Boyden, Mark :: Forum

Re: WF-Channel [by Mark Boyden]

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:14:42 -0000

General:: WF-Channel
Easy enough. You just have to edit the template and remove the parts you don't want to use. Some parts you can turn off in the preferences, as well. And/or things like views and such can be changed in the template to only be shown to administrators.

But, yes, would be happy to make the changes you need/want - and do it for pay as well. I'll send you a PM, too, with my email address (which is also posted on the X.o website).

Mark

Re: download of modified modules [by Mark Boyden]

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:40:08 -0000

General:: download of modified modules
I have posted a number of them in the downloads area of this site. Is there a specific one you are looking for?

Re: xcGallery [by Mark Boyden]

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:50:20 -0000

General:: xcGallery

Sorry, I didn't provide a downloadable fix, I only provided the info in these messages.

DOUG: Editing a template in my directory using NoteTab Light.. then uploading back to the system.

DOUG: OH! .. Making sure I have this correct .. if I do an change to a template, I have to update?

So I would go and make a new module for the current one? and do an update? ..

Correct. There are two methods, realistically. OK, maybe three.

1. The really old way: update the file in templates (as you have done); update the module

2. Create a custom set of templates in the templates area. You do this by cloning the default set. Then, you can go into the system preferences and choose the template set you want to use (sort of like how themes are done). You can then edit these individually in the templates area.

3. Use the AltSys module from GIJoe which allows for much better management of blocks and templates IMHO. In the templates area it allows you to manage sets of templates and copy and replace and such real easily as well as compare the various versions and such. As you get into modifying templates in modules you'll really want to have this module. I'll note the blocks management in 2.5.0 of XOOPS is very promising, but it won't necessarily do everything this module does. I have an article on that module in here as well - purely administrative, but necessary.

Notes: However, with the changes I proposed that you have already made, updating the module with take care of the moment for you because it gets written to the default set whenever you update which is what the system uses. However, if you make ANY changes to templates, to make sure you don't lose them, clone the default set and then set the preferences to use the new set because if you update the module in the future, you will lose those updates.

Clear as mud?

cleaning out the PM's on a site? [by roger]

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:13:04 -0000

General:: cleaning out the PM's on a site?
here is my reply on xoops about using the script in xoops care module:

cool. I was thinking the same last night. So I pasted in the code just as it is here and saved settings then clicked the do it now link but nothing changed on the PM data size so I know I did something wrong. Do I have to put in my database name, user name etc where it has that listed or just copy and paste as is? Thanks!

just hit edit to add what I saw below lol

For the following, I assume we add our own information?
define("user", "dbuser");
define("pass", "dbpass");
define("host", "localhost");
define("db", "dbname");

FYI I tried adding in the information above, saved settings and then ran it. Did not change. So I wonder where / how I set the time setting i.e. 30 days etc?

I put in 30 in the $delete_time = time() area i.e. time(30) but that did not do it either.

Ideas?

My hosting company does not have CRON jobs for shared servers. only thing I could find is flush the table for PM.

I am assuming that deletes them all which is not what I want. I just want to clean out all the unread ones. I have a few I want to save myself. Should the "?" be there in front of php? ie <?php

Quote:

<?php
define("user", "dbuser");
define("pass", "dbpass");
define("host", "localhost");
define("db", "dbname");

$cxn = mysql_connect(host ,user, pass);
mysql_select_db(db);

$delete_time = time() - ( 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 ); // 30 days/month * 24 hrs/day
// * 60 minutes/hour * 60 seconds/min.

$sql = "DELETE from `xoops_priv_msgs` WHERE `read_msg` = '0' AND `msg_time` < '$delete_time'";
//This script would delete everything older than 30 days that has been not read.

$result = mysql_query($sql, $cxn);
?>

and run it every day with

link here:
http://www.xoops.org/modules/newbb/vi ... 5&start=0#forumpost267262