ImpartialGeek Posted April 27, 2019 Posted April 27, 2019 I already have SuperGrid, and would like to get this new one as well, but I just cannot seem to figure out how these work. I cannot find good documentation on how to set them up anywhere. Can you provide anything? I would really like to set my site up to look this good.
opentype Posted April 27, 2019 Author Posted April 27, 2019 25 minutes ago, Geeks Life said: I cannot find good documentation on how to set them up anywhere. It’s in the installation_instructions.pdf included in the download package. Meddysong 1
ImpartialGeek Posted April 27, 2019 Posted April 27, 2019 Just now, opentype said: It’s in the installation_instructions.pdf included in the download package. I think I may have figured it out. A video would be nice 🙂 I think these are going to look great! THANKS for the quick response.
asigno Posted May 13, 2019 Posted May 13, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 8:39 PM, opentype said: SuperBlocks only uses container background images, which don’t slow down page rendering and then the browser fills in the empty slots dynamically. That already works nicely. Images declared in the CSS will mean it takes longer for the browser to parse the CSS file delaying the loading of the visible page. If they were img src tags the requests would be made as the HTML is parsed so the visible page can load earlier. Why do you say they don't slow down rendering?
opentype Posted May 14, 2019 Author Posted May 14, 2019 5 hours ago, asigno said: Why do you say they don't slow down rendering? The point was: background images with known dimensions are not needed to start the page rendering. That’s was the only point of that sentence. Meddysong 1
asigno Posted May 14, 2019 Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, opentype said: The point was: background images with known dimensions are not needed to start the page rendering. That’s was the only point of that sentence. But the page can't start rendering until the CSS file has been parsed. It's actually something I want to get around to testing, did you try it both ways? Edit: just found example of lazy loading background images https://toad.js.org/ Edited May 14, 2019 by asigno
opentype Posted May 15, 2019 Author Posted May 15, 2019 6 hours ago, asigno said: But the page can't start rendering until the CSS file has been parsed. What CSS? There are several calls and SuperBlocks doesn’t add any new calls since the CSS is merged in. So again, the page rendering start is completely unaffected. That was my point from the beginning. In either case: yes, I have considered and tested all available options of how images can potentially be displayed and there are no plans to make any changes to SuperBlocks, SuperGrid and all my other templates using background images. Meddysong 1
Sonya* Posted May 19, 2019 Posted May 19, 2019 Hi, I am using latest IPS version and latest version of SuperBlocks. I have tried to add a block for the clubs, but I get a template error. Running support tool does not help. All other blocks work as desired. Sonya
opentype Posted May 20, 2019 Author Posted May 20, 2019 11 hours ago, Sonya* said: but I get a template error. I can’t replicate that, so the only way to investigate this further would be with ACP access.
Sonya* Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 Hmmm, I have the error only on my test server. I have just tried to create a block on the live server and there is no issue there. I do not know why, I will investigate further.
Sonya* Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 Another question: is it right, that the clubs block does not use the clubs cover or icon? I have only club name, description (if any), date of last activity, clubs owner name and number of members (if open)
opentype Posted May 21, 2019 Author Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Sonya* said: Another question: is it right, that the clubs block does not use the clubs cover or icon? It uses the header image if there is one, since it is picture-based like a newspaper/magazine homepage. You can check it out on the demo page: https://www.opentype.space/superblocks/ Edited May 21, 2019 by opentype
Sonya* Posted May 21, 2019 Posted May 21, 2019 Thank you! I have figured out, that it uses picture only if uploaded, but not the club image by default used for the clubs cards.
SRFA Posted May 26, 2019 Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) Hi, I have a pre-sales question (sorry if it isn't the right place.) I have several Pages databases, each of them with several categories. Let's say database A with categories A1 and A2 and database B with categories B1, B2 and B3. Can I set up a single SuperBlock to include only some categories of several databases, like the latest entries of a A1+B2+B3, for instance? Thank you for your answer! Edit. Nevermind, I figured it out by myself. Since SuperBlocks is a set of templates for existing blocks, I understand this is an IPS related question, not a question related to your product. Great product anyway! Edited May 31, 2019 by SRFA
Steph Jensen Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 Can i use superblocks for to create a block with a feed from "our picks" ?
opentype Posted June 17, 2019 Author Posted June 17, 2019 15 minutes ago, Steph Jensen said: Can i use superblocks for to create a block with a feed from "our picks" ? No. It only supports the feeds mentioned on the product page.
Steph Jensen Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 48 minutes ago, opentype said: No. It only supports the feeds mentioned on the product page. Thanks @opentype I want to create a blog feed but somehow limit it to filter the posts that get listed so that i (or a team of editors) can decide what posts should be listed. Do you have any ideas/tips to create such a feed?
opentype Posted June 17, 2019 Author Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Steph Jensen said: Do you have any ideas/tips to create such a feed? I think you have to mark your blog post through something like “featuringing”. Then you can create a SuperBlocks block than only shows featured blog entries. Edited June 17, 2019 by opentype Steph Jensen 1
opentype Posted July 12, 2019 Author Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, sobrenome said: Hello, topic images are not showing: It will show images, when there are attachments uploaded to the topic.
sobrenome Posted July 13, 2019 Posted July 13, 2019 On 7/12/2019 at 2:29 AM, opentype said: It will show images, when there are attachments uploaded to the topic. The attachments should be related to the first post?
opentype Posted July 13, 2019 Author Posted July 13, 2019 38 minutes ago, sobrenome said: The attachments should be related to the first post? It takes the first attachment from the topic.
sobrenome Posted July 13, 2019 Posted July 13, 2019 1 hour ago, opentype said: It takes the first attachment from the topic. I will check again. I was pretty sure that the topics have attachments! thanks
opentype Posted July 13, 2019 Author Posted July 13, 2019 16 minutes ago, sobrenome said: Do the blocks use lazy load for images? No.
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