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Widget, Member Search

Last post 03-06-2008, 11:05 AM by Denys. 7 replies.
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  •  02-29-2008, 6:44 PM 4734

    Widget, Member Search

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    Hi there,

     

    I am using WA trial version to test the functions. I like it a lot.

    I have some questions. I’ve check forums and knowledge base but I couldn’t find the answer. Could you please check them out for me? Thanks a lot.

     

    1. Can I embed membership application form (Widget) to the home page and how?

     

    1. Can I embed searchable member directory (Widget) to the home page?

     

     

    1. Can I show “Save Search” in the member directory page so that all visitors of my site can use it?

     

    1. Can I edit the “Advance Search” default page? The default criteria is always “First Name”. Can I change it to “Postal code” or something else? Also, can I add more than one default criteria? That way my visitors don’t need to add criteria themselves.

     

    1. Can you send me instruction on how to hide the WA link at the bottom (Powered by WA……)

     

    Sorry for asking for so many questions. I look forward to your answers.

     

    Thanks a lot!
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  •  03-03-2008, 1:04 PM 4787 in reply to 4734

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    1. Not 100% sure about this question. Do you want to insert WA widget on your existing website? If yes then see the following help page for more details: http://help.wildapricot.com/display/DOC/Widgets+-+integrating+Wild+Apricot+into+another+website
    OR
    Do you want to insert WA widget on the same WA site? It is NOT possible to insert WA Widget into the same WA site, but there is a workaround: create a page on some site with nothing bu WA Widget inside and insert IFRAME with reference to this intermediate page into desired WA page.

    2. Same as above

    3. This is not possible at the moment. This feature is only available for administrator, in administrator mode.
     
    4. It is not possible for public users. Members and Administrators will see last used search settings.
     
    5. This can be done via CSS Customization which is available in $50 billable plans and above.
    http://help.wildapricot.com/display/DOC/CSS+Customization
     Also in private labeled plans we remove our back-end branding and links. http://help.wildapricot.com/display/DOC/White-labeled+version+of+Wild+Apricot
     
    Let me know if this answers your questions. 

    Denys Zlobin
    Helpful Apricot
    http://www.wildapricot.com

  •  03-03-2008, 5:21 PM 4796 in reply to 4787

    Re: Widget, Member Search

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    Hi Denys, Thanks for the respond!!

    what i I want to do is to insert WA sidget on the my WA home page. You memtioned a workaround.

    you memtioned "create a page on some site with nothing bu WA Widget inside and insert IFRAME with reference to this intermediate page into desired WA page"

    what does it mean exactly? WA widget is IFRAME itself. Let's say if I want to embed "researchable member directory" widget to my WA homepage, can you give me a detailed instruction for this workaround? Thanks a lot!
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  •  03-04-2008, 9:41 AM 4815 in reply to 4796

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    How to insert Widget into the same WA Site.
     
    Let's say you your site name is WASite.com.
     
    1. Go to your site as a public visitor (logout if you are in admin mode) and select a page to be inserted. Note - Member-only pages might contain both Member-only and public widgets while Public pages may contain Widgets created from public pages only.
    2. Copy the URL address of the page and paste it into notepad. For example http://WASite.com/Default.aspx?pageId=12345
    3. On your site,  create a page which contains nothing but:
    <body>
    <IFRAME src="http://WASite.com/Default.aspx?pageId=12345" frameBorder=no width=670 height=400></IFRAME>
    </body>
    Let's assume this page has address http://yoursite.com/test.html
    4. Enter in Admin mode your WA site and select a page where you want to put your Widget
    5. Enter Edit mode
    6. Click on [HTML] toolbar button and insert at the botom or top of content text:
    <body>
    <IFRAME src="http://yoursite.com/test.html" frameBorder=no width=670 height=400></IFRAME>
    </body>
    That's all. Also you may play with several IFRAME tag parameters to make it more satisfactory.
    IFRAME attributes might be found in any tutorial, for instance here: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_iframe.asp
     
    We understand that this workaround is not the best solution. We have this feature on our to-do list and it will be improved in the future.  

    Denys Zlobin
    Helpful Apricot
    http://www.wildapricot.com

  •  03-04-2008, 5:16 PM 4833 in reply to 4815

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    Hi Denys,

    I tried and found that the first IFRAME:

    "<body>
    <IFRAME src="http://WASite.com/Default.aspx?pageId=12345" frameBorder=no width=670 height=400></IFRAME>
    </body>" 

     in my own site come with header of my WA site;

     

    While  the second IFRAME

     "<body>
    <IFRAME src="http://yoursite.com/test.html" frameBorder=no width=670 height=400></IFRAME>
    </body>"

    come with my own site's header.

     so I see 2 headers with the widges if I use this workaround in my WA homepage.

    Is there any way to get rid of the headers of both sites? Since I didn't see the headers when I put WA widget in my other site.
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  •  03-05-2008, 3:06 PM 4848 in reply to 4833

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    My bad.

    The URL in 1st IFRAME should be slightly changed to http://WASite.com/widget/Default.aspx?pageId=12345
    i.e. word widget must be inserted exactly to avoid header/menu display:
     
    "<body>
    <IFRAME src="http://WASite.com/widget/Default.aspx?pageId=12345" frameBorder=no width=670 height=400></IFRAME>
    </body>" 
     
    Also there is information about such approach at end of this page:
    http://help.wildapricot.com/display/DOC/Widgets+-+integrating+Wild+Apricot+into+another+website

     


    Denys Zlobin
    Helpful Apricot
    http://www.wildapricot.com

  •  03-06-2008, 3:07 AM 4863 in reply to 4848

    Re: Widget, Member Search

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    hi Denys, I tried and it is still not what I want...there are 2 iframes and you have to use strolling...

    What I really want is to put an advanced member search function on my WA homepage so that my visitors can find what they need right at the homepage. However, WA home page is pre-set and we can't edit any functional WA pages....if WA can let us set any page(content or functional) as homepage and allow us to edit/modify functional page (right now we can only enter a short message, but not html/script, to functional pages), that will reslove my problem.

    Can it be realized in the near future?
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  •  03-06-2008, 11:05 AM 4885 in reply to 4863

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    Yes, we have this feature on our to do list. Unfortunately it is hard to predict when exactly it will be available.

    Denys Zlobin
    Helpful Apricot
    http://www.wildapricot.com
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