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  • Selen commented on the plugin Widget Manager
    Hello Is there a mechanism to simulate the effect of 'Show a top row on the index page' plugin setting in previous versions? Is there a mechanism also to make a widget to spread over more than one column (like in old versions) while...
  • Nikolai Shcherbin released a new version of the plugin IndieWeb
  • Nikolai Shcherbin released a new version of the plugin IndieWeb
  • Nikolai Shcherbin released a new version of the plugin My plugin
  • Nikolai Shcherbin replied on the discussion topic Can you change the headings?
    If it's just a matter of renaming, I recommend this must-have plugin. Use the release for Elgg version you're running. Just look for the Elgg tab in the "Recommended Releases" section when downloading the plugin. view reply
  • Nikolai Shcherbin replied on the discussion topic URL Scraping / embedding (hypeScraper, oembed)
    Forgot to mention that hypeScraper plugin has 'Linkify longtext output' option. It allows you to display oEmbed links in the body of the output/longtext view, i.e. TheWire isn't available in this case. view reply
  • 1 - Download My plugin (Currently only available for Elgg 5, but I will release a version for Elgg 6 in a few hours.) 2 - Open \my_plugin\elgg-plugin.php and after  'bootstrap' => \MyPlugin\Bootstrap::class, // for... view reply
  • Mike B added a new discussion topic Can you change the headings? in the group General Discussion
    I was wondering if it was possible to change the heading names? I am waiting to use Elgg to host online short classes. I would like to change Groups to be Courses. Users could then see a list of courses and join one. Thanks
  • Selen replied on the discussion topic URL Scraping / embedding (hypeScraper, oembed)
    Embed bundled plugin has nothing to do with it (this plugin is not even about web scraping). I was talking about oEmbed plugin by ColdTrick, which ALREADY uses 3rd-party Embed library. Indeed. I had a quick look and I missed the whole point... view reply
  • I am using Elgg to host personal studies for our church. Is there a way not to allow the standard user to upload files or create a discussion topic?
    • 1 - Download My plugin (Currently only available for Elgg 5, but I will release a version for Elgg 6 in a few hours.)

      2 - Open \my_plugin\elgg-plugin.php and after 

      'bootstrap' => \MyPlugin\Bootstrap::class, // for more options

      add this section:

      'actions' => [
         'discussion/save' => [
            'access' => 'admin',
         ],
      
         'file/upload' => [
           'access' => 'admin',
         ],
      ],
      3 - Save this file.
       
      4 - Upload \my_plugin folder to /mod directory on your server.
       
      5 - Go to /admin Dashboard -> Plugins; place 'My plugin' at the bottom (by default it should be there) and activate it.
       
      Now only admins can create a discussion and upload a file on your site.
  • Nikolai Shcherbin replied on the discussion topic URL Scraping / embedding (hypeScraper, oembed)
     I already have an embed plugin activated. But it is the one delivered with the Core whereas your link points to oscarotero / Embed . Please note that I all Elgg 3 tests below are with oembed (Coldtrick)/ embed(Core) plugins. Maybe I should... view reply
  • Selen replied on the discussion topic URL Scraping / embedding (hypeScraper, oembed)
    Hi, Thanks again for your reply. - I already have an embed plugin activated. But it is the one delivered with the Core whereas your link points to oscarotero / Embed . Please note that I all Elgg 3 tests below are with oembed (Coldtrick)/... view reply
  • Selen replied on the discussion topic URL Scraping / embedding (hypeScraper, oembed)
    Thank yo for your reply! I'll be back! view reply
  • Nikolai Shcherbin replied on the discussion topic URL Scraping / embedding (hypeScraper, oembed)
    hypeScraper uses a built-in parser that extracts 3rd-party resources and collects data from them to display in cards on your site. hypeScraper also checks sites for oEmbed support ("oEmbed domain whitelist" in the plugin... view reply
  • Selen added a new discussion topic URL Scraping / embedding (hypeScraper, oembed) in the group Elgg Technical Support
    Sorry for coming back with yet another question. I do not want to give the impression that I post here in the first issue. I really try to do my tests, my research and only I do all I can, come to here for a question as the last resort... With...
    •  I already have an embed plugin activated. But it is the one delivered with the Core whereas your link points to oscarotero / Embed . Please note that I all Elgg 3 tests below are with oembed (Coldtrick)/ embed(Core) plugins. Maybe I should also try with oembed (Coldtrick)/ embed(oscarotero) combination.

      Please check the links I mentioned.

      Embed bundled plugin has nothing to do with it (this plugin is not even about web scraping).

      I was talking about oEmbed plugin by ColdTrick, which ALREADY uses 3rd-party Embed library.

      You just need to look at the capabilities of this library to understand how oEmbed plugin works.

       

      Also my link to the hypeScraper plugin allows you to install this plugin for Elgg 3.

      Of course, for the next versions of Elgg this plugin needs to be updated.

      But we have successfully used this plugin in our projects on Elgg 3. There were no problems with its activation.

       

      As for the link tests, as I mentioned in the previous reply, site parsing depends on many factors (read timeout, user agents, proxies, captchas, IP blocking etc) and it's very difficult to find a perfect solution. 

      Thanks for the Flickr test, we will fix it.

    • Embed bundled plugin has nothing to do with it (this plugin is not even about web scraping).

      I was talking about oEmbed plugin by ColdTrick, which ALREADY uses 3rd-party Embed library.

      Indeed. I had a quick look and I missed the whole point that embed(oscarotero) is a library.

      Also my link to the hypeScraper plugin allows you to install this plugin for Elgg 3.

      Of course, for the next versions of Elgg this plugin needs to be updated.

      But we have successfully used this plugin in our projects on Elgg 3. There were no problems with its activation.

      I had already fetched that hypeScraper version but could not get it scraping. To be honest, I have not tried hard, mainly because it has support up to Elgg 3.x (hopefully also for 3.3) and I would like to try upgrading as quickly as possible, as high Elgg version as possible to see all the new functionality & then decide for an "optimum version" to settle later. For now, doing everything in a virtual machine offline version.

      it's very difficult to find a perfect solution. 

      Indeed it seems to be the case...

      THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your feedback. I really appreciate it!

      cheers!

    • Forgot to mention that hypeScraper plugin has 'Linkify longtext output' option.

      It allows you to display oEmbed links in the body of the output/longtext view, i.e. TheWire isn't available in this case.

  • Selen commented on the plugin [Elgg 1.5-1.12 & 2.X - 5.X: Tidypics]
    Thank you very much iionly  for your reply! I really appreciate it! cheers.
  • iionly commented on the plugin [Elgg 1.5-1.12 & 2.X - 5.X: Tidypics]
    Using version 2.3.7 on Elgg 2.3 might have been a good option as it has been released 4 years ago already. But the upgrade script introduced with 2.3.7 is still included in Tidypics up to version 3.3.4 and only removed in the version of Tidypics...
  • Selen commented on the plugin [Elgg 1.5-1.12 & 2.X - 5.X: Tidypics]
    Thank you very much for your efforts for tidypics. I tried to directly upgrade tidypics from 2.3.6 to 3.3.4 (while upgrading Elgg directly from Elgg 2.x to Elgg 3.x) and no upgrade-run button (to run the script mentioned in release notes of...
  • Selen replied on the discussion topic Friends ACL upgrade (while upgrading from Elgg 2.x.x to 3.x.x)
    Thank you very much Jerome Bakker !  I had seen the Reset option but I thought it would start from scratch. It was a pleasant surprise that it continues from the remaining work. After a few iterations, it seems to have converted all... view reply
  • In the admin section of the completed upgrades you can reset an upgrade (under the 3 dots). That way you can re-run it and it'll complete the remaining 77 items (if al goes well). A tip if you have access to a command prompt on the server.... view reply