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OpenIntro
Junior Member
USA
126 Posts |
 Posted - 04 August 2003 : 00:15:00
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Originally posted by Stickboy
I got some code from Internet Club House and implemented it into my forums. Thanks to Adam for sending me his code.
My implemetation is not the greatest piece of work and could use some prettying up, but it works for what I need ...
Lymphomaniacs Journal
Stickboy, this is EXACTLY what I am looking for on my forums! My users have been requesting this like mad! lol....Any chance you can zip up all the files that you use for this journal? Did you add any lines of code to any other files (besides inc_header)?
Also, does the search function on the journals work? I registered, posted a test entry and then clicked on O to look for my name AND also did a search for my name but couldn't find it? |
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wizard
Junior Member
208 Posts |
Posted - 04 August 2003 : 03:40:39
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| Works fine, minus that error upon posting. Still cannot solve it yet. The sql table you sent me did not work as expected so I just imported the tables over to the sql server from the original version. Is that the problem, or is it something else? |
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OpenIntro
Junior Member
USA
126 Posts |
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OpenIntro
Junior Member
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Anacrusis
Junior Member
USA
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wizard
Junior Member
208 Posts |
Posted - 11 September 2003 : 00:47:41
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I tried it out. I just imported the access database to SQl Server. I got following error:
Add Entries:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e2f'
Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'BLOG_ID', table 'forum.adm_khengyew.JOURNAL_ENTRIES'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
/journal_addentry.asp, line 416
Recent Entries:
Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0113'
Script timed out
/journal.asp
The maximum amount of time for a script to execute was exceeded. You can change this limit by specifying a new value for the property Server.ScriptTimeout or by changing the value in the IIS administration tools. |
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Anacrusis
Junior Member
USA
219 Posts |
Posted - 11 September 2003 : 08:14:43
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Make sure BLOG_ID in the JOURNAL_ENTRIES table is set to auto increment
Not sure why journal.asp timed out. If you modified the code, go back through and make sure everything looks right. |
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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
2625 Posts |
Posted - 15 September 2003 : 06:55:42
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Hi there...I've been working on a weblog-feature at my site this weekend.
It works similar to Frutzle's version, however it still lacks the reactions.
The idea is simple :
- first I assigned one forum to be 'the weblog' forum.
- each member can post to this forum, no moderation per forum.
- with your first post, you automatically create your weblog.
It's in dutch, but I think you get the general idea when you visit it.
The weblog entries are nothing more than topics and replies to topics, however they are shown through different views.
Topics NOT coming from the weblogforum are not viewable through this view. (Forum_ID has to be strWebLogForum)
It took me about 1 hour of work, and it will take me about 3 more hours of finetuning the layout and adding the replies.
Main page: http://portal.opzolder.net
The weblogs : http://www.opzolder.net/portal/weblogs.asp
A member's weblog : http://www.opzolder.net/portal/logfeed.asp?member_id=18
A specific weblog : http://www.opzolder.net/portal/logfeed.asp?log_id=340
Still to be done:
- Improve layout
- Weblog-paging (multiple pages op entries)
- Reply-paging (multiple pages of replies to a specific entry)
- Show titles of all entries for a member
- some bugfixes |
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Edited by - MarcelG on 15 September 2003 07:00:56 |
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wizard
Junior Member
208 Posts |
Posted - 16 September 2003 : 00:15:41
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YES! That is very very good!. Cannot wait!  |
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Astralis
Senior Member
USA
1218 Posts |
Posted - 17 September 2003 : 00:59:24
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I keep wanting to add a weblog to my site and then I get back to the same question: what can a weblog do that the current forum doesn't already accomplish?
If there is a difference, is it worth taking the discussions away from the forum and into specific members' weblogs?
Like I said, I keep wanting to add weblogs but I can't justify a reason for their existence! 
One could say about the weblog: it's a way to organize the posters' thoughts without making the feedback visible. Then why have feedback at all, I would reply. Anyhow, the members' last posts function exists in the members' profiles. That's a way to view their most recent posts.
One could also say that it's a way for someone to respond to a members' thoughts. Well, that's the entire purpose of starting a topic in the forum - someone posts and idea and people can easily reply. Why start a weblog?
The more I start a weblog and think about it - the more I wish it acted like a forum and then I realize that I already have a forum so why turn it into a weblog? A forum is more powerful.
Anyone else thought about this? |
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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
2625 Posts |
Posted - 17 September 2003 : 05:07:28
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Astralis,
I also thought about this, and decided to build it because of this:
In a forum, a member would start a topic most likely with the purpose to get feedback or an answer. The forum is used by multiple members, and the topic of the forum is defined on the board level.
However, the reason for a member to start a weblog is (I guess) more likely to simply share his/her thoughts, rather than ask for something. Naturally you could give feedback, but that's not necessary. It is not meant for invoking discussions.
Next to that it is the member who would define the topic, rather than the board. Member A could post his/her thoughts, or things done today, whatever. Member B could choose a specific topic for the weblog, without leaving the context of the weblog-forum, because it's a weblog.
You could consider a members weblog as a sort of a diary, or maybe a 'personal column', which is a podium for the member to simply share his/her thoughts, experiences rather.
A members' weblog will never be off-topic, while a topic in a forum could be considered of topic for the purpose of the forum.
That's in my opinion the difference between a normal forum and a weblog.
However, that doesn't mean that you would need to build it from scratch...
Technically they're the same : a topic with replies from the other members, or an entry with reactions from the readers.
So that's why I build the weblog around the normal functionality, however using a different view. In a weblog the initial topic is the most important, so the focus needs to be on that entry. That's why I am trying to 'rewrite' the way replies are shown for the weblog, instead of using topic.asp in the normal way.
Just my thoughts. |
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wizard
Junior Member
208 Posts |
Posted - 19 September 2003 : 20:53:08
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| So, how is the mod progressing on? I cannot wait to get my hands on it... |
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Astralis
Senior Member
USA
1218 Posts |
Posted - 19 September 2003 : 22:04:10
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Thank you Marcel.
Yes, I think you're correct that the formatting will change the function to be more like a diary and I agree with that.
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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
2625 Posts |
Posted - 21 September 2003 : 08:02:49
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wizard, the mod is progressing, however I haven't build the webbased administration yet, and I need to 'strip' it from the customization I am using already.
It will take some more time ... sorry for that. |
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Astralis
Senior Member
USA
1218 Posts |
Posted - 10 October 2003 : 00:22:37
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