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[mikez006]

I want to add a text ad either at the bottom (preferably) or top of a specific forum. I can't seem to find any mod that can do this. Does anyone know of one that can do this.

[BirdOPrey5]

I don't know of a mod but you can edit the forumdisplay template and add a conditional to display text or any HTML code in just a specific forum...

<vb:if condition="$forum[forumid] == X">
HTML Code Here
</vb:if>

Where X is the forum id of a specific forum.

For other conditionals see this article:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231525

[mikez006]

great, I'll give that a try.

[mikez006]

I tried adding that, but nothing is showing up :(

[BirdOPrey5]

What template did you put the code in? Can you paste in the exact code you used?

[mikez006]

I put it in the FORUMDISPLAY template at the bottom.

{vb:raw footer}

<vb:if condition="$forum[forumid] == 40">
HTML Code Here
</vb:if>

</body>
</html>

[BirdOPrey5]

I put it in the FORUMDISPLAY template at the bottom.

{vb:raw footer}

<vb:if condition="$forum[forumid] == 40">
HTML Code Here
</vb:if>

</body>
</html>


Well that is definitely the right code- can you give a link to a forum page this should be working on?

[mikez006]

<a href="http://vbforums.mmobay.net/aion-buy-sell-trade/" target="_blank">http://vbforums.mmobay.net/aion-buy-sell-trade/</a>

I got the forum ID number from the Manage Forum page in admin.

[BirdOPrey5]

I'm stumped... I confirmed 40 is your correct forumid... That should be working, I imagine your other conditionals must be working b/c your site looks like it is working. Maybe try moving the code to another part of the page just to see what happens.

[mikez006]

i tried putting it in other spots, above the footer, at the top of the template, but nothing. I don't even see the code in the source code when I view the page. Can this be a cacheing issue of some sorts?

[BirdOPrey5]

Out of curiosity change == to != (does not equal) and see what happens...

I've never heard of a cache issue doing this, You may want to ask about this in the VB4 general discussion forum here, likely to have more people browsing than this forum.

[mikez006]

just wanted to update with a solution.

It should be $foruminfo not $forum:

<vb:if condition="$foruminfo[forumid] == 40">
HTML Code Here
</vb:if>

[BirdOPrey5]

Great :up: