Related Articles Thumbnail Images
By David Lezette on Wednesday, 03 June 2015
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I see that I can have related blog articles at the bottom of each article. (This is a great feature btw!)

Is it possible to have the "related posts" section include thumbnails of the images from the article it is referencing?

For instance, on our current site, it looks something like the attached file.

http://blog.suntechmed.com/blog/32-bp-measurement/313-automated-bp-vs-manual-bp-measurement-which-is-better-part-1-of-2

The plugin we were using does not appear to work on easyblog because easyblog does not have categories / menus that appear in the standard Joomla UI.

Is this a feature that is currently available but I'm just not seeing how to implement it?

Thanks!

-David Lezette
Also, is it possible to assign custom modules to EasyBlog ? I'm not seeing a way to do it.
David Lezette
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Wednesday, 03 June 2015 03:20
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Hello David,

I am sorry for the delay of this reply.

It is actually achievable but you need to use related post module. From there you can set the parameter to show blog image or not.

is it possible to assign custom modules to EasyBlog ? I'm not seeing a way to do it.

I'm not quite sure if I understand you here. Perhaps you can elaborate more on your inquiry?
Ezrul Fazwan
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Wednesday, 03 June 2015 19:58
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In Joomla 2.5, I could assign a module (like one that sits on the right side, left side, bottom etc) according to either the menu, category, article ids, etc.

In Joomla 3.0 I can only assign modules based on the Menu items.. but Easyblog has no menu items other than simply "blog".

How do I assign modules to my easyblog articles? When I assign modules to the easyblog menu item, they do not appear.


Also, I see the related posts module and I have it on, but I do not see where I turn on the use image option. Can you tell me where I turn this on?
David Lezette
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Wednesday, 03 June 2015 22:12
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I had to install Advanced Module Manager .. and I can assign modules based on the Easyblog component.

But I still don't see where to turn on the images for related posts.
David Lezette
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Wednesday, 03 June 2015 22:53
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These are the only options I have for related posts in easyblog.
David Lezette
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Wednesday, 03 June 2015 23:09
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Hello David,

You need to download and install easyblog related post module from our download page here, http://stackideas.com/downloads/modules and then search for Related Posts module for EasyBlog. From there you should be able to assign the module to anywhere you want and see the following parameters to show or not show the photos, http://screen.stackideas.com/2015-06-04_1603.png
Ezrul Fazwan
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Thursday, 04 June 2015 16:05
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I did not know the modules were a separate download. Thanks!

Also, I'm trying to find documentation about how to assign the modules to positions, but the documentation is not showing up.

http://stackideas.com/docs/easyblog/administrators/module-positions

Thanks!

-David Lezette
David Lezette
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Friday, 05 June 2015 02:36
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hi David Lezette,

You're welcome and apologize for that, we will fix this as soon as possible regarding the documentation.

To temporary fix this, first you have to enable the module preview option from your backend > extension > template manager > option > http://screen.stackideas.com/2015-06-05_0251.png

Second go to your easyblog page and put this key ?tp=1 in your browser address bar behind the URL.
Example : http://domain.com/easyblog/?tp=1

Third find the module position name from the page -> http://screen.stackideas.com/2015-06-05_0253.png

Fourth copy the module position name then put in your module particular position field -> http://screen.stackideas.com/2015-06-05_0254.png

Hope this help.
Arlex Wong
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Friday, 05 June 2015 02:55
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Thank you so much for all the help!

One last question (hopefully )is it possible to make the order random? I'd like to set it so that it's not the same related blog articles every time.

Thanks!
David Lezette
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Saturday, 06 June 2015 04:17
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oh and, is it possible to position it below the tags, disqus, etc? There is no ordering option on the related posts module.

Thank you
David Lezette
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Saturday, 06 June 2015 04:19
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Hi David,

I am really sorry for the delay of this reply as it is a weekend for us here.

Can you try add this following code in JoomlaFolder\components\com_easyblog\models\blog.php


//add this code in this line 1513

			$query  .= ' order by RAND()';

and see how it goes?
Arlex Wong
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Saturday, 06 June 2015 11:53
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