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LCJ_Eric
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:10 pm Reply with quote

I am having a weird problem and can't seem to find where to fix it. Anytime a story is posted (through "submit news") it has two very annoying extra line breaks like this example:

    Eric writes "
    We will again be having our Rotary Lights Charity Ride...
    (body deleted to save space)
    See the post in the forum by clicking here for more details.
    "



There is the " on the first line and then a line break. There is also a line break at the end of all articles and a quote orphaned at the bottom. What I want it to look like is this:

    Eric writes
    "We will again be having our Rotary Lights Charity Ride...
    (body deleted to save space)
    See the post in the forum by clicking here for more details."


OR....
I would even be fine with getting rid of those quote marks completely.

Does anyone have any ideas on this? I am stumped!
 
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:24 pm Reply with quote

What theme are you using? You'd probably check the themeindex function in theme.php

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:01 am Reply with quote

I am using XPMidnight and fiapple211. Both exhibit the problem, but XPMidnight is the main theme used. There are two areas I believe that may hold the solution, but I am not sure which one holds the answer.

Here is the FormatStory section from theme.php for XPMidnight
Code:
function FormatStory($thetext, $notes, $aid, $informant) {

    global $anonymous;
    if ($notes != "") {
   $notes = "<br><br><b>"._NOTE."</b> $notes>\n";
    } else {
   $notes = "";
    }
    if ("$aid" == "$informant") {
   echo "<font class=\"content\">$thetext$notes</font>\n";
    } else {
   if($informant != "") {
       $boxstuff = "<i><a href=\"modules.php?name=Your_Account&amp;op=userinfo&amp;username=$informant\">$informant</a></i> ";
   } else {
       $boxstuff = "$anonymous ";
   }
   $boxstuff .= "".translate("<i>writes</i>")." \"$thetext\"$notes\n"; echo "<font class=\"content\" color=\"#505050\">$boxstuff</font>\n";
    }
}
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Here is the functionThemeIndex section from theme.php for XPMidnight
[list]function themeindex ($aid, $informant, $time, $title, $counter, $topic, $thetext, $notes, $morelink, $topicname, $topicimage, $topictext) {
    global $anonymous, $datetime, $tipath;
    echo "<br><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"100%\">\n"
    ."<tr>\n"
    ."<td>\n"

   ."<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n"
   ."<tr>\n"
   ."<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"26\" height=\"30\"><img src=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/sidebox-title-left.gif\"></td>\n"
   ."<td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\" background=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/sidebox-title-bg.gif\" width=\"100%\" height=\"30\">\n"
   ."<font class=\"storytitle\" color=\"#363636\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>$title</b></font>\n"
   ."</td>\n"
   ."<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"6\" height=\"30\"><img src=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/sidebox-title-right.gif\"></td>\n"
   ."</tr>\n"
   ."</table>\n"

   ."<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n"
   ."<tr>\n"
   ."<td>\n"

   ."<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n"
   ."<tr>\n"
   ."<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"15\" height=\"42\"><img src=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/storybox-left.gif\"></td>\n"
   ."<td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\" background=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/storybox-bg.gif\" width=\"100%\" height=\"42\">\n"
   ."<font color=\"#747474\" size=\"1\">"._POSTEDBY." ";
    formatAidHeader($aid);
    echo " "._ON." $time $timezone ($counter "._READS.")</font>\n"
   ."<font color=\"#747474\">$morelink</font>\n"
   ."</td>\n"
    ."<td width=\"12\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><img src=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/storybox-right.gif\"></td>\n"
   ."</tr>\n"
   ."</table>\n"

   ."<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n"
   ."<tr>\n"
   ."<td width=\"4\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" background=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/sidebox-bar-left.gif\"><img src=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/sidebox-bar-px.gif\"></td>\n"
   ."<td>\n"

   ."<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n"
   ."<tr valign=\"top\">\n"
   ."<td>\n"
   ."<font color=\"#747474\"><b><a href=\"search.php?query=&amp;topic=$topic\"><img src=\"$tipath$topicimage\" border=\"0\" Alt=\"$topictext\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\"></a></B></font>\n";
    FormatStory($thetext, $notes, $aid, $informant);
    echo "</td></tr></table>\n"
    ."</td>\n"
    ."<td width=\"13\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" background=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/storybox-content-right.gif\"><img src=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/storybox-content-right-px.gif\"></td>\n"
    ."</tr></table>\n"

   ."<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n"
   ."<tr valign=\"top\">\n"
   ."<td width=\"9\" height=\"29\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><img src=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/storybox-bottom-left.gif\"></td>\n"
   ."<td width=\"100%\" height=\"29\" background=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/storybox-bottom-bg.gif\">&nbsp;</td>\n"
   ."<td width=\"18\" height=\"29\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><img src=\"themes/XPMidnight/images/storybox-bottom-right.gif\"></td>\n"
    ."</table>\n"

    ."</td></tr></table>\n"

    ."</td></tr></table>\n";
}



I made some changes in the first one to get rid of the italic formatting of the stories. I assumed (most likely mistakenly) that this is where my line break problem was too, bu I didn't see it in there. I am a total PHP n00b so that prolly doesn't help.

Thanks to everyone in advance for their thoughts.


Last edited by LCJ_Eric on Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:48 pm; edited 2 times in total 
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:06 am Reply with quote

I never did get this figure out. Anyone have any ideas on this?
 
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:56 am Reply with quote

First off I would like to say if you would use the code tags provided with phpbb it would make your post a lot easier to follow.

Open theme.php of your current theme. Find function themearticle

The below is an example not exactly sure what yours will look like.

Code:
        if($informant != "") {

            $content = "<a href=\"modules.php?name=Your_Account&amp;op=userinfo&amp;username=$informant\">$informant</a> ";
        } else {
            $content = "$anonymous ";
        }
        $content .= ""._WRITES." \"$thetext\"$notes\n";
    }


The only line needed out of that whole bit to pull this hack off is
Code:
$content .= " \"$thetext\"$notes\n";
 
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:08 pm Reply with quote

Sorry about not using the code tags. Liek I said - I am not saavy at php.

I found themearticle, but the code you refereced is not located there in my theme. It is in themeindex where evaders first pointed me.
Code:


function FormatStory($thetext, $notes, $aid, $informant) {
    global $anonymous;
    if ($notes != "") {
   $notes = "<br><br><b>"._NOTE."</b> $notes>\n";
    } else {
   $notes = "";
    }
    if ("$aid" == "$informant") {
   echo "<font class=\"content\">$thetext$notes</font>\n";
    } else {
   if($informant != "") {
       $boxstuff = "<i><a href=\"modules.php?name=Your_Account&amp;op=userinfo&amp;username=$informant\">$informant</a></i> ";
   } else {
       $boxstuff = "$anonymous ";
   }
   $boxstuff .= "".translate("<i>writes</i>")." \"$thetext\"$notes\n"; echo "<font class=\"content\" color=\"#505050\">$boxstuff</font>\n";
    }
}


Let me add that this occurs anytime a story is posted by a user OTHER THAN me. If I post a story, it doesn't happen.

I know I could just take out the "<username> writes" but I want the contributors to get proper credit.

If you take a look at the site (www.lcjs.org) you can see what I mean
 
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:29 pm Reply with quote

Try something like this

Code:
$boxstuff .= "".translate("<i>writes</i>")."<br />\"$thetext\"$notes\n"; echo "<font class=\"content\" color=\"#505050\">$boxstuff</font>\n";

    }
}
 
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:34 pm Reply with quote

Notice all I did was add <br /> before the first slash close to the $thetext
 
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:54 pm Reply with quote

I tried as you suggested, here are the results:

Before The Change
DUNKS writes "
LCJ Highway Clean-up
There has been an impromptu Highway.....

After The Change
DUNKS writes
"
LCJ Highway Clean-up
There has been an impromptu Highway.....


What I would really like it to be is:
DUNKS writes
"LCJ Highway Clean-up
There has been an impromptu Highway.....

OR

DUNKS writes...
LCJ Highway Clean-up
There has been an impromptu Highway.....

or something similar.

I really just want the quote mark, if there must be one, to be on the same line the actual story begins on.

I really do appreciate your help!
 
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:27 pm Reply with quote

Looks like where ever $thetext is formed there is a break.

I may have to try it on my local to get the desired result. I am just guessing atm.
 
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:34 pm Reply with quote

Try it like this

Code:
<br />$thetext\"$notes\n
 
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:38 pm Reply with quote

Excellent - I believe I have success. Here is what I ended up up for code:
Code:
$boxstuff .= "".translate("<i>writes</i>")."...<br />$thetext $notes"; echo "<font class=\"content\" color=\"#505050\">$boxstuff</font>\n";


Everything looks like how I ultimately wanted it.
The quote marks are gone completely and I have an elipses (spelling?) after "writes"

I had to make one extra change to get it to be how it is now. The code was

Code:
<br />$thetext\$notes\n"; 


It now is
Code:
<br />$thetext $notes"; 


If that seems legit, I am going to call it good as it look great from a visualk standpoint.
 
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