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[Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« on: March 12, 2009, 08:09:10 am »
EZPortal Guide

View a working Demo here: http://geoworld.smfforfree4.com/
All Blocks setup except: Classifieds, Store, Tag Cloud, Articles, Download System, and Poll EzBlocks

Screenshots:
               



I   Access EzPortal Admin
1.  Go to your admin panel.
2.  Scroll Down to EzPortal.
3.  Click Settings.

II  Settings
1. Enable Portal Home Page, or not.  
    Remember, in EzPortal you can have blocks on all of your pages, inclusing the Forum, Gallery, Boards, etc.

2. Custom Homepage Title
    Give the Home Page a name if you wish to use it.  
    This isn't the Tab name, but the name displayed at the top of your browser.

3. Hide admin delete/edit buttons.
    Hides delete/edit images on ezblocks.

4. Shoutbox settings:    should be self explanatory
        Enable Shoutbox
        Show date on shoutbox
        Show shout history link
        Hide says on shoutbox
        Hide admin delete shout entry
        Number of items to show per page on shoutbox history
        Show BBC box icons for shoutbox
        Show smilies on shoutbox
        Shoutbox refresh time in seconds (Enter zero to disable)

5. Allow EzPortal.com to collect stats on your Portal
    Set as you wish

III  Modules
There are no modules to install.

IV  EzBlock Manager
1. Click Add EzBlock where you want your block to be.
2. You now pick which one you want.
  
The following EzBlocks are available:  (setup for each explained further down in the Guide)

HTML, Board News, UserBox, Poll, Recent Posts, Recent Topics, Recent Webpages, Search, Theme Select (contains only the default theme so not needed), Members Online, Shoutbox, SMF Arcade, SMF Articles (not installed), SMF Gallery, SMF Gallery Random Image, SMF Links, SMF Classifieds (if you purchased it), Downlaod System (not installed), SMF Store (if you purchased it), and Tag Cloud (not installed), Stats, Recent Members, Top Posters


V  Changing a Column's width
To change the width of a column, go to EzBlock manager, then find the column on the block list and click Edit Column.


EzBlock Settings


Block Title:   The Name that will appear on top of the block.
Column:   Where you want it to appear on selected pages, Left, Center, Right, Top, Bottom
Icon:   The icon that will show up on the block.
Visible Areas (at the bottom of the block settings if you edit it after creation):   what pages the block will be visible on.
Permissions:   Who can view the block.
EzBlock Managers:   Who can edit the block.
User Can Collapse this EzBlock:   Whether or not a member can minimize a block, like using the subtraction sign on you browser.

Board News Settings
    Block Title:   Type a Title for the Block
    Icon:  The icon that will show up on the block.
    Select Board for News:  Select the Board(s) you want the news displayed from.  To selct multiple boards, please hold control and click on all of the ones you want.
    Number of News Items to show:  How many News articles will appear.
    Number of characters to show per entry:  The number of letters and symbols to show before stopping the article, they can still go to the actual topic to read the full article.

HTML EzBlock Settings
    Block Data: Put your HTML code here.

UserBox Settings
    No block-specific settings.

Poll EzBlock Settings
    Poll Topic ID: The Topic number of the poll the block is to show.  For example, this is topic number 25774, it will be in the URL of the topic.

Recent Posts EzBlock Settings
    Number of Posts to show: The number of recent posts that will be listed in the block.
    Format: Vertical or Horizontal.  This is the format in which they will be listed.  
    Vertical is recommended for the left and right column, Horizontal for the center column.

Recent Topics EzBlock Settings
    Number of Topics to show: The number of recent topics that will be listed in the block.
    Format: Vertical or Horizontal.  This is the format in which they will be listed.  
    Vertical is recommended for the left and right column, Horizontal for the center column.

Recent Webpages EzBlock Settings
    Number of WebPages to show: The number of recent webpages to show.

Search EzBlock Settings
    No block-specific settings.

Theme Select EzBlock
    Show Preview Image: Whether it will preview the theme or not.
    There is only one theme to choose from   Stylesheets can not be chosen from this block

Members Online Settings
    Format: Whether it will be a vertical or horizonatal block.

Shoutbox Settings
    Number of Shouts to show: How many recent shouts will be displayed, this is also the block you shout from.

SMF Aracde EzBlock Settings
    Arcade Block Type: Whether the block will show a random game, or if it will show the Latest Scores.  This is technically two blocks.

SMF Galley EzBlock Settings
     No block-specific settings.

SMF Gallery Random Image Settings
    Number of Images to show: the number of pictures to be displayed.
    Number of Items per row: The number of items in each row.  So, if you put 4 for the previous, and two here, it will be a box of four.

SMF Links EzBlock Settings
    Number of Links to show: The number of links to be displayed.

SMF Classifieds EzBlock Settings
    SMF Classifieds is a paid upgrade, don't use it if you don't have it!
    Number of Listings to show: The number of Classifieds listings that will be displayed in the block.
    Number of items to per row: The number of items there will be in a row.
    Type: This block can be four different blocks.   It can show the most recent, most viewed, most commented, or featured listings.


SMF Store EzBlock Settings
    This is paid upgrade, DO NOT USE UNLESS YOU HAVE BOUGHT IT!
    Number of Products to show: The number of products that will be displayed.
    Number of Products per row: The number taht will be in each row of the listings.
    Type: This block can be four different blocks.  It can show the most recent, most viewed, most commented, or     top rated products.

Recent Members Ezblock Settings
    Configure number of members to show, show memberlink color, show user's avatar and layout options

Top Posters Ezblock Settings
    Configure number of posters to show, show memberlink color, show user's avatar and layout options

Stats Ezblock Settings
    No block-specific settings.



The following blocks are not installed - do not use them:

SMF Articles EzBlock Settings
    Not Installed, DO NOT USE THIS BLOCK.

Download System EzBlock Settings
    This system is not installed, DO NOT USE THIS BLOCK!

Tag Cloud Settings
    SMF Tags is not installed! DO NOT USE THIS BLOCK!


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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2009, 04:36:00 pm »
thanks Jntg4..   Ive added it to the Guides and Tutorials Index

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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2009, 04:47:09 pm »
Thank you.  I just want to get the guides done the day of release, to help those who have never useda full SMF.  Was anyone else surprised that he adde dit so early?  I thought he was waiting for SMF 2.0's release.

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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2009, 04:52:51 pm »
I was surprised but he may want it installed and in place before that day comes.   That day is a long way off anyways..  Its in RC1 now and there will be an RC2 and no telling how long after that.  They are not rushing the Final Release and Im glad to see they are not.

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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2009, 04:56:24 pm »
For what you said in the PM, could I jsut show the forum with the blocks on it, withour getting rid of the home page, and then not show just left or just right but tell nthem that they can?

So just the first, and a pic of the forum how you described in the third?

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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2009, 04:59:50 pm »
For what you said in the PM, could I jsut show the forum with the blocks on it, withour getting rid of the home page, and then not show just left or just right but tell nthem that they can?

So just the first, and a pic of the forum how you described in the third?

Sure that sounds good.    I think it would be good to show the different ways it can be done. 
I have it setup on one of my forums with a column on the left and the forum on the right, no homepage.
I can post that as well -  its not an active forum -  or Ill set up a simple demo with the default theme on it to do that.

Also.. do not divide it and make two guides -- I think that is how I took the pm?    They would have to go to two separate guides that way. I can help you with getting this one all formatted once you have all of the information in it if you like.   No rush.
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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2009, 05:07:32 pm »
I took a pic of the hoem page, forum, help page, and staff list.  The latter two to show that it comes up on all pages, unless you have a custom action like the Games Page, where you have to add the action to it.

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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2009, 05:33:13 pm »
Okay.. well I setup the demo site (as you know)  You can post that link under yours in the Guide so they have another look.  They can use the shoutbox on it  (hopefully i will not need to disable that)   

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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2009, 05:42:24 pm »
I made the changes you requested.

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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2009, 05:46:20 pm »
thanks ;)

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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2009, 06:52:59 pm »
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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2009, 08:28:20 pm »
Nice guide you got here :)

I'm kind of confused, how do we select which boards are shown on the homepage?

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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2009, 08:40:41 pm »
Nice guide you got here :)

I'm kind of confused, how do we select which boards are shown on the homepage?

The Board News Block?   
When you create the Block you choose which Board you want the news to be displayed from.
Click on it in the list on that page to select it.

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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2009, 08:51:27 pm »
OK thanks sibyl :)

Also I found out that you could hold ctrl and select all the boards you want to be displayed ;)

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Re: [Guide] Admin Cp EzPortal Guide
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2009, 08:56:00 pm »
so you were able to get multiple news boards?

I wonder if SMF will take EzBlock submissions.

 

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