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Hershey
06-06-2007, 07:58 AM
I have a few questions and issues.

First is that although the vB integration seemed to have worked it's not displaying the latest forum posts even after I placed the tag in my desired location. All that shows is "Latest Forum Discussions" and nothing below it. I've made newer posts as well to see if anything shows up. I'm not sure if the fact that the forum isn't under a folder of the vivvo URL.

Here is how it's configured:

vBulletin url : http://forums.********.com/
vBulletin root: /home/******/public_html/forums/


It's correctly configured since the values were accepted so I'm not sure if it's the url that's causing the problem.

In addition to that, whenever one goes to a category, although there are dozens of article in a given category, it only lists just one article per page and lists 100+ pages; not very efficient.

Plus, I imported some articles from my previous site using the RSS importer and although the articles showed the correct dates, for some reason, they were imported in the reverse order. I tried to reorder it using the admin panel and it partially worked. The main page showed up properly but when I click "more news" to see more news, it shows up in the original reverse order.

The AJAX headline rotator is also a little bit of a problem. I realize there is a static width given to the images but its height is dynamic and readjusts according to the image. So when there is a rotation between taller and shorter images, the whole page has to readjust, which can become a nuissance.

My last question has to do with what I noticed on myvivvo.com. I noticed that the arrangement of the articles has some variation. The first few articles fitted the whole width of the column and the lower half had 2 columns. I tried setting it to 2.5, 3, 1.5....none of it worked.

Thanks in advance for your help. Hopefully those aren't too many questions to ask.

boccio
06-06-2007, 09:10 AM
1. enable External Javascript in your vBulletin administration

2. check settings for categories, and preferences; see how are 'articles per page' set, and if it is configured to display one article per category

3. with regards to MyVivvo.com layout - it is a hack, refer to How-To forum to see examples of custom article lists.

Sauk
06-06-2007, 03:49 PM
I seem to be having an issue with the vbulletin registration as well. I have set the vb to enable external javascript and my forum posts are showing up on my site so I know the stuff is correct, but when someone clicks on register it does not go into the vbulletin registration I believe. I believe it is still the vivvo registration that comes up.

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Alex
06-07-2007, 10:08 AM
Place {VB_LOGIN_BOX} tag instead of Vivvo login in right-hand column (index.tpl), preferably above/below Forum box tag...

Sauk
06-07-2007, 03:41 PM
Alex,

So just to get this straight, The link on the top that says log in, register still takes them to the cms log in and register page. The link you gave me just gives me a log in option on the right hand side.

When someone registers in the cms area does that give them a user name in vbulletin? Or do they have to register in the vb area in order to get a username in the cms?

Just wondering because it would seem I need to change the log in text on the upper right of my site to go to the vb reg instead of the cms.

Thanks for any help in this matter.