Argh. Tagboard problems.
So far I've been pretty lucky with the designing of this site. I have very limited knowledge of html, and my CSS is pretty bad too. I've gotten by by editing existing code mostly, although I have written a small amount with the help of Dreamweaver.
However I'm trying to add a tagboard. Most of them out there are pretty shit, or designed for those with their own web server. Under the blogger help section they link to a couple. The best one recommended by Blogger (and the one without adverts) is This one.
I signed up, and configured it, to the best of my ability. I put the tagboard html code into the sidebar section of my Blogger Template, and the appropriate CSS tags (or whatever they're called!) into the body of the Template. Iframes are enabled, and set appropriately, and so everything appears fine on the page. However, when I try to add a post, nothing happens.
One thing worth mentioning is that I did get a message before I enabled iframes saying "The chatterbox must be run from a webserver. Not a local hard drive."
Am I getting this problem because this tagboard is not meant to run on an online site such as blogger, but instead on a web server? If this is the case, why the bloody hell is it one of three recommended by Blogger itself?
Or am I being stupid, and I'm missing something?
I know you lot have the skills, it's time to pay the bills, Ladies and Gentlemen.
However I'm trying to add a tagboard. Most of them out there are pretty shit, or designed for those with their own web server. Under the blogger help section they link to a couple. The best one recommended by Blogger (and the one without adverts) is This one.
I signed up, and configured it, to the best of my ability. I put the tagboard html code into the sidebar section of my Blogger Template, and the appropriate CSS tags (or whatever they're called!) into the body of the Template. Iframes are enabled, and set appropriately, and so everything appears fine on the page. However, when I try to add a post, nothing happens.
One thing worth mentioning is that I did get a message before I enabled iframes saying "The chatterbox must be run from a webserver. Not a local hard drive."
Am I getting this problem because this tagboard is not meant to run on an online site such as blogger, but instead on a web server? If this is the case, why the bloody hell is it one of three recommended by Blogger itself?
Or am I being stupid, and I'm missing something?
I know you lot have the skills, it's time to pay the bills, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Ryaninja flipped out at 6:57 pm
Throw me a Stabby Shuriken - 6 thrown so far!
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My limited knowledge of technology leads me to reccomend you try slapping the side of your monitor really hard or kicking your cpu a few times ( wear your bike boots for this). If that does not work, shoot your monitor and your cpu with a large caliber hand gun (you can borrow mine if needed)
It would appear that I'm still getting the message "The chatterbox must be run from a webserver. Not a local hard drive" - why would Blogger recommend this?
Ah, the magic of HTML and CSS.
I hate it, but I know a little.
Bascially, the problem you're having is that the tagboard seems to be running off your PC - instead of the web.
Something obviously needs uploading...remember blogger allows people to post to their own sites, not neccessarily ones on blogspot, so their recommendation is still pretty sound.
So, the solution is thus:
1) Find a tagboard that uses JavaScript (generally quite crappy and basic)
2) Upload whatever is needed (drop me a line if needs be...I have more space than I ever need)
Generally, the ones with adverts are the ones that don't need to be uploaded and can run on blogspot. This is because the advertising helps fund the webspace and bandwidth needed to host all the tagboards.
I'm boring myself.
Oh, and finally, tagboards are awful. Don't do it.
Hey Dave, cheers for the info... This is interesting. I like a fine challenge to sink my teeth into...
I think I'm gonna have to investigate this a bit more. There appears to be nothing at all mentioned on the website about having to upload anything to get this work. This tagboard actually states that "NVNCBL Chatterbox is a free chatterbox/shoutbox/tagboard service that lets you create a dynamic community at your own website. NVNCBL provides FOR FREE the features that others would charge for."
It is also remotely hosted, suggesting that this should work in the same manner as all the other web-based ones. There's only a bit of HTML code to update and some css style code, if you use CSS, but not required.
You are right, tagboards are, on the whole, pretty bad, but this one seems quite good, and I'd like to at least implement it and see how it goes. I could always take it off afterwards.
I have I may have to try and create some sort of weird emalgamation of blogger and my own home brew site.
Hmmm....
What's wrong with it? Looks like it's working to me.
Amazing! I was working on the template until about half past one last night. I was trying to implement cookies so that the comments would tell you how many new comments there are. I spent ages playing with the code, as there seemed to be loads of problems with it, but nothing major. Cookies on the comments was too much of a pain in the arse to get finised at 1:30am last night, but I must have inadvertantly fixed the previous problems!
Unless it takes a day or two for this to work on your blog. Maybe they have to set something up at their end, although it said nothing of the sort on the website.
Weird! I'll sort out the colours tonight, or maybe at lunchtime, if I get time. So tag me, biatches!
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