Forum Activity for @researchcooperative

Do "Private Notes" have an outbox?

Using Jamroom

Dear Brian,

Thanks. I have played around with the Private Notes a little more and it works nicely.

I think the problem is in the labelling. Our "In box" is not just an inbox.

The current label is: Your Private Notes - inbox

Perhaps it should be: Your Private Notes - in/out box

I cannot find the label in the Language settings for Private Notes in ACP. I do see a "Sent box" label there - is it not actually used?
updated by @researchcooperative: 01/05/16 07:07:54AM

Do "Private Notes" have an outbox?

Using Jamroom

In my "Private Notes" I can send messages, and receive messages, but there is only an inbox: Your Private Notes - inbox

Should I be able to see an outbox where my sent messages are stored?

It would be useful to be able to see that a newly written message has actually been sent by looking at the contents of an outbox.

Just now I was drafting a private message, and it disappeared unexpectedly when I touched my cursor somehow.

Perhaps I accidentally clicked on the send button, but I cannot confirm this because there is no obvious outbox.

Is it possible to set up an outbox in the ACP somewhere?

Best wishes for the New Year...
updated by @researchcooperative: 04/15/16 06:07:45AM

How can we safely employ outside help for site development?

Design and Skin Customization

What best practices should we follow when giving access to an outside developer to change our site design?

Is it possible to limit an outside developer's access to network member data, while letting them change site appearance and structure?
updated by @researchcooperative: 04/08/16 01:25:07AM

New module help tab (in ACP) links to "Using Jamroom" Forum... Ok, but...

Using Jamroom

... in the future, maybe it could link to a specific using module forum?
updated by @researchcooperative: 04/07/16 09:55:06AM

How can I remove the "site closed for maintenance sign"?

Using Jamroom

Hi...

Currently, only Admin can log in to this website. For all visitors the following message is displayed:

"Site closed for maintenance"

How do I remove this message?

I suspect I set up the message myself by selecting an option somewhere, but have no idea where.

Currently no-one but me can look or log into my site.

In fact, the site is 'open for development' but I need a qualified developer!

Thanks, Peter
updated by @researchcooperative: 11/13/15 09:59:02PM

Making the "human check" more robust for simple forms

Suggestions

I like the simple human check tick box that appears with simple forms. It's called "human check" and requires a tick.

Can a spam bot be designed to automatically check boxes? If so, then perhaps two check boxes could be used, as below:

Check one box to prove you are human:

Check this box []. Do not check this box []


I know there are many ways to make tests more difficult for spam bots, if needed. This just happens to be what occurred to me now, and is not one I have seen elsewhere.

updated by @researchcooperative: 10/14/15 06:25:45AM

Using Jamroom search - what do these search rules mean?

Using Jamroom

Thanks.

If these are not the rules for search fields that site users see, what (@michael) are the rules for ordinary users (site members and visitors)?

I need to make this information public on my site so that users can use the search functions effectively.

This is critical for social networking (which is the general purpose of the JR site I am building).

Here is the page where I have centralised search functions for users so that they can more easily navigate around the network:

http://publishsciencenet.jamroomhosting.com/psn-search-central
updated by @researchcooperative: 09/14/15 01:01:47AM

Using Jamroom search - what do these search rules mean?

Using Jamroom

Somewhere in the guts of JR I found this information on using a search field:

Item Search Options:
value - Search for exact value match.
%value - Search for items that end in value.
value% - Search for items that begin with value.
%value% - Search for items that contain value.

Item Key Search Options:
key:value - Search for specific key with exact value match.
key:%value - Search for specific key that begins with value.
key:value% - Search for specific key that ends with value.
key:%value% - Search for specific key that contains value.

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These rules raise a number of questions:

1. Do the rules apply to all search fields in JR?
2. What do the phrases "item search" and "item key search" mean?
3. Does % refer to the actual percentage symbol on our keyboard, or something else?

Otherwise, this is great - there are rules! So they can be explained in common English!

Hope springs%

Cheers, Peter
updated by @researchcooperative: 10/17/15 04:03:45PM

When we set the "display" setting in form designer, who are we displaying to?

Using Jamroom

@michael

Here are some attached screen images to show what I am talking about here.

Item 1. The sidebar of the public profile for "Chief Admin" in my "Central Administration" quota. This displays selected form fields from the back-end form (field) designer, but I have no simple WYSIWYG control over how these selected fields are displayed on the profile page, outside the sidebar. There is no public-form design tool for the fields that are chosen for public display.

Item 2. The sidebar of the public profile for "Editing and Proofreading" in my Editing Hub quota. Here the form fields displayed are the same as in (1). I don't know how to exclude them from this quota and profile, and if I want to display other form fields here, they will automatically by displayed in (1). Without knowing more complex CSS, I can't control how form fields are displayed for different quotas and profiles.

So what I am hoping for is a form design tool or template or design or any other user-friendly WYSIWYG system that allows us to allocate different form fields to the public/visible pages of different quotas and profiles, and to different positions within those pages. Or could this be an existing Sitebuilder tool that pulls in form fields?

The current "form designer" is great for designing fields, but not for organising and publishing them.

Item 3. This is a screen grab of my current form field templates (tpl files) in the profile_settings page.

Item 4. This is a screen grab from the bottom of the CSS code panel for the profile_sidebar_tpl. Michael put the code there, and I have adjusted the html for bold/non-bold, and the wording, but can't do anything more.

I have five different research papers that need to be written simultaneously, and really can't wrap my head around learning CSS! (sorry).

Searching the datastore - some search terms cause problems

Using Jamroom

When you say "searching the data store" are you using the public view search panels or maginfying glass for your search, or doing this in you ACP?

For visitors to my website, I would like to be able to give a simple, complete explanation on how to use the search fields, stating what can and cannot be done with our system.

Maybe this exists somewhere in the support forums or documentation. I'll keep looking.