Dynamic Announcements: Programmable Forum Home Announcement/Message with conditionals

[T3MEDIA]

Hey anyway to mod this to just make a user go thru web pages insted of pop ups?

like a NEW NEW just joined user could go thru stuff like would you like to subscribe to these things? or sign up for our job bank and there would be a table for that stuff... or intrested in our love connections? and there would be info for that.

conditional websites for vbulletin. so it turns this forum software into a server or some sort of a extent. :rolleyes:

[T3MEDIA]

Yes they are 3, not 4. I corrected the .txt file, thx for the heads up.
Is there a list of conditions for vb? just a table format?

[T3MEDIA]

Hey how about a clean list of commands for other users to use? that would be nice

[T3MEDIA]

I'm having trouble getting this to work. Shouldn't there be another "conditional" that defines what group your inquiring about? And, is that the way the field conditional should be worded?

Thanks! Love this hack.
I didnt try it but I thought the same thing. but. A guest wouldnt have a new field to fill out... so the other guys would. And there isnt a condition for certain groups when it comes to option boxes. They all get them.

Did I get that right guys?

[T3MEDIA]

I see! This should help:

[[(!$bbuserinfo[fieldX])]] You haven't filled the location field yet! Please do so by following the link to your profile edit page. [[/(!$bbuserinfo[fieldX])]]

(X should be replaced by the profile field id of your location field.)
ummm after my slew of posts... yeah this doesnt work. this is exactly what I need.

[Logician]

ummm after my slew of posts... yeah this doesnt work. this is exactly what I need.
You remember to:
a) change "x" with the profileid
b) Test it with a test user account (not admin account) who has this profile field empty.
right?

[T3MEDIA]

You remember to:
a) change "x" with the profileid
b) Test it with a test user account (not admin account) who has this profile field empty.
right?
give me some credit! You sound like my bank now! lol.
Yep. the Profileid was 16 on mine it is not a required field though. and there are about 6 check boxes in this field.

[Logician]

and there are about 6 check boxes in this field.
k this explains now. :) My code was for inputbox profile fields. I can't think of an easy way to do it for check box profile fields.

[T3MEDIA]

Oh man... no? darn... that is exactly what I wanted. man. But to be honest I made a new field called last name and that was field18 that didnt work either so I dont think this will work with that code bro. Here is what I go so far.


[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==3)]]IMPORTANT: READ THIS

Hello $bbuserinfo[username]! You are seeing this message because you have not yet confirmed your registration via the email we sent you. You will not be able to post or use other features of the site until you do. Please click the activation link in the email you were sent, or visit <a href="register.php?$session[sessionurl]do=requestemail">this page</a> to resend the activation email. If you did not receive the email then it's possible it was blocked by your email client. In this case you can either disable your blocker software or enter a new email address in <a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editpassword">your profile</a> Thanks for coming by! This message will dissappear once you confirm your registration.[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==3)]]

[[(!$bbuserinfo[field16])]]IMPORTANT: READ THIS

Hello $bbuserinfo[username]! You are seeing this message because You haven't filled in new required locations in your profile yet! Please do so by clicking <a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editprofile">here.</a> This message will dissappear once you complete this.[[/(!$bbuserinfo[field16])]]

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==2 AND $bbuserinfo[posts]==0)]]IMPORTANT: READ THIS

Hello $bbuserinfo[username]! You are seeing this message because You haven't posted on our forums. Please take the time and participate with others. You can start <a href="forum.php?">here</a>!
[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==2 AND $bbuserinfo[posts]==0)]]

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]>1 AND $bbuserinfo[lastpost]<strtotime("-14 days"))]]IMPORTANT: READ THIS

Hello $bbuserinfo[username]! You are seeing this message because you have not posted a message in the last 2 weeks. Please take the time and participate with others. We would love to hear your opinions. You can start <a href="forum.php?">here</a>!
[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]>1 AND $bbuserinfo[lastpost]<strtotime("-14 days"))]]

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]!=6 AND $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]!=5 AND $bbuserinfo[pmtotal]>65)]]
Attention: $bbuserinfo[username]! You have nearly reached your Private Messages limit of 70.

This counts for messages in your 'Inbox' and 'Sent Items' folder. Please delete unwanted messages, as once your limit is reached you will no longer be able to receive new Private Messages.
[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]!=6 AND $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]!=5 AND $bbuserinfo[pmtotal]>65)]]

[paulz]

Aha!!! I have it working for vbadvanced! Now it shows up all throughout your site, assuming you are using it:)

Mini-mod for vba:

Install hack as normal, confirm it works.

Edit vbadvanced's index.php

Find:


'bbcode_quote'
);

Add under


// Logician Hack: Dynamic Forum Announcements Hack
$globaltemplates[] = 'dfh_announcement';
$globaltemplates[] = 'dfh_announcement_headercode';
$globaltemplates[] = 'dfh_announcement_popup';
// Logician Hack: Dynamic Forum Announcements Hack



Find


######################### News #########################


Add ABOVE


// Logician Hack: Dynamic Forum Announcements Hack
if ($vboptions['dynamic_fha'] OR $vboptions['dynamic_popup']) {require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');}

if ($vboptions['dynamic_fha'])
{
eval('$dynamic_fha = "' . addslashes($vboptions['dynamic_fha']) . '";');
$dynamic_fha=str_replace("\\'", "'", $dynamic_fha);
$dfh_announcement_announcementtopaste = dynamic_a($dynamic_fha);
if (trim($dfh_announcement_announcementtopaste)) {eval('$dfh_announcement = "' . fetch_template('dfh_announcement') . '";');}
}

if ($vboptions['dynamic_popup'])
{
eval('$dynamic_popup = "' . addslashes($vboptions['dynamic_popup']) . '";');
$dynamic_popup=str_replace("\\'", "'", $dynamic_popup);
$dfh_announcement_popuptopaste = dynamic_a($dynamic_popup);
if (trim($dfh_announcement_popuptopaste))
{
eval('$dfh_announcement_headercode = "' . fetch_template('dfh_announcement_headercode') . '";');
eval('$dfh_announcement_popup = "' . fetch_template('dfh_announcement_popup') . '";');
}
}

// Logician Hack: Dynamic Forum Announcements Hack


Now, edit your vbAdvanced INDEX template.

Find:

</head>

Add ABOVE

$dfh_announcement_headercode

Find:

$header
$navbar

CHANGE TO:

$dfh_announcement_popup
$header
$navbar
$dfh_announcement


Or put the two announcement bits wherever you want them to appear. Don't forget to do this for all your styles.

I may add this to the add-on hack section, but it's such a little mod - no code changes, just figuring out where the code goes in vba's scheme of things - it may not be worth the bother.

Enjoy, and thanks again Logician for a great hack!

prolly overlooking something dumb here, but my vba index.php file doesn't have any of that code you mentioned. we are talking vba cmps right? if so, what am i missing here?

my index.php code:

<?php
// ++================================================ =========================++
// || vBadvanced CMPS v1.0 RC2 ||
// || ? 2003-2004 vBadvanced.com & PlurPlanet, LLC - All Rights Reserved ||
// || This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part. ||
// || http://vbadvanced.com ||
// ++ ================================================== ======================++

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
define('NO_REGISTER_GLOBALS', 1);
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'adv_index');
define('VBA_PORTAL', true);

// ============================================
// Enter the full path to your forum here
// Example: /home/vbadvanced/public_html/forum
// ============================================

chdir('./forums');

// ============================================
// No Further Editing Necessary!
// ============================================

require_once('./global.php');

print_portal_output($home);

?>

[n_wattam]

If i want to display the announcement if other sections of the forum i'm guessing i edit the FORUMDISPLAY / FORUMDISPLAY and use the following code in the same place

STEP 6- Edit forumhome/forumhome template and find:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

REPLACE IT AS :
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
$dfh_announcement_headercode
</head>
<body>
$dfh_announcement_popup
$header
$navbar
$dfh_announcement
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

The thing is i have done this and it doesnt work??? any ideas

[paulz]

if you want the same thing everywhere on the site, the easiest way is to put it at the very bottom of the header template. search this forum for "header" and you'll find a link to an excellent article on the hack to do this.

[n_wattam]

the problem is when i put this code in any other place it does not work for some reason!!!!

[Logician]

the problem is when i put this code in any other place it does not work for some reason!!!!
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=531161&postcount=126

[T3MEDIA]

k this explains now. :) My code was for inputbox profile fields. I can't think of an easy way to do it for check box profile fields.Will it work for Single-Line Text Boxes then???

[T3MEDIA]

Works a treat Logician !
Try it yourself - www.hostcompanies.com/forums - register and then do not confirm by email - now login and your see the message explaining that the email may have been bounced. Obviously you can't post either. Now confirm the registration email and the message dissapears and everything works fine.

Brilliant !

I have recently had a lot of bounced emails from people trying to register because of their stupid spam software - thats one of the reasons why people sign up and never post. Atleast they now know its their email spam software which is the problem.

Your a star Logician... a star!
Im almost positive he wont do that.

Anyone figured out other cool conditionals?

[T3MEDIA]

I know I have posted a few here... sorry.
how do I do a syntax for something that is null?
=="" I am not sure if "" is ok. or can I do ()

[TruthElixirX]

Sorry, I didn't read through all 18 pages to see if this had already been answered but ehre:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=18274

there are two edit boxes. I've only got the bottom one ot edit the bright green pop up. I do not have the edit box to change the one on the actual forum. Any ideas?

Also, is there anyway to change the color of the pop-up announcement.

[Logician]

Hack of Hack:

If you apply this modification, the popup announcement will popup once in every 12 hours:

Edit index.php, find (hack code):

$dfh_announcement_popuptopaste = dynamic_a($dynamic_popup);


REPLACE IT AS:

$dfh_announcement_popuptopaste = dynamic_a($dynamic_popup);
if ($bbuserinfo[lastactivity]>0 AND $bbuserinfo[lastactivity]>mktime (date("H")-12, date("i"), date("s"), date("m"), date("d"), date("Y"))) {unset ($dfh_announcement_popuptopaste);} //popup once in every XX hours

(Change 12 above if you want to apply a different popup duration.)

[djjeffa]

i upgraded to 3.0.5 and its in my admin panel but its not showing up.
can I get a lil help?

[lanc3lot]

Hmm, and please Logician(nice nick, u are from greece maybe?:D) tell us if this works with 3.0.5 :)

Thnx

[yoyoyoyo]

Hmm, and please Logician(nice nick, u are from greece maybe?:D) tell us if this works with 3.0.5 :)

Thnx
works fine with 3.0.5!

[T3MEDIA]

Hack of Hack:

If you apply this modification, the popup announcement will popup once in every 12 hours:

Edit index.php, find (hack code):

$dfh_announcement_popuptopaste = dynamic_a($dynamic_popup);


REPLACE IT AS:

$dfh_announcement_popuptopaste = dynamic_a($dynamic_popup);
if ($bbuserinfo[lastactivity]>0 AND $bbuserinfo[lastactivity]>mktime (date("H")-12, date("i"), date("s"), date("m"), date("d"), date("Y"))) {unset ($dfh_announcement_popuptopaste);} //popup once in every XX hours

(Change 12 above if you want to apply a different popup duration.)Hey bro...
how do I do a syntax for something that is null?
=="" I am not sure if "" is ok. or can I do ()

[master786]

Nice hack but its size is too much. Our forum's speed is slow after we installed this hack. Can you please tell me the easiest way how to uninstall this hack?

[lanc3lot]

Just installed:)

It works ok...

But just in case, is there any uninstall script to have?

Also, what is the "load" of page, that creates


Thanks in advance:)

Ps

A question:

In your first Hack, of the hack, u say: (at the end)
Now put
$dfh_announcement_headercode
$dfh_announcement_popup
$dfh_announcement
variable in any template you like

What do u mean with that? I must do something else, so this will work on every page?

Ps2

Is there any way, i can "change" the background color of the table of the announcement, the color of the text and the font size of the text?

I tried a code like: <td style="background-color:#000000;color:#FF6600;font-size:9px;"> but it didnt work:( Can i do it differently?

Ps3

Something last...To add more than one announcement, i just write them under the first one?

Thnx and sorry for the q, just trying to fix it better:)

[lanc3lot]

Anybody else who use this hack, knows about that i asked?

As i think Logician is not available right now:(

[Mechanical Mind]

* clicks install *

I am looking forward to using this hack. Thanks Logician.

This may be the perfect tool to irritate "lurkers" into posting.

Plus - great instructions and thread here. This is the first hack that I have been able to successfully install.

I'll update this post when I learn how to use it... :nervous:

UPDATE

This is the best frickin' hack in modern history. I don't know what's better vBadvanced or this! Seriously!

[kall]

*bangs head on desk in frustration*

Well, I have tried to work out how to get 'Your Paid Subscription expires in X days' to display, but can't for the life of me think of what the variable might be to call. :(

Please, oh great Logician, tell me if this is even possible. :)

[bigmonay2k]

I got this... what I am doing wrong?? Fatal error: Call to undefined function: dynamic_a() in /home/gamewar2/public_html/forums/index.php on line 427

[djjeffa]

i upgraded to 3.0.5 and its in my admin panel but its not showing up on my index page
can I get a lil help?
?BUMP

[Mechanical Mind]

Does anybody know how to change the position of the pop-up window in relation to the forum or to modify the color?

[kall]

Does anybody know how to change the position of the pop-up window in relation to the forum or to modify the color?
1. Change the position of $dfh_announcement in your FORUMHOME template to where you want it.

2. Edit aforementioned template's DIV or TD attributes to make it look how you want.

A slightly modified version (mine) is here: http://forums.nzboards.com/index.php

[Takamine334]

Would this work for X days and X time?

Ex. Message would show up only on Monday through Friday from 9am-5pm ?

[T3MEDIA]

Hey how about a clean list of commands for other users to use? that would be nice
guys? at lest respond to one of my posts... lol

[Logician]

i upgraded to 3.0.5 and its in my admin panel but its not showing up.
can I get a lil help?
Do you mean admin interface is there but announcements not showing up? Have you reapplied the code changes after you upgraded? Also check if template modifications are also valid. You may lose them if you reverted your templates.

[Logician]

Hey bro...
how do I do a syntax for something that is null?
=="" I am not sure if "" is ok. or can I do ()
Not sure what you mean but in php this conditional checks whether the variable is blank or now: $variable==''

Does it answer your question? If not, plz elborate.

[Logician]

Nice hack but its size is too much. Our forum's speed is slow after we installed this hack. Can you please tell me the easiest way how to uninstall this hack?
I wouldn't suspect this hack as the culprit of the slowness. It has really no performance problems and it is running in hundreds of boards some of which are most largest vbulletin boards with heaviest traffic.

But if you still like to remove it here is how:
a) Delete the codes you added to .php files.
b) Turn debug mode on in your board (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=504557&highlight=debug#post504557), then go to vb admin cp/options and remove the hack options by following the new removal links you'll find there.
c) Template modifications are harmless but if you want, you can remove them either by deleting the new templates hack added or deleting the HTML lines you added in existing templates.

[Logician]

It works ok... But just in case, is there any uninstall script to have?

Please see my message above this one.


Also, what is the "load" of page, that creates

No significient load. It is performance friendly. It just adds a single query to forum home page loads, provided that you installed as it is. However if you change the installation or working of the hack and say applied the announcements in all forum pages (hack of the hack 1), then additional query applies for all vb pages. My recommendation is to run it as it is, ie in main page only.




In your first Hack, of the hack, u say: (at the end)
Now put
$dfh_announcement_headercode
$dfh_announcement_popup
$dfh_announcement
variable in any template you like

What do u mean with that? I must do something else, so this will work on every page?

The hack is coded to work only in forum home page. However some users want to display the announcements in different pages or in every vb pages so hack of the hack you mentioned aims to do it. The template you need to modify will change according to the page you like to display the announcement so I can not tell you to "modify template X" in this scenario. It depends on your intention. However for all vb pages, the template to modify will be "header". Hope this helps.



Is there any way, i can "change" the background color of the table of the announcement, the color of the text and the font size of the text?

I tried a code like: <td style="background-color:#000000;color:#FF6600;font-size:9px;"> but it didnt work:( Can i do it differently?

You mean the color and font of popup announcement right?

Edit template "dfh_announcement_popup" and change the section that says "background-color: lime;" for the bg color. And for the font change this section:

<div class="normalfont">$dfh_announcement_popuptopaste</div>

to something like this:
<font size='10'>$dfh_announcement_popuptopaste</font>


Something last...To add more than one announcement, i just write them under the first one?
You can have more than one announcements in the conditional format. But only one of them will be showed to the user (the higher one) where the conditional applies.

[Logician]

*bangs head on desk in frustration*

Well, I have tried to work out how to get 'Your Paid Subscription expires in X days' to display, but can't for the life of me think of what the variable might be to call. :(

Please, oh great Logician, tell me if this is even possible. :)
Unfortunately this can't be done with this hack because this info is not valid in vb code until you specificially query the db to get it.

[Logician]

Would this work for X days and X time?

Ex. Message would show up only on Monday through Friday from 9am-5pm ?
yes possible.


[[((date("w")>=1 AND date("w")<=5) AND (date("H")>=9 AND date("H")<21))]]
Day is now between monday to friday and hour is between 9.00 AM to 8.59 PM
[[/((date("w")>=1 AND date("w")<=5) AND (date("H")>=9 AND date("H")<21))]]

[Kihon Kata]

**CLICKS install**

Thanks Logician for helping me install it, the best popup hack around

click here (http://www.makeuptalk.com/forums) to see it in action!

If you register, you will see another that I have set up promoting 5 posts right away

[carolmyt]

Has anyone tried this in 3.0.6 yet?

Also, if I install this, I'm going to use the popup. As long as there is no text, will there be no popup, or will it popup as blank? I don't plan on having anouncements every day, and I don't want to see the box if there's nothing in it.

Thanks!

[docvader]

It works in 3.06. And if you keep the pop up box blank in your admincp, there will be no pop up/ Use the addition mentioned previously, to have it only pop up once in x hours, otherwise your members will go nuts seeing it every time they hit their forum index page.

[carolmyt]

There's no way for it to only popup once for each user visit?

[Mechanical Mind]

Has anyone tried this in 3.0.6 yet?

Also, if I install this, I'm going to use the popup. As long as there is no text, will there be no popup, or will it popup as blank? I don't plan on having anouncements every day, and I don't want to see the box if there's nothing in it.

Thanks!

There will be no pop-up if no text. There will be no announcement if no text.

[T3MEDIA]

Not sure what you mean but in php this conditional checks whether the variable is blank or now: $variable==''

Does it answer your question? If not, plz elborate.
ok I am still stuck with that field 20 thing. I want users to enter thier names... I can see if I put the field using your hack it will actually print whats in there. SO I know I can use it some way. Just dont know how to make it say if field 20 is empty show this dam hack! LOL. $variable="" how would that look in your hack? I been trying this for a while now. really tring to get this to work.

[T3MEDIA]

Will it work for Single-Line Text Boxes then???
bump PLEASE?

[Logician]

There's no way for it to only popup once for each user visit?
I've released the hack of hack for this in the thread please look for it.

ok I am still stuck with that field 20 thing. I want users to enter thier names... I can see if I put the field using your hack it will actually print whats in there. SO I know I can use it some way. Just dont know how to make it say if field 20 is empty show this dam hack! LOL. $variable="" how would that look in your hack? I been trying this for a while now. really tring to get this to work.
[[($bbuserinfo[field20])]]
Your name is $bbuserinfo[field20]!
[[/($bbuserinfo[field20])]]
[[(!$bbuserinfo[field20])]]
You didn't enter a name in your user cp
[[/(!$bbuserinfo[field20])]]

[carolmyt]

Thanks!

[T3MEDIA]

I've released the hack of hack for this in the thread please look for it.


[[($bbuserinfo[field20])]]
Your name is $bbuserinfo[field20]!
[[/($bbuserinfo[field20])]]
[[(!$bbuserinfo[field20])]]
You didn't enter a name in your user cp
[[/(!$bbuserinfo[field20])]]
Doesnt work the second part. I can show the stuff that I knew...
I have a few... can you show me one that can work for one of these?
Multiple-Selection Checkbox
Single-Selection Menu
or Single-Line Text Box
this doenst work for any of them.

[Logician]

Doesnt work the second part. I can show the stuff that I knew...
I have a few... can you show me one that can work for one of these?
Multiple-Selection Checkbox
Single-Selection Menu
or Single-Line Text Box
this doenst work for any of them.
My code will work for "Single-Line Text Box". As I have mentioned before what you want can not be done for other type of profile fields due to the structure of the hack.

[Cancorp]

Hi all:

I hate like hell to do this, but I am stumped. I have gone over the install process 6 times now, and I just can't see what I've done wrong.

Installed the original hack. Changed it according to Hack 1 of the Hack to be able to show where desired.

I can get the static announcement to show up with no problems, anywhere I want.

I CANNOT get the popup to display anywhere!?!?! The text entry box appears in UserCP. I can take a static conditional that shows up fine and put it into the popup textarea and nothing.....

What could I have loused up to not make the popup work?

I am using the latest version of IE and a fairly hacked up vB 3.0.5

**EDIT** Just as an FYI, I can preview the popup template in the template editor and it looks as you would expect.....

Ok, I solved this and have egg on my face :o

Rather than delete my post, I am going to leave it there in case there is someone else out there who might run into this and pull their damn hair out.

The popup box was hidden by my .swf header :o For whatever reason, the popup appears behind the .swf header, so since I only had a small amount of text in the box, I couldn't see it.

I suggest that if you think you can't find your popup box and you have a .swf header, change the positioning of your popup box so that it shows lower down on the page....

*Goes to wipe egg off of face before birds start to flock around*

[T3MEDIA]

My code will work for "Single-Line Text Box". As I have mentioned before what you want can not be done for other type of profile fields due to the structure of the hack.
Yes that is why I re structured the question. Sorry for the bad englisih.
This answer will help me I belive. (single line) I will try this now. Thank you.

[bigmonay2k]

I got this... what I am doing wrong?? Fatal error: Call to undefined function: dynamic_a() in /home/gamewar2/public_html/forums/index.php on line 427
:disappointed:

[Logician]

:disappointed:
You forgot to install STEP 3 (or installed wrongly). Double check.

[T3MEDIA]

I was looking at this on a mac and it just shows a white box.
Any ideas why?
Does anyone care?

[Viks]

umm... today i made some changes to the text and i noticed im not able to add a HREF tag on the forumshome header text BUT the same href code works perfectly with the pop-up...
i am certain, it has to do with some setting...any idea where i can go and fix it.

[SaN-DeeP]

umm... today i made some changes to the text and i noticed im not able to add a HREF tag on the forumshome header text BUT the same href code works perfectly with the pop-up...
i am certain, it has to do with some setting...any idea where i can go and fix it.
href works fine here.. on forumshome as well

Regards,

[MAK-upl]

works on 306 - clicks install

[greenhybrid]

Mine flipped out on the very first step by throwing up an unexpected ] on the following line:

$xml .= "\t<setting varname=\"$set[varname]\" displayorder=\"$set[displayorder]\"" . iif($set['advanced'], '],'],' advanced="1"') . ">\r\n";

[KanyeWest]

how do i make it so only guests see the pop up and not my member who registered already?

[paulomt1]

works on 3.0.7 - clicks install

[Logician]

how do i make it so only guests see the pop up and not my member who registered already?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=503752&postcount=2

[HarryBO]

The Hack works perfectly, but after a server Update the box is gone! Can anybody help?

[Logician]

The Hack works perfectly, but after a server Update the box is gone! Can anybody help?
what kind of a server update it was (vb upgrade?) and which box is gone? (the one you set your announcement in admin cp/options?). If so apply instructions step 1 and 2 and you should be fine.

[T3MEDIA]

My code will work for "Single-Line Text Box". As I have mentioned before what you want can not be done for other type of profile fields due to the structure of the hack.
Any type of work around? Is this also restricted to your templates hack?

[Mu5icMan]

Is there a way to set the conditionals to have it only displayed once?

Can i use HTML within the message?

I also made a slight mistake when doing forum home table announcement and popup announcement, how do i edit the data in them?

[Mu5icMan]

If any of you get a parse error line 16, i changed to https:// instead of http and it worked.

[Logician]

If any of you get a parse error line 16, i changed to https:// instead of http and it worked.
How come you come up with that error anyway? There is no "https://" in anywhere of this hack. ^^

[Mu5icMan]

there is. when you said, http://YOUR_SITE_URL/FORUM_URL/admincp/options.php?do=addsetting&grouptitle=dynamic_fha

if your site uses https:// as mine does and you don't include the secue layer you will recieve parse error 16

[Mu5icMan]

any thought on how to display the annoucement only once, as when they login for the first time

[Logician]

there is. when you said, http://YOUR_SITE_URL/FORUM_URL/admincp/options.php?do=addsetting&grouptitle=dynamic_fha

if your site uses https:// as mine does and you don't include the secue layer you will recieve parse error 16
I'm sorry but I don't think this is something I can consider on hack author's end. If your site uses https://, then you should obviously call your YOUR_SITE_URL/FORUM_URL/admincp as https://

[Mu5icMan]

I agree it's not the hack authors issue.

I was just pointing out to people that had https should use it.

[Leeper]

The features are fantasic on my forum pages but my CMPS (http://www.s2kca.com/forums/cmps_index.php) page has been cut in half. any ideas? I tried installing the CMPS hack as well to no avail. Any help would be appriciated!

[Leeper]

I applied the additional hack to move the announcement into the header. As a result my CMPS page now works fine (no announcement though), and the announcement didn't budge on the forums page. Unless I get someone willing to take a look and help dissect the problems I’ll leave this hack as is. It a great hack however, because of the work that my predecessors have done to the navbar and header I’m getting weird reactions to the tweaks. I’d like to get this working with CMPS but until I understand this stuff a bit better or get some help, I’ll leave a working product alone.

Thanks Logician for your hard work, this is a very powerful tool for getting info to users.

[Mla7a6]

How can I change the background color of the DHTML popup window?
It is very sharp and eye hurting.. while I would like to choose a smoother that can be seen as part of my board style??

BTW.. nice hack :)

[Logician]

How can I change the background color of the DHTML popup window?

Please read through the thread. Asked and answered before.

[Mu5icMan]

Logician, any thoughts on my previous posting.

how to display the annoucement only once, as when they login for the first time

[Logician]

Logician, any thoughts on my previous posting.

how to display the annoucement only once, as when they login for the first time
I can't see a way to do what you wanted since vbulletin does not keep a record of first time logins.

However if you want, you can make an announcement only visible to member who are:
a) with 0 posts and/or registered XX days ago
and/or
b) in Email confirmation waiting group

So this should cover most of the people you are targetting.

[Wolverine]

Installed but have one problem.

I created a popup announcement. It displays as expected but wont close. The close button is there, it reacts when moused over and clicked, but the window remains.

Thought maybe was a firefox issue so I tried IE, same problem.

[Logician]

Installed but have one problem.

I created a popup announcement. It displays as expected but wont close. The close button is there, it reacts when moused over and clicked, but the window remains.

Thought maybe was a firefox issue so I tried IE, same problem.
Never heard of such a problem before from anybody else. Maybe you can assign an announcement for guests and point your board url to me so that I can check myself?

[Wolverine]

Done.
www.tdr-px.com/forums

[Logician]

Done.
www.tdr-px.com/forums
It seems that you either didn't create the template named "dfh_announcement_headercode"

or

forgot to add $dfh_announcement_headercode before </head> section in forumhome template (Step 6)

Hence the close announcement javascript function does not reside in your page source and the announcement is not closed.

[Wolverine]

This is whats in the forumhome template pertaining to the announcement hack.

$dfh_announcement_headercode
</head>
<body>
$dfh_announcement_popup
$header
$navbar
$dfh_announcement

I found that I did not name the headercode template properly, accidently did dfg_etc etc. I fixed that but the problem remains.

[fly]

How can I change this so that the option shows up on the left if the admin panel so that I can control permissions to it without giving admin access to ALL the options...

I know how to edit the permissions in the admincp/index.php file, but just need an actual PHP file to point it to...

[Logician]

How can I change this so that the option shows up on the left if the admin panel so that I can control permissions to it without giving admin access to ALL the options...

I know how to edit the permissions in the admincp/index.php file, but just need an actual PHP file to point it to...
Sorry this is not easily possible.

[fly]

Sorry this is not easily possible.
Yeah, as I went back through your code, I noticed that. hmmm

[The Realist]

How do I change the background colour from this green :)

Found it :)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=601643&postcount=289

[BigIke]

been messing with this for a while, but my vba_portal seems different than what kall said it should look like, this is what it looks like, how I interpreted his directions:
$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>$vboptions[hometitle]</title>
$headinclude
$dfh_announcement_headercode
</head>
<body>
$dfh_announcement_popup
<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td background="images/tvr/tvr_01.jpg" width="25" height="342" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<!--DWLayoutTable-->
<tr>
<td width="25" height="342" valign="top" background="images/tvr/tvr_01.jpg"><img src="images/tvr/tvr_01.jpg" width="25" height="105" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
<td width="100%" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td height="105" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td height="105" valign="top" background="images/tvr/tvr_03.jpg"><img src="images/tvr/tvr_02.jpg" width="472" height="105" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="31" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="100%" height="31" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="100%" height="25" valign="top" background="images/tvr/tvr_05.jpg">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="style1"><a href="cmps_index.php">H<span class="style2">OME</span></a><img src="images/tvr/tvr_07.jpg" alt="" width="22" height="25" align="absmiddle" /><a href="index.php">F<span class="style2">ORUMS</span></a><img src="images/tvr/tvr_07.jpg" alt="" width="22" height="25" align="absmiddle" /><span class="style1"><a href="view.php?&pg=roster">R<span class="style2">OSTER</span></a><img src="images/tvr/tvr_07.jpg" alt="" width="22" height="25" align="absmiddle" /><a href="view.php?&pg=stats">S<span class="style2">TATS</span></a><img src="images/tvr/tvr_07.jpg" alt="" width="22" height="25" align="absmiddle" /><a href="http://s116946478.onlinehome.us/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=15">A<span class="style2">RTICLES</span></a><img src="images/tvr/tvr_07.jpg" alt="" width="22" height="25" align="absmiddle" /><a href="view.php?&pg=draftcentral">D<span class="style2">RAFT CENTRAL </span></a><img src="images/tvr/tvr_07.jpg" alt="" width="22" height="25" align="absmiddle" /><a href="http://s116946478.onlinehome.us/vb/view.php?&pg=TVRStandards">TVR<span class="style2">STANDARDS</span></a></span><img src="images/tvr/tvr_07.jpg" alt="" width="22" height="25" align="absmiddle" /><a href="sendmessage.php">C<span class="style2">ONTACT
US</span></a></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="6" background="images/tvr/tvr_09.jpg" valign="top"><img src="images/tvr/tvr_09.jpg" width="74" height="6" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="206" valign="top"> $_phpinclude_output
<table align="center" class="page" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"width="95%">
<tr>
<td>$navbar</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table align="center" class="page" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!--DWLayoutTable-->
<tr valign="top"> <if condition="$show['left_column']">
<td background="images/tvr/tvr_2_19.jpg" width="$vba_options[portal_leftcolwidth]" height="32"> $home[leftblocks] </td>
</if> <if condition="$show['center_column']">
<td valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<!--DWLayoutTable-->
<tr>
<td valign="top"> $home[centerblocks]</td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</if> <if condition="$show['right_column']">
<td valign="top" width="$vba_options[portal_rightcolwidth]"> $home[rightblocks] </td>
</if> </tr>
</table>

$footer
</body>
</html>

Any suggestions?

[kthlnwrnr]

Let me apologize in advance if this is a duplicate question. I would like to know whether it is possible to setup this dynamic announcement hack so that moderators (without making them admins) too can have access to the modification section of the announcement?

[kall]

How can I change this so that the option shows up on the left if the admin panel so that I can control permissions to it without giving admin access to ALL the options...

I know how to edit the permissions in the admincp/index.php file, but just need an actual PHP file to point it to...

Sorry this is not easily possible.


This is actually on the very same page you asked this question. Have a read first...even if its just one page.

[fly]

How do I only show an announcement for 24 hours?

I know it has to use strtotime, but how can I find the format?

[Logician]

How do I only show an announcement for 24 hours?

I know it has to use strtotime, but how can I find the format?
[[(date("m.d.Y")=="04.05.2005")]]
show this announcement only when server time is 5 april 2005
[[/(date("m.d.Y")=="04.05.2005")]]

[fly]

[[(date("m.d.Y")=="04.05.2005")]]
show this announcement only when server time is 5 april 2005
[[/(date("m.d.Y")=="04.05.2005")]]
Thanks sir!

[SmartGnome]

Thanks Logician for the hack, install is clicked and now I go into finding out the conditionals :-)

[fly]

I want to make a sincere and special thanks to Logician for his support on this hack. We've all installed a lot of hacks before, and we've all needed help sometimes. I have never seen anyone support a hack the way Logician does.

This guy truely goes above and beyond the call of duty for all of us. For free, I might add. Look through this thread, almost 1 of 5 posts in this thread is from him. And I'd bet that most of his replies were in less than 24 hours. Hell, I got my answers from him in less than a hour.

Thanks again man. It is noticed and appreciated.

[Logician]

I want to make a sincere and special thanks to Logician for his support on this hack. We've all installed a lot of hacks before, and we've all needed help sometimes. I have never seen anyone support a hack the way Logician does.

This guy truely goes above and beyond the call of duty for all of us. For free, I might add. Look through this thread, almost 1 of 5 posts in this thread is from him. And I'd bet that most of his replies were in less than 24 hours. Hell, I got my answers from him in less than a hour.

Thanks again man. It is noticed and appreciated.
Thanks for the nice message. I try to help out as much as I can. I wish I had more free times at my hands to help more but this is all I can spare. :)

[joeychgo]

I want to make a sincere and special thanks to Logician for his support on this hack. We've all installed a lot of hacks before, and we've all needed help sometimes. I have never seen anyone support a hack the way Logician does.

This guy truely goes above and beyond the call of duty for all of us. For free, I might add. Look through this thread, almost 1 of 5 posts in this thread is from him. And I'd bet that most of his replies were in less than 24 hours. Hell, I got my answers from him in less than a hour.

Thanks again man. It is noticed and appreciated.


I agree completely!!!!!!!

[Takamine334]

anyone created a fix for the popup size that firefox interprets? Mine is HUGE and no amount of CSS manipulation changes it.

[netcommander]

how can i edit condititon for see only todays birthdays user this message

[lefthome]

Excellent Hack in 3.07.

[Logician]

how can i edit condititon for see only todays birthdays user this message
this should work:

[[(substr("$bbuserinfo[birthday_search]",-5)== date("m-d", time()))]]
happy birthday $bbuserinfo[username]!
[[/(substr("$bbuserinfo[birthday_search]",-5)== date("m-d", time()))]]

[netcommander]

this should work:

[[(substr($bbuserinfo[birthday_search],-5)==date("m-d"))]]
happy birthday $bbuserinfo[username]!
[[(substr($bbuserinfo[birthday_search],-5)==date("m-d"))]]

thanks I will try

[MB Dreamz]

Awesome hack. Thanks Logician! *clicks install*

I ran into a minor issue. It must be an error on my part because I've scanned this entire thread, and cannot find the answer. The popup works fine except the "Close Announcement" button. It does nothing. What could be wrong? Thanks in advance!

[t-roz]

thanx for the hack

can i change its language if you dont mind with leaving the copyrights??

[netcommander]

this should work:

[[(substr($bbuserinfo[birthday_search],-5)==date("m-d"))]]
happy birthday $bbuserinfo[username]!
[[(substr($bbuserinfo[birthday_search],-5)==date("m-d"))]]

I have try but not run this code

[Logician]

I have try but not run this code
updated above.. try the edited code again.

[netcommander]

ok I will try again

[yesfans]

I am REALLY stupid here, but I can't get this line to work....

http://YOUR_SITE_URL/FORUM_URL/admincp/options.php?do=addgroup



my site is www.yesfans.com hopw the hell do I put that in there????

[fly]

http://www.yesfans.com/forum/admincp/options.php?do=addgroup

:D
edit: fixt. Added /forum/

[yesfans]

thanks

[yesfans]

Well once I got help figuring out how to put in my addy as asked above this hack went right in, and worked right away. If this stupid arse can do this, any of you reading this can.

GREAT HACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

[yesfans]

How can I get my Wife on my site to see mutli messages via the pop up? I did one for user group 2 which she is in and one for her ID, she only saw the useer Group pop up. How can she see both?

[femsawyer]

I'm having problems understanding the conditionals (ie. where [brackets], (parenthesis) and "quotes" go).

Here's what I'm trying to do:
I want to set up a new message for every day of the month for certain usergroups. They are actually going to be download links and they need to be replaced each night at midnight.

Here's what I've tried and it didn't work and I can't figure out why.

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==2 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==9 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==10) AND date("m.d.Y")=="04.21.2005")]]Daily Download Link[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==2 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==9 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==10) AND date("m.d.Y")=="04.21.2005")]]

I realize that I would have to basically repeat the set of conditionals changing the date section for every day of the month - but I can't even get this to show up for today - so where is my error?

Thanks

[Logician]

I'm having problems understanding the conditionals (ie. where [brackets], (parenthesis) and "quotes" go).

Here's what I'm trying to do:
I want to set up a new message for every day of the month for certain usergroups. They are actually going to be download links and they need to be replaced each night at midnight.

Here's what I've tried and it didn't work and I can't figure out why.

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==2 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==9 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==10) AND date("m.d.Y")=="04.21.2005")]]Daily Download Link[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==2 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==9 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==10) AND date("m.d.Y")=="04.21.2005")]]

I realize that I would have to basically repeat the set of conditionals changing the date section for every day of the month - but I can't even get this to show up for today - so where is my error?

Thanks
Try this:


[[(($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==9 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==10) AND (date("m.d.Y",time())=="04.22.2005"))]]

Daily Download Link

[[/(($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==9 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==10) AND (date("m.d.Y",time())=="04.22.2005"))]]

Tested and works.

[femsawyer]

Try this:


[[(($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==9 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==10) AND (date("m.d.Y",time())=="04.22.2005"))]]

Daily Download Link

[[/(($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==9 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==10) AND (date("m.d.Y",time())=="04.22.2005"))]]

Tested and works.


Thank you so much!!! I appreciate the quick reply!

[vau7]

Hi,

this is very usefull! I love this Hack.

My Problem: I 've done step for step, i have the option in the menu i can save a message but nothing changes!

I use 3.07. There is no change and i double-checked all steps now.

[Logician]

Hi,

this is very usefull! I love this Hack.

My Problem: I 've done step for step, i have the option in the menu i can save a message but nothing changes!

I use 3.07. There is no change and i double-checked all steps now.
Make sure you've done template changes all ok (newly created templates and modifications in existing templates like forum home). Also make sure you did the changes in ALL template sets available.

[steadicamop]

WONDERFUL HACK!! I was looking for something to show messages direct on the forum home page, this is perfect, and seriously configurable -although Firefox does have issues with the popup, but in IE it's fine.

*Clicks install!

Jason

[yesfans]

YEa I have had a Firefox user complain!

[yesfans]

I have a problem in that I loaded this hack to all my SKINS and it is ONLY working on one, #7. I just went thru all the code agaig, can't find the issue. I assume it has to be in my Forum home or the 3 templates that is causin gthis issue. Log onto my site, www.yesfans.com and see if you can HELP.

[IceBurn3000]

This may seem like a dumb thing to say.. but I cant find the zip of this hack to download... Where is it?

[Adrian Schneider]

Dynamic Forum Home Announcements Hack VB3.txt :)

[T3MEDIA]

Thanks for the nice message. I try to help out as much as I can. I wish I had more free times at my hands to help more but this is all I can spare. :)Yeah honestly your a nice guy... Thank you as well.

[T3MEDIA]

I havea question how do you do a else statement with these conditionals?
if this is this way....
do this...
else
do this...

I only want it do do the second part if the first if false.
not sure how to do that.

[Logician]

I havea question how do you do a else statement with these conditionals?
if this is this way....
do this...
else
do this...

I only want it do do the second part if the first if false.
not sure how to do that.
You can use a "NOT" "(!)" conditional to simulate <else />.

Eg.

[[($bbuserinfo[userid]>0)]]
if visitor is a member
[[/($bbuserinfo[userid]>0)]]

[[(!($bbuserinfo[userid]>0))]]
if visitor is NOT a member
[[/(!($bbuserinfo[userid]>0))]]

Please note the location of ! and double paranthesis in the second clause
/(!( condition ))

[BOWZONE]

Great hack. Went in on the 1st try with no problems in V3.0.7

Thank you.

Installed!

[92GreenGT]

Can you change color of the pop ups? Also, can you make it where only "Unregistered" users will see it? Thanks

[Logician]

Can you change color of the pop ups? Also, can you make it where only "Unregistered" users will see it? Thanks
Please read the thread. Several times asked and answered.

[T3MEDIA]

You can use a "NOT" "(!)" conditional to simulate <else />.

Eg.

[[($bbuserinfo[userid]>0)]]
if visitor is a member
[[/($bbuserinfo[userid]>0)]]

[[(!($bbuserinfo[userid]>0))]]
if visitor is NOT a member
[[/(!($bbuserinfo[userid]>0))]]

Please note the location of ! and double paranthesis in the second clause
/(!( condition ))
Gotcha! Thank you.

[asianboi]

is there a way to make the close this window button to work?

[92GreenGT]

Please read the thread. Several times asked and answered.

I did, thanks man for the great mod. I got everything I wanted to know out of the thread. :nervous: Thanks again for the mod.

[yesfans]

Can anyone help me figure out why it is showing up on my style set 7 on www.yesfans.com and not the others. I have everything set up right, can't find it.

[Billspaintball]

I cant believe that I havent stumbled accross this hack before.

Excellent!!!

Consider it Installed :D

[Samira]

Mine flipped out on the very first step by throwing up an unexpected ] on the following line:

$xml .= "\t<setting varname=\"$set[varname]\" displayorder=\"$set[displayorder]\"" . iif($set['advanced'], '],'],' advanced="1"') . ">\r\n";

Ditto. That line wasn't touched, any suggestions?

[BfB]

Logician,

Excellent hack! I do appreciate it very much. I installed it on 3.0.3, and it works like a charm.

However, I do have one question, and please do forgive me for possibly repeating something another may have already asked (we're up to 26 pages now, and it is quite tedious to scroll through every single page):

Q: How do you keep the popup within the viewing screen of the browser for when you scroll, so as not to allow it to disappear?

Thanks in advance!

Sincerely,

James

[Imperial Fritz]

How can I show different messages to people with different board languages?

[David_R]

Not tested, should work:
Apply STEP 5 like this: (btw dont forget to revert your old step 5 installation first! That is remove the hack in step 5 from index.php before applying this)

STEP 5- Edit global.php (in forum main directory), find


// parse headinclude, header & footer



REPLACE IT AS:


// Logician Hack: Dynamic Forum Announcements Hack
if ($vboptions['dynamic_fha'] OR $vboptions['dynamic_popup']) {require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');}

if ($vboptions['dynamic_fha'])
{
eval('$dynamic_fha = "' . addslashes($vboptions['dynamic_fha']) . '";');
$dynamic_fha=str_replace("\\'", "'", $dynamic_fha);
$dfh_announcement_announcementtopaste = dynamic_a($dynamic_fha);
if (trim($dfh_announcement_announcementtopaste)) {eval('$dfh_announcement = "' . fetch_template('dfh_announcement') . '";');}
}

if ($vboptions['dynamic_popup'])
{
eval('$dynamic_popup = "' . addslashes($vboptions['dynamic_popup']) . '";');
$dynamic_popup=str_replace("\\'", "'", $dynamic_popup);
$dfh_announcement_popuptopaste = dynamic_a($dynamic_popup);
if (trim($dfh_announcement_popuptopaste))
{
eval('$dfh_announcement_headercode = "' . fetch_template('dfh_announcement_headercode') . '";');
eval('$dfh_announcement_popup = "' . fetch_template('dfh_announcement_popup') . '";');
}
}

// Logician Hack: Dynamic Forum Announcements Hack
// parse headinclude, header & footer


find:

// if we are in a message editing page then get the editor templates
Replace it AS:

// Logician Hack: Dynamic Forum Announcements Hack
$globaltemplates[] = 'dfh_announcement';
$globaltemplates[] = 'dfh_announcement_headercode';
$globaltemplates[] = 'dfh_announcement_popup';
// Logician Hack: Dynamic Forum Announcements Hack
// if we are in a message editing page then get the editor templates

Upload the file.

Now put
$dfh_announcement_headercode
$dfh_announcement_popup
$dfh_announcement
variable in any template you like.
I found a small problem here. If post caching is enabled it screws my thread display with content of forum annoucement

I am forced to place this in forumshome only :(
do you got any idea, why it screws the showthread content display of first post in a thread when applied on header ?

thanks.

[agiacosa]

I need to present an announcement to my mods that have been inactive. Therefore, I want to show this announcement to usergroup 7 who have posted less than 10 posts in the last two weeks.

Can someone please help me with the conditionals that would be needed to achieve the above?

Thanks.

[Divokymuz]

i use the hack in different forums. it is realy great.

but i got one problem.

when i install a forum, i import a style, which i produced before in a testforum.
if you then did not make the announcement hack, and import the style as second, you geht a database error, if you try to do the addsettings.

is there anyone, who has an idea, to solve this problem ?

[illPhever]

logician,

thanks for this hack. i just installed it and it works great. it is very handy! this is the kind of thing that should come standard in vb.

[AaronFry]

awesome! thanks for the great hack!

[EFairy]

Thank you very much, I love it!

[Antivirus]

Logician,
Great hack, this feature should be standard on all vB upgrades, i was using this previously, however now that we're testing 3.5 rc2, i was wondeiring if you were working on a ported version for 3.5, for eventual release?

[acidkid00]

great hack... installed.. thanks

[pgowder]

I'm trying to have a different header/footer for certain templates. Can this hack do this??

[Logician]

I'm trying to have a different header/footer for certain templates. Can this hack do this??
no.. but what you wanted can be achieved this way:

make a copy of these lines in global.php:


eval('$header = "' . fetch_template('header') . '";');
eval('$footer = "' . fetch_template('footer') . '";');


Like

eval('$header = "' . fetch_template('header') . '";');
eval('$footer = "' . fetch_template('footer') . '";');
eval('$header2 = "' . fetch_template('header2') . '";');
eval('$footer2 = "' . fetch_template('footer2') . '";');


find :

// the really important ones
'header',
'footer',

and replace it as

// the really important ones
'header',
'footer',
'header2',
'footer2',



Then user $header2 and $footer2 in anytemplate you like.

[CyberRanger]

Can the conditionals be used to only show the announcement in a certain forum? For example, we have an "Off Topic" area (f=161) where I'd like the announcement to show there but not in other forums. (I have changed the code so that the announcement is part of the header).

Thanks!

[Logician]

Can the conditionals be used to only show the announcement in a certain forum? For example, we have an "Off Topic" area (f=161) where I'd like the announcement to show there but not in other forums. (I have changed the code so that the announcement is part of the header).

Thanks!
not tested personally, but I believe this should work in your case:

[[($forumid==161 OR $f==161)]]
...
[[/($forumid==161 OR $f==161)]]

[CyberRanger]

[[($forumid==161 OR $f==161)]]
...
[[/($forumid==161 OR $f==161)]]Thanks! I did need to take out the $f==161 then it worked great!

[CyberRanger]

Love this hack! I now have the message showing in my OT area only:
http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=161

But, check this out:
http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30396
In this one thread, the default Dynamic Announcement seems to have been inserted as the message for a number of the posts. I'm baffled!

[Logician]

Love this hack! I now have the message showing in my OT area only:
http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=161

But, check this out:
http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30396
In this one thread, the default Dynamic Announcement seems to have been inserted as the message for a number of the posts. I'm baffled!
I'm reported this bug a few times before but it just happens (infrequently, not always) if you hack the hack to apply it to global.php. I don't use the hack this way and I suggest using it as its original release (as a forum home announcement only) so I didn't trace the roots of this problem.

Edit : Turning off post caching (vb admin cp/options) may help. Give it a shot!

[CyberRanger]

I'm reported this bug a few times before but it just happens (infrequently, not always) if you hack the hack to apply it to global.php....
Edit : Turning off post caching (vb admin cp/options) may help. Give it a shot!Okay, I'm not that familiar with the impact of turning off post caching. Would that have other adverse effects?

BTW - the problem is very interesting. If I look in the post table, the correct text IS present for the post in question. So ... where in the world is it pulling that text from??? I don't have that in my announcements anymore. Time to poke around some more. I like having this in global.php so I'd rather find the cause.

Thanks for the very quick reply!

Edit - hmm, the problem is in post_parsed. 26 records have "Hello Unregistered! Welcome to our board!" in the pagetext_html field. A rebuild of the post cache (via the AdminCP) fixed the problem.

[BRC2]

Great hack! Is there a way to specifically exclude spiders from seeing the "guests" annoucement messages?

Thanks,
Brian

[David_R]

Okay, I'm not that familiar with the impact of turning off post caching. Would that have other adverse effects?

BTW - the problem is very interesting. If I look in the post table, the correct text IS present for the post in question. So ... where in the world is it pulling that text from??? I don't have that in my announcements anymore. Time to poke around some more. I like having this in global.php so I'd rather find the cause.

Thanks for the very quick reply!

Edit - hmm, the problem is in post_parsed. 26 records have "Hello Unregistered! Welcome to our board!" in the pagetext_html field. A rebuild of the post cache (via the AdminCP) fixed the problem.

did you got a working solution to fix the problem, when dynamic annoucements are added to global.php ?
Rebuilding post_cache fixed the problem temprarily only. :(

[ragintajin]

Any plans for a VB3.5 update?

[SirJonathan]

I'd LOVE to have this again for vB 3.5 :)!

[Logician]

I need a few beta testers for 3.5 version. Anybody interested please email me.

I need someone who is:
* Already using this hack in vb 3.0 version and familiar with the hack
* Already upgraded his board to 3.5 (latest version ie RC3) or at least has a test 3.5 enviroment to test the hack.
* Ready to install the hack to his board (or test board)
* Let me know the results adn give me feedback

Please contact me via PM or email and let me know your email adress if you meet ALL the conditions above and I'll send you the hack.

3.5 version is coded as a pluggin so it does not require you to hack your vb codes. You can easily install it through vb3.5 pluggin system and can also uninstall/disable it with 1 click.

I've tested it in my localhost and it works fine but my own board is not upgraded to 3.5 yet, so I want to get a few confirmations from others before releasing the hack officially.

Thanks!

[Kihon Kata]

I am already running RC3 here (http://www.makeuptalk.com/forums) with this hack working just fine ;) WINK! lol



I need a few beta testers for 3.5 version. Anybody interested please email me.

I need someone who is:
* Already using this hack in vb 3.0 version and familiar with the hack
* Already upgraded his board to 3.5 (latest version ie RC3) or at least has a test 3.5 enviroment to test the hack.
* Ready to install the hack to his board (or test board)
* Let me know the results adn give me feedback

Please contact me via PM or email and let me know your email adress if you meet ALL the conditions above and I'll send you the hack.

3.5 version is coded as a pluggin so it does not require you to hack your vb codes. You can easily install it through vb3.5 pluggin system and can also uninstall/disable it with 1 click.

I've tested it in my localhost and it works fine but my own board is not upgraded to 3.5 yet, so I want to get a few confirmations from others before releasing the hack officially.

Thanks!

[Logician]

I am already running RC3 here (http://www.makeuptalk.com/forums) with this hack working just fine ;) WINK! lol
Great! Yet you are running it as a "code modification" (ie hack), however 3.5 version I ported runs as a pluggin so it is manageable through your admin cp/products section and can be installed without modifying vb code. ;)

[digitalSite]

HI:

Everything was working fine...until i moved a usergroup over to another usergroup and deleted the original usergroup. I updated the Dynamic thingy to replect the new usergroup's id. However, it doesn't seem to work anymore, like it I never installed the hack! I still see the templates there, and I still see the modofied files...does anyone have any idea what happened?

I am using:

[[($bbuserinfo[userid]==2)]]This is a test.[[/($bbuserinfo[userid]==2)]]

Thanks...

UPDATE: HA! Nevermind...it's 2:22AM and I copied /pasted from Logician's tutorial to "make sure i have the correct conditional" but I FORGOT to add the word "group" so that the correct code is:

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==2)]]This is a test.[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==2)]]

To reflect the USERGROUP and not just the USER!!! :D

Goodnight all!
Thanks for this cool hack!

[Takamine334]

I can't close the pop up menu...something I did wrong?

[David_R]

did you got a working solution to fix the problem, when dynamic annoucements are added to global.php ?
Rebuilding post_cache fixed the problem temprarily only. :(

can someone help me fix my problem please

[Logician]

The hack for vb version 3.5 released here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=97073

[Takamine334]

anyone know why in Firefox the popup is huge and why when I click close, the box doesn't go away?

[TundraSoul]

Is there was way to display information from the userfield table? eg. $userfield[field18]==

[Logician]

Is there was way to display information from the userfield table? eg. $userfield[field18]==
$bbuserfield[field18] should work if it is an inputbox

[TundraSoul]

I'm trying to get this to work. It basically opens the message if their field is empty.

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 AND $bbuserfield[field18]==)]]Hello $bbuserinfo[username], please take a moment to update your user profile with your current information. Click the user CP link above, and then click Edit Profile. [[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 AND $bbuserfield[field18]==)]]

[Logician]

I'm trying to get this to work. It basically opens the message if their field is empty.

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 AND $bbuserfield[field18]==)]]Hello $bbuserinfo[username], please take a moment to update your user profile with your current information. Click the user CP link above, and then click Edit Profile. [[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 AND $bbuserfield[field18]==)]]
[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 AND !$bbuserfield[field18])]]Hello $bbuserinfo[username], please take a moment to update your user profile with your current information. Click the user CP link above, and then click Edit Profile. [[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 AND !$bbuserfield[field18])]]

[Boofo]

Wouldn't this also work, Sinan?

AND $bbuserfield[field18]== ''

[Logician]

Wouldn't this also work, Sinan?
It would.. But his message was lacking ''

[TundraSoul]

Thanks, I tried that but it didn't work.

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 AND !$bbuserfield[field18])]]Hello $bbuserinfo[username], please take a moment to update your user profile with your current information. Click the user CP link above, and then click Edit Profile. [[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 AND !$bbuserfield[field18])]]

[Logician]

Thanks, I tried that but it didn't work.
You are trying with an admin account whose field18 is empty right? Because the conditional is set so.

[TundraSoul]

Correct, I tested it on myself first, and field 18 was empty. I even looked into the database to make sure the option cleared it.

You are trying with an admin account whose field18 is empty right? Because the conditional is set so.

[reismarktq2]

Need a little help with a conditional:

We currently have our boards set up so that new accounts must go through moderation before they can post, but right now the only way to tell whether there are accounts waiting for moderation is to log into the admin control panel (which I don't want the administrators to have to do every time).

So what I'm asking is, is it possible to set up a conditional that displays when an administrator views the front page AND there are people in the "waiting moderation" group? I have this so far:

[[(($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6) AND (!empty(insert conditional that checks for people in usergroup 4)))]]

[Logician]

Need a little help with a conditional:

We currently have our boards set up so that new accounts must go through moderation before they can post, but right now the only way to tell whether there are accounts waiting for moderation is to log into the admin control panel (which I don't want the administrators to have to do every time).

So what I'm asking is, is it possible to set up a conditional that displays when an administrator views the front page AND there are people in the "waiting moderation" group? I have this so far:

[[(($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6) AND (!empty(insert conditional that checks for people in usergroup 4)))]]
nope sorry, this is not possible without modification of the hack

[reismarktq2]

nope sorry, this is not possible without modification of the hack
Anyone have any idea how I would do this modification?

[gigaenvy]

Any chance to make a random or rotating announcement?

[Crazy Serb]

ok, what's the suntax for checking if the users are NOT members of 2 secondary usergroups, but are members of any other primary group?

I've tried the below without any success (or I might have done something wrong along the way):


[[(!$bbuserinfo[membergroupids]==9 AND !$bbuserinfo[membergroupids]==12)]]
content
[[(!$bbuserinfo[membergroupids]==9 AND !$bbuserinfo[membergroupids]==12)]]

[Logician]

ok, what's the suntax for checking if the users are NOT members of 2 secondary usergroups, but are members of any other primary group?

I've tried the below without any success (or I might have done something wrong along the way):


[[(!$bbuserinfo[membergroupids]==9 AND !$bbuserinfo[membergroupids]==12)]]
content
[[(!$bbuserinfo[membergroupids]==9 AND !$bbuserinfo[membergroupids]==12)]]

[[(!is_member_of($bbuserinfo,9 ,12))]]
content
[[/(!is_member_of($bbuserinfo,9 ,12))]]

[Crazy Serb]

[[(!is_member_of($bbuserinfo,9 ,12))]]
content
[[/(!is_member_of($bbuserinfo,9 ,12))]]


tried that, didn't get anything now... no popup.

[Logician]

tried that, didn't get anything now... no popup.
This conditional means the user shouldn't be a member of usergroup 9 OR 12. This applies to both primary usergroup AND additional usergroups. So are you trying with a test account which does not belong to 9 and 12 at all?

[heynurse]

I want to show the announcement to everyone, except these user groups: 5,6,7,22

any help?

[Logician]

I want to show the announcement to everyone, except these user groups: 5,6,7,22

any help?
[[(!is_member_of($bbuserinfo,5 ,6 ,7, 22))]]
I want to show the announcement to everyone, except these user groups: 5,6,7,22
[[/(!is_member_of($bbuserinfo,5 ,6 ,7, 22))]]

[heynurse]

[[(!is_member_of($bbuserinfo,5 ,6 ,7, 22))]]
I want to show the announcement to everyone, except these user groups: 5,6,7,22
[[/(!is_member_of($bbuserinfo,5 ,6 ,7, 22))]]

Hi Logician,
Thanks for your prompt reply, I tried the the above conditional and nothing shows up? Thanks

[Logician]

ok, I checked and you both are right. Apparently the check works just for the primary usergroup. So you can use that one if you want to check primary usergroup of the user:

[[(in_array($bbuserinfo[usergroupid], array(5,6,7,22)))]]
show if visitor's primary usergroup is 5 or 6 or 7 or 22
[[/(in_array($bbuserinfo[usergroupid], array(5,6,7,22)))]]

OR

[[(!in_array($bbuserinfo[usergroupid], array(5,6,7,22)))]]
show if visitor's primary usergroup is NOT 5 or 6 or 7 or 22
[[/(!in_array($bbuserinfo[usergroupid], array(5,6,7,22)))]]

I have no suggestion if you want to check secondary usergroup, sorry about it.

[Mastar]

I've upgraded from 3.09 to 3.51 and I would like to know how to remove this hack from the vbulleting options?

[Logician]

I've upgraded from 3.09 to 3.51 and I would like to know how to remove this hack from the vbulleting options?
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=504557&postcount=38