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Title: Making blocks
Post by: jus-cal on April 25, 2007, 03:09:59 AM

Hi! :)

I need help with using TP.

I am not sure how to add blocks, or use them. Any help would be great :)

Is it possible to have blocks on the left and right, and have news in the middle? And how do I do this?

Thanks :)

Title: Re: Making blocks
Post by: Reality12 on April 25, 2007, 03:37:15 AM

go into the admin panel...on your left menu find the TinyPortal block.

in there click on Block Manager; you'll find the options there.

Title: Re: Making blocks
Post by: tick on April 25, 2007, 04:32:23 AM

Here is a excellent starting point. http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?board=85.0

Title: Re: Making blocks
Post by: Reality12 on April 25, 2007, 04:39:01 AM

Quote from: tick on April 25, 2007, 04:32:23 AM
Here is a excellent starting point. http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php?board=85.0

Exactly. :)

Title: Re: Making blocks
Post by: jus-cal on April 25, 2007, 04:42:03 AM

Thanks I got it working :)

Also, just quickly, although not very related to the topic (but I feel it is pointless to start another topic for it :P), the settings.php file appears to be read only. How can I change the settings? I try to change them in the admin panel, but they are blanked out because the file is read-only. How can I edit these settings?

Title: Re: Making blocks
Post by: tick on April 25, 2007, 04:45:33 AM

another excellent read. Try it out. ;D http://docs.simplemachines.org/

Title: Re: Making blocks
Post by: jus-cal on April 25, 2007, 08:24:19 AM

That isn't very helpful on my question. It says it is the file read only. How else can I edit these settings?

Title: Re: Making blocks
Post by: tick on April 25, 2007, 12:57:53 PM

If you willl take the time to read from the link I gave you could find your answer.

Title: Re: Making blocks
Post by: jus-cal on April 25, 2007, 01:14:05 PM

I know what you are saying, but the problem is how can I actually edit those options? Is it my hosting (Recoding.net)? Is it the type of server it is installed on?

Title: Re: Making blocks
Post by: Lesmond on April 25, 2007, 01:20:13 PM

Why would you want to edit the settings.php file?

Title: Re: Making blocks
Post by: jus-cal on April 25, 2007, 01:23:49 PM

Oh, lol, not the actual settings.php file. In Configuration > Server Settings there are options, and for me they are blocked out. How can I unblock them so I can change them? It says they are blocked out because the settings.php file is read only. How can I change this?

Title: Re: Making blocks
Post by: G6Cad on April 25, 2007, 01:50:45 PM

You should get to know SMF before you go into deeper things with it ;)
This is basic knowlage and are one of the first things you should have read about in the documentation for SMF.

But as i feel nice to day, you change the permissions through eather Cpanel or FTP.
Find the files in the forum root and change them to 755 or 777 depending on the server configuration you are on.

To learn more, look in the documentation pages on SMF

Title: Re: Making blocks
Post by: jus-cal on April 25, 2007, 04:09:38 PM

Thanks ;)

TinyPortal

Development => Support => Topic started by: jus-cal on April 25, 2007, 03:09:59 AM