How to Add New Tabs with Elements in the admin_area of Clip-Bucket v2

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 September 2012 07:17 Written by Richi González Tuesday, 25 September 2012 12:00

Hello,

Recently I’ve been creating several custom modifications for different clients, and they often ask me to create an area to administer configurations for it or other things. The easiest way for me to create the tab for the mod in the left column, will be shown in this article (Scroll to the bottom to see an image of what I’m talking about). Feel free to comment if you have an optimization for my method. Works for the Clip-Bucket v2 branch.

Difficulty level: Easy

1. Open left_menu.html, located in ./admin_area/styles/cbv2/layout/*

How to Change Any Displayed Text Length in Clip-Bucket or Any Smarty Powered Script

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 September 2012 07:11 Written by Richi González Sunday, 23 September 2012 12:00

Hello,

If you are now going through the making of your own Clip-Bucket (or Smarty powered script) template, you may want to decrease or increase different texts sizes. If so, I have the solution for you. As said in the preceding line, this works for any Smarty powered script.

Difficulty level: Easy

1. Find the file where the variable that outputs the text you want to change is located. For this example, I will use Clip-Bucket v2.6 cbv2new template’s watch_video.html (./styles/cbv2new/layout/*) file.

How to Enable the Debugging Console in Clip-Bucket and Any Smarty Powered Script

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 September 2012 07:07 Written by Richi González Friday, 21 September 2012 12:00

Hello,

When you are coding custom modifications or integrating other scripts, plus you’re not very experienced with Smarty, you may get to some point where there is something wrong, but you don’t know what. This article will guide you through the easy steps of enabling the debugging console in any Smarty powered template.

Difficulty level: Easy

1. Open the HTML (for Clip-Bucket) or TPL file you are using

How to Use SMTP e-mail Server Instead of PHP mail() in Clip-Bucket v2

Last Updated on Sunday, 2 September 2012 02:34 Written by Richi González Sunday, 16 September 2012 12:00

Hello,

Working on a client’s website, I found out that using the SMTP e-mail server instead of PHP mail(), would speed up the website and wouldn’t consume much resources from server. Also, the most important, e-mails will have less chances of being taken to the SPAM folder. This article works for any branch of the v2 script.

Difficulty level: Easy

Once you have created your e-mail account:

1. Login into the admin_area

How to Change Clip-Bucket’s Favicon

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 August 2012 12:45 Written by Richi González Saturday, 25 August 2012 12:00

Hello,

I’ve seen lots of Clip-Bucket powered websites that have the default favicon, which is definitely a marketing area of improvement. Come take a look and learn something valuable. This tutorial works for any Clip-Bucket version, even the 1.x branch.

Difficulty level: Easy