Personal Pages v2.7, A GPLed Social-Networking Module

Personal Pages is an Add-On for DragonflyCMS 9.2.1 (This is the free software that runs AnarchismToday.org) that I have been working to develop.

Personal Pages is a free social-networking software designed to add functionality similar to MySpace or Facebook.

Features:

* Each registered user can create their own page.

* Pages use bbcode to allow advanced functionality, like embedding images or videos.

* Visitors can leave comments. Optional anonymous commenting with CAPTCHA.

* Personal Pages show a user's online status, recent blogs, and image uploads.

* Personal Pages can be extended further via a blocks system.

* Multi-language support, with English, German, and Danish included.

* Optimized for a wide variety of browsers, including Firefox, IE, Konqueror, etc.

* Free Software released under the GNU GPL v2.

See it at work here.

New in this version:

Bugfix: Old references to Personality in the profile personal block. (Thanks heliown)
Bugfix: Layout bugs in the profile personal block in IE and Konqueror. (Thanks Slang)
Feature: Anonymous commenting with CAPTCHA. Disabled in /modules/Personal/index.php by default.
Feature: Display a user's recent image uploads. (Thanks Eastlane, for the initial code)
Improvement: Links on the list page are more simple and consistent.
Improvement: Pages are now listed by how recently they are updated, so update often.
Improvement: Improvements to the blocks system.
Moved optional components to the "extras" folder.


Support the Developer:

If you would like to support my efforts, please consider donating via PayPal to:

personman_145@hotmail.com

Also, send me an e-mail to let me know which project you are supporting, and any suggestions or comments you have about it. Thanks!
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Last edited by personman on Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:09 pm; edited 1 time in total

4/9/09: Kicking for new version 2.7.

New in this version:

Bugfix: Old references to Personality in the profile personal block. (Thanks heliown)
Bugfix: Layout bugs in the profile personal block in IE and Konqueror. (Thanks Slang)
Feature: Anonymous commenting with CAPTCHA. Disabled in /modules/Personal/index.php by default.
Feature: Display a user's recent image uploads. (Thanks Eastlane, for the initial code)
Improvement: Links on the list page are more simple and consistent.
Improvement: Pages are now listed by how recently they are updated, so update often. Smile
Improvement: Improvements to the blocks system.
Moved optional components to the "extras" folder.
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Hi personman, I uploaded the new version to my test site and I have a few questions:

1. I could not figure out how to turn the HTML on. Is the Personal supposed to show in the Administration Menu? Not sure what I didn't do right but it does not show in the Administration Menu.

2. I found picture_center.php and userinfo.php in Extras folder. Where do I upload these files to?

3. The pictures on the profile is fed from a personal folder right?



Thanks you.
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Heya.

1. Yes, as of v2.7.1 there should be an administration option under Modules.

Not sure why it wouldn't show up, but I'll look in to it. Just out of curiosity, have you performed an upgrade through the modules configuration?

Also verify there is an admin folder under /modules/Personal, and that it contains adlinks.inc and index.inc, as well as a couple icon images.

It could be a bug, as it's brand new. Let me know how it goes.

2. pictures-center.php is optional, as we already have a pictures side-block included by default. If you'd like to switch to the center block, you can rename or remove /modules/Personal/blocks/left/pictures-side.php and then place pictures-center.php in /modules/Personal/blocks/center and if you want it to show on a user's profile page, place a copy in /modules/Your_Account/blocks as well.

3. Yes, the pictures should be chosen from your personal album.

On a side note, I've done some testing to see if Personal Pages with HTML can be themed similar to MySpace, and they can. I'll post some example .css code in the future. You can see what I was able to do to my Personal Page.

-Andy
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Hi Andy,

Yes, I updated it and it showed the version V2.7.1.

I have the admin folder under /modules/Personal. So the adlinks.inc and index.inc, as well as a couple icon images are in /module/Personal/admin

Yes I saw your Personal Homepage - that looks awesome!
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Hi Andy,
I uninstalled it and removed the files. Then I reuploaded and installed it. I saw the Admin now. Not sure it was wrong before. I'll continue to check some more.
Thanks
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Hmm very strange.

Uninstalling on your production site would probably wipe out your members' personal pages from the database, so probably not a great option for you.

I'll probably set up a test site to see what the deal is. I wonder if it is related to dragonfly's module installer somehow, I'm a bit of a newb at coding it. I'll look in to this more hopefully during the week.

Thanks for your feedback, keep me posted. I'll do the same.

I'm doing some paid website work so my development might be slowed down for a bit.

-Andy
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I installed it on my Production now and the Admin image does not show in the Admin again. I can't uninstall it or I'll lose existing hompages but I can access admin setup via the url and I am able to set up it from there. So I think it is just a minor problem having the admin image show in the Admin but everything else seems to work fine.
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Glad you were able to find a workaround. I suspect it's related to the module installer. :/ Not sure if it's a bug on my end, or a problem with how dragonfly handles module upgrades. Seems like during an install it checks for admin links, but not after an upgrade.

I'll dig around next time I'm coding and see what I can find. Thanks again for the feedback.

Hope you and your members enjoy the new features. Here is some example .css code from my personal page you can play around with:


-Andy
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