Pages SuperTopics (Support Topic)

[opentype]

Support topic for this product:

 

[Deep Blue 76]

just a question. In the fluid you see the images?

[opentype]

It’s a block template. It only affects (Pages) forum blocks. If you want to place it on the forum index, you can put the block above or below the regular forum content or in the sidebar. 

[Unlucky]

Hi,

Is there extra white space at the bottom of this one compared to the supergrid?

IE - https://www.walkingfootball.com/

My walking football news it the topics and i have an pages database underneath

[opentype]

Well, your theme is suppressing the light backgrounds, so it looks like a lot of whitespace. There is a slight difference regarding the spacing of the templates. Not sure if I change that. Maybe I won’t remove it from SuperTopics, but add it to SuperGrid as well. 

[Silnei L Andrade]

Hi @Opentype,

I imported the template, but not show to choose, only the default appears. I uploaded the XML, but they do not appear in the template listing. What can it be?

Edited September 2, 2017 by Silnei L Andrade

[Silnei L Andrade]

I was able to upload, it must have been some cache problem. The plugin is very good, but it only needs one thing to be perfect, which is to have a photo option to highlight the topic. Because it loads image by itself and if the image is large, or several topics have large images, the page is too heavy to load. This would be resolved with the featured image option in the topic. These featured images would serve both this plugin and the Open Graphic facebook tag. It would be perfect for those who need to spread the topics on social networks. The featured image would also solve the problem of topics without photos... and pagination for pages with many topics:
https://www.mochileiros.com/mochilao/

Edited September 2, 2017 by Silnei L Andrade

[opentype]

I understand the request, but it’s just a template. It won’t change the forum features itself. That’s something that needs to change at the core level. 

[Silnei L Andrade]

I understand perfectly! The plugins are great and it really is the IPB that needs to think about it, after all it's not such a complex thing. Thank you for the answer.

[Unlucky]

Hi,

I have selected only 1 forum in the feed configuration but it is pulling in topics from other forums and displaying them in the block

Is this a bug?

[Unlucky]

Ignore my last request - everything is working fine

[Silnei L Andrade]

 

Is it possible to create a tag-based page?

[opentype]

No. The post/topic blocks from IPS don’t allow tags as filter at the moment. 

[Drakior]

Is it possible to have an option to skip a post if no image is attached? 

(I realize this would result in getting fewer results than what you set up in your block feed plugin settings)

[opentype]

Sure, it’s technically possible, but for the reason you mention it would be a rather messy implementation. The number of items would always go up and down and could even be zero. Not sure I want to add it this way unless there is really strong demand for it. I already added the fallback option in case users wouldn’t like empty cards. 

[rookiegirl]

re Topics

Where do the background images come from in your example?  If the member has to upload them, what does it look like if they don't have an image?

[opentype]

4 minutes ago, rookiegirl said:

Where do the background images come from in your example?  If the member has to upload them, what does it look like if they don't have an image?

I comes from the first image attachment of the topic/post. If there is none, it stays blank (there is an example on the product page) or you set up a fallback image for all blank posts. 

[rookiegirl]

I've followed your instructions and everything worked as directed however I am unable to see any changes on the front end.  Is there a setting I have to do to turn it on?

[opentype]

No setting. You probably have done something wrong. 
(Most typical problem I have seen with other clients: they picked the Forum post/topic widget from the sidebar, not the Pages Custom Blocks widget.)

[rookiegirl]

Is that error done when assigning a block?

I have Blocks > Plugins > supertopics

[opentype]

No, when adding the widget to the page on the frontend through the sidebar manager. 

[rookiegirl]

Then perhaps I am missing the adding of a widget?  Here is the instructions got with the download.

installation-instructions.pdf

[rookiegirl]

I see that this is a widget then.  How does a member add a background picture?  Where are the settings for the number of topics in the widget.

Thank you

[opentype]

1 hour ago, rookiegirl said:

I see that this is a widget then. 

It’s a design template for Pages blocks called on the page through the Pages Custom Blocks widget. 

1 hour ago, rookiegirl said:

How does a member add a background picture? 

They add image attachments to their posts. 

1 hour ago, rookiegirl said:

Where are the settings for the number of topics in the widget.

In the settings for the Pages block, as with any other Pages block. It’s an IPS core feature. 

[odevriese]

Hi @opentype,

I just bought your plugin (SuperTopics) and Pages app, and followed the instructions in your PDF doc. But I think I missed something. How can I create a "cards view" of forum topics on my forum?

I wanted to create something equivalent to what I can see here: http://fmt.invisionzone.com/. Does this forum use your plugin?

Thanks

Edited October 25, 2017 by odevriese