How to have 2 right block columns :: Archived

ehoffman73 · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:43 pm Post subject: How to have 2 right block columns

Trying to edit my template's footer.html file to allow two right blocks side by side...

am I close??

Code::

<!-- BEGIN bottomblock -->
<div class="table1">
  <div class="option" align="center"><strong>{bottomblock.S_TITLE}</strong></div>
  {bottomblock.S_CONTENT}
</div><br />
<!-- END bottomblock -->
{S_BANNER}
<!-- IF S_RIGHTBLOCKS -->
</td><td valign="top" class="mainside" id="pe601" {B_R_VISIBLE} align="right">
<!-- BEGIN rightblock -->
  <div class="blockheadr">{rightblock.S_TITLE} <img class="blockimg" alt="[x]" title="Show/hide content" id="pic{rightblock.S_BID}" src="{rightblock.S_IMAGE}" onclick="blockswitch('{rightblock.S_BID}');" /></div>
  <div class="blockcontent" id="pe{rightblock.S_BID}" {rightblock.S_VISIBLE}>{rightblock.S_CONTENT}</div><br />
<!-- END rightblock -->

<!-- IF S_RIGHTBLOCKS -->
</td><td valign="top" class="mainside" id="pe601" {B_R_VISIBLE} align="right">
<!-- BEGIN rightblock -->
  <div class="blockheadr">{rightblock.S_TITLE} <img class="blockimg" alt="[x]" title="Show/hide content" id="pic{rightblock.S_BID}" src="{rightblock.S_IMAGE}" onclick="blockswitch('{rightblock.S_BID}');" /></div>
  <div class="blockcontent" id="pe{rightblock.S_BID}" {rightblock.S_VISIBLE}>{rightblock.S_CONTENT}</div><br />
<!-- END rightblock -->
 <div class="mainside"></div>
<!-- ENDIF -->
</td></tr></table>
<br /><div align="center">{S_FOOTER}</div>
<!-- IF S_DEBUG_SQL --><div class="table1">{S_DEBUG_SQL}</div><!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- IF S_DEBUG_PHP --><div class="table1">{S_DEBUG_PHP}</div><!-- ENDIF -->
</div>
</body></html>

DJ Maze · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: 2 right blocks

No you are not.

Can you explain the full usage like:

- keep blocks on the right + add blocks in the footer
- no blocks on the right + add blocks in the footer

Because using  2 times you just duplicate the whole list.

You could call

PHP:

themesidebox($title, $content, $custom_id);

within your theme.php

I will give a example

Code::

function themefooter() {
    global $banners, $cpgtpl;
    blocks('right');
    $cpgtpl->assign_vars(array(
        'B_R_VISIBLE'  => hideblock('601') ? 'style="display: none"' : '',
        'S_FOOTER'     => footmsg(),
        'S_BANNER'     => ($banners) ? viewbanner() : ''
    ));
// start custom part
    global $themeblockside;
    $themeblockside == 'customA';
    // a static block
    themesidebox('Block 1', 'My content', 5555);
    // a dynamic block
    $title = 'Block 2';
    include('blocks/block-CPG_Stats.php');
    themesidebox($title, $content, 5556);
// end custom part
    $cpgtpl->set_filenames(array('footer' => 'footer.html'));
    $cpgtpl->display('footer');
}

Then in your footer.html use this only once

Code::

<!-- BEGIN customAblock -->
  <div class="blockheadr">{customAblock.S_TITLE} <img class="blockimg" alt="[x]" title="Show/hide content" id="pic{customAblock.S_BID}" src="{customAblock.S_IMAGE}" onclick="blockswitch('{customAblock.S_BID}');" /></div>
  <div class="blockcontent" id="pe{customAblock.S_BID}" {customAblock.S_VISIBLE}>{customAblock.S_CONTENT}</div><br />
<!-- END customAblock -->

You can even do way more advanced things, but lets understand this first

ehoffman73 · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: 2 right blocks

OKay, my page layout is thus: left blocks...center blocks...right blocks

sandwiched between header and footer code...

example now: www.purplepride.org/vikes

want to resemble columns on actual www.purplepride.org

so I want page layout to be:
header
left blocks...center blocks....right blocks....right blocks...
footer

Reading into what you are saying, is that somehow using the themesidebox may be my avenue?

ehoffman73 · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:51 am Post subject: Re: 2 right blocks

Thanks DJ, I am getting the hang of this. The right block is good, I just have home-page only blocks to add. So I can add CustomA block before the right block code to get that to fly, right?

So basically at the end of header.html, but then maybe also do the include once code around it like
 so it only happens on the home page?

t31os · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:03 am Post subject: Re: 2 right blocks

Interesting, i like the suggestion DJ made, i can see how that works kinda, might have to play around with that myself, thats if i can do it without breaking my theme Confused

DJ Maze · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:37 am Post subject: Re: 2 right blocks

$home is a variable that tells you it's the home and not a module they see.

Code::

function themefooter() {
    global $banners, $cpgtpl, $home;
    blocks('right');
    $cpgtpl->assign_vars(array(
        'IS_HOME' => $home;
        'B_R_VISIBLE'  => hideblock('601') ? 'style="display: none"' : '',
        'S_FOOTER'     => footmsg(),
        'S_BANNER'     => ($banners) ? viewbanner() : ''
    ));

then in your footer.html

Code::

t31os · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 3:31 am Post subject: Re: 2 right blocks

Cool, so if i did something like this in my footer....

Code::

<!-- IF IS_HOME -->
Hello my name is mud
<!-- ENDIF -->

Then that would only show up whenever the user is actually at index.php right? Very Happy

or

Code::

<!-- IF IS_HOME -->
Hello my name is mud
<!-- ELSE -->
Hello my name is rhubarb
<!-- ENDIF -->

Then if any page other then index.php i'm rhubarb right?

Or is it not that simple Confused

DJ Maze · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 4:08 am Post subject: Re: 2 right blocks

note that i used

Code::

'IS_HOME' => $home;

t31os · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: 2 right blocks

Yes i was aware thanx DJ dude Wink

This raises a question to, regarding the link of the Credits page etc, would you able to use something like above to only show it on the main page then hide it from the rest, would that be suitable to requirement?

I'm guessing someone will ask eventually so figured i might aswell tackle the question now.

t31os · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:23 pm Post subject: Re: 2 right blocks

Also note that you need to add $home into the global area like in your example....

Thought i'd point that out since i've just used a modification of the above to only display banners on the main page of the site since i have them right at the top of the center column and don't want them sitting above every single module, its kinda like a nag screen for users to see it there on every page.

The above example provided me with enough info to work the idea into the theme.

tyler_durden · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:51 pm Post subject: Re: 2 right blocks

I have nothing important to add, other than I love the purplepride.org/vikes website ehoffman73 . I'm a diehard Vikes fan as well, living in Mpls, MN. Sorry if it's a little off subject!

ehoffman73 · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: 2 right blocks

tyler_durden wrote:

I have nothing important to add, other than I love the purplepride.org/vikes website ehoffman73 . I'm a diehard Vikes fan as well, living in Mpls, MN. Sorry if it's a little off subject!

Thanks, hope to see you there. I will try this today and see how it all works!

ehoffman73

quick check on what I'm doing wrong: on theme.php

Code::

function themefooter() {
    global $showblocks, $banners, $home, $cpgtpl, $foot1, $foot2, $foot3, $copyright, $start_time, $db;
    blocks('right');
    $cpgtpl->assign_vars(array(
		'IS_HOME' 		=> $home,
        'B_R_VISIBLE'   => hideblock('601') ? 'style="display: none"' : '',
        'B_R_HIDDEN'    => hideblock('601') ? '' : 'style="display: none"',
        'S_FOOTER'      => footmsg()
        )
    );
	// start custom part
    global $themeblockside;
    $themeblockside == 'customA';
    // a static block
    themesidebox('Gameday', 'My content', 5555);
    // a dynamic block
    //$title = 'Block 2';
    //include('blocks/block-CPG_Stats.php');
    //themesidebox($title, $content, 5556);
// end custom part
    $cpgtpl->set_filenames(array('footer' => 'footer.html'));
    $cpgtpl->display('footer');

and on the footer.html:

Code::

<!-- BEGIN bottomblock -->
	<div class="table1">
	<div class="option" align="center">{bottomblock.S_TITLE}</div>
	{bottomblock.S_CONTENT}
	</div><br />
	<!-- END bottomblock -->
	<!-- IF IS_HOME -->
	</td><td class="mainright" id="pe609" {B_R_VISIBLE}>
	<!-- BEGIN customAblock -->
  <div class="blockheadR">
  <img align="right" alt="Toggle Content" title="Toggle content" id="pic{customAblock.S_BID}" src="{customAblock.S_IMAGE}" onclick="blockswitch('{customAblock.S_BID}');"  style="cursor:pointer"/>&nbsp;&nbsp;{customAblock.S_TITLE}</div>
  <div class="blockcontent" id="pe{customAblock.S_BID}" {customAblock.S_VISIBLE}>{customAblock.S_CONTENT}</div>
	<!-- END customAblock -->

	<!-- ENDIF -->
	<!-- IF S_RIGHTBLOCKS -->
	</td><td class="mainright" id="pe601" {B_R_VISIBLE}>
	<!-- BEGIN rightblock -->

It shows the block under the main content but before the bottom blocks...and on every page. But only on the home page it does leave a whole column for custom blocks on the home page only!

Quick help?

t31os

Thats because of  which checks to make sure it is the home page the user is viewing, remove that and its ENDIF and it should work throughout the site...... Confused

i think

ale1981

Thanks for the info Very Happy

I also used this to just display my phpAdsNew banners on the homepage.