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# Informer Samples #
Informers serve to display entries of particular modules on any pages of any sites. For example, you can output the latest forum threads or most commented photos right on the main page. This helps to make your site more interesting and handy for the visitors. To create an Informer: 1. Go to Informers section on the main page of the Control Panel. 2. Press Create informer. 3. Select necessary module in the field with the pop-down list. (Additional options will appear depending on a module). 4. Set parameters of the options Number of entries and Number of columns. 5. Press Create. 6. Insert the obtained code of the type Code $MYINF_id$ 7. Informer appearance and the information for output can be edited in informer template. Type of information (uCoz codes) depends on the source module. List of codes, available for a certain informer, is under the form for editing template. With the help of the informer, you can output information both on pages of your website and on any other site in the internet. There are no explanations for the codes, used in informer template. This is because informers are a serious thing and you should not edit informers without good knowledge of HTML and uCoz system. Question-answer Where should I put the code of informer? *** *** *** *** *** *** I'm not active on the forum anymore. Please contact other forum staff.
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RockyZ, Create a sticky thread icon and use HTML code to display image before the informer entries. You can edit the informer template near the informer. You need some HTML knowledge to do that.
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I have a problem with the Informer "Users who have visited the site for the current day" worked for a little time when i first implemented it, now its not working anymore. When i now Enable the Builder, the box with this informer is gone, only the Button to remove the Informer is left. So i delete it and created it again, but its not displayd and when i enable the Builder again, the box is gone again and only the Button left.
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drunkenbird, Read this it will help you http://www.forum.ucoz.com/forum/7-2491-1
"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places"
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Since i loged on Today, it's working fine again, i didnt change anything.
Tommy, I've read it but i think it is about a different thing then i had. It works for now, if it should happen again, i'll Report. |
Thanks for your quick response. Yeah I just found out that I can actually use informers right after submitting the thread. But when I try to do it, it's pretty difficult to follow and explanations on the forum are vague. However, it's very clear that informers are used to display information/ etnries on two pages.
It says "select necessary module in the field with the pop-down list." So that module actually is the base of the informer. But how can I display it on the main page then? Should I use that code thing? Then what if i want to show every new stuf on the main page. should i edit that informer again and again? or the informer can be entered new entries separately If the above hardly means senses, I have an example. There's a page let's say for movies. I put some movies in there. People go to the movies menu item and can watch them there. i just added 2 movies to the item. and iwanna display them on the main page cuz they're newest stuff/uploading/information. Added (2009-10-08, 1:06 Pm) |
Quote (Duke8954) But how can I display it on the main page then? Should I use that code thing? Then what if i want to show every new stuf on the main page. should i edit that informer again and again? or the informer can be entered new entries separately First you need to create informers for all modules you are using and whose new entries you want to display on the main page. Then you should copy the codes of all informers (like $MYINF_1$), and then go to Page Editor -> Pages management -> Main page and paste the codes in any order you want. I'm not active on the forum anymore. Please contact other forum staff.
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I read the whole Thread, i only read about decreasing the font size if the line end is reached. so i hope this hasnt been asked yet:
It's Possible to set the Title Lenght. But you can set more things to Display then just Title. So it's possible to set the max Lenght for the other things of the Informer too? Like in my Special Case for the $MESSAGE$: Filecatalog Informer Code <div class="cBlock2"><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="infTable"><tr><td width="50%" style="font:7pt">[$DATE$]</td><td nowrap align="$right" style="font:7pt"><?if($MESSAGE$)?>[<a href="$ENTRY_URL$">$MESSAGE$</a>]<?endif?></td></tr><tr><td class="infTitle" colspan="2"><a href="$ENTRY_URL$">$TITLE$</a> <span title="Comments">(<a href="$COMMENTS_URL$"><b>$COMMENTS_NUM$</b></a>)</span></td></tr></table></div> |
If I'm not mistaken, informers can be displayed by means of javascript. Just click the informer name of the informers you already have and a popup will contain the script for it.
It should look something like this Code <script type="text/javascript" src="http://gamescenter.ucoz.com/informer/1"></script> Post edited by kostova - Monday, 2009-11-09, 9:47 PM
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Mistory, your questions often surprise me. You are not a newbie but sometimes you ask such easy questions.
There is an Informer "Per module entry counters", it will show the number of entries in each module. If you want to count entries for one definite module just edit the informer template and remove unnecessary lines. I'm not active on the forum anymore. Please contact other forum staff.
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how do i get the message text to display?
Added (2009-11-13, 11:18 Pm) the $message$ code doesnt seem to work? why? |
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