Simple Blog Module + Reptag [Work In Progress]

pico · Post by **pico** » Sat 25. Mar 2006, 10:05

@DeXXus

my fault

with only one 'Article' in the Blog I can't see this Effect.

So only the ''<< PREVIOUS" Link is not working for me - think that this has not to be shown on the 'first Page' of the Blog !?

DeXXus · Post by **DeXXus** » Sat 25. Mar 2006, 16:32

Yes, you seem to have as much understanding, now, as I do.

It *appears* that Shiny definitely either has not implemented the latest to his website, -or- has not completed the functionality of <<Previous linking, yet, -or- has a "count" problem. Being so busy, probably doesn't help poor Shiny, but his mod is likely to be very *POPULAR*

Kosse · Post by **Kosse** » Sat 25. Mar 2006, 18:17

Hi both

The previous effect doesn't work if you have only ONE entry in the blog, it does work when you have enough entries to make 2 "pages".
For example, if u have set the default to 5 (as it is when you install from scratch) then the 'previous' will work ONLY when your 6th post is posted.

It is a missing feature, or a 'little' enhancement to add to the blog, but shiny is busy... as said, so give him credit for that one

(I say enhancement not bug! Bug is worse IMO)

This could be considered as a "bug": little problems with the blog is definetly the concern for other languages, Ex: you can't use ' ' ' ' ' or Mysql goes wild... so html_encode(decode)_entities have to be taken care of

Cheers

shiny · Post by **shiny** » Sat 25. Mar 2006, 19:10

pico wrote:
http://localhost/?permalink=3&permalink=3&permalink=3
with every klick on it !?

I'm not shure that I have missed something during the installation, but at shiny's Website I get the same Effect ![/quote]

Yeah, whoops - that's a bug. I really should fix that, not that it makes any difference to the operation of the page - it just looks a bit odd as a URL.

A "Permalink" is a webpage (or more correctly) a URL that will always show the entry you want to link to if you want to link to it. If you think about it, if you just linked to a standard page that was full of, say, 5 entries, the entry would eventually move off that page as entries were added to the top of the blog and the rest shifted down.

shiny · Post by **shiny** » Sat 25. Mar 2006, 19:13

pico wrote:@DeXXus

my fault with only one 'Article' in the Blog I can't see this Effect.

So only the ''<< PREVIOUS" Link is not working for me - think that this has not to be shown on the 'first Page' of the Blog !?

Sorry, I thought I'd fixed that. I'll look into it again!

Kosse wrote: This could be considered as a "bug": little problems with the blog is definetly the concern for other languages, Ex: you can't use ' ' ' ' ' or Mysql goes wild... so html_encode(decode)_entities have to be taken care of Smile

Where is this exactly? There is some code in there that should fix apostrophe-related problems in most circumstances, I believe. Let me know where I've missed it, and I'll fix.

Oh, and yes, it is the case that the latest version of the Blog Module isn't actually implemented on my site. The version on shinypixel.co.uk is equivalent to Beta 1, not 2 which is currently in testing.

pico · Post by **pico** » Sat 25. Mar 2006, 23:23

@shiny

in ../mod_blogs/inc_lib/dbinit.php you should change Line 16, 40, 60 and 74
for propper work with db_prepend like this

Code: Select all

mysql_query( "CREATE TABLE `".DB_PREPEND."phpwcms_blog.....

axelS · Post by **axelS** » Fri 31. Mar 2006, 11:26

I would really like to try this blog mod myself but cannot seem to get through to the ShinyPixel crew

Can anybody point me towards a download location please?

MTIA

shiny · Post by **shiny** » Fri 31. Mar 2006, 12:14

Hello again everyone. I've been busy training people this week at work, and it's meant writing training guides in the evening so I haven't had time to finish up Beta 3.

The closed Beta testing for Beta 2 is now closed, and I'll be making a public release of the module early next week (I've just got to tidy up the RSS srcipt). Many thanks to all the beta testers that have sent me feedback - it's been most appreciated.

Thanks for your patience. I'll post on here as soon as the module is out.

@Pico : Cheers - I'll fix that.

axelS · Post by **axelS** » Fri 31. Mar 2006, 12:26

Hi Shiny, Thanks for the update mate. Can't wait to see the new release

velo · Post by **velo** » Thu 27. Apr 2006, 17:22

Hi shiny,

Are u already any further with ur project? I really like to use the blogmodule.

velo

d-lexy · Post by **d-lexy** » Tue 2. May 2006, 19:42

I also can't wait to start using this mod. Promises to be really cool!

joransrb · Post by **joransrb** » Thu 4. May 2006, 02:00

any updates...??

shiny · Post by **shiny** » Sat 27. May 2006, 16:28

Yes, there are some updates. I've just fixed the RSS (finally) but realised that I need to add a couple of other bits to the core code and configuration so that it all works sensibly.

I've set up a bugtracker that people will be able to log bugs into (so they don't clutter up the forums

) and I'm posting news as it happens on the Wcmsblog Blog. (Which now has RSS)

shiny · Post by **shiny** » Sun 28. May 2006, 17:06

In case anyone's interested, I've now implemented site-wide and blog-specific RSS feeds, and also e-mail notifications when comments are added to blogs (a feature I've been wanting for ages).

Here's a screenshot of the preferences page for a blog that shows how you configure it all:

Kosse · Post by **Kosse** » Sun 28. May 2006, 19:28

Shiny times

Looks great