Allowing whole site to use HTTPS

During my stint as the webmaster for EFF, there were a lot of civic uprisings across the globe that were organized with Twitter or Facebook.  Many dissidents were jailed because they were able to be easily monitored by repressive governments via unencrypted HTTP traffic. 

We started a campaign to get those and other sites with a massive user base to offer a version of their site using HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS). 

We were successful in getting Twitter, Facebook and many organizations to jump on the HSTS bandwagon (even Google!). We created a browser plugin, HTTPS-Everywhere which, when present in your browser, automatically grabs the HTTPS version of a site if it is available. 

Using HTTPS is safer than using HTTP. We trust HTTPS to encrypt all of our financial transactions, but use of HTTPS doesn't have to be limited to just those times you have your credit card in your hand.

I would like to be able to make my entire site HTTPS-secure, as well as all of the sites I create.  I think this feature may not have obvious value to most users who are safe and secure in a country like ours. However, not all of the world nor perhaps all of NationBuilder's users are protected by our First Amendment.

imported style variables and the basic theme

I have a custom theme based on the Basic theme.

I am assigning fonts using the $headline_font and $headline_weight variables, but these styles are not applying to the page.

Does the Basic theme use $headline_font and $headline_weight variables?

If not, is there a way to make a custom theme based on Basic do so? Or should I start with a different theme, like Revolution (which I know uses those variables) ?

Thanks!

Official response from Jesse Haff

No, out of the box the basic theme doesn't use those variables, but you can add whatever variables you want. You can view the entire contents of the basic stylesheet by opening theme.scss, then clicking the "Default" button right above the template editor. The second box down are all the styles for basic. Copy and paste part or the entire contents into theme.scss, and then add the variables where you want.

Having one page show Activity Streams of all pages, minus private info

 

Hi there!

I asked this question about showing activity streams of all pages in a box on one page.  I was given an answer that worked perfectly. 

I am worried about something, though. There is some activity that should not be shared in an Activity Stream, such as any activity in which the "Do not publish on website" checkbox for that activity has been checked. 

Would this bit of liquid make sure that private activity is not published in the "master" Activity Stream? 

{% for activity in site.activities limit:10 }

      {% unless activity.is_private? }

            {{ activity.show }}

      {% endunless }

{% endfor }

Thank you!

Official response from Lilia Villa

Tim, the best way to find out is to test it in your sandbox.

You can try that or { % if activity.is_private? == false % } inside the forloop to limit what is displayed.

You can see more about how forloops work here.

Thanks.

Getting an "Broadcaster can't be blank" error on Analytics setup

On my site, I'm trying to add a new UA number to the Analytics setup page. However, upon save, I am getting an error: 

Even just loading the page and saving with the original analytics number spits out the same error.

I'm just trying to switch out the old UA number with the new UA number. 

Official response from Kathy Jacobs

When setting up the Analytics, set the broadcaster for the site to the primary broadcaster for the nation. You can then make (and save) your analytics changes. Once they are done, you can set the broadcaster for the site back to whomever you need.

 

(For now, we have changed the broadcaster in Site settings--> Basic to your primary broadcaster so that you can make your changes.)

Posting petition total on another page

Hi there!

I can post   on a petition page and it displays the total number of petition signers. 

How do I change this variable so that I can display the petition count total on another page? Like, say, my about page? 

Thank you!

Official response from Ian Patrick Hines

To learn more about displaying content from one page on another page, please take a look at our aptly named theme documentation: Display content from one page on another page

How do I change the account name on a site?

Educate Our State has two sites: a 501(c)3 site and a 501(c)4 site.

The 501(c)3 site's account name (slug) is
advocates-educateourstate.nationbuilder.com. This primarily comes into play in the url on the the donation page. The client would prefer something different, preferably shorter.

The 501(c)4 site's slug is educateourstate.nationbuilder.com. (again, this is only visible on it's respective donation page). The client would prefer it be something other than this, since this is the name of the 501(c)3 and it is potentionally confusing to users who want to donate.

Is it possible to change these slug names without admin help? If so, how?

Thank you!

Official response from Kathy Jacobs

At this time, you are not able to change the slug for your nation. 

Featured Image Slider content disappeared

Greetings!

I had sixteen images with sixteen different captions in the Featured Content Slider on this page: http://sfiaf-festival.nationbuilder.com/home  They were working up until a short time ago, but now they are all gone. They are not listed under the Settings for /home.  It's as if they were deleted.  But nobody except me has access (or the knowhow) to do that and I didn't do it. 

Has this happened to anyone else?