Dizkus

I need help initializing the Quotes module. I have like 11 persomal quotes that I added in there, and when I go to run it by using /index.php?module=Quotes it does not work... I have even tried to run it like /modules.php?op=modload&name=Quotes&file=index but that doesn't work... so what do I do??? It tells me one message: "Failed to load module Quotes"

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maybe you didn't initialize the module yet.
go to /admin.php ,
click on Modules, and look for the Quotes module.
Initialize and activate.

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It is all initialized. I even deactivated it once and activated it again. I just don't see the problem... I am running Apache with mySQL and PHP and PostNuke on a Windows xp machine... now I don't know why but I even tried to initialize the Quotes module on someone else's computer running a similar environment and it did not work on theirs either... Please help someone... I really want to post Quotes.

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"It is not the brains that matter most but that which guides them -- the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas." -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If it is activated, it should appear when you view http://<yoursite>/admin.php . Does it? (you will see either the Quotes icon or just "Quotes" among all the other modules displayed there. If it is there, click on it and see what happens. If you don't see it, that means that something has gone wrong with the activation process. Also, check to see that the Quotes tables are in your database.
that would normally be:
nuke_quotes

you can check that by getting a dump of your database and grepping through it, or by creative use of a tool such as phpMyAdmin.

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It does show up on the admin part and I can click on it. I can even add quotes to the database. It just fails to load the module. Is there maybe another quotes module that I can replace this one with or a way to fix it, or just make it run once so I can see where the issues are? Everything about this module runs like all the others with the exception that this one fails to load.

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"It is not the brains that matter most but that which guides them -- the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas." -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I can't remember for sure, but when I was playing with the module I think that there was only a block to display the quotes and that was it.

OK.
I see, now.
Your problem is that you have no problem. :)
Things could have been worse.

I think you are all set, then.
You just have to set up a block.

Go to the blocks administration.
Create a new block.
Put something in the title space and select "quote" for the block type (maybe that will be quote/random quote). Then set whatever else you need to set, e.g., left or right side, etc.
Your quotes should display in the block that you created.

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All righty. Thank you so much. That actually did the trick. I never thought about setting up a block. I just thought it would be a new page in a way like the forum, the downloads, etc... Now it makes more sense. I just have to figure out how to make it show up under the recent news not just under the admin message. Again, thank you very much!!! :D

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"It is not the brains that matter most but that which guides them -- the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas." -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Can anyone tell me how to amend the random "Quotes" to change the italics fonts to normal fonts word?

Thank you very much.

The best ways I have found to change things like that is to go into the PHP file with an editor, make sure it has some sort of color coding because it you use notepad... good luck finding anything, then see where it tells the style of font, somewhere in the begining and change that to what you want it to be. Save, refresh the page, see if like it, if not just change again.

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"It is not the brains that matter most but that which guides them -- the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas." -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky