"The Standard" Pligg 1.0.0. Template
Friday, July 24, 2009
Announcing the first official Pligg CMS template that allows voting up and voting down stories!
By clicking on the up or down arrows in "The Standard" template, the number will increase or decrease by 1 vote. This means that it is possible for stories to receive either zero votes or a negative number of votes. In order for a story to become published it must reach the positive number specified in the Pligg admin panel (Admin > Configure > Voting > Votes to Publish). Once the displayed number reaches the Votes to Publish number it will move it to the published section and will remain there no matter how many negative votes are then cast. This means that stories will have a more difficult time reaching the front page and I recommend that users drop their Votes to Publish number to 3 or 4 rather than the default 5 if they choose to use this template or voting method. Read more about this template on the official blog post announcement.
I discovered a bit of a problem in how Pligg handles child comments, so editing story.php is needed for Pligg 1.0.0 sites to display child comments correctly. Directions for doing this simple edit can be found in the README.txt file included with the download.
I included a customized version of the sidebar comments module to change the design of the comments in the sidebar. I wanted to match the look of the story comments. Just overwrite the existing module that came with Pligg 1.0.0 and make sure that you have activated it from your Admin > Modules page.
Try out the Demo here on pligg.com/demo/
If you don't like blue color used in "The Standard", try out "Sunshine Standard". It's an addon .zip file that includes alternate images and CSS to change the color to an orange template. A screenshot of Sunshine can be seen below.
Mark this template as installed to receive support. I will only be providing limited support for this template, feel free to submit your own fixes and I'll add them to the SVN version of the template.
By clicking on the up or down arrows in "The Standard" template, the number will increase or decrease by 1 vote. This means that it is possible for stories to receive either zero votes or a negative number of votes. In order for a story to become published it must reach the positive number specified in the Pligg admin panel (Admin > Configure > Voting > Votes to Publish). Once the displayed number reaches the Votes to Publish number it will move it to the published section and will remain there no matter how many negative votes are then cast. This means that stories will have a more difficult time reaching the front page and I recommend that users drop their Votes to Publish number to 3 or 4 rather than the default 5 if they choose to use this template or voting method. Read more about this template on the official blog post announcement.
I discovered a bit of a problem in how Pligg handles child comments, so editing story.php is needed for Pligg 1.0.0 sites to display child comments correctly. Directions for doing this simple edit can be found in the README.txt file included with the download.
I included a customized version of the sidebar comments module to change the design of the comments in the sidebar. I wanted to match the look of the story comments. Just overwrite the existing module that came with Pligg 1.0.0 and make sure that you have activated it from your Admin > Modules page.
Try out the Demo here on pligg.com/demo/
If you don't like blue color used in "The Standard", try out "Sunshine Standard". It's an addon .zip file that includes alternate images and CSS to change the color to an orange template. A screenshot of Sunshine can be seen below.
Mark this template as installed to receive support. I will only be providing limited support for this template, feel free to submit your own fixes and I'll add them to the SVN version of the template.
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 | The Standard Template 0.1.zip (105.4 KB, 515 views) |
| Sunshine Standard 0.1.zip (28.8 KB, 195 views) |
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