Thread Starter
Chuckie
(@ajtruckle)
I made some progress. I added a custom HTML widget and I put a link to the page in there. Looks like this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kjepu5sot90sm9l/File%2028-05-2018%2C%2006%2042%2044.jpeg?dl=0
Now this HTML code needs tweaking because I want it to visually look like the other entries in the sidebar.
Thread Starter
Chuckie
(@ajtruckle)
I needed to wrap the link with <ul> and <li> tags:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgtrzblg16j7sgw/File%2028-05-2018%2C%2007%2014%2015.jpeg?dl=0
Now it looks much better. I just need the margins or padding to be the same.
I will resolve the order issue by using categories.
Hi, it looks like you have everything under control 😉
Kind regards
Thread Starter
Chuckie
(@ajtruckle)
Getting there! It that order. At the moment the downloads are listed in the order I created them. That is fine for the first three as I want them at the top in that order.
But the remaining, I would has sorted by name. Maybe I will put the first three into a category. Then put all the others into a scripts category. Then I could add a title heading and show this second group with fancy 2. That be good.
Check later.
Thread Starter
Chuckie
(@ajtruckle)
Firstly, I struggled to follow your tutorial here:
https://simple-download-monitor.com/displaying-all-downloads-from-a-particular-category/
There was no “Download Categories” over on the right. I had to quickly edit each one to assign a category. I thought I would bring this to your attention.
Secondly, now that I am using the “category” shortcode the visual display is rather different. The top section uses fancy 1. That section is showing nice.
However the second section is using fancy 2. If I resize my window smaller then they all look nice. But if I make it larger they lose their uniformity:
Smaller browser window: https://www.dropbox.com/s/76mp8bkko3rbu3o/Fancy2.png?dl=0
Maximized browser window: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0znznlm48kmikc6/Fancy2-Maximized.png?dl=0
Can we please make them look nicer whatever the browser size …?
Also, the button is ugly, not like on the fancy 1 section. So what I need is:
– Same font style as rest of page
– Same green button as on fancy 1
– Consistent images on each rectangle
Thanks for your help.
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Thread Starter
Chuckie
(@ajtruckle)
I managed to change the text of the title:
div.sdm_fancy2_download_title{
font-family:"Arial";
}
Ideally I would like like to set it to whatever the “page” was using. To save me remembering to tweak it if things change.
I also managed to center align the images:
div.sdm_fancy2_download_thumbnail{
text-align:center;
}
But I can’t work out how to:
1. Set the download button characteristics to be exactly the same as for fancy 1.
2. Set the images to a consistent size.
Thread Starter
Chuckie
(@ajtruckle)
I am finding too many styling issues with this fancy 2. Trying fancy 1.
Hi, the following documentation has some CSS tweaks you might like to check.
Let me know if they help you.
Kind regards
Thread Starter
Chuckie
(@ajtruckle)
I am afraid not because that link is about fancy 1 and not fancy 2. I did resize my images as thumbnails but it is too much work. I have settled on fancy 1. It is fine.
https://www.publictalksoftware.co.uk/available-downloads/
But i do have another problem! Scroll down to the scripts section on the page and navigate to page 2 or 3. Now look at the top section. It shouldn’t do that:
There are no download items matching this category criteria.
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Thread Starter
Chuckie
(@ajtruckle)
Tell you what, I can just do two pages. One per category. Then I can add both pages in my custom link widget. This will fix that issue. But your developer might like to make it possible to have more than one category on a page. I guess it is using same variable names.
Thread Starter
Chuckie
(@ajtruckle)
I have changed to two separate pages now:
https://www.publictalksoftware.co.uk/software-applications/
https://www.publictalksoftware.co.uk/custom-workbook-scripts/
This is a suitable workaround to the issue I was having with trying to use two category shortcodes on the same page. I think you should still investigate that limitation.
The documenation for CSS styling the Fancy 2 version of the download is lacking. There is quite a bit for Fancy 1, but not Fancy 2. I had to work out things myself.
Hi,
The documenation for CSS styling the Fancy 2 version of the download is lacking. There is quite a bit for Fancy 1, but not Fancy 2. I had to work out things myself.
I have submitted a message to the developers regarding your request.
Kind regards
Thread Starter
Chuckie
(@ajtruckle)
Is the author going to adjust it to cater for multiple category short codes on the same page? If not then your documentation should state this limitation.
