Quick News V2

[Adrian.]

Quick News v2
By Adrian at Development Chat (developmentchat.com)
Tested on v3.6.1, should work on 3.6.0 and 3.5.x

Hey,

This is a very simple mod', it allows you to add news/important notes or announcements, on the homepage of your forum.
You can enable/disable or add news via the admin panel.
The "Quick News" box, matches your forum theme. Just so it doesn't look out of place. ;)

New in Version two.

Abilty to hide Quick News from guests
Abilty to show Quick News to admins only
Abilty to choose to show Quick News on everypage, or just forum home


Installation
Import the product-quicknews.xml
Go to vBulletion Options > Quick News (Read option descriptions before configuring)

Template Edit:
Open Forum Home Templates > FORUMHOME

Find:
<!-- main -->

After Add:
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_enabled'] == 1">
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_forumhome'] == 1">
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_guests'] == 1">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<else />
<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- No message for guests -->
</if>
</if>

<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_admin'] == 1">
<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
</if>
<else />
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_guests'] == 1">
<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 1">
<!-- No message for guests, if admin view only is set to no, and guest view is also set to no -->
</if>

<else />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>

</if>
</if>

Now open Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates > navbar

Add at the very bottom:
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_enabled'] == 1">
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_everypage'] == 1">
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_guests'] == 1">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<else />
<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- No message for guests -->
</if>
</if>

<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_admin'] == 1">
<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
</if>
<else />
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_guests'] == 1">
<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 1">
<!-- No message for guests, if admin view only is set to no, and guest view is also set to no -->
</if>

<else />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>

</if>
</if>

Done. :)

Upgrading:
If you are upfrading from Quick News v1 to v2.
Do the following.

Import the new product-quicknews.xml (Overwriting old version)

Then, open up:
Forum Home Template > FORUMHOME (if you installed it in FORUMHOME)

Find:

<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_enabled'] == 1">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
</if>


And replace it with:
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_enabled'] == 1">
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_forumhome'] == 1">
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_guests'] == 1">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<else />
<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- No message for guests -->
</if>
</if>

<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_admin'] == 1">
<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
</if>
<else />
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_guests'] == 1">
<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 1">
<!-- No message for guests, if admin view only is set to no, and guest view is also set to no -->
</if>

<else />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>

</if>
</if>

If you added the code into Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates > navbar, do the following

Find:

<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_enabled'] == 1">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
</if>


Replace it with:
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_enabled'] == 1">
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_everypage'] == 1">
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_guests'] == 1">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<else />
<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- No message for guests -->
</if>
</if>

<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_admin'] == 1">
<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
</if>
<else />
<if condition="$vboptions['qnews_guests'] == 1">
<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 1">
<!-- No message for guests, if admin view only is set to no, and guest view is also set to no -->
</if>

<else />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%"

align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">$vboptions[qnews_news]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>

</if>
</if>

Done.

Very easy to install mod', and quite useful. :)

Click install (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/vborg_miscactions.php?do=installhack&threadid=127008) if you use it please. :)

Thanks.

Adrian

[dougk]

very nice simple mod.

Will be used

[TCB]

Seems like a great and handy mod. I guess it's shown to all visitors?

[Adrian.]

Seems like a great and handy mod. I guess it's shown to all visitors?

Yep.

Just after i released it, i thought, "Damn, why didn't i make a option for it to be hidden from guests, or only viewable by admins" :(

So, i'm doing that now.

Hopefully will update it tomorrow when i have time. :)

[Harley77]

Exellent addon. Simplicity is key. As a variation on this, how hard would it be to add multiple announcements that are pulled randomly?

My idea is a box exactly like you've created, but with "tips" or whatever you could put in. The title of the box could be "Did you know?" then each time the box is refreshed, it would display tips on forum use, features, etc. There was another mod that did this, but it pulled from a text file that was too cumbersome to add stuff to by multiple people.

[bolly.beats]

thank you nice :D and small

[Josh1]

Sweet, using it.

[Gripemaster]

*INSTALLED* Thanks!

[Hornstar]

maybe an option to use either bb code or html?

[phpdevrus]

wow nice. ;-) have some ideas for this. can be altered to use for network links, ads, ect like right or left column menu on forum index.

[rezapci]

thank you, nice Idea....

[Adrian.]

Updated to Quick News V2.

Add some more features, nothing big, it's still a small mod'. ;)

New in Version two.
Abilty to hide Quick News from guests
Abilty to show Quick News to admins only
Abilty to choose to show Quick News on everypage, or just forum home

Adrian

[rezapci]

hey adrian,

I don't know why I have two Quick news!

how could I fix this?

[Adrian.]

hey adrian,

I don't know why I have two Quick news!

how could I fix this?

You most likely have set "Show on Forumhome only" and "Show on everypage" enabled. :)

Just set one to no. ;)

Adrian

[rezapci]

You most likely have set "Show on Forumhome only" and "Show on everypage" enabled. :)

Just set one to no. ;)

Adrian

still the seam thing! www.alshiatalk.com/vb take a look!

[Adrian.]

I'm only seeing one.

You will have the option "Show to admins only", enabled?

If you look at the descriptions carefully, it says

Set this to yes to allow only admins to view Quick News. Note: You must set 'Allow guests to view Quick News' to no.

Be careful not to contridict it. :)

Just set the admin option to No, you should be fine. :)

[rezapci]

I'm only seeing one.

You will have the option "Show to admins only", enabled?

If you look at the descriptions carefully, it says



Be careful not to contridict it. :)

Just set the admin option to No, you should be fine. :)

Problem solved...

Thank youuuuu

Nice work ***** 10 STAR *****

[rezapci]

I'm only seeing one.

You will have the option "Show to admins only", enabled?

If you look at the descriptions carefully, it says



Be careful not to contridict it. :)

Just set the admin option to No, you should be fine. :)

look again, its shows two quick news between shoutbox!

one is upper and one is down of the shoutbox!

www.alshiatalk.com/vb

[Adrian.]

Odd, i tried those options on my forum,

It shows one news box if guest, admin or member.

Did you do the template edits correctly.

Eg, Navbar template in Navbar.

Forumhome in FORUMHOME?

[rezapci]

Odd, i tried those options on my forum,

It shows one news box if guest, admin or member.

Did you do the template edits correctly.

Eg, Navbar template in Navbar.

Forumhome in FORUMHOME?

problem solved...

was in FORUMHOME

thank you :)

[Gizmo5h1t3]

updated, and working a treat on 3.5

[Adrian.]

Great.

So it should work on v3.5.x

:D

[kushal]

Great mod. Thank You.

[hal05]

Works great, thank you!

[category]

fixed

[Adrian.]

I can't see why it's doing that, but could you specify a link to your forum please? :)

I tried the one in your profile, i just got a parking page.

Adrian

[category]

ahh i see

[bandare]

Brilliant... installed and working great.. thanks a lot....

www.173rd.org!

[Alien]

This is terrific, I'm going to use this..

I would recommend changing your <br> in your html to <br /> to maintain xhtml compliance.

I would also like to know, to cut down on processing time, if I will never change these two settings:
Allow Guests = Yes
Only Admins Can View = No

What code could I pull out safely that would always assume those 2 settings, thus cutting down on the extra if statements and processing time? That would be killer. :) Thanks!

[smsmasters]

By the way, the code in forumhome should be placed before: $forumbits if you want it to show at the top.

[ymy]

Adrian,:rolleyes:

installed and working great.. thanks a lot....

I Am SURE CLICK INSTALL!

[Alien]

Hey just a follow up.. I just installed this on a fresh site, made both template edits and no matter what when I turn off 'show to guests' it still shows it to them.. Any idea what's going on? Otherwise this works perfectly...

[Lysithea]

Great Mod! I installed this on my site and I am installing this on my other site as well. Very useful!

[Snake]

Wow thanks a lot. Could be much better as a product though. ;)

[Alien]

I noticed that the if tags are a mess on this.. If you try to use the w3c validator it says you have too many ending if tags?

[AMG021]

Why can i use html and bbcode? Please make it compatable..

Thanks in advance!

[Ciciotti]

I'm pretty sure I installed it correctly. I'm new to this and everything, though. So bare with me. I go to the settings and I'm not seeing any quick news on the drop down.

[Adrian.]

I'm pretty sure I installed it correctly. I'm new to this and everything, though. So bare with me. I go to the settings and I'm not seeing any quick news on the drop down.

Hey,

Go to your Admin Panel.
On the left click "vBulletin Options" > "vBulletin Options"

On that page, there will be a big list of options, look towards the bottom for Quick News.

Double click it.

Done. :)

[gazzak]

I installed this MOD on my 3.62 forum to give the users information about new arcade tournaments when they're created. Works great, thanks.

[oberheimhaven]

You most likely have set "Show on Forumhome only" and "Show on everypage" enabled. :)

Just set one to no. ;)

Adrian
U have it installed twice in forumhome template i did the same thing m8!

[GraphicPlanet]

i can keep image in news table?

[Adrian.]

i can keep image in news table?

Do you mean "Can i have a image in the news table?"

If so, yes, it allows HTML.

Just enter
<img src="imgurl/image.jpg" alt="you alt tag">

[GraphicPlanet]

tanx men
This is working in VB 3.6.1?

[Adrian.]

tanx men
This is working in VB 3.6.1?

Yes, it works fine on v 3.6.1. :)

[Alien]

Adrian, any clues on my previously posted questions? Any help at all is sincerely appreciated!

[GraphicPlanet]

i installed and allready is fine
But i have 2 table
See the image in attach

[Adrian.]

Alien, i will look into it.

GraphicPlanet, please read the descriptions in the options panel, and also other posts in this thread.

Adrian

[GraphicPlanet]

tanx
i installed and Now working so nice
tanx for This Plugin
realy nice plugin

[GraphicPlanet]

Just Single Quastion
How can i change the name "Quick Nes" in Up of Table?
tanx

[Adrian.]

Just Single Quastion
How can i change the name "Quick Nes" in Up of Table?
tanx

You template's you edited.

open them up, search for "Quick News", and replace it with what you want. ;)

Adrian

[Salvar]

Installed Thanks!

It would ne nice if you add the option:

Show in forum XXX

Now we only have the option or the mainpage or all the (sub)forums.

Would be nice if we could chooce in which forum you can show the news!

Just my 2 cents

[GraphicPlanet]

tanx its working for me fine
Just Some Stuiped Quastion
Now i have in top Quick News i need to add in other forum ( seprate )
its Possible?

[GraphicPlanet]

Plz Adrian i need help
i need Use this plugin for seprate forum
its possible?

[prilep]

Hello. Where do i upload product-quicknews.xml ?? Thanks

[Alien]

You don't have to upload it.

Import the xml as a product in your product/plug-ins section after you've uploaded all the other files.

[GraphicPlanet]

hi
i dont know what happen with my Quick News
Just the Guest can see the quick news
admin and user can not see
what happen?

[Greek76]

I was looking for something like this and it works great with 3.6.2.

[madzat]

Can You Explain More In This Installation I Found Bottom But I Didn't Understand What Is Very Bottom and Where Put the Code ...
Now open Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates > navbar

navbar ==><tr valign="bottom"> after thes i put the code
Tnx In Advance

[Alien]

Alien, i will look into it.


Hey. :) It's been 2 months so wanted to see if you've made any progress on my inquiry? :)

[mrpotatohead]

Any way of making this viewable to MODERATORS and ADMIN - not just ADMIN? As I'd like to make messages to all Site Staff? How would I go about doing this!?

thanks great mod! :)


- Joe

[cooldude714]

It is broken for me! I have done everything correctly and successfully installed it on previous vBs so what is the matter?

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/999/quicknewsku4.jpg

[Black Widow]

thanks man.

usefull hack...

[Edog]

what would be the reason why animated gifs wouldnt work in this hack? I mean they show up they just dont animate.

[Red Spider]

Great hack, just wish it was possible to change the "Quick News" title :(

[Spika]

Great hack, just wish it was possible to change the "Quick News" title :(
Yes, in template FORUMHOME and/or navbar find:
<td align="center" class="tcat">Quick News</td>
replace with:
<td align="center" class="tcat">Your Tittle</td>

See this
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1098843&postcount=50

P.D. Great hack! Works fine in 3.6.7PL1

[SAT2M]

erro in code in navbar

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

The conditional on line 347 appears to be missing its beginning tag (<if>). This may cause unexpected behavior.

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish

please correct code

[ndut]

it works!! cool...

[masoud_sun]

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

The conditional on line 73 appears to be missing its beginning tag (<if>). This may cause unexpected behavior.

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish

[1230]

Please update to 3.7.0 stable.

[wpeloquin]

why would you want to install this on 3.7?

AdminCP -> Notices -> Add New Notice

it's a function built into 3.7 now, this mod is not needed in any way if you are on 3.7

[1230]

Please Update.

[Danial_Faster]

Please update to 3.8

[shervin_dvb]

i have problem whith want select moderat post on all select and romve cod on navabar sloved this problem