You have to either pass it down the view chain from the resource view, or sniff the URL segments. This can help: https://github.com/mrclay/elgg-url-sniffer view reply

I want to put related post  in page/elements/sidebar , and i need entity/guid of the current page but i don't know how to do it for example i open http://localhost/hahaha/file/view/71/hbhjb the guid is 71 but how to get...

PR https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/pull/10287 view reply

Please see https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/pull/10307 Friendspicker is going to become the userpicker automatically constrained to friends only. Friend collections become their own plugin. We get a new ElggAccessCollection class to... view reply

@iionly you have also been maintaining a lot of plugins. Any feedback about the interface? view reply

Yes, I've already been planning something like that. It can however be implemented later. Currently I just need feedback about the general structure of the plugin-facing Elgg\Upgrade\Batch interface. Do you as a plugin dev find it easy... view reply

Would be nice to give verbose feedback during upgrade of the actions being executed... .... collecting entities .... updating timestamps ..... cleaning up migrated entities .... mailing the admins we finished the upgrade   view reply

I am in the process of rewriting the walledgarden login experience. Part of the walledgarden login page would be a full page background image. Something like the example below: The background image would be easily replaced by themes, but i am...

@Matt  How did you solve the clashing problems? For example, in Bootstrap the .hidden class is:  display: none !important; some of the ajax like comment and edit don't work well until I deleted the !important, but it... view reply

@Selen Version 2.0.2 has a new option for reducing image size on client-side before the upload, so the master image file will be smaller (resolution downsized depending on what you set in the plugin settings). I marked this option as...

I have updated the PR today. I have simplified everything to barebones. There is still an option to set settings for friend collections, but it no longer updates settings for individual members. User and group lists are paginated, so the whole thing... view reply

I tend to use bootstrap for all my theming, I really like their grid system and form controls.  The beauty of elgg is that you have the option to go either route, whatever works best for you. view reply

I'm fine with 1 or 2, not fine with 4 view reply

Awesome. It is really helpful. Thank you, everyone. view reply

I'm working on a new object interface that allows plugin developers to easily write long-running upgrades that have a nice admin UI. Each upgrade will display: Total number of items Progress bar Estimated duration Number of...

BatchInstaller works fine (worked with it recently in elgg-cli), so does Travis installer. Perhaps the samlle installer hasn't been updated in a while. Try using Travis installer as the basis. view reply

Elgg's CSS is minimal, so I would suggest writing your own CSS from scratch or as an extension for aalborg theme. Integrating any framework would require either modifying way too many views to add vendor selectors/prefixes or writing way too... view reply