Forum Activity for @researchcooperative

How to install a page counter for republished text?

Using Jamroom

Recently I found a science journalism blog that has really good articles that can be republished under a Creative Commons license. One condition is that a page counter be installed so the source publisher can get feedback on where an article is being used. The publisher offers different ways to install the counter. Which way is suitable for a JR based site? Should I try to use the image, script, or iframe tag version of the page counter?

Publisher's information:

The page counter is an invisible 1x1 pixel image that allows us and our authors to know when and where our content is republished. If you use the Republish button, you will be capturing the page counter.

If you need it on its own, the page counter can be accessed by clicking Republish then the Advanced tab. This might be useful for republishers who: ....

- need to embed the counter as a widget to make it work in their CMS;
- need the script form because their CMS is set to cache the pixel.

You can use either the image, script, or iframe tag version of the page counter.

If the counter creates giant white space in an article, add style="border:0; height:1px !important; width:1px !important;" into the tag to override the spacing.

The page counter does not collect user data or personal information. Data the page counter collects are:

that are a referral has occurred, so we know what site republished the article;
the IP address, which we use for city-level geo-locating;
user-agent, so we can exclude bots;
and a random cookie ID, so we can eliminate duplicate pageviews.

The page counter is distinct for every article, including a unique ID number for that article. If you’re copying the code from another article or a saved template, be sure to update the ID number in the code. You cannot reuse the exact same code without updating it.

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updated by @researchcooperative: 09/23/17 11:38:27AM

Using Akismet (Spam Blocker module)

Installation and Configuration

@michael

Not sure now how I set up Akismet, but today for the first time that I could see, it intercepted a profile creation and flagged it as spam.

I looked at the post, and indeed it was spam - an irrelevant and seemingly harmless Turkey travel advert with sexy beach picture that could contain who knows what lurking danger.

When I went to delete the User Account, I was given the choice of the account only, or account and profiles. So I chose the later, and nothing happened. So then I set a block on the User Account. And then I found two associated profiles and looked at those. All spam. Deleted each profile individually, and then went back to the blocked User Account.

Pressed delete, and Bingo, no account. All gone.

Not sure how it all worked, but in the end we got there, and the account and its associated profiles are all gone.

Thanks.

P.
updated by @researchcooperative: 06/22/17 05:04:40AM

Users Online tab has stopped listing visitors online

Installation and Configuration

My site is running jrUser 2.1.3 and the dashboard's invisible user issue is still there. i.e. the counter tells me generally 5-10 users at any point in time, but they do not show up in the activity log or under the Users Online tab.

Is it a counter problem? Not a problem with the activity log or tab?

Am I only seeing phantom users?

I've been spending too much time watching bats flickering outside in the Kyoto dusk. Perhaps they are my visitors, looking over my shoulder through the window.

Adding buttons with links embedded in them

Design and Skin Customization

At this stage, some overall guidance would help:

Should CSS for a button be embedded inside:

(1) a Sitebuilder page, with the widgets we have available?
(2) a skin .tpl file somehow, somewhere?
(3) a module .tpl file?

Adding buttons with links embedded in them

Design and Skin Customization

1. I am using jrNinja skin, and would like to display many buttons on one page to link to different forum topics. The links could be to anything.

My problem is how to add attractive buttons, and spread them out nicely on the page.

2. Using Sitebuilder, I found I could add a very simple HTML button code inside a single-celled table with a coloured background.

This gives me a white button on a dark background, with text inside the button:


The table cell resizes with the screen, and I can group buttons inside different containers on different lines using the Page Config tab to set up the basic page layout.

What I cannot seem to do is control the size of the font used inside the button, no matter where I put the codes. Changing the size of the cell does nothing to the text inside the cell.

3. I have seen many different button code generators online. These are free, and most seem to generate a short html metacode that is meant to cross-refer to a much longer piece of CSS code.

I have no idea how these more complex button codes can be implemented in a Jamroom site.

Can they be set up to display inside a Sitebuilder page, using Sitebuilder to build the general layout?
updated by @researchcooperative: 09/05/17 09:47:52PM

Can the URL of a page created with Sitebuilder be changed? Can the page be duplicated and given new URL?

Using Jamroom

Found an answer here:

The URL can be changed.

Page duplication might be useful for other purposes...

Can the URL of a page created with Sitebuilder be changed? Can the page be duplicated and given new URL?

Using Jamroom

I have created a new Sitebuilder page as a test page, using a dummy URL.

After some effort, the test page looks usable. I do not want to have to do everything again, step-by-step on a new page.

Perhaps I was the dummy, not giving this page a good URL to begin with.

Can I change the URL? I do not want to use a redirection URL. I want to change the actual URL.

Or can the page be duplicated and given new URL? Then I could delete the test page with the dummy URL.

Are both these actions possible, or neither?
updated by @researchcooperative: 09/05/17 08:53:44PM

Contact Form Spam

Using Jamroom

Thanks.

I do have that installed, and enabled for the quotas where members can post material.

However, the module does not appear to cover forms, which sit outside the quota system (as far as I can see).
updated by @researchcooperative: 06/06/17 06:12:40AM

Is it possible for new applicants to complete a profile form before their account has been approved?

Using Jamroom

@paul

Thanks. Agreed. I will go to direct Support contact next.

Cheers, Peter

Is it possible for new applicants to complete a profile form before their account has been approved?

Using Jamroom


This sounds good. I already have early (Ning era) and newcomer (JR era) members separated in this way.

If the concept is generalisable to "form completion" for any chosen form, then there might be other uses for this... like forcing members to complete a user poll after login, or to complete a TOS agreement.

The alternative, softer approach is of course to change the post-login landing page, giving members full access to the site, regardless of whether or not they fill out the form that is made a landing page.

Perhaps it is good to get a first version of the module up and running, specifically for the main Profile page, and then let people come up with further ideas for improvement, if it is something that people start using.

Thanks.