when you visit the other page, are you logged in or as guest? and can guests view the forum?
I will run some tests tonight on the shortcode and make sure its working… we tend to use template tags much more frequently…
Mr Papa said
when you visit the other page, are you logged in or as guest? and can guests view the forum?I will run some tests tonight on the shortcode and make sure its working… we tend to use template tags much more frequently…
I am logged in and not a guest. While waiting for your test to complete, can you give me exact template snippet I need to copy and paste and how i need to do it
Sorry – I believe Steve had a bit of a hectic night with some server problems and as it is now overnight in the US I can’t ask him if he managed to fit in the test he promised to make.
Also not really sure what you mean by ‘template snippet’ either but the featured post/topics tags and shortcodes are documented here: http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/available-plugins/plugin-featured-topics/ which should tell you what you need to know.
Also not really sure what you mean by ‘template snippet’ either but the featured post/topics tags and shortcodes are documented here: http://codex.simple-press.com/…..ed-topics/ which should tell you what you need to know.
You guys are just sending me back and forth to this codex article.No one wants to understand that its not solving my problem. I posted an example of a site I am trying to emulate and have been providing as much information as I could.
Last chance before i call all this off.
1. I am using the front end admin topic/post toolset to assign featured topics.
2. I am trying to put the featured topics shortcode on a wp page on the text editor area
Flash Kobo said
You guys are just sending me back and forth to this codex article.No one wants to understand that its not solving my problem. I posted an example of a site I am trying to emulate and have been providing as much information as I could.
Last chance before i call all this off.
1. I am using the front end admin topic/post toolset to assign featured topics.
Yes – I knew this
2. I am trying to put the featured topics shortcode on a wp page on the text editor area [sp_featured_topics]
3. After I add it (the shortcode) and visit the page front end where its added, the page is blank(nothing shows)
I knew this too. This is what Steve (Mr Papa) was going to test out.
4. While I am waiting for MrPapa to run his test, can you show me how to create a template and the exact codes or tags i need to put there so as to display the featured topics on one of my wp pages.
You see i am really trying to be helpful but I don’t know what you mean by ‘create a template’. Are you asking me how to make a WP page template? Is that it? If so then you are better off looking that information up in the WP Codex where they do have a tutorial I believe. It is not that complicated but would take me an hour or so to write up and it is already available elsewhere.
If this is NOT what you mean by ‘create a template’ then you are going to have to explain it more clearly I am afraid.
5. On the codex article,it doesn’t exactly show which page or template to put the template tags so as to display featured topics to end viewers.
Well no – we can’t really do that. It depends 100% on where you want to put it – which pages/views you want to show it on and more importantly even than that – how your WordPress theme is constructed as they are all different – sometimes remarkably different.
And yes – i know, before you repeat it, that you included a link to a site you would like to emulate but that is NOT a WordPress site so that is only going to be really possible if your WP theme has been constructed or customised to work in a similar way.
I hope u get me clearly this time. Excuse my impatience but I am not a developer, wonder if I must become one to use this simple-press stuff.
Cheers
Most WordPress users who self-host (as opposed to using wordpress.com) will probably tell you that while you do not need to be a developer and have a full working knowledge of php/mysql/javscript/problem-with-post-edit-buttontml etc., then a basic understanding of these and how WordPress works is worth devoting a little time to and learning. The great thing about Wp is that every site using it is somewhat unique in terms of the plugins/theme etc., combinations. But it is also this infinite variety that sometimes makes it hard to make a specific statement.
Well no – we can’t really do that. It depends 100% on where you want to put it – which pages/views you want to show it on and more importantly even than that – how your WordPress theme is constructed as they are all different – sometimes remarkably different.
I am trying to show the featured topics on a wordpress page.
Now i figure how to get the featured topics to show on a page. Next issues is Look at the way it shows below
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Now what I want is to
1. Hide the Forum name (in this case-Questions and Answer Section). I dont want the forum name from where the topics are pulled to display. I just want the topics to show
2. I want to hide the author as well (in this case, Be Wise ..thats the author)
3. I want to hide the timestamp (in this case, 3 hours ago)
4. I want to able to display like 20 topics like that
Where do I need to edit.
And yes, is there a shortcode for calling the sp forum into a wp page and not the one it creates.
Thanks for your patience with me.
Try this:
<?php sp_FeaturedTopicsTag('itemOrder=T&beforeTopic=');?>
I think that should work although I can not try it at the moment.
And no – it is not possible to display the forum via a tag or shortcode.
I had to edit this post.
Actually we are getting somewhere. This is the shortcode i now have
[sp_featured_topics itemOrder=”T” limit=”20″ beforeTopic”]
Below is the result
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It is working perfectly as I want it. But how do I now hide that “Topic:” I just want to display the topics without having to have “TOPIC:” there.
Everyone, thanks so much
okay, I would point you to the codex 
but looks like a shortcoming of it…
the arguments to shortcodes cannot be camel case… so you want to use
[sp_featured_topics itemorder=”T” limit=”20″ beforetopic”]
I still cantfigure how to remove the “Topic:” in the featured topics. No help is visible on the codex. Also Is there a shortcode for calling forum categories or groups into a wp page, like, as I would list a category on a normal site
did you try my change??
Also Is there a shortcode for calling forum categories or groups into a wp page
not sure what you want to do, show the forum on another page? no, as Andy answered in post #22
I did try the change I am still getting same results. See image 1
What I mean by categories? See image 2:
I need a way to call the forums (categories or whatever) into a page, not the entire forum. Just the forum names or groups or whatever.
Thanks
sorry, just noticed you had a typo in your code and I carried it over to mine… it should be
[sp_featured_topics itemorder=”T” limit=”20″ beforetopic=””]
If you just want a link to the forum or group, just enter the link into the location… you can copy it from the main forum page…
or see: http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/the-template-tags-plugin/template-tag-group-link/
or there is a corresponding forum link tag
sp_ForumLinkTag()
but it seems missing from the codex… or if you want a list of all forums, you could use:
http://codex.simple-press.com/codex/plugins/our-plugins/the-template-tags-plugin/template-tag-forum-dropdown/
will open ticket to get the one added to the codex…
Thanks. That code worked perfectly. I am very grateful…Though I am still learning…Will be back for further questions, hope you dont mind