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[norman_mm Friend norman_mmJoin date: March 2014Posts: 12Downloads:5Uploads:2]

#195777

Hi :I just installed JA Masshead module (from JA Extensions Club) with Purity III .I have tried with Blog layout among others and Masshead position is not among the available positions, unsurprisingly the Masshead module is not showing.
Help will be appreciated:)

[chavan Friend chavanJoin date: October 2014Posts: 4612Downloads:0Uploads:110 Thanked: 1440 times in 1290 posts]

#526733

can you just read this post, it is answered here http://www.joomlart.com/forums/topic/interesting-masthead-functionality-can-it-be-used-for/…

[norman_mm Friend norman_mmJoin date: March 2014Posts: 12Downloads:5Uploads:2]

#526749

Hi Chavan: Thanks so much for your speedy reply. However, perhaps i did not explained myself clearly enough or perhaps I did not understand your explanation: the module configuration assumes that I have assigned it to the “masshead” position (as explained in the one-before-the last note (“Is the module assigned to a visible module position ?”) in the userguide http://www.joomlart.com/documentation/joomla-module/ja-masshead .In the layout I chose in Purity III (“Blog”) there is no such a position to be chosen . The only available position starting with “mas” is “mast-col” and even “masthead” is not available ( it appears as default in the layout but I assume this is not the same as “masshead” and in any case the module does’nt work)
Thanks
PS Actually I am wondering: is there such a position “masshead”?

[chavan Friend chavanJoin date: October 2014Posts: 4612Downloads:0Uploads:110 Thanked: 1440 times in 1290 posts]

#526794

yes there is a position called “masthead” in purity iii, so you can make use of that

[norman_mm Friend norman_mmJoin date: March 2014Posts: 12Downloads:5Uploads:2]

#527020

Hi Chavan.Thanks again. I set the position to “masthead” and it did work – partially.The text I set for Title and Description are showing , but not the background picture. I am using the following code for Configuration conditions:

[Masshead option=”com_content” view=”article” title=”<h1> My Title </h1>” id=”18″ background=”images/mm.jpg”]<h3>My Description</h3> [/Masshead]

But picture mm.jpg is not showing as background.I read in the user guide that “background” should be defined as a new param? Where/in which file?

And another question: can the height of the masthead be changed ? how?

The purpose of the JA Masshead module is not clear to me since I can achieve a similar result using the Page Display Options functionality in the menu item

Thanks

[kevan76 Friend kevan76Join date: August 2014Posts: 2Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#552279

Hi norman_mm,

I have exactly the same problem than you. The JA masshead module don’t display images in background (Template : Purity III, blog layout, position masthead)

Did you fix it ? Or anyone know how to do ?

thanks

[chavan Friend chavanJoin date: October 2014Posts: 4612Downloads:0Uploads:110 Thanked: 1440 times in 1290 posts]

#552305

please post the exact site Url and admin details in PM.

[norman_mm Friend norman_mmJoin date: March 2014Posts: 12Downloads:5Uploads:2]

#552373

Hi kevan76:
Unfortunately I did’nt get too far and the problem is still unsolved.You may find interesting posts at the JA Masshead Module forum :
http://www.joomlart.com/forums/forum/ja-masshead-module/

I will follow up your post .

[chavan Friend chavanJoin date: October 2014Posts: 4612Downloads:0Uploads:110 Thanked: 1440 times in 1290 posts]

#552403

Try this code for blog layout

This is the Syntax


[Masshead option="com_name" view="view_name" layout="layout_name" task="task_name" id="id" title="Title" ]Description here[/Masshead]

This is the example

[Masshead option="com_content" view="category" layout="blog" id="88" title="your title here" background="masthead-bg.jpg"][/Masshead]

[norman_mm Friend norman_mmJoin date: March 2014Posts: 12Downloads:5Uploads:2]

#552604

Hi Chavan:
Is not working yet. Let me give you some additional info:
in the ja-masshead module I set Configuration Conditions to :
[Masshead option=com_content view=article id=3 title=”My Title from Configuration Conditions!!” background=”banner_cradle.jpg”] My Description [/Masshead]
(I saved under my_site/images: banner_cradle.jpg and I tried the above code with: /images/banner_cradle.jpg or images/banner_cradle.jpg, with no success).
I tried also adding a file default.php file under: templatespurity_iiihtmlmod-jamasshead ( I created folder mod-jamasshead which did not exist) with code:

?php
defined(‘_JEXEC’) or die(‘Restricted access’);
?>
<div class=”ja-masshead” <?php if(isset($masshead[‘params’][‘background’])): ?> style=”background-image: url(<?php echo $masshead[‘params’][‘background’] ?>)” <?php endif; ?>>
</div>

Did not work either.

I would appreciate your help.
Thanks,

[chavan Friend chavanJoin date: October 2014Posts: 4612Downloads:0Uploads:110 Thanked: 1440 times in 1290 posts]

#552605

can you please post me the site Url and admin details via PM and post me the exact Url where you want to show the Masshead.

[norman_mm Friend norman_mmJoin date: March 2014Posts: 12Downloads:5Uploads:2]

#552768

<em>@Chavan 449629 wrote:</em><blockquote>can you please post me the site Url and admin details via PM and post me the exact Url where you want to show the Masshead.</blockquote>

Hi Chavan: I am developping in my local computer so the only thing I can think about is upolading temporarily my site somewhere which would allow this sorty of thing. At any rate it is a very small site ( and actually in Hebrew) where I am trying to use the extension so as to apply it later in a larger scenario. Is there some specific code and/or configurations from my site that I can supply that may help you identify the problem?
Thanks

[chavan Friend chavanJoin date: October 2014Posts: 4612Downloads:0Uploads:110 Thanked: 1440 times in 1290 posts]

#552773

Please post the code into the development server. since Without checking it, It is going to be a tough call to provide a solution. Please help me on this to help you.

[norman_mm Friend norman_mmJoin date: March 2014Posts: 12Downloads:5Uploads:2]

#552854

Sure, but I am not familiar with the “development server” . Where and how should I upload the code? Or just paste it here in the blog?

[chavan Friend chavanJoin date: October 2014Posts: 4612Downloads:0Uploads:110 Thanked: 1440 times in 1290 posts]

#552866

If you have a hosting, please upload the files there, make the site live and provide the details.

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