Customised $headinclude

[seanadl]

I am currently trying to customise my default template. I would like slightly different headers to display on the forum depending on where in the forum somebody is browsing (i.e whether they are looking at the forum listings, viewing a thread, looking at the memberlist, etc).

Therefore I will need to create slightly different headinclude versions in the template (such as headinclude2, headinclude3, headinclude4, etc) and then insert these into the relevant parts of the forum (e.g. in SHOWTHREAD section in the template calling $headinclude2 instead of the default $headinclude).

What do i need to do in order to make this work? I understand that i will need to write some sort of plugin to make these customisations available to the forum? Has anybody got any guidance as to the steps needed in this instance?

Thanks in advance

[ddrager]

Try creating a plugin which acts on global_start, and then have the code:

eval('$header2 = "' . fetch_template('header2') . '";');
eval('$header3 = "' . fetch_template('header3') . '";');

You can then name $header2, etc in the main template (SHOWTHREAD, etc) and it will call the alternate header template.

[seanadl]

Thank you - this works like a dream!

If i just wanted this variable to only act on SHOWTHREAD would there be a more resourceful place to hook this into other than global_start?

Thanks.

[ddrager]

If you only want it in showthread, then I would just put it directly into the SHOWTHREAD template. No more calls, it's directly in there.

Otherwise, you may be able to create a plugin which acts on the hook showthread_start, which I think would be called just on showthread.

[Lynne]

I would not use global start as it has been deprecated for a couple of years.

// Deprecated as of release 4.0.2, replaced by global_bootstrap_init_start
($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('global_start')) ? eval($hook) : false;

[Simon Lloyd]

@Lynne --->nudge! vb3! :)

[Lynne]

ACK!!!!

OK, forget my post.

I will start looking at the forum title. I will start looking at the forum title. I will start looking.....

[seanadl]

Ok here's what i'm doing to simplify things.

I'm pasting my customised header into SHOWTHREAD. I'm copying the contents of headinclude and replacing the $headinclude call in SHOWTHREAD with the code which is then slightly modified.

However, some users have reported weird behaviours on the thread pages ever since doing this (things such as white screens appearing when they try to post or buttons missing in their editor toolbar). The code copied from headinclude is exactly as is with just a couple of google ad tags added to it so im' not sure why it should affect the template in such a drastic way.

Any ideas?

[Simon Lloyd]

Ideally you should have created x amount of headinclude templates and replaced (using and IF condition and str_replace ) $headinclude with $headincludex (where x would be the defining number), you don't want to put all the headinclude code in showthread, this is beacuse the headinclude content goes in the header template, by adding it to the showthread you ar enot encapsulating it in the HEAD tags.

[Simon Lloyd]

Here's a quick product i knocked up so you can display stuff in the headinclude (you may need to go to plugins and activate the plugin as i cant remember if i did that :)

[seanadl]

Aha that would explain the template not appearing correctly.

Thanks Simon you are a star. i'll try that out and let you know how i get on.

--------------- Added 1339175622 at 1339175622 ---------------

ok sorry for being a bit thick - what exactly do i do? I've imported this plugin.

I want to create a custom headinclude with my modified code and i want that headinclude to display exclusively in SHOWTHREAD whilst everything else uses the default headinclude code.

[Simon Lloyd]

If the pluging is turned on for it, it should show "My Template Stuff!" in the top left of your forum, it's found in the template hd_form, in the template hd_form you need to add a conditional <if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' ">ALL THE TEMPLATE STUFF</if> now the contents of the hd_form will only appear when using showthread template.

[seanadl]

Ok the script is working, and i've edited hd_form to include the code i would like it to run but it doesn't appear to run correctly.

My code does have IF ELSE statement in it and i'm wondering if this is affecting it? It shouldn't do as it runs the code correctly if its pasted directly into the SHOWTHREAD template.

[Simon Lloyd]

depends how you implemented it!

[seanadl]

I'll explain what i'm doing.

I'm trying to show different Google DFP ad tags in the header depending on whether somebody is browsing (not logged in) or logged in. The reason for this is Google DFP don't like it if you activate all of your ad units in the header when those ad units aren't displayed on a given page the header is on.

So users who are not logged in see more ad units on a page than a registered user.

So in headinclude the default 2 ad tags (on the footer and forum nav bar) are initiated. On showthread I need it to do the same but add an IF conditional that if a user isn't logged in then it initiates more ad tags. I cant' do this in headinclude because those ad units only appear in showthread and not on other pages (such as forum listings or on the forum homepage).

So - am i right in thinking copying the entire contents of headinclude and putting it in hd_form with the IF conditionals for the ad tags is the correct thing to do?

This is what it looks like:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' ">

<meta name="google-site-verification" content="edited out for privacy reasons" />


<script type="text/javascript">

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'edited out for privacy reasons']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

</script>


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<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin $vboptions[templateversion]" />
<if condition="$show['threadinfo']">
<meta name="keywords" content="<if condition="$threadinfo['taglist']">$threadinfo[taglist], </if>$threadinfo[prefix_plain_html] $threadinfo[title], $vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[prefix_plain_html] $threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />
<else /><if condition="$show['foruminfo']">
<meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[title_clean], $vboptions[keywords]" />
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<else />
<meta name="keywords" content="$vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="$vboptions[description]" />
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$style[css]
<if condition="is_browser('opera') AND !is_browser('opera', '8.0.1')">
<style type="text/css" id="vbulletin_opera8fix_css">
ul, ol { padding-$stylevar[left]:20px; }
</style>
</if>
<if condition="$show['editor_css']">
$editor_css
</if>
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<script type="text/javascript" src="$stylevar[yuipath]/yahoo-dom-event/yahoo-dom-event.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
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[Simon Lloyd]

I think you just need to import this product and manipulate it as you want (dont forget to choose overwrite!)

[seanadl]

Thanks I just tested it out - and its still the same problem with it not parsing the code correctly in hd_form in thread topics.

However something slightly strange I noticed: If i modify headinclude and display a thread its still pulling in data from headinclude. If i modify hd_form its also displaying that data too. So something isnt right.

[Simon Lloyd]

It's not replacing headinclude it's adding to it!

[seanadl]

Ah! Well i need something to completely replace it!

I need to replace headinclude on certain sections on my forum. At the moment i'm concentrating on showthread.

Is that possible?

[Simon Lloyd]

Yep with that template, remove everything except <!-- / CSS Stylesheet --> in headinclude, in the template hd_form under <if THIS_SCRIPT.....etc add your entire modified headinclude, before the last </if> put <else /> and then the original contents of the headinclude and you should be good :)

--------------- Added 1339181995 at 1339181995 ---------------

Can i ask why you are wanting to replace the headinclude? what are you trying to do?

[seanadl]

I need to add extra Google ad tags before the </head> section on only thread pages and on all other pages the Google ad tags appearing before the </head> section are completely different. This is why the headinclude section already has google ad tags within it and I need to ensure these are not copied into thread display pages and instead thread display pages display a completely different version of headinclude.

Google DFP (an ad manager) doesn't allow you to initiate ad tags in the head of your pages unless those ad units are actually displayed on the page. On our forum we have different ads units on threads than we do on other pages.

[Zachery]

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == showthread"> you custom code here</if>

[seanadl]

Hmm ok i've done that. It still isn't showing it correctly :D

You must be getting annoyed with me now!

This is what i have in headinclude:



<!-- CSS Stylesheet -->
$style[css]
<if condition="is_browser('opera') AND !is_browser('opera', '8.0.1')">
<style type="text/css" id="vbulletin_opera8fix_css">
ul, ol { padding-$stylevar[left]:20px; }
</style>
</if>
<if condition="$show['editor_css']">
$editor_css
</if>
<!-- / CSS Stylesheet -->



And this is what i now have in hd_form


<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'SHOWTHREAD' ">

<meta name="google-site-verification" content="removed" />


<script type="text/javascript">

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'removed']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

</script>


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<script type='text/javascript'>
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googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];
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var useSSL = 'https:' == document.location.protocol;
gads.src = (useSSL ? 'https:' : 'http:') +
'//www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js';
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<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin $vboptions[templateversion]" />
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<meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[prefix_plain_html] $threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />
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<else />
<meta name="keywords" content="$vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="$vboptions[description]" />
</if></if>

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$style[css]
<if condition="is_browser('opera') AND !is_browser('opera', '8.0.1')">
<style type="text/css" id="vbulletin_opera8fix_css">
ul, ol { padding-$stylevar[left]:20px; }
</style>
</if>
<if condition="$show['editor_css']">
$editor_css
</if>
<!-- / CSS Stylesheet -->

<script type="text/javascript" src="$stylevar[yuipath]/yahoo-dom-event/yahoo-dom-event.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="$stylevar[yuipath]/connection/connection-min.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
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<meta name="description" content="$vboptions[description]" />
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$style[css]
<if condition="is_browser('opera') AND !is_browser('opera', '8.0.1')">
<style type="text/css" id="vbulletin_opera8fix_css">
ul, ol { padding-$stylevar[left]:20px; }
</style>
</if>
<if condition="$show['editor_css']">
$editor_css
</if>
<!-- / CSS Stylesheet -->

<script type="text/javascript" src="$stylevar[yuipath]/yahoo-dom-event/yahoo-dom-event.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="$stylevar[yuipath]/connection/connection-min.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
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--------------- Added 1339182981 at 1339182981 ---------------

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == showthread"> you custom code here</if>

Thats already included in hd_form - however as discussed i need to completely overwrite headinclude on thread display pages and not include both headinclude and hd_form as that messed up the way the ads display.

As i said before when i pasted my code directly into the SHOWTHREAD part of the template the ads all displayed correctly and it appeared to parse my code correctly but there were werid anomalies with the forum display for some members.

[seanadl]

I modified my code above a bit as i can see it was a bit wrong. However It is still not displaying properly.

It appears to be to be skipping the conditional
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == showthread"> and jumping straight to the bit after the <ELSE /> tag. I've tested this by putting in some test text straight after this tag to see if it displays and it doesn't. It is just showing the bit after <ELSE />

So this is what i have in headinclude:


<!-- / CSS Stylesheet -->

And this is what is now in hd_form:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'SHOWTHREAD' ">

<meta name="google-site-verification" content="removed" />


<script type="text/javascript">

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'removed']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

</script>

<if condition="!$bbuserinfo['userid']">
<script type='text/javascript'>
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googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];
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[Simon Lloyd]

All i had left on my test site headinclude was <!-- / CSS Stylesheet --> and i delivered all the other code via the hd_form no problem?

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It may well be because this <if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'SHOWTHREAD' "> should look like this <if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' "> which is how i gave it to you in the first place!

[seanadl]

Wahey, it works! :D

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By the way - i also just have <!-- / CSS Stylesheet --> in my headinclude now too - do i need to delete that reference in hd_form or leave everything as is?

Thank you so much!

[Simon Lloyd]

Now that you have it working change the reference in the plugin from that to something like <!-- my_hd --> and then in your headinclude do the same then there's no confusion :)

[seanadl]

Brilliant - i've done that now.

Final question:

Could i not put all the code i've put in hd_form simply into headinclude with the <if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' "> at the top? Would that not achieve the same thing?

This has been a good learning experience for me.

[Simon Lloyd]

Wahey, it works! :D

Thank you so much!When you quote ANYTHING either between " or ' it is case sensitive, when you have a moment just create yourself a little html file like this<html>
<head>
<title>My Test Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>My test page!</h2>
</body>
</html>just enter it in note pad and save as mYtest.html (dont forget to change the dropdown for file type to "All files"), upload the file and then try and access the page by going to www.mysite.com/mytest.html and you'll see you'll get a 404 error, however enter the page as mYtest.html and you'll see your test page. :)

--------------- Added 1339185758 at 1339185758 ---------------

Brilliant - i've done that now.

Final question:

Could i not put all the code i've put in hd_form simply into headinclude with the <if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' "> at the top? Would that not achieve the same thing?

This has been a good learning experience for me.Yes of course you can, just be sure to uninstall the product, and make sure you never hit "revert template" :)

[seanadl]

Thank you.

If i wanted to be a bit more complex within headinclude i guess i could include a list of different conditional statements which call different versions of hd_form (such as hd_form1, hd_form2, etc) depending on the area a user is browsing?

Eg:


<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' ">
<!-- my_hd -->
</if>
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'printthread' ">
<!-- my_hd2 --></if>
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'forumhome' ">
<!-- my_hd3 --></if>
<!-- default_hd -->

--------------- Added 1339250267 at 1339250267 ---------------

Sorry, another question.

While this does all appear to be working fine today I've noticed that the forum isn't marking threads as being 'read' as it usually does.

If i view a thread and then go back to the sub-forum it still shows that thread as having new posts in it even though i've already read it. No matter how many times i refresh or re-view the same thread it will still show as a thread with new posts in. Its as if the counters aren't being updated or its serving me a cached copy or something.