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Main page as intro, not news page

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MarkB 0
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Main page as intro, not news page

Hi,

I would like to use the main page of Storyteller as a default intro page, with no news items listed (these will be accessed under a 'story' menu).

How do I do this? What template or file do I need to edit?

I just want

$headerblock

allmystuffinHTML

$footerblock

It will still need to be PHP since I want to bring in a random entry Smiling Face

Thanks!
Mark

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1 Re: Main page as intro, not news page
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OP 0
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Main page as intro, not news page

Wow, thankyou! Smiling Face I think I'm getting my head around the code/template structure now...

Thanks again!
1 Re: Main page as intro, not news page
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Administrator
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From: Vienna, Austria
Main page as intro, not news page

Remove the following from your main_page template:

<table width="180" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10"><tr>

<td width="233" bgcolor="#000000"> <div align="center"><img src="https://www.contentteller.com/random.gif" width="180" height="41"></div></td></tr>

<tr><td bgcolor="#181818">

<p align="justify"><font color="#CCCCCC" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">



.....



<a href="https://www.contentteller.com/..">Continued...</a></strong></font></p>


and put it into a new template (here in this example: flame_random.tmp.php - just upload the new file to your templates directory):

<?php

global $insert;



$EST_TEMPLATE = <<<TEMPLATE



<!-- Template flame_random -->



<table width="180" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10"><tr><td width="233" bgcolor="#000000"> <div align="center"><img src="https://www.contentteller.com/random.gif" width="180" height="41"></div></td></tr>

<tr><td bgcolor="#181818"><p align="justify"><font color="#CCCCCC" size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$insert[story_text]</font></p></td></tr></table>



TEMPLATE;

?>


Now change the following in index.php

Find:
                $mainnews .= GetTemplate("news");

            }

            $mainnews .= GetTemplate("news_featuredfooter");

        }


and replace it with:
                $mainnews .= GetTemplate("flame_random");

            }

            $mainnews .= GetTemplate("news_featuredfooter");

        }


Then move the entire main page code:
        if ($blocks[website_textenabled])

        {

            $insert = $blocks;           

        .......

            $mainnews .= GetTemplate("main_page");

        }

below the featured (now random) story routine.
1 Re: Main page as intro, not news page
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OP 0
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Main page as intro, not news page

That's great - thankyou again! Smiling Face

Where do I change where on the page the featured/random story bit comes up? At the moment it is showing at the bottom of the page, but I'd like it to be on the side (as demoed)...

Thanks!
Mark
1 Re: Main page as intro, not news page
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Administrator
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From: Vienna, Austria
Main page as intro, not news page

Here the random story mod. In index.php find:
$result = DBQuery("SELECT * FROM esselbach_st_stories WHERE story_main = '1' AND story_sticky = '1' AND story_hook = '0' ORDER BY story_id DESC");


and replace with:
        // Random story mod

        $result = DBQuery("SELECT story_id FROM esselbach_st_stories");

        while (list($story_id) = mysql_fetch_row($result)) { $stories[] = $story_id; }

        $randstory = rand(0, count($stories));

        

        $result = DBQuery("SELECT * FROM esselbach_st_stories WHERE story_id = '$stories[$randstory]' and story_hook = '0'");


This will turn the 'featured stories' feature into a 'random story' feature

Find:
WriteCache("news", "mainnews", $mainnews, 0);

and replace with:
WriteCache("news", "mainnews", $mainnews, MkTime()+600);


The intro page will now refresh every 10 minutes (600 seconds)
1 Re: Main page as intro, not news page
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Main page as intro, not news page

Ok, got it sorted. Next time I'll actually open my eyes! Winking Face

Thankyou! Great script! Smiling Face
1 Re: Main page as intro, not news page
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Main page as intro, not news page

Hi Philipp - thanks. Unfortunately, a news bit still shows:

 www.flameyourboss.com/index.php (at the bottom).

Any ideas?
1 Re: Main page as intro, not news page
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From: Vienna, Austria
Main page as intro, not news page

Hi Mark,

No need to change the templates for that Smiling Face

Just select "Show this news on main site?" => "No" and the news item will be not displayed on the intro page.

If you like to hardcode this settings, open mod_news.php and replace:
MkSelect ("$words[SNM]", "mainnewsonly", "1");

with
MkSelect ("$words[SNM]", "mainnewsonly", "0");


You can use the annoncement feature (Other/Website => Annoncement) for your HTML code.

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