First Plugin - King of the Forum Modification

[yfkamakazi]

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I'm just looking for some suggestions on how to do this.

The idea is to use a hook in the plugin system to insert some HTML into the page when it's writing out a post for a specific user. The idea is:

if ($userID == 42) {
$post .= '<div class="kotf-post"><img alt="King" src="images/king.png" /></div>';
}

Hopefully as simple as this.

The problem is, I know next to nothing about vBulletin, which hook to use (I was thinking 'postbit_display_start'), or what variable to use to insert it into. Am I supposed to search through the code for it?

Sorry for the open-ended question. Any advice you can give would be appreciated.

[vbresults]

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I'm just looking for some suggestions on how to do this.

The idea is to use a hook in the plugin system to insert some HTML into the page when it's writing out a post for a specific user. The idea is:

if ($userID == 42) {
$post .= '<div class="kotf-post"><img alt="King" src="images/king.png" /></div>';
}

Hopefully as simple as this.

The problem is, I know next to nothing about vBulletin, which hook to use (I was thinking 'postbit_display_start'), or what variable to use to insert it into. Am I supposed to search through the code for it?

Sorry for the open-ended question. Any advice you can give would be appreciated.

A simpler way to accomplish what you are trying to do is to create a usergroup for this "King" and make him the only member of it.

As far as posts, just make a template edit in postbit (or postbit_legacy if that is what you are using) and wrap the appropriate part with:


<vb:if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, KING_USERGROUP_ID)">
<div class="kotf-post">
<img alt="King" src="images/king.png" />
</vb:if>

<!-- template contents? -->

<vb:if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, KING_USERGROUP_ID)">
</div>
</vb:if>

[BirdOPrey5]

What lance says about the template edit is the correct way to do this, but I think adding a usergroup is overkill IMO, you can test for an individual userid...

In VB 4.x find the line in the postbit/postbit_legacy template:

{vb:raw post.message}

Right before add the code:

<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] == 42">
<div class="kotf-post"><img alt="King" src="images/king.png" />
</vb:if>


right after it add the code:


<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] == 42">
</div>
</vb:if>



If it's VB3 the code would be:

Find:
$post[message]

Right before add the code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] == 42">
<div class="kotf-post"><img alt="King" src="images/king.png" />
</if>


and after:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] == 42">
</div>
</if>

[vbresults]

I considered a userid only, but the reason I suggested a usergroup is so a template edit doesn't need to be made every time there is a new king.

[BirdOPrey5]

I considered a userid only, but the reason I suggested a usergroup is so a template edit doesn't need to be made every time there is a new king.

I thought Kings were for life? :p

[Boofo]

I thought Kings were for life? :p

LMAO