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Did 'ya miss me?! I have a question
I would like an image to place an image around the list and topic list. Sort of like a border but not. What I want is the image of an open book for the background of just that section. Possible?
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2/15/2010, 2:11 am
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Re: Did 'ya miss me?! I have a question
Hi Clabby. Where ya been? I hope you've been doing well.
Although I have yet to try it to be sure, I think that would be possible. However, it would be trickier with the current table-based layout, than it will be with the CSS-based layout we'll be coming out with this year, if all goes well.
For starters, your book would need to be divided into 3 parts:
Top, bottom, and a middle part that repeats vertically.
Then, you would define the following:
.ak_msg_forumlist_aboveforums_table,
.ak_msg_topiclist_abovetopics_table {
display: block;
background: url(URL_TO_TOP_IMAGE) center no-repeat;
height: ___px;
width: ___px;
}
.ak_msg_forumlist_belowforums_table,
.ak_msg_topiclist_belowtopics_table {
display: block;
background: url(URL_TO_BOTTOM_IMAGE) center no-repeat;
height: ___px;
width: ___px;
}
For the middle, you would target .forum_list_table and .topic_list_table
This is where it would get tricky, assuming it's do-able...
Unfortunately, you can't add padding to a table and have it work in all browsers, so the edges of the book would need to be narrow enough so the text doesn't cover it. Alternately, you could use the "CSS trick" 1 and 2 and a page full of CSS to target every table cell going down the left and right sides of the table. Also, you would need to use border-collapse:collapse; on those two tables (which doesn't work in all browsers), or you might get away with using negative margins on the tables above and below the forum and topic lists.
If you're still interested and have the images you'd like to work with, I could give it a shot.
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2/15/2010, 7:25 am
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Re: Did 'ya miss me?! I have a question
Thanks LG! I've had an absolutely awful fall and winter. My da's been sick and then my gran passed on Christmas Eve. So, I've been neglecting my board and my website and everything in general. But I'm back now! HA!
I'll give that a go. I do have another tiny problem. You know how when there is a new post there is supposed to be a tag, "NEW" on the forum list and topic list, mines disappeared. I don't know where it went but it's gone. I checked the language set and the flag is there but it's not on the board. I'm sure it's my layout I just don't know where.
And thanks, LG! I'll let you know how the book thing works out!
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You're welcome, Clabby. I look forward to seeing what you can do with it.
The "problem" you're referring to is actually due to a bug fix (see announcement). Remember how the "new" indicator used to show up every 30 days if you didn't keep marking forums as read before then? This is because the database only keeps track of who reads each thread for 30 days. Keeping track of every thread that's ever been posted in the 7 years Runboard has been around (including Akheva) would be too much of a resource hog, so a time limit needed to be set.
If a new post hasn't been made on a thread in 30 days, the system stops keeping track of it. Before, it was causing the "new" indicator to re-appear after 30 days. Now, it causes it to stay away after being read, or disappear if 30 days have passed without you reading it.
Once you get caught up on reading posts, I'm sure you'll like this much better than the way it was before.
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Thanks! the 'NEW' feature makes it a bit tough to test if I made changes to the flag.
I attempted the code you gave me and had no luck at all. I changed from a book to a parchment roll. If you want to mess around here's the link to my image.
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k234/mysmiflies/rolledparchment.jpg
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Test accounts are good for that, but I can tell you right now that I see "New!" on the forums and threads where there are new posts at Rabid Reader.
I may not be able to work on it for you tomorrow, but Wednesday might be good for me. I'll give it a shot as soon as I can.
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Re: Did 'ya miss me?! I have a question
That would be brilliant, LG! I'm in no rush. I'm still working with banners and backgrounds.
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