Are you talking about between the rows?

BBC said:
Did you make this huge spacing by purpose ? Or is it template problem.

Yes, everything between date and autor name. (written by)

I see now. It´s only in Opera. Huge space.

I always laugh at people who completely miss the actual question being asked, and here I did the same thing.

 

You can use the following to insert an image in item.php or category_item.php based on whether it is featured or not:

 

<?php if ($this->item->featured) : ?>

<img class="featured-image" src="/stories/icons/featured.jpg" alt="featured article"></img>

<?php endif; ?>

 

You would put this in the template at a location where you want the image to be. Obviously your html for the image would be different. You would then just have to play around with the positioning and the css to get the exact look you want.

    

Now i get confused. I beleived he want different images for different items.
That´s why i asked for more details.

Cool! So it can be done with no major changes :D That's great. Is something you could help me out with, Terry? I'm not too good with that kind of stuff. If you tell me what to modify and for what files, I'm sure I can figure it out :D

Terry A Britton said:
I always laugh at people who completely miss the actual question being asked, and here I did the same thing.

 

You can use the following to insert an image in item.php or category_item.php based on whether it is featured or not:

 

<?php if ($this->item->featured) : ?>

<img class="featured-image" src="/stories/icons/featured.jpg" alt="featured article"></img>

<?php endif; ?>

 

You would put this in the template at a location where you want the image to be. Obviously your html for the image would be different. You would then just have to play around with the positioning and the css to get the exact look you want.

 

I'm getting ready to go on the road for a couple of weeks and won't be on the forum much, so I'll try to give you enough to get you started. I couldn't really see what you where talking about in the link you provided so I'll give you a couple of options. Firstly, you could display text over the image that says "Featured" or you could display an image in front of the other image that highlights the fact it is featured. If you do it with an image you will have to use z-index which allows you to stack items on top of each other, the higher the z-index the closer it is to the viewer.

 

The image in the category listing is wrapped by a div (catItemImageBlock). Within that same div in category_item.php you could put the following code. Sorry I can't give you an exact line number but my files are all heavily modified so the line numbers wouldn't match yours. Just search for catItemImageBlock.

 

<?php if ($this->item->featured) : ?>

<span class="featured">Featured</span>

<?php endif; ?>

 

You would then use css to position the text and style it the way you want to. I don't think you'll need z-index if you do it with text, but if you do, just put "z-index:99" in the css for featured. Backup your files before you start and hopefully someone else can step in if you have more questions.

 

Thanks very much, Terry. I'll have a look at it. Have a safe trip.

Terry A Britton said:
I'm getting ready to go on the road for a couple of weeks and won't be on the forum much, so I'll try to give you enough to get you started. I couldn't really see what you where talking about in the link you provided so I'll give you a couple of options. Firstly, you could display text over the image that says "Featured" or you could display an image in front of the other image that highlights the fact it is featured. If you do it with an image you will have to use z-index which allows you to stack items on top of each other, the higher the z-index the closer it is to the viewer.

 

The image in the category listing is wrapped by a div (catItemImageBlock). Within that same div in category_item.php you could put the following code. Sorry I can't give you an exact line number but my files are all heavily modified so the line numbers wouldn't match yours. Just search for catItemImageBlock.

 

<?php if ($this->item->featured) : ?>

<span class="featured">Featured</span>

<?php endif; ?>

 

You would then use css to position the text and style it the way you want to. I don't think you'll need z-index if you do it with text, but if you do, just put "z-index:99" in the css for featured. Backup your files before you start and hopefully someone else can step in if you have more questions.

 

One more thing you'll probably have to set the div (catItemImageBlock) and the span (featured) to either float:left or float:right (both to the same) so you can display one on top of the other.

Well, I'm not sure if we're misunderstanding each other or not but this is how I want it to look compared to how it looks now:http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z133/nintendonerds/featured.png

Terry A Britton said:

One more thing you'll probably have to set the div (catItemImageBlock) and the span (featured) to either float:left or float:right (both to the same) so you can display one on top of the other.

He.....go to your category in Admin Panel and enable everything for "Fatured" under Categor< and "Item view options in category listings" options.

Which options are you referring to?


i192.photobucket.com/albums/z133/nintendonerds/params.png

BBC said:

He.....go to your category in Admin Panel and enable everything for "Fatured" under Categor< and "Item view options in category listings" options.

"Item view options in category listings"
'Featured' notice (next to title) -> show

It's already set to "show"

BBC said:
"Item view options in category listings" 'Featured' notice (next to title) -> show

Yes you can do that. You'll have to use an image instead of text and you'll have to place it in the category_item.php so that it shows up in that location. Use Firefox with Firebug and you can inspect the page and see the html and the css to give you an idea where you'll have to place the code to get the desired result. Following is my best guess without actually going in and trying it, plus it will be slightly different for different templates.

 

Put the following code in category_item.php right after <div class="catItemHeader">. Line 41 or so.

 

<?php if ($this->item->featured) : ?>

<img class="featured-image" src="/stories/icons/featured.jpg" alt="featured article"></img>

<?php endif; ?>

 

Change the path to match the location of your image and then add this css to your css file:

 

.featured image {float:right;z-index:99;}

 

The z-index probably isn't necessary, but it won't hurt anything. I like the look, and may steal this for my website.

Did you put your item as "Featured" ?

Yes. I'm gonna try to follow what Terry suggested...if I can find that file LOL

BBC said:
Did you put your item as "Featured" ?

I don´t know why, it seems that your template is overriding:
background: url("../images/system/featuredItem.png") no-repeat scroll 100% 0 transparent;

It wont help you. Terry misunderstod you.

Hmm...OK Well, I'm not sure what to do next then :D

BBC said:
It wont help you. Terry misunderstod you.