Blocks for forum

New Member Joined: Jun 29, 2006 Posts: 7

I don't know if this is the right place for my questions but here goes...

First, My forum doesn't have a Recent Post side block on the right hand side of the forum. Is there a block I can download to put it in or is a script?

Second, I used a script to expand the forum to a full size. It works fine but, now the main navigation buttons of the website do not show anymore. Is there a block or script I can download that will put the sites navigation bar up on top of the forum?

Many thanks,
Hightower

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:33 pm

Which version of phpNuke are you using?
Some themes do not use any right blocks at all but in the event it does have them, when you got to your nuke administration area and select 'blocks' do you not have a block called 'Forums' in the drop down list?

I'm not sure I follow the second question but if you could post a link to your site so we can see what you mean, that might help us a little.

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:38 pm

I am using RavenNuke 7.6.

No I do not have "forums" on the drop down list of "blocks".

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:40 pm

What I'm looking for is the "Last Post" side block on the forum index page. Just like this forum and many others.

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:55 pm

If you are using Raven Nuke there should be a last forum block file which is called 'Forums' in the drop down list. The file is located in blocks/block-Forums.php

If you mean the big block that is in the center of the page on the home page, that can be downloaded from downloads area of the site.

I couldnt see any right block on the front page here labeled 'Last Post'.

There is also a forum hack that lists the last few posts that sits in the forum header when viewing the forums. I think it is called 'Glance Mod'.
Hope that helps.

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:37 pm

Thanks pointing out the other mods, I will look into that next.

Here's an example of exactly what I'm talking about:

My forum doesn't have that "Last Post" column. It only has a "Topics" and "Posts" column. Is that even called a block/side block? I'm still learning all this sorry.

Thanks,
Hightower

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:05 pm

No that isnt a block but I understand now what you mean.
Do you have a link to your site?

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:17 pm

Sure it's http://www.clan-rns.com .

Also the forums was expanded all the way across to the left. I have no module/navigation buttons anymore. So when people visit the forum they don't have a link to go back to the home page.

Thanks so much,
Hightower

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:50 pm

I see, it looks like it is the forum files for the theme that is the problem - they are missing a column.
If you have made changes to those, you may want to check them again or if the theme came like that, you could compare them to the ones for fisubice to see how they have created the the extra column (looks like missing TD tags possibly but I'm no theme guy).