News fader in top panel block, Blueskies theme help.

[GhostRider2110]

SMF 1.1.8
TP 1.0 B3
Modified Blue Skies theme
URL http://usscalemasters.org/forums/

I place the code found here:
http://www.tinyportal.net/index.php/topic,19906.0.html

In a PHP Code block in Top Panel but can't seem to get things to display. Since this was written to work in a different theme, are there changes I need to make for BlueSkies?

I have tried different combos of settings, with frame/title, without frame/title.  Since I can see the title if turned on, I know the block itself is working..

Thanks

--Mitch

[ZarPrime]

Mitch,

First of all make sure you have at least 1 News Item in ...
Admin --> Main --> News and Newsletters

If you do, post the code you're using here

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Inside code tags

and someone will take a look at it.

ZarPrime

[GhostRider2110]

Thanks ZarP, I have 3 news items..  Was not going to repeat the code since it is already in the link I posted and it is just verbatim in mine.. If I need to I will though... --Mitch

[ZarPrime]

Post it.  That way I can put your exact code in my test site and see if it works.

ZP

[IchBin]

Do you have the news turned on in the theme settings?

[GhostRider2110]

Ok.... posting... hehehe

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global $context, $settings, $options, $txt, $scripturl, $modSettings;

// Show the news fader?  (assuming there are things to show...)
if ($settings['show_newsfader'] && !empty($context['fader_news_lines']))
{
echo '
<div style="height: 50px; background: url('.$settings['images_url'].'/machine.jpg) repeat-x;">';

// Prepare all the javascript settings.
echo '
<div id="smfFadeScroller" style="text-align: center; width: 90%; padding: 2px;"><b>', $context['news_lines'][0], '</b></div>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
// The fading delay (in ms.)
var smfFadeDelay = ', empty($settings['newsfader_time']) ? 5000 : $settings['newsfader_time'], ';
// Fade from... what text color? To which background color?
var smfFadeFrom = {"r": 155, "g": 185, "b": 255}, smfFadeTo = {"r": 0, "g": 0, "b": 0};
// Surround each item with... anything special?
var smfFadeBefore = "<b>", smfFadeAfter = "</b>";

var foreColor, backEl, backColor;

if (typeof(document.getElementById(\'smfFadeScroller\').currentStyle) != "undefined")
{
foreColor = document.getElementById(\'smfFadeScroller\').currentStyle.color.match(/#([\da-f][\da-f])([\da-f][\da-f])([\da-f][\da-f])/);
smfFadeFrom = {"r": parseInt(foreColor[1]), "g": parseInt(foreColor[2]), "b": parseInt(foreColor[3])};

backEl = document.getElementById(\'smfFadeScroller\');
while (backEl.currentStyle.backgroundColor == "transparent" && typeof(backEl.parentNode) != "undefined")
backEl = backEl.parentNode;

backColor = backEl.currentStyle.backgroundColor.match(/#([\da-f][\da-f])([\da-f][\da-f])([\da-f][\da-f])/);
smfFadeTo = {"r": eval("0x" + backColor[1]), "g": eval("0x" + backColor[2]), "b": eval("0x" + backColor[3])};
}
else if (typeof(window.opera) == "undefined" && typeof(document.defaultView) != "undefined")
{
foreColor = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(document.getElementById(\'smfFadeScroller\'), null).color.match(/rgb\((\d+), (\d+), (\d+)\)/);
smfFadeFrom = {"r": parseInt(foreColor[1]), "g": parseInt(foreColor[2]), "b": parseInt(foreColor[3])};

backEl = document.getElementById(\'smfFadeScroller\');
while (document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(backEl, null).backgroundColor == "transparent" && typeof(backEl.parentNode) != "undefined" && typeof(backEl.parentNode.tagName) != "undefined")
backEl = backEl.parentNode;

backColor = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(backEl, null).backgroundColor.match(/rgb\((\d+), (\d+), (\d+)\)/);
smfFadeTo = {"r": parseInt(backColor[1]), "g": parseInt(backColor[2]), "b": parseInt(backColor[3])};
}

// List all the lines of the news for display.
var smfFadeContent = new Array(
"', implode('",
"', $context['fader_news_lines']), '"
);
// ]]></script><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="', $settings['default_theme_url'], '/fader.js"></script></div>';
}


Thanks....

[GhostRider2110]

Do you have the news turned on in the theme settings?

Ok, I see what you are talking about, yes news is enabled, but I don't have checked "Show news fader on board index"

--Mitch

[ZarPrime]

"Enable News" does not need to be checked but "Show news fader on board index" does need to be checked.  This is in current theme.

Your code is exactly the same as what I use on my site except the height of the div and the fade delay.

Other than that, there is no reason that this shouldn't be working.

ZarPrime

[ZarPrime]

One of your News Items (the second one I think) causes a scrollbar to appear.  You can fix this by increasing the div height slightly.  5000 may be a little slow for the fade delay.  I'd consider trying 4000 just to see what you think.

I'm moving this to support.

ZarPrime

[GhostRider2110]

Yep that did it.. So I guess there is no way to have it now show up in the borad forum then.  Also fixed the height, thanks...

--Mitch