Site info block

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I still bet it's the variable name duplicity - somewhere. The problem is trying to trace all the INCLUDES. Just as a test, try reversing the ORDER they load in.

registered · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 10:55 am

I don't know how to do that.
Embarassed

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 10:57 am

In your blocks admin adjust the Weight column to reverse the position order.

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:13 am

I would try to do that but now when I go to my admin page I get this.

Quote:

You can't access this file directly...

I don't know what I could have done to cause that. The only thing I am working on is this one issue.

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:45 am

Try this. Use phpmyadmin and edit the nuke_blocks table. Find the coppermine block and set the Active column to 0 (zero). Can you access the admin now?

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:46 am

I had to go to my databse and turn off the coppermine block.

I bet the user changes I made to that include file did it to me.

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:46 am

That was cute. We posted together.

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:47 am

TheosEleos wrote:

I had to go to my databse and turn off the coppermine block.

I bet the user changes I made to that include file did it to me.

Probably. Just restore it.

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:56 am

I had to restore the coppermine block.

This may not be worth our time. It's not your fault coppermine has poor block programing.

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:01 pm

I changed the $name to $cpg_name variable in that include file and I can now access the admin page.

I will mess with the blocks weight but if you want to bail on this I understand.

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:01 pm

Well, it's a conflict between 2 blocks where there is no standard for programming blocks. My info block is simply an enhancement/expansion to the standard userInfo block that comes with nuke. I can't spend anymore time on this right now though.

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:05 pm

I completely understand. I don't want to either. lol

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:50 pm

Guess what? It was the load order. I had to move the block to the right and put it below your block. Is there a way to get the blocks on the right to load before the block on the left in block admin?

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 5:01 pm

Raven wrote:

I still bet it's the variable name duplicity - somewhere. The problem is trying to trace all the INCLUDES. Just as a test, try reversing the ORDER they load in.

Well, my post from the 20th was pretty close, eh?

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 5:16 pm

Yup, and I got an interesting response from one of them at nukecops. Very Happy

http://nukecops.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=112376#112376

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 6:23 pm

Hmmmm. DJM is wrong on at least 2 points right off the bat. His statement

Code:

A array must be accessed like: $row['username'] NOT $row[username]

is incorrect. Sloppy coding maybe, but it works either way. And his statement

Code:

A. The $sql is incorrect should be:Code: 


$sql = "SELECT username FROM ".$user_prefix."_users ORDER BY user_id DESC LIMIT 1";

is totally wrong. This is right from the MySQL site and manual ( http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/SELECT.html )

Code:

In other words, LIMIT n is equivalent to LIMIT 0,n.

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:42 pm

I don't know what to do. I did post a response. I find their support on this issue to be pathetic.

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:55 pm

I have this problem too. I searched high and low, and like you said earlier, all they did is make a new user info block which is really poor. Seems to only happen when I have the blocks in the center which is where I need them.
It really annoyed me because I spent ages customizing the coppermine block only to find it conflicts with the user info block, in the end I just had to give up and not use the coppermine blocks at all.

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:03 pm

If you make the coppermine block load after the user info block things work just fine.

Here is the site I am working on.

www.phenylshouse.com

I want the CPG block on the left side but if I do that it loads before the user info block and that issue is there.

As you can see I moved the CPG block to the right and now it loads after the user info block and things work.

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:06 pm

One thing is for sure.

I am not giving up Raven's info block!

I am going to figure out how to get the blocks on the right to load before the blocks on the left, if it can be done.

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:49 pm

I've never looked into this but my guess would be in the blocks function in mainfile.php. At least I would start there.

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:29 am

Code:

function render_blocks($side, $blockfile, $title, $content, $bid, $url) {


    if ($url == "") {


   if ($blockfile == "") {


       if ($side == "c") {


      themecenterbox($title, $content);


       } elseif ($side == "d") {


      themecenterbox($title, $content);


       } else {


      themesidebox($title, $content);


       }


   } else {


       if ($side == "c") {


      blockfileinc($title, $blockfile, 1);


       } elseif ($side == "d") {


      blockfileinc($title, $blockfile, 1);


       } else {


      blockfileinc($title, $blockfile);


       }


   }


    } else {


   if ($side == "c" OR $side == "d") {


       headlines($bid,1);


   } else {


           headlines($bid);


   }


    }


}





function blocks($side) {


    global $storynum, $prefix, $multilingual, $currentlang, $db, $admin, $user;


    if ($multilingual == 1) {


       $querylang = "AND (blanguage='$currentlang' OR blanguage='')";


    } else {


       $querylang = "";


    }


    if (strtolower($side[0]) == "r") {


   $pos = "r";


    } elseif (strtolower($side[0]) == "l") {


   $pos = "l";


    }  elseif (strtolower($side[0]) == "c") {


   $pos = "c";


    } elseif  (strtolower($side[0]) == "d") {


   $pos = "d";


    }


    $side = $pos;


    $sql = "SELECT bid, bkey, title, content, url, blockfile, view FROM ".$prefix."_blocks WHERE bposition='$pos' AND active='1' $querylang ORDER BY weight ASC";


    $result = $db->sql_query($sql);


    while($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result)) {


   $bid = $row[bid];


   $title = $row[title];


   $content = $row[content];


   $url = $row[url];


   $blockfile = $row[blockfile];


   $view = $row[view];


   if ($row[bkey] == admin) {


       adminblock();


   } elseif ($row[bkey] == userbox) {


       userblock();


   } elseif ($row[bkey] == "") {


       if ($view == 0) {


      render_blocks($side, $blockfile, $title, $content, $bid, $url);


       } elseif ($view == 1 AND is_user($user) || is_admin($admin)) {


      render_blocks($side, $blockfile, $title, $content, $bid, $url);


       } elseif ($view == 2 AND is_admin($admin)) {


      render_blocks($side, $blockfile, $title, $content, $bid, $url);


       } elseif ($view == 3 AND !is_user($user) || is_admin($admin)) {


      render_blocks($side, $blockfile, $title, $content, $bid, $url);


       }


   }


    }


}

I only found one place that used "L" or "R" and tried switched those but no change. Anything stand out to you?

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:34 am

Try looking in your theme.php file and specifically at "function themeheader()". The "blocks(left)" call is where/when the left side is built.

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:29 am

TheosEleos, this was irritating the hell out of me too, so I tried some different things. Anyway, this seems to be the easiest solution all round.

Open your User Info block and find:

Code:

$lastuser = $row[username];

Change that to

Code:

$lastuser = $row['username'];

Latest member now shows again.

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:31 am

According to DJM that should clear it up. We just had an exchange at NC. I would recommend single tick marks though, not double.