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Jimi Wikman Posted September 21 Posted September 21 This is my playground: https://j332207.invisionservice.com/ Where is yours so I can see what you are playing around with 🙂 SC36DC, Deus_13 and dmaidon1 3
SC36DC Posted September 21 Posted September 21 15 hours ago, Jimi Wikman said: This is my playground: https://j332207.invisionservice.com/ Where is yours so I can see what you are playing around with 🙂 Looks incredible. Great layout. Would you mind answering a question I have regarding if a certain layout I want to do is possible?
Jimi Wikman Posted September 21 Author Posted September 21 Of course, I don't mind 🙂 Ask away! SC36DC 1
SC36DC Posted September 22 Posted September 22 7 hours ago, Jimi Wikman said: Of course, I don't mind 🙂 Ask away! My question is regarding Forums. I want to create a community for a music group that has 7 members. The first part of the forum I want it to be called MEMBERS, and in this section I would like to create 7 subforums named after each member, but displayed with boxes with their pic in each one, similar to your set up here (but there will be 7, possibly 8 if I have to create an extra one for it to display properly). But then below the MEMBERS section, the grid of boxes, I would like the rest of the FORUMS displayed normally, like this. I was just curious if this type of setup is possible. Thanks for your help Jimi or anyone else that can help answer this. On 9/20/2024 at 5:45 PM, Jimi Wikman said: This is my playground: https://j332207.invisionservice.com/ Where is yours so I can see what you are playing around with 🙂 BTW, I wasn't sure if I wanted to go with the menu on the side or at the top, but after seeing your layout, I think I will go with the side setup, it does look really nice.
SC36DC Posted September 22 Posted September 22 3 hours ago, SC36DC said: My question is regarding Forums. I want to create a community for a music group that has 7 members. The first part of the forum I want it to be called MEMBERS, and in this section I would like to create 7 subforums named after each member, but displayed with boxes with their pic in each one, similar to your set up here (but there will be 7, possibly 8 if I have to create an extra one for it to display properly). But then below the MEMBERS section, the grid of boxes, I would like the rest of the FORUMS displayed normally, like this. I was just curious if this type of setup is possible. Thanks for your help Jimi or anyone else that can help answer this. BTW, I wasn't sure if I wanted to go with the menu on the side or at the top, but after seeing your layout, I think I will go with the side setup, it does look really nice. Now that I know the proper terminology, basically, is it possible to show part of the forum in GRID view and the rest in TABLE view? I'm assuming not.
Jimi Wikman Posted September 22 Author Posted September 22 Out of the box, you can't do this as far as I can tell, but I am sure it can be done with a plugin somehow. You could hack it also if you want by creating a custom block (or multiple) and then add them in the widget box above the forums. This would just make them as shortcuts to the actual forums that would be in the forum list below, but it could be a way forward until someone build the app at least. SC36DC 1
SC36DC Posted September 22 Posted September 22 16 hours ago, SC36DC said: My question is regarding Forums. I want to create a community for a music group that has 7 members. The first part of the forum I want it to be called MEMBERS, and in this section I would like to create 7 subforums named after each member, but displayed with boxes with their pic in each one, similar to your set up here (but there will be 7, possibly 8 if I have to create an extra one for it to display properly). But then below the MEMBERS section, the grid of boxes, I would like the rest of the FORUMS displayed normally, like this. I was just curious if this type of setup is possible. Thanks for your help Jimi or anyone else that can help answer this. BTW, I wasn't sure if I wanted to go with the menu on the side or at the top, but after seeing your layout, I think I will go with the side setup, it does look really nice. @Ehren Could something like this be possible? To use GRID for a section of the forum and TABLE for the rest or another part? 7 hours ago, Jimi Wikman said: Out of the box, you can't do this as far as I can tell, but I am sure it can be done with a plugin somehow. You could hack it also if you want by creating a custom block (or multiple) and then add them in the widget box above the forums. This would just make them as shortcuts to the actual forums that would be in the forum list below, but it could be a way forward until someone build the app at least. I appreciate your response and suggestions and ideas. Thank you Jimi. Jimi Wikman 1
Ehren Posted September 23 Posted September 23 8 hours ago, SC36DC said: @Ehren Could something like this be possible? To use GRID for a section of the forum and TABLE for the rest or another part? Unfortunately no, not with CSS anyway. Every other i-data element can mix and match styles by changing the ipsData-- class (eg. ipsData--table, ipsData--grid, ipsData--wallpaper, etc), but the Forums use different HTML for the different layouts, so that concept doesn't apply there. SC36DC and David N. 1 1
SC36DC Posted September 23 Posted September 23 45 minutes ago, Ehren said: Unfortunately no, not with CSS anyway. Every other i-data element can mix and match styles by changing the ipsData-- class (eg. ipsData--table, ipsData--grid, ipsData--wallpaper, etc), but the Forums use different HTML for the different layouts, so that concept doesn't apply there. I appreciate the reply and info. Ehren 1
Management Matt Posted September 30 Management Posted September 30 On 9/21/2024 at 1:45 AM, Jimi Wikman said: This is my playground: https://j332207.invisionservice.com/ Where is yours so I can see what you are playing around with 🙂 Looks fantastic! Well done. 🙂 Jimi Wikman and SC36DC 2
Jimi Wikman Posted September 30 Author Posted September 30 @Ehren and the whole Invison Community team makes it super easy to build now 🙂 Goza, rastafari, SC36DC and 3 others 2 2 2
Gary Posted October 1 Posted October 1 That’s actually a great example of version 5 and its capabilities, @Jimi Wikman. Well done mate! How long do you think it’s taken you to get it to this? You’ve given me some good ideas to implement in my community once the software is available for us all. Jimi Wikman 1
Mike G. Posted October 1 Posted October 1 The site looks amazing. Fantastic work, @Jimi Wikman! Thanks for sharing. Mine's down at the moment, but if I get it renewed I'll share it here as well. Jimi Wikman 1
Jimi Wikman Posted October 1 Author Posted October 1 7 hours ago, Gary said: That’s actually a great example of version 5 and its capabilities, @Jimi Wikman. Well done mate! How long do you think it’s taken you to get it to this? You’ve given me some good ideas to implement in my community once the software is available for us all. I was actually just playing around for a few hours for this. It is really that simple (or powerful). I already had my color scheme and the logo, though, so the rest was just adding some dummy content and playing around with the page editor. You can easily do this in a day or two at the most. 9 hours ago, Marc said: That looks pretty slick, Jimi 🙂 Thank you Marc 🙂 51 minutes ago, Mike G. said: The site looks amazing. Fantastic work, @Jimi Wikman! Thanks for sharing. Mine's down at the moment, but if I get it renewed I'll share it here as well. Ping me when you do, I love to see other people's setups! Mike G. 1
David N. Posted October 1 Posted October 1 Very nice and I'll explore it further to get inspired! Thanks for sharing. I haven't been anywhere near that far yet with v5. One thing I noticed is that now that the side panel is dark, your logo no longer shows.
Gary Posted October 1 Posted October 1 4 hours ago, Jimi Wikman said: I was actually just playing around for a few hours for this. It is really that simple (or powerful). I already had my color scheme and the logo, though, so the rest was just adding some dummy content and playing around with the page editor. You can easily do this in a day or two at the most. And a testament to all the hard work put in by the Invision Community team! Once again, a job well done mate. Jimi Wikman and SC36DC 2
Mike G. Posted October 2 Posted October 2 21 hours ago, Jimi Wikman said: Ping me when you do, I love to see other people's setups! My license was renewed, so pinging @Jimi Wikman! Domer Domain (Alpha) - A community for Notre Dame football fans that I've been reviving and growing over the last few years. Fan Clubs (Alpha) - This is a passion project of mine with the goal of bringing communities together around sports, gaming, and entertainment. SC36DC and David N. 2
Jimi Wikman Posted October 2 Author Posted October 2 1 hour ago, Mike G. said: My license was renewed, so pinging @Jimi Wikman! Domer Domain (Alpha) - A community for Notre Dame football fans that I've been reviving and growing over the last few years. Fan Clubs (Alpha) - This is a passion project of mine with the goal of bringing communities together around sports, gaming, and entertainment. Looks great Mike!! Mike G. 1
Management Matt Posted October 4 Management Posted October 4 On 9/21/2024 at 1:45 AM, Jimi Wikman said: This is my playground: https://j332207.invisionservice.com/ Where is yours so I can see what you are playing around with 🙂 Hey Jimi, would you be interested in a little blog to kind of talk us through what you did, and what you used to achieve that? I think it'd be a great way to showcase your skills and also what is possible in v5 without having to dig too far into custom code and complex ACP stuff. SC36DC, Marc, rastafari and 3 others 6
Jimi Wikman Posted October 4 Author Posted October 4 4 hours ago, Matt said: Hey Jimi, would you be interested in a little blog to kind of talk us through what you did, and what you used to achieve that? I think it'd be a great way to showcase your skills and also what is possible in v5 without having to dig too far into custom code and complex ACP stuff. That sounds interesting 🙂 I could make a few videos to add as well, perhaps? SC36DC, Deus_13, rastafari and 1 other 3 1
Management Matt Posted October 4 Management Posted October 4 If you're willing to do that, that would be excellent! SC36DC 1
Jimi Wikman Posted October 4 Author Posted October 4 I'll see what I can do 🙂 Would it be possible to request a second alpha test site, so I can show from scratch? Matt, abobader, Deus_13 and 1 other 4
Chris59 Posted October 4 Posted October 4 7 minutes ago, Jimi Wikman said: I'll see what I can do 🙂 Would it be possible to request a second alpha test site, so I can show from scratch? https://invisioncommunity.com/clientarea/ips5-demo/
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