

GARS -> Modules -> Default Module Set -> Showthread

Featured Article is below threadlist

TOC is to the right of threadlist
Attachements is to the right of threadlist
Tools is to the right of threadlist

GARS -> Modules -> default module set -> forumdisplay

Featured article is below threadlist

all others turned off

GARS -> Modules -> default module set -> forumdisplay or showthread -> featured article

maximum number of threads = 3
which direction = horizontal


Now having said all that, refreshing cache and rebuilding tables, it doesn't seem to be having much luck affecting the website.

Landing page - www.geekforums.com

News page - http://www.geekforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25

Notice how there are modules being displayed that i have not selected and that there are 5 featured articles being displayed to the left and vertically.

Inside an Article - http://www.geekforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208

Again only one featured article and it is not below the main article.


I am utterly confused by this, and the development of the site has completely frozen while i work out how to do this.


2) With all due respect i am not sure it can be, i would love to be wrong, can anyone show me how, i have already spent many hours looking through the settings before i posted this message but i had no luck finding anything.

I have spent a lot of time trying to fix this myself but to no avail, any help would be glady received.

[The Geek]

is your cache settings option on?

[cyrillsneer]

is your cache settings option on?

.... -> Featured Article

Cache method = on edit/new thread

[The Geek]

Sorry, I meant admincp->gars->settings->Cache Settings

[cyrillsneer]

Sorry, I meant admincp->gars->settings->Cache Settings

Cache modules = Yes
Cache settings = No

[The Geek]

Set cache settings to Yes

[cyrillsneer]

Set cache settings to Yes

Thanks very much that made the featured items appear within the article and disappear in the forum.

However things are a little strange.

1) In Forum it now displays some "tools" but not all of them. To the right of content. When i swear it is not there in the options.

http://www.geekforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25

2) Is there anyway to place the "feature articles" below the content rather than at the end of the post.

This is mine:

http://www.geekforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208

I was hoping it would look like this:

http://www.techenclave.com/forums/prince-of-persia-two-thrones-75615.html

3) Is there anyway to make the forum display just look like the regular forum, but when you go into the thread you see it displayed like a normal Geek Article.

4) Any news on my question about being able to post HTML in the article but not allow it in any responses.


Sorry for all the questions, i have been trying at this for ages, thanks for the great support and great product, looking foward to fixing this so i can push on with GAB.

[Lizard King]

3) Is there anyway to make the forum display just look like the regular forum, but when you go into the thread you see it displayed like a normal Geek Article.

Edit your template set and change GARS_forumdisplay to forumdisplay

1) In Forum it now displays some "tools" but not all of them. To the right of content. When i swear it is not there in the options.

Article tools module is mainly for showthread so i dont advise you to put it on forumdisplay. Forumtools is not an option. It is a module. You can add new modules , change the module positions from admincp under GARS , Modules.

2) Is there anyway to place the "feature articles" below the content rather than at the end of the post.

This is mine:

http://www.geekforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208

I was hoping it would look like this:

http://www.techenclave.com/forums/pr...nes-75615.html

Just edit your module and change the position to below contect

[cyrillsneer]

Edit your template set and change GARS_forumdisplay to forumdisplay

Yeah i tried that before i posted and all it did was 1st not appear at all, and then 2nd once i had changed it to FORUMDISPLAY it complete screwed up, as you can see here;

http://www.geekforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25




Article tools module is mainly for showthread so i dont advise you to put it on forumdisplay. Forumtools is not an option. It is a module. You can add new modules , change the module positions from admincp under GARS , Modules.

Sorry thats what i meant, i have not selected it as a module but it is still showing up. I deselected it on purpose as i dont want it, but it still showed up.

Just edit your module and change the position to below contect

Yes i already tried that before posting, but it displays at the end of the article rather than after it.

[The Geek]

The new 'below content' isnt exactly 'below' the post its more 'in it'. Personally I like it, but it looks pants for what youre trying to do. Ill sort this for next release. However editing the GARS_pb template should work as an interim.

THere are 2 things you need to change for a normal forumdisplay:
Change GARS_forumdisplay and GARS_threadbit to forumdisplay and threadbit respectively.

Lizard is right in that Article Tools is only for Showthread pages. In fact, I dont think it will even appear on a forumdisplay page.

HTHs

[cyrillsneer]

............However editing the GARS_pb template should work as an interim.

That will be exciting, i emailed www.techenclave.com to ask how they did it, but they weren't very forth coming. hehe.

Any pointers with regards to which lines of code i should be looking at.

THere are 2 things you need to change for a normal forumdisplay:
Change GARS_forumdisplay and GARS_threadbit to forumdisplay and threadbit respectively.

Thats perfect, all sorted now.!!!! Thanks so much!

Lizard is right in that Article Tools is only for Showthread pages. In fact, I dont think it will even appear on a forumdisplay page.
HTHs

well whatever was going on it was definately showing in the forumdisplay, but i have no changed to the forumdisplay and it all works perfectly thank you.


Sorry to keep mentioning it, just that it is kind of essential for when i start paying writers, is that ability to allow HTML in article posts but not allow HTML in responses.


Thanks again for everyones help

[The Geek]

Allowing HTML in first posts but not in subsequent posts is not on the cards currently :(