Activity Time Lines

@derrickhand300
9 years ago
1,353 posts

Does anyone have a Activity Timeline configured that they are particularly proud of that they could share? Activity Timeline is one aspect that I continue to struggle with on JR-I have given up on configuring one in site builder or template code.

For me a module with check boxes would be an awesome addition-something like

SELECT WHAT YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR TIMELINE'
CHECK BOX-videos
CHECK BOX images
CHECK BOX new members
CHECK BOX comments
CHECK BOX content updates
CHECK BOX new blogs
etc etc etc...

I would like to be able to select the content I WANT to show in the activity timeline and UNCHECK the content I dont want to show in the timeline.

So the ideal module would have check boxes for all the available content from the datastore BUT I could check and uncheck what I wanted to show up. Personally I would pay $49 bucks for this particular module in a heartbeat

I am not good enough in the data store and the template code to configure this myself and even though I am using Site Builder its impossible for me to understand and configure this in there.

If you need a module idea as a challenge there is one...if you have a decently configured Activity Timeline code already that you could share i would LOVE the opportunity to use it.

The timeline I want is pretty simple- I want to show the following
New Blogs
New Videos
New Images
New Members
New Events

What i dont want
New followers
New comments and especially I dont want
NEW UPDATES

I dont want to share with everyone that I changed a word in the description of a video or all the other stuff that seems to be associated with UPDATES

I would also like the Activity Timeline to be configured to either a 3 or 4 column layout and the video thumbnails or images to be sized correctly and uniformly throughout the timeline

As an added bonus I would like ALL a members IMAGE uploads to go into a Gallery by default that is just named after the persons profile name...so if they upload 1 image right now...one in an hour or 6 during a particular event -that they all go to a default gallery with their name on it...

I dont want one person to have 50 galleries...

I just want it to work like other social platforms like Facebook...where if I upload 6 images separately over a 15 minute period- all 6 go into a gallery with their profile name on it AND all 6 show up in the activity timeline in the same content post with 6 thumbnails....

The reason for this...
If you upload 6 images you just totally dominated my main page timeline which is set to show the last 6 lastest items...so your 6 images wiped out all the content that came before it...

It would be much better if all 6 images were 1 post in the timeline of 6 posts...

Anyone ever figured out how to do something like this..??

As important as it seems-it just blows my mind it has not been made/released as either a standard feature OR a paid module...it would organize the site so much better especially on mobile devices and make it a more pleasant site to visit..

Looking forward to input/advice/help/code
Thanks

I just made an example in Facebook...I added several images..and this is how its displayed on my FB page...this is how I would like a multiple image or multiple video upload to be displayed on my JR Activity Timeline on the sites main page and the persons profile page

updated by @derrickhand300: 01/26/16 06:33:25PM

@michael
9 years ago
7,715 posts

In your loop that outputs your activity timeline stuff, put in a condition to filter out the stuff you don't want.

like:

{foreach $_items as $item}
 {if $item.module != 'New Blogs' || $item.module != 'New Videos' || $item.module != 'New Members'}
  {continue}
 {/if}

 // whatever you are outputting

{/foreach}

So only the ones you want come out. You'll need to figure out what the variable names for each that you want are though.

@derrickhand300
9 years ago
1,353 posts

Thank you- can you make the activity feed module like this screenshot?

gary.moncrieff
@garymoncrieff
9 years ago
865 posts

I have been thinking it might be a good idea if JR Team at some stage created a Facebook like feed module and charged a premium fee for it. The underpinnings are already in place and jrAction could be forked to form this new module?

@michael
9 years ago
7,715 posts

Yeah I've tried building this a couple of times, once as a widget more recently thinking about it, like you say, as an extension of the activity timeline.

I'd like a way to add to the wall and have that posted to the profile, instead of like it is now: add to the profile and have it appear on the wall.

But for right now, getting the existing modules documented is higher on my priority list than building new modules or new features.

Will keep this as a suggestion to come back to once the docs are more complete.

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