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Posted:
7.Feb 2008 - 02:03
Just wondering if you are planning on a new release for PN .8?
Also, are you still planning an update to pntng for tng 6.2?
Thanks
Patrick
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Posted:
7.Feb 2008 - 08:40
Also, with the new Content module coming on board for PostNuke .8, I'm toying with the idea of adding some more blocks -- like a search block, Top x surname list block, Display Photo block, etc. So the blocks could be easily added to a home page. Just in the thinking stage on those. So feedback/thoughts would be welcome.
And yes, the update for TNG 6.2 was pushed on the stack and buried. I'll try to get that out soon.
- Wendel
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Posted:
9.Feb 2008 - 18:18
It has the minor updates for TNG 6.2.0.
I guess I can start working on the PostNuke .800 version now
- Wendel
Unregistered User
Posted:
10.Feb 2008 - 00:16
I can't wait to try out the .8 version. Hopefully everything goes smoothly.
Patrick
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Posted:
16.Feb 2008 - 17:36
I have a version up and running on a test site. PostNuke has made some big changes with .800, but for the most part things are still backwards compatible. There were a few quirks to work out:
- You can't access items in the modules directory directly. Therefore by default you can no longer get to TNG directly, nor run any of the administration tools. It can be overcome by adding a .htaccess file in the TNG directory. So this file will now be included in the TNG folder of pnTNG.
- PostNuke would not recognize the TNG directory as a module without a pnversion.php file. So this has been added to the TNG folder in pnTNG. It has the added benefit that now in the PostNuke Module module, your TNG module will now show the official TNG name and version number from TNG's files.
For the moment I think things will work ok. Hopefully there will not be any hiccups with the final released version of PostNuke .800 (or PostNuke's new name 1.0).
If anyone wants to beta test things, let me know and I will email you a version to try.
- Wendel
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Posted:
28.Feb 2008 - 13:53
Can you send me the file?
Thanks
Patrick
Unregistered User
Posted:
25.Apr 2008 - 02:47
However, I did run into a few snags along the way.
The first problem was I did not use your suggested index.php for TNG. This caused TNG to not open up inside postnuke. Can you make it more clear in the readme that this needs to be done or add this as a step.
Another problem was with the headstone link on the index.php you suggest. I believe Line 51 should be
The third problem is the Welcome sign on the index page, it should say "welcome guest" but the guest is missing. It is showing "Welcome Admin" when I am logged in.
My fourth question is about the admin page. The tng admin page opens in an Iframe with horizontal bars in some pages, is this normal or should it open in a seperate window or...?
Lastly, Regarding the links. Which one should be used TNG or pntng? They have different urls but they go to pretty much the same place. The only difference is pntng has a "Welcome to Postnuke" message above it.
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Posted:
25.Apr 2008 - 02:49
Forgot to add, Great work!
Thanks
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Posted:
25.Apr 2008 - 23:25
Thanks for trying it out.
I will update the readme.txt to state you must have an index.php file.
You are correct. I will update that as well.
This works for me. The only thing I can think of .... possibly the TNG description for the user "Guest"
did not have a description. I put in a check to use the userid (in this case "Guest") if
the user description field is blank in TNG. I also found a spot where the guest account was
created as "Guest" even if you chose a different name. So I think that is correct now. Please
let me know if this corrected the problem.
It should open in an Iframe. The way TNG uses frames, it is the only way I could get it to work. I'm not sure what you mean by horizontal bars. There are stripes on some of the images (around the big TNG) and the background. Not sure what other bars you are talking about. Can you describe better or email a screen shot to pntng@voigtworld.com
The pntng links are a leftover from a prior way of integrating TNG with PostNuke. At this point,
the best way to call the links is with TNG (or whatever you name your TNG module.) I've redone pntng.php to basically mimic that call now. That was done for those that might have had an old link.
I'm emailing you an update version for you to try. Among the things I added
was a search feature for .800 You can now search for TNG people names from the
PostNuke search function.
- Wendel
Unregistered User
Posted:
26.Apr 2008 - 19:05
I found a problem in the new code in index_pnTNG.php. When opening the link to tng a white screen appears with no errors. When using the file from beta1 it works again except for the guest problem of course.
I was speaking of the horizontal scroll bar in some tng admin screens (ie. user management). It's not a concern when you access administration directly like this /modules/genealogy/administration/.
But I was hoping to block direct access somehow.
Thanks
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Posted:
27.Apr 2008 - 00:04
Sorry, I had a syntax error in index_pnTNG.php on line 19. I will email you a new version.
Ahh, so the scroll bars. I think I understand. I don't know a way around that right now.
The whole administration part of TNG is not compatible with direct access through PostNuke.
Hence the use of the IFRAMES there. You can always forgo doing administration
items in PostNuke and access directly. You can then add your own .htaccess file to add an
extra layer of login/password.
- Wendel
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Posted:
27.Apr 2008 - 00:24
I got your email, it works great now.
However, I found another problem. My realname from postnuke is not passing through to tng.
Patrick
Posts: 82
Posted:
27.Apr 2008 - 00:59
I'm assuming you mean to the actual TNG user data. If so, a few more questions:
Did you have the real name set when pnTNG created the TNG user? I'm assuming you have that option checked in the pnTNG options.
Have you checked the pnTNG option to keep TNG user information up to date (near the bottom)?
edited by: Wendel, Apr 27, 2008 - 12:04 AM
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Posted:
27.Apr 2008 - 01:15
The real name, or true name in postnuke, was filled in prior to setting up tng. I also tried deleting the username in tng and then logging back in but it still does not pass through.
Just to run by you what info got passed to tng:
The guest account has username--Guest and description--blank and real name--Guest Account
The admin account has username--admin and description--admin and real name--blank(should be patrick)
If you are also trying to pass over the website url then that is also blank.
If you need access to my site let me know I can email you my information.
Patrick
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Posted:
27.Apr 2008 - 01:38
Yes I have that option checked.
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Posted:
28.Apr 2008 - 08:36
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Posted:
29.Apr 2008 - 00:54
Patrick
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Posted:
2.May 2008 - 04:02
So, now when you are logged on the user information in tng is like this:
username admin
description patrick
real name patrick
Prior to fixing the real name issue it was like this:
username admin
description admin
real name blank
There might be a problem with this in that your index_pntng.php file has
This will now show the real name instead of the user name. I personally do not care which one it shows, I just wanted to make you aware of it.
Patrick
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Posted:
2.May 2008 - 04:09
I just know it is stored in the PN_user_data table on row 2 of the pn_uda_id field.
I hope that helps.
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Posted:
2.May 2008 - 23:07
Yes you are correct. I figured this out a couple of days ago and wanted to work up a version that would work for both PostNuke .800 and .764. They now use different variable names for the information. I also wanted to test it out a bit. I emailed you a version that I believe fixes the problem.