How to manage Announcements/News block on your portal

[freeforum]

Hello,

We get some questions regarding to how to get the Announcements/News block work. Some members can't get them works. If you are having this trouble, following instructions below to solve:

Some things you have to have first:

1. The portal enabled. It it's not enabled, check settings: ACP (Administration Control Panel) -> 'General' tab -> MODS Configuration, Enable StarGate Portal :: Yes then, check your installed styles, if you use a style that is not support the portal, the forum will redirect the portal to the forum so you will never see your portal. The solution is you only install styles that support portal.
2. Announcements/News block displayed on the portal. If you don't see them, check ACP -> 'StarGate' tab -> Manage Blocks -> enable/add new Announcements/News block.
3. Find out forum id of the forum you want to get announcements from. Go to your forum index, click on the forum you want to get announcements/news from, find vfxxxx.html in the web address, xxxx is the forum id.
   For example: your forum address:

   http://testforum.freeforum.ca/music-vf2.html

   ==> The forum id is: 2

Then setup block configurations:

1. Go to ACP -> 'StarGate Portal' tab -> Manage Module Variables.
2. Setup block configurations:
   For Announcement Settings:
   1. Announcements Forum ID: enter the forum id you collected. If you don't know how to find it, see above section.
   2. Number of announcements to display: use the default value or enter new value.
   3. Length of announcements: use the default value or enter new value.
   4. Announcement type: use the default value or enter new value that this field allow.
   5. Allow Announcements: have to select "Yes"
   For News settings:
   1. News Forum ID:: enter the forum id you collected. If you don't know how to find it, see above section.
   2. Number of news items to display:: use the default value or enter new value.
   3. Length of news item:: use the default value or enter new value.
   4. Allow news to be displayed:: have to select "Yes"

Hope this helps.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Thank you.

[kitiano]

Alguien puede traducirlo en español ??

[Support]

Originally Posted by kitiano

Alguien puede traducirlo en español ??

I can't help you translate it to Spanish, but here is the tutorial on how to manage your Announcements block.

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Hope this helps.

[drizzt09]

any way to get rid of the huge speaker on the left side, I have placed my announcments in left block and that speaker just takes up too much room
Also for soem reason my announcement portal block only shows up if I select Anouncement type =0 2,3,5 dont show any data
Thanks

[Support]

Did you get it figured out? Because it looks like they are working fine??

http://www.lifelogs.net/out.php/i31275_untitled.PNG

[KTP]

Without A Trace • View topic - New Forum

My forum doesn't come up with the proper VF#. There is no html on this address. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. Please explain?

[SirRain]

is there a simple tutorial other than this? i am sorry sir Support I really can't get the instruction. The screen shot is different and I can't understand the language.

[Support]

Originally Posted by SirRain

is there a simple tutorial other than this? i am sorry sir Support I really can't get the instruction. The screen shot is different and I can't understand the language.

What is different? Can you give me a screenshot please?

[SirRain]

well sir Support I too don't know where you got the vf2 in the tutorial because when I go to my board index I don't see anything like that. From your screenshots I think I will be able to find numbers 3 onwards but for screenshot 1 and 2 I do not know where they are. I must admit I am new to this and with very small knowledge about html. I thank you for the tutorial you made though, it looks very simple I am just hoping for a more detailed instruction for me if you would not mind.


And how do we know if we are using the supported style to enable announcements?

[Support]

Originally Posted by SirRain

well sir Support I too don't know where you got the vf2 in the tutorial because when I go to my board index I don't see anything like that. From your screenshots I think I will be able to find numbers 3 onwards but for screenshot 1 and 2 I do not know where they are. I must admit I am new to this and with very small knowledge about html. I thank you for the tutorial you made though, it looks very simple I am just hoping for a more detailed instruction for me if you would not mind.

That why i told you give me a screenshot mate.

And how do we know if we are using the supported style to enable announcements?

Here is the list of styles that are compatible with the portal.

Inspiration
Inspiration-960
TeckToniK
Arrow
Anna
Carbon
T_White
proglass
SkyBlue
Eliteblue
SemiGreen
SFCentar
brushed_metal
brushed_metal_II
Ferrari_F1
blueSilver
Iconic_Orange
sacred2light
reRed
plainjane
eMuza_summer
reOrange
Instinct
reBlue
dark
ktukpink
xabbblue
proIce
dramaking
anti-flag
Iconic_Dark
proSatin_gray
swirls
Iconic
saphic
reGrey
M3
cg_r
Iconic_Red
K_Kitty
ThorLarge
ktukpurple
ktukgreen
reGreen
Glacier
Lavender_Dreams
sacred2dark
Iconic_Green
GreenGrass
Mothers-Day
rePurple
Dark-Shines
zeitgeist
proglass_red
prosatin_copper
proDark
proVista
new-life
prosilver_magenta
OAGreenLand
prosilver_grey
proFormell
phplifeburnout_metal
prosilver_se
AutumnsColor
silverwhite
proBlack
Tara
WintersDay
SF_Glacier
SpringFlowers
SummerFun
PS3
1thank
SturTech
rednblack
QuiltingSewing
pro_MylCastel