Icy Phoenix

So I went to add a couple blocks to my forum like you guys have here. I wanted to add the Birthdays Block as well as the Shoutbox.

I was able to get the blocks added but they show up underneath the posts legend below the Threads. (The posts read, new topics, New category, no new posts, etc etc.) Then I tried to add them to the content area and that is a no go. If I add them above the content area, the blocks show up on top of the forum. I'm stumped. I tried every option I could find.

I appreciate any help guys.

Thanks!

Ray

I'm not sure what you mean. Where do you want them?

If you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the forum here on this website, you will see a Legend of topics (New Posts , No New Posts, Links, Forum is Locked). If you notice, the Birthdays and Shoutbox on this site are ABOVE that legend. On my site, The Birthdays block as well as Shoutbox are BELOW that legend.

No matter what I try, I can not get them 2 blocks above the legend. I obviously can not move them two blocks in to content area. If I put them in the header block, it moves Birthdays and Shoutbox to the entire top of the Forum page.

I know I can't post links here but follow this the best you can and have a look. And then come back and look at the forums here on this site and you will see exactly what I am saying.

http://raybrowell.com/pepperlovers/forum.php


Check out my album while you are there and there is a couple images of the problem I am having as well.

I see. Those are not (.. Yet?) actual blocks in the CMS, so I'm afraid it'll require tiny template edits (move an include, most likely).

I'll get back home next week. I'll take a look then.

(If you don't hear back from me, make sure to ping me...)

Ok man sounds good. I appreciate it.

I was thinking since it was on site here, it was an out of the box thing. Most projects tend not to include anything on site that is not out of the box. that one had me confused. I worked on it for a couple hours trying to figure out what to do :mryellow:

Could you please confirm which theme you're using? :?

I was using Milky Way and Milky Way Red. Currently I have Red active.

OPEN templates/default/index_body.tpl
FIND


MOVE IT WHEREVER YOU LIKE! :mri:

See that is just it. After I posted this post, I got to doing some looking and I found that code that you posted. However it is the very last code on that page. I can move it to where I wish but no matter where in the code I move that, the forum legend stays below the statistics block and the birthdays and shoutbox stays below the legend. cache cleared and all.

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See that is just it. After I posted this post, I got to doing some looking and I found that code that you posted. However it is the very last code on that page. I can move it to where I wish but no matter where in the code I move that, the forum legend stays below the statistics block and the birthdays and shoutbox stays below the legend. cache cleared and all.

It is really strange... are you sure the cache is empty? I start thinking that you have some issues with it... make sure you have proper permissions, and try to empty it manually just to make sure the issue is not related to cache.

Yeah I am 100% positive on all of the above. I am going to Clear all cache again in the CSM, Extreme styles cache and then delete all cache out of my browsers and give it a try. I still have one of my mother in-laws laptops here to test off of as well if needs be. I attempted to use the OBS software to record my scrren so you all could see it in action via a MP4, but My pc is not very good and the video skipped really bad. I was essentially useless. I can record with my wife's iPhone and youtube it :mrorange:

I do not have a Xammp setup but do have a WAMP set up that I can also test on to.

Ok guys, we can mark this one as solved. I would have had no clue in the world that this option would have been in the SQL optimizations (I can see why it would be). I will delete the parent blocks I created per the screen shot I showed and get rid of those and now my shoutbox and birthdays are above the legend. Sorry for all the trouble guys. I just never would have guessed to look anywhere for blocks other than the CMS standard pages.

Do you have a suggestion for naming this tab? Maybe a very general "features" instead of the weird "SQL optimizations" name?

Well, I don't know for sure man to be honest. I mean, I can see why it is in fact SQL optimizations. The options on that page do just what it says it will do. I know on many boards this is a problem as far as sql queries are concerned and many try to optimize.

I think it is right where it needs to be to be quite honest. What actually tipped me off to what was going on and that I needed to look further other than CMS was in the index_body file when I saw the switches for birthdays, chat etc etc.

So frankly speaking, I would leave it as is. If someone like me comes along in the future and asks, we all know exactly where to point them to.