Z - Custom Site Closed

[Zaiaku]

If you like me you really have to take your forum/site offline. To make it worse the vbulletin default forum/site closed screen is just too much or not how you would like to have it. With this mod you can easily change the way you forum/site looks like when your updating or just working on maintenance.

Installation:

Installed the product
Edit the template zClosed to your liking
Order a pizza and bring it to me :D


The template zClosed should be at the bottom of you list of templates or atleast near to the bottom.

The template zClosed is a basic vb4 template but you can change it however you would want to see it.

This should work with no problem on any vb4 forum. So far I have tested it up all the way to Gold PL1 personally.

This was originally done by Paul M and was mainly updated and will now be supported by me with his permission.

[BlackJacket]

Thanks. Tagged for gold.

[Vaupell]

hehe like it, tagged for later.

[VonDoom]

This is bad ass. It makes me want to shut my board down just to show it off. It only took a cpl minutes to throw together a pic and some html to test it out. I cant wait to have a few extra minutes to really make a nice cover.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/12/161.jpg

[Zaiaku]

tWell for me its great to use so I can still work on my vb4 board and not make any of it viewable til I'm ready.

[SİMAR]

Thanks.

[saviola8x]

Very nice .thank

[Alibass]

Tagged for gold release........ nice job.

[Dr.osamA]

installed
thanxx man
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[Welshy2008]

Tagged - Thanks.

[Merjawy]

This can be done by a simple img code in the Reason for closing the board box without a mod

[Zaiaku]

Actually no it can't. Becuase say you want to remove the header and footer and just want an image shown. This is what I used to build my vb4 site without anyone knowning that the sit was going to be using vb4. May want to test all the capabilities first.

[Bouncer222]

Could you please supply more information on what we have to do to insert the image, where is the option to disable the board specifically so that the image shows up?

Thanks.

[Merjawy]

I don't want to hijack the guy's post here, so this is all I can say here.. I hope you'd understand (If theres a need I could post in another thread later)

You can insert a smiple html code for img in the the box where you put in the reason for closing the board (the only box under Vbulletin Options >> Close Board)

or you can use redirect link to another page/site in the same box

[Stingray27]

Did you get permission from the original author to copy and release his code ?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=129486
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=178072

[Zaiaku]

Did you get permission from the original author to copy and release his code ?


If you fully read teh firt post you would of seen where I did get permission to do this. I think he would of said something by now if I didn't sense he's an admin on here.

[Alibass]

Did you get permission from the original author to copy and release his code ?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=129486
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=178072
If you would only read the credits at the top by the current coder:
"This was originally done by Paul M and was mainly updated and will now be supported by me with his permission."

[Paul M]

I did get permission to do this.
Confirmed.

[Bouncer222]

so if we put the image html into the description, then isnt this already implemented into vbulletin? to close your board? if yes, what does this product do then?

[Zaiaku]

What it does is instead of giving you just a portion of a page to edit when your site is closed it will give you an entire page to cusomized. Basically when your site is closed you can hide everything from the visitor. For example a completely blank page, or just a page with an image on it. Remove header and footer. You have complete control on what is shown to anyone who visits your site when its closed.

The default vb feature only gives you the center of a page to edit with the header and footer and style all visibile.

I do this becuase alot of visitors still try to go into their accounts and make changes or just still try to navigate teh site in some way. Since you able to change the entire page that they see you can stop them from doing or seeing anything.

[Bouncer222]

K i tested it.... but for some reason it shows up in my chatbox as shown in this picture: http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/stormbreaker1_2007/ScreenHunter_01Dec261949.gif

my site is at www.brotherhoodofgamers.com and for some reason it keeps spamming the chatbox with the image and the text, I don't know why, I disable the chatbox and try again and it then works fine, anyone know how to fix this please?

[Bouncer222]

And just reading your post after I posted that... it only changes the center, but the navigation and footer are still there.

[Zaiaku]

Looks like there's an autoedit on the chatbox mod you using. Which chatbox mod is it?

[Bouncer222]

This https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228046

Plus even when I disable the chatbox, for some reason it shows the "closed site" content only in middle, footer and the top of the site/login is still visible, the navbar.

[Zaiaku]

Nevermind I figured it out. You put that chatbox in your navbar which makes it global. Becuase the <!-- {SHOUTBOX} --> will be on every single page even if the site is closed it will show no matter what.

You have 2 options:
1. Disabled the chatbox when you close you forums
2. Customise the zClosed template. (may just want to try removing {vb:raw navbar} )

If you need help making a template just for you send me a pm.

i have sent you a pm.

[Zaiaku]

Here's something easy for you to do. Replace everything in the zClosed Template with this

{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
<title>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle} is currently closed</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#222222" link="#222222" vlink="#222222">
<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
<center>
<img src="http://www.brotherhoodofgamers.com/images/styles/augreensmc/gradients/augreen_logo.png">
<br />
{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle} is currently closed for some serious updating.
<br>
We are doing our best to actually work on the site. We just not playing games, well not all the time.

</body>
</html>

Just an example of possibilities you have with it.

[820Media]

Works Great!

Just what i needed, Thanks.

[Bouncer222]

K I will give that custom template a try, editing at the moment will let you know.

[Bouncer222]

Thank you so much!, one thing though, the text can barely be seen, how to make it white?

[Zaiaku]

Thank you so much!, one thing though, the text can barely be seen, how to make it white?
just change the html coding.

I'm guessing you don't know HTML much:
change text="#222222" to text="#FFFFFF"

It's all HTML so you can change anything, I'm just giving you examples.

[Bouncer222]

Yeah I know html kinda the basics... was just not sure :D but thanks! Great mod, nominated.

[Merjawy]

If theres no new posts and you click Whats New, it takes you to the custom closed page instead of showing No New Posts.

[Vaupell]

here it was, i know ive seen it somewhere, finally installed :D thank you.

[movslow]

Installed, even changed the code to what you posted on page 2, nothing.

Still shows the generic "Forums are turned off" B.S @ the top of the page.
:o

[Zaiaku]

Installed, even changed the code to what you posted on page 2, nothing.

Still shows the generic "Forums are turned off" B.S @ the top of the page.
:o
Of it shows it to you. You are logged in. Try in a seperate browers or log out.

Remember admins can see board when site is closed.

[movslow]

Of it shows it to you. You are logged in. Try in a seperate browers or log out.

Remember admins can see board when site is closed.

lol, you are correct.

Turned out awesome, great mod.

:up::up:

[rinunez]

Where I send the pizza?
Nice :D

[dmknights]

super mod

Installed

[balkanboy]

thanks installed =]

[mobe00]

works perfect.thanks

[ShadowStalker]

Excellent mod.

[balkanboy]

quick question if i was too add 2 input fields Username and password to login through the custom close would that be hard to add?

[Zaiaku]

No it wouldn't actually. You could just copy the code from the navbar template to do just that actually. That way people can still sign in on the custom page you set up.

[dannyheath]

nice love it

[balkanboy]

im total noob i managed to use the login field in the custom page now im just wondering how can i use custom page but while having the site not closed lol, it would kinda be used as a splash/front page if you know what i mean... i know it isnt part of our mod just wondering if i could get any advice ,

Thankz :)

[hoadiem]

2.Edit the template zClosed to your liking

where do i put the link to my image, thanks

[Videx]

2.Edit the template zClosed to your liking

where do i put the link to my image, thanksYou can put it anywhere you can get to it. I put mine in /images , but you could just as easily put it on Flickr. Remember, this is a complete HTML page, so anything HTML can do is fair game.

[LEGS]

Will this work on...............4.0.8 ?

[Alibass]

I'm using 4.0.8 and it works great. :up:

[Krusty1231]

Can someone provide a link to an image we can use? That would be a big help.

Nevermind - I found one.....

[OldSchoolDSL]

Thank you for this mod

Working in 4.0.8

[OldSchoolDSL]

un-installed

never did use it. kind of cleaning house a little.

[denman75]

wanted to try it but cant
says its no compatible version or so

[Nirjonadda]

Any update for 4.1.10

[Alibass]

I'm using 4.1.10 and it works fine.

[Nirjonadda]

vBulletin Message
The following dependencies were not met:
1. This product is not compatible with version 4.1.10 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 4.0.0 Beta 1 / Incompatible with 4.0.999 and greater)

[DS MrSinister]

vBulletin Message
The following dependencies were not met:
1. This product is not compatible with version 4.1.10 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 4.0.0 Beta 1 / Incompatible with 4.0.999 and greater)

easy fix

edit the xml in note pad or txt editor.

find

maxversion="4.0.999"

replace

maxversion="4.9.999"