Registration Page With Random Fullscreen Background Image
When visitors want to register on your site, they probably already know what it’s all about. But why not stimulate their interest with some nice appealing background images. Our new free Elgg plugin, Random Background, does just this. When visiting registration page, a jQuery function randomly select an image. The example above shows the result when used with theme Business. You can easily replace the supplied images with your own backgrounds. Upload your background images to the folder graphics / backgrounds / and paste the file names in the file random.php. We hope that you like Random...
Read More 1fd3Elgg theme: Basic Light
Recently we released Basic Light to Elgg’s plugin directory at elgg.org. It’s a light version of our latest theme, Basic. A lot of effort is put into Elgg open source project by the Elgg team and we feel it’s important to give back to the open source community. We already contribute with various plugins such as Basic Light, Darkgrey, River Addon, Mobilize, with translations, submit bug tickets and participate in the elgg community forum. Now Basic Light is available for download right here. Basic Light is, as all our themes, carefully worked through and support all default...
Read MoreElgg Friends Gallery
We are happy to announce the release of a new free Elgg plugin, Friends Gallery. Friends Gallery is for the Elgg 1.8 branch only. Besides adding a Friends Gallery, this plugin provides a tabbed interface to excisting friends views. You can see it in action in our Theme Demo. User and pass: elegance. Installing Friends Gallery is pretty straightforward, as with all Elgg plugins. Upload the folder friendsgallery to www.yourelgginstallation.com/mod/ and enable the plugin under Elgg Administration. That’s it. Grab a copy of Friends Gallery below. If you have any questions or comments,...
Read MoreElgg Sticky Footer
When you have a page which is short on content you’ll see that the footer is floating halfway up the page. If you want it to stay at the bottom of the browser window, follow the directions below. You can find many sticky footer methods in Google, this solution is based on the css by Steve Hatcher. Copy Files We need to get hold of two Elgg files and if you haven’t already made a plugin for your Elgg modifications, you can grab “myplugin” which is used in previous tutorials. Here we create a new Elgg plugin called Sticky. In Elgg root go to views/default/page/ and copy...
Read MoreElgg Mobilize
We are happy to announce the release of our Elgg mobile plugin, Mobilize, that will serve your mobile visitors an alternate layout for the small screen. Elgg Mobilize is for the Elgg 1.8 branch only. Mobilize detects the User Agent and takes over, when your visitors are using a mobile device. Your normal theme will still be used. If you use Elgg default custom index, it will be used as landing page, else the mobilize login page will be used. Features: Plugin Settings Define header color Display your own logo Friendspicker setting Teaser text setting Custom index support Walled garden...
Read MoreRiver addon 1.8
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River Addon 1.8 introduces real-time (ajaxed) updates to the river, extends the Activity page with The Wire, and offers two or three column layout option. Add modules to your sidebars: Profile Icon, Friends, Friends Online, Latest Members, Info Ticker, Latest Groups, Your Groups, Tag Cloud, Owner Menu, Latest Photo Albums and Custom Content. Reorder the modules and display them in the left or right sidebar. Choose the order of filter menu tabs, “All, Mine, Friends”. All handled in the admin options panel. Check out the full feature list below. If you want to stay updated with our...
Read MoreGroup Publish 1.8
Our free Elgg plugin, Group Publish has got an update to Elgg version 1.8. Group Publish is a plugin that allows you to create groups without publishing them. Later, when the group owner is happy with his setup, he may choose to publish. If you have any questions or comments, please leave your responses in the comments below. Features Plugin setting Info box on Create new group page List of all unpublished groups in admin section Version Elgg 1.8 Download Group Publish...
Read MoreDarkgrey 1.8
Our free theme, Darkgrey, has been updated to Elgg version 1.8. Click the link below to download a complete theme package. Theme Darkgrey is a nice stylish Elgg template with a clean and modern design. Darkgrey has grained background and transparent boxes. It has among others Fixed width, topbar on index page and support all default Elgg mods. If you have any questions or comments, please leave your responses in the comments below. Features Fixed width Topbar on index page Support all default Elgg mods Modified icons Logo psd included W3C Validated Version Elgg 1.8 Download Darkgrey...
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