Front Page Modification Help

[clickbouyow]

I am sure I saw some of this somewhere, but I cannot find it with search.

SMF version:  1.1.5
TP Version:  1.0.5 Beta
URL:  http://www.deadboneplatoon.com
Theme:  alienation_tp v 1.1

I have two issues:

1:  how do I remove the poster's avatar from forum posts that populate the front page area (see attached illustration).

2:  how do I change the front page so that it alternates background color in the front page posts just like in the forums?

Thanks!

PS:  I, for some reason, am not getting email notifications of updates to posts from this forum.

[Phil Serna]

Hi.. from what I know.. you did get a option for the articles to turn off the avatar from showing, but if you have it set to like show forum post..I don't think you get that option.

[Zetan]

1a. Admin > Articles and Categories > Categories > Select a Category (The Categories can each have it's own options) > Cycle through the options and check the frontpage until you find one that suits what you need.

1b. Admin > Articles and Categories > Articles > Select an Article to edit > Options (Viewing options) > Here there are many options to choose from.

2. This will need to be defined in the .css of the theme. If nobody offers a working answer.. I will have a go later. I'm at work and can't do anything from here.

PS:

Maybe this would be better for another topic, in Feedback. We need more details: email provider, topics selected for Notification, TP.net account preferences.. etc.

[clickbouyow]

These are not articles.  They are posts in the forum that are shown on the front page.  There is no option to turn off the avatar, from what I can find.  The only front page options that turn off the avatar are a simple list of topics and one that requires another image and shifts the text to the right. 


I have attached an image of my front page settings.  I do not see anywhere to turn off forum articles author avatars.

[Zetan]

Thats an option I've never used before.

I have mine set to: Featured article and front page blocks

and use some SSI to do the same thing, only without the avatar. You can have a look at my front page if you want. URL for my site under my avatar. If however, you feel that it could be included as an option, I would suggest it in the Suggestions/Feedback board.. Currently, it's not an option.

[trench]

Try clicking layout types Normal Article w/o the icons.

[Zetan]

Try clicking layout types Normal Article w/o the icons.

Funny.. I'm sure I already suggested that 

The reply was.. They are not articles. They are Forum Posts featured.

[clickbouyow]

OK.  Normal Article just changes the position of the avatar in the post and makes the background black.

[Zetan]

Okay.. so thats firmly established?

What do you want to do next?

• Make a suggestion in the Suggestions board?
  
• Use some simple SSI to do something similar, SSI News for example?
  
• Hack the front page to get the desired result?
  
  I'd personally make a feature option suggestion, or use the SSI.
  For hacking the front page, try looking through the files in /Themes/Default/
  
  
• TPortal.template.php
  
• TPortalBlocks.template.php
  
• TPBlockLayout.template.php
  
  
  I'm not sure which one it's in, I really haven't had time to check. Use the Find tool to search for Avatar and try commenting out those lines.
  
  
  For example, TPortal.template.php
  
  Find
  
  Code Select Expand
  // show authors avatar?
if(isset($story['options']['avatar']) && !empty($story['avatar']['image']))
{
$render .= '<div class="tp_avatar';
if($context['TPortal']['mycat']!='' || !empty($context['TPortal']['is_front']))
$render .= '_category';
$render .= '"><a href="' . $story['poster']['href'] . '" title="' . $story['poster']['name'] . '">' . $story['avatar']['image'] . '</a></div>';
}
  
  
  Commented out
  
  
  Code Select Expand
  // show authors avatar?
/*           if(isset($story['options']['avatar']) && !empty($story['avatar']['image']))
{
$render .= '<div class="tp_avatar';
if($context['TPortal']['mycat']!='' || !empty($context['TPortal']['is_front']))
$render .= '_category';
$render .= '"><a href="' . $story['poster']['href'] . '" title="' . $story['poster']['name'] . '">' . $story['avatar']['image'] . '</a></div>';
}
*/

  
  
  I'm not sure if that is the correct file or area.. I just found that in my file but I can't upload the changes to check it while I'm at work.

[clickbouyow]

What do you want to do next?

• Make a suggestion in the Suggestions board?

I will do that, however, it could take some time, if at all, before that feature would be implemented.

• Use some simple SSI to do something similar, SSI News for example?

This would be the best stop-gap measure, but I don't have a clue how to accomplish it.

• Hack the front page to get the desired result?

I believe I have looked at that file and could find nothing that changed the front page.  I will look again.


edit:  Actually I do not see a TPortal.template.php with this theme.