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Requests for 1.3.6

Friday, August 16 2002 @ 03:52 PM EDT
Contributed by: Creator
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Just submitting a wish or two:

The ability to set RIGHT BLOCKS alone in static pages, as opposed to "left blocks only." If this option is chosen, then all the current left blocks would be shifted over to the right column, above the original right blocks.

Advanced blocks control. Currently we have the ability to set who sees what blocks (groups/user permissions, etc), and where such blocks appear (specific topics, etc). I'd like the ability to MULTIPLE SELECT several or more topics I want a block to appear in, as well as the ability to select which static pages they appear in in the same function!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A web-based theme modification interface, much like the one used in phpweblog. I'm not asking for COMPLETE modification, merely some of the finer points such as font faces, colors, backgrounds, and so on forth. Maybe it could be just a CSS modification interface, or something! Also, a web-based language editing system would be cool.

A more complete/detailed logging accesses and statistics system. Advanced Site Stats, if you please, complete with permissions functionality. It should log HTTP referrers like the referrer block from phpkitchen.com, track unique visitors everywhere, browsers, OS, etc etc etc!

I know my wishes are a bit far-fetching, but if the GL Gods could incorporate just ONE of the above I'd be a very happy man.

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Authored by: Dirk on Friday, August 16 2002 @ 04:07 PM EDT

First of all: None of this will be in 1.3.6. We\'re currently looking into fixing the last bugs - and we want to release 1.3.6 in the not-too distant future. It\'s about time ...

Right blocks: I don\'t see the point in this, but maybe you could explain a bit more why you want this quite unusual (IMO) behaviour?

Advanced blocks control / web-based theme modification interface: Good ideas, but they will certainly not happen with the 1.3 codebase. That\'s stuff for GL2 ...

Access statistics: While there\'s certainly room for improvement here, most of what you look for can easily be gained by using a web statistics package like Webalizer or Analog. Applications like these are specifically made for the task while the stats function in Geeklog is just a \"goodie\". Anyone who\'s willing to contribute code to improve the stats is welcome, but among the core team, there are currently no plans to change anything in the stats section.

bye, Dirk

Authored by: Creator on Friday, August 16 2002 @ 05:02 PM EDT

Understood.

As for the right blocks, I agree it is a rather unusual feature, but we do see some nicely done sites out there that a right block-based concept for navigation. Also, it helps to empathsize a static page that you really want to point out.

Since English (and many other languages) reads from left to right, the page itself will be the first thing people see rather than the blocks, thus forcing the reader to read at least a few lines before going back (if desired) to the navigational/other content in the right blocks. It might also be useful in Japanese websites, since I'm told that their language reads from right to left.

Finally, a very good example would be Google who uses a right block for their AdWords campaign. Of course, this would be cooler if we had that advanced blocks control functionality as I mentioned, but the idea remains the same.

And finally, I personally hate being unable to do something, even though I may not neccessairly want to do it! :-) Now, I know I could code the .thtml files to display the left blocks over the right blocks, but this would be kind of a one-way, quick & dirty solution...

Authored by: Creator on Friday, August 16 2002 @ 09:34 PM EDT

Speaking of quick & dirty results, can anyone please tell me where to find the functions that returns left blocks in the /admin area? I\'d like to take a crack at hacking it to display right blocks instead.

Authored by: Dirk on Saturday, August 17 2002 @ 04:46 AM EDT

There is no such thing. Left blocks are rendered when you call COM_siteHeader() with \'menu\' as the only parameter (which is also the default). If you call COM_siteHeader(\'none\') you get no left blocks.

Right blocks are handled by COM_siteFooter() and currently you can only select whether right blocks should be rendered (pass true as the only parameter) or not (false, which is also the default).

Hope that helps.

bye, Dirk

Authored by: Creator on Sunday, August 18 2002 @ 11:36 AM EDT

It wasn\'t necessary to mess around with the COMs. I merely removed from header.thtml in the theme I\'m using and saved all my blocks to the right column. This effectively got rid of the left blocks very nicely!

Though it also presented me with another problem: The various admin and submit functions seem to be hard-coded to exclude right blocks. I\'ve gotten around this by adding navigational menus to the top of these elements so it really isn\'t a problem, but I wonder if there is a way to get those places to display right blocks?

Authored by: anand on Monday, August 19 2002 @ 01:23 PM EDT

left blocks dont always need to be on the left .. one can use CSS positioning and position the left blocks on the right, bottow or wherever ...

I had a theme as my main theme which displays both the \"left\" and \"right\" blocks on the left of the page ....

Authored by: Creator on Monday, August 19 2002 @ 03:22 PM EDT

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