Welcome Notice?

[RobParker]

Does XenBase/FA+ have any sort of built in welcome notice? What I'd really like is a sidebar block (widget).

A related question is do you guys plan to release any widgets at all with the styles? I'd say there's a fair bit of scope there to do some cool things.

 

[Steve]

A related question is do you guys plan to release any widgets at all with the styles? I'd say there's a fair bit of scope there to do some cool things.

Possibly, I'm currently testing a few things, like :https://pixelexit.com/threads/merge-the-staff-block-with-the-members-block.5893/
So we'll see. If you have a specific widget you would like to see included please post a suggestion.

 

[RobParker]

A nicely styled welcome message block with links to register, etc for guests would be my first suggestion. There are already a few addons that do this (like https://xenforo.com/community/resources/cxf-welcome-notice-widget.5890/) but having something built into the style/XenBase would be preferable.

Your old welcome notice template mod (https://xenforo.com/community/threads/sign-up-welcome-notice-deleted.28321/) would also be really nice as a widget.

 

[Russ]

Style Properties -> Page Setup, it has a general welcome notice with a few options. It's not in the sidebar block though.

 

[RobParker]

Is it possible to get the CSS/HTML for the Welcome Notice so that I can add something similar as regular notice? I assume that's quite straightforward?

 

[RobParker]

<xf:if is=" !$xf.visitor.user_id">
<div class="xb-welcome-notice">
   <div class="xb-welcome-notice--inner">
       <h3>Welcome</h3>
       <h4>Blah</h4>
       <xf:if is="$xf.options.registrationSetup.enabled">
       <a href="{{ link('register') }}" class="button"><span class="button-text">Register</span></a>
       </xf:if>
       
       <a href="{{ link('login') }}" class="button--cta button" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="overlay" data-menu-close="true">
           <span class="button-text">{{ phrase('log_in') }}</span>
       </a>
       
   </div>
</div>
</xf:if>

This almost works but the login and register links don't work (e.g. they point to %7B%7B%20link('register')%20%7D%7D)

 

[Russ]

Those links won't work with regular notices, only in templates. Just place the full link: https://sitename.com/register/ instead of {{ link('register') }}

 

[RobParker]

Cheers

If possible I'd still prefer the XenBase welcome notice to be able to be put in a sidebar widget.

 

[Russ]

So made 2 adjustments here,

First added a sidebar option, it'll add in the welcome to the sidebar (you may want to decrease the font size using our property).

Or if you choose widget system it will still activate the template but not show anywhere else. However, you can use an HTML widget to load the template in anywhere you want (advanced mode must be checked at the bottom of the widget configuration):

 

[RobParker]

That's awesome, thanks!

 

[Steve]

I trained him well right?