How to expand skin?

[stvaen]

Hello!

I have a question, current skin is way outdated and doesn't fit best to curent screens, so i decided to improve it but i still have some questions:

that s how my skin now looks like:
http://i26.tinypic.com/2r4khvp.gif

but i want to move right panel to right side (i resized table from 700 to 910xp in default.skin.php)
like that:
http://i32.tinypic.com/2eygqq1.gif

final result should look like this (Atention: this is photoshoped image, i didnt find the solution!)

http://i26.tinypic.com/29zalty.gif

plz help *smallcatwithbigeyes*

[FI-DD]

I think you have to edit some values in skins/default.css.

[ivanh]

hehe
put them into sperate divs (the textareas and the options)
i did that and mine looks like this

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8811/skinak5.jpg

[al3loo]

very easy, just like what FI-DD said, go to skins/default.css and find like these lines and IDs:

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#title, #short, #full, #actions {
   width: 410px;
   border-right: solid 1px #f7f7f7;
   float: left;
   clear: both;
}

#short textarea, #full textarea {
   width: 400px;
   height: 150px;
}

change the width to your suitable width .. for example change the first width to 610px and the second to 600px or any appropriate width

[scottdallas]

ooh looks nice

[svennis]

hiya,
how about this one?
how can I separate the other plugins that shows under categories? move them to the right side of the categories.

[DarkSlim]

I havn't tried it myself, but look in the css files of CNR
for something that controlls them, and try to add in their style:

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   float:right;


[Chaser]

All values in the right column are called through the function "run_actions('new-advanced-options');". If you want to display some plugins separately you must define a new variable in the specific plugins and add it to addnews.mdu/editnews.mdu.

[D72]

All values in the right column are called through the function "run_actions('new-advanced-options');". If you want to display some plugins separately you must define a new variable in the specific plugins and add it to addnews.mdu/editnews.mdu.

Hi Chaser, i am very pleased to see that you're putting some time and energy in the CNR support. Thanks man!
What you mentioned above sounds really interesting to me.
I am re-styling CNR completely at the moment and was wondering how i could move the URL field, move the Category options and so on...
Can you show me an example how i should do that without screwing up the system it self?
In the left column (screenshot) i want to add more collapsible/expandable boxes with different type of plugins/xfields etc
Or i want to move some plugins into tabbed navigation, just like i did with Short and Full story.

[DarkSlim]

Wow very nice D72!
Looks awesome!

I think we really need to make a new nextgen look skin
for CNR, it looks too good hehe

[D72]

Wow very nice D72!
Looks awesome!

I think we really need to make a new nextgen look skin
for CNR, it looks too good hehe

Thank you Darkslim.
When i got it finished i will see what i can do to share it with the community.
With this theme, not everything is driven bij the core files.
Some translations are done directly in the .mdu or .tpl files.
Also, and for me the biggest issue, is that the menu/navigation on - on the left -
is not working as the default menu of CNR.
For instance, if you add a new user with editor/journalist rights, the menu in the original CNR
contains less menu items.
The menu i've done, doesn't behave like that unfortunately.
At the moment this theme is running on lot of Jquery plugins. I should only keep the best ones and get rid of the "over the top" effects.

But when i'm "ready" with the theme i shall make a topic on the forum.

[DarkSlim]

Cool, thanks, the translations won't be a problem either

About the side menu, you need to learn how the current menu
works, how and where the attributes are set, then you can
imitate it and creat a new menu

Files that I know that are related to the menu:
index.php
default.skin.php
options.mdu
and global.ini in the lang folders

You should check them and try to add a similar menu in the skin
then to alter it for your will, I really don't have much experience
with changing the menu etc' but I can try and help as much as
I can

I'm currently working on my new website, and I'm creating some
really cool stuff like links in the post's author or comment author
that when clicked open a pop-up with a stylish profile containing
all the info used by show_users.php (mail, website,icq,place,about etc')
and the latests 5 news posts headlines - only if it's a writer/editor/admin
profile, plus! all of the links (website and latest posts) open in the parent
window, and at the bottom, a Close Window button, it's really beautifull.
And many more hacks and fixes of mine, that I will continue to share them
here but some are more advanced and require more time, plus I think
I'll try redoing some as plugins or so.

I look forward to see how your skin and design are advancing!
If you need any help I'll do my best,

Cheers

[Chaser]

D72,

i will give you a short example for the URL field.

You find the "function rufus_AddEdit" in plugins.inc.php around line 385. Above this function you can see 2 lines:

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add_action('new-advanced-options', 'rufus_AddEdit', 1);
add_action('edit-advanced-options', 'rufus_AddEdit', 1);

Rename these to "new-url-options" and "edit-url-options". "new-" is linked to addnews.mdu, "edit-" is linked to editnews.mdu.

Then open addnews.mdu and add the following where you want to display the url field.

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<?php echo run_actions('new-url-options', 'rufus_AddEdit');?>

Put in the same way in editnews.mdu:

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<?php echo run_actions('edit-url-options', 'rufus_AddEdit');?>

Thats it. I hope i have described it simple enough.


PS: The categories function can be found in plugins.inc.php line 314.

[D72]

Chaser...
I'm really, really glad you're on the forum... as FI-DD didn't have the time anymore, Ramon has other busy things... and a couple more die-hard CNR users that aren't here anymore.
Really, without people like you and Darkslim CNR will bleed to death slowly. Thanks guys..

@Chaser
That's one hell of a great and easy example. I'm so NOT into php, but this one is easy to understand.
Will try it one of these days. Thanks.

@Darkslim
I will try to finish this theme within a week and hopefully i can give you a good copy with this skin.
Right now i am trying not only to add this theme, but also to put some hacks which you can find on the forum.
Like random news articles, making future dates in the core files so you only have to add $schedule = true ...etc etc

[Goberg]

Hi D72,

What you have done with the skin looks very interesting. Do you think you will ever share what you have created with the rest of this forum? I am very interested in testing it and maybe help you improve it as well if you need any help?