Information Bar for Guests

[Slapyo]

Information Bar for Guests (for version 3.5.0) (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=97150)

What is this?
This will display an information bar across the top of the browser window that appears to be like the Information Bar that is from Windows XP SP2. When the user clicks it they will be sent to the registration page for your forums. This is not a popup.

If the user is logged in then this will not display at all. This only appears on the page for people who are not logged in.

http://www.veteransresources.org/forums/index.php? - Example Site

How many changes?

Uploads: 4

infobar.css
infobar.wav (optional)
warning.gif
warning2.gif

File edits: 0
Template edits: 2

headinclude
header

New templates: 0
Queries: 0


Version History

1.04

added info bar sound (Lionel)

1.03

no javascript required now
works in Firefox

1.02

removed information bar any browser other than IE

1.01

removed information bar from login and registration pages (Lionel)

1.00

initial release



Screenshots
Guest on forums (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=22033)
Guest hovering over info bar (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=22034)

Please click Install this Modification if you like it.

[owner]

Works Like a Charm. Thankyou

[Slapyo]

hopefully i can get some help here to figure out how to do this. but here is the problem. right now the information bar will cause a tiny X-axis scroll bar. it is set to be 100% wide which is fine, but when there is a Y-axis scroll bar that covers up that little bit ... causing you to have to scroll.

now, if there is some way to place this code around the rest of the forums output then it will work. by work, i mean appear to be a true information bar. the scroll bar will display below the information bar.

<div id="viewplot">
all forum output here
</div>

i tried some things but it caused IE to crash. i will keep playing with it.

[AN-net]

i dont see it running on your site, any live demos of this....

[Slapyo]

ya, sorry about that. trying some other stuff with it. but it's up and running now.

i have only tested this with IE 6, my only browser, so if anyone wants to test it out and lemme know if it works or not that would be great.

http://www.veteransresources.org/forums/index.php? - test site

if it doesn't work, please post a screenshot and/or any errors that pop up.

[AN-net]

this definately doesnt work with firefox and most likely mozilla>_>

[rex_b]

wow this hack looks great!

[Slapyo]

this definately doesnt work with firefox and most likely mozilla>_>
does it not appear in the browser at all, or does it mess up the page?

it "should" work because it is just javascript and css. then again i say "should" cause i can't test it myself and see.

[rex_b]

It does make the page stretch though.. Any fix for that?

[Slapyo]

how far? or is it what i mentioned in post #3. i'm trying to fix this, but when i use the code it causes IE to crash. the page will partially load, then hang and i have to kill the process.

[rex_b]

Yah I'm talking about that..

And you know what in the last 2 min since install. I got 2 new registers.. hehe

[Slapyo]

hehe cool.

rex_b you wouldn't happen to have firefox would you? i don't have it and would like to verify if it is working or not in that browser. if it isn't working i'd like to fix it so that it will.

[rex_b]

Nope no firefox here. I might DL it though :)

[Slapyo]

well if you do and don't mind testing it out lemme know! thanks.

i installed firefox at work but wasn't blown away with it so i kept IE here at home. the only thing i like is the tabbed browsing.

[rex_b]

Nope doesn't work in firefox and it removes the scrollbars in firefox.. weird

[Lionel]

it does not display anything in firefox. But don't feel bad, firefox does not display a lot of things.

[Lionel]

to solve your problem, include the division in header within a table where you set the width.
No more scrolling problems with below. Notice the table is set at 100%

<if condition="$show['guest']"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%">
<div id="infobar"></div></td></tr></table>
</if>

[Slapyo]

to solve your problem, include the division in header within a table where you set the width.

so in the header template if you place
<if condition="$show['guest']">
<div id="infobar"></div>
</if>
inside the first table which sets the width of the site then it works in firefox?

[Lionel]

It does not work with firefox. That only solves the scrolling problem in IE. Look at my edited post above.

[Slapyo]

ohh ok cool thanks. what i am trying to get working is some more code that will place it at the top and it will not scroll with the rest of the page. it stays in place.

but this is a good quick fix. thanks!

[Lionel]

I also added the condition <if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'register'"> in headinclude. No need to display it if guest is registering.

[Slapyo]

sweet thanks, i will add that in.

[Natch]

I have no problems wsith this running on IE6, but I have a XP SP1 box, so maybe it's related to XPSP2?

And I can confirm that it doesn;t work on FF/Moz... there is a javascript error on both IE/Moz/FF: for FF it's infobar.children has no properties, on IE it's Object expected

[Slapyo]

does it give a line number for the error?

[Lionel]

I get no error with firefox .8. The problem with IE is the side scrollbar.
Slapyo, you wanted for it to always display as you scroll? Then use dhtml

[Slapyo]

I get no error with firefox .8. The problem with IE is the side scrollbar.
Slapyo, you wanted for it to always display as you scroll? Then use dhtml
look in the infobar.css file. there is #viewplot which should work in displaying it that way. it should go like this.

<div id="infobar"></div>
<div id="viewplot">
all the rest of the forum code here
</div>
</body>
</html>

however, when i do that it freezes IE6.

[rex_b]

to solve your problem, include the division in header within a table where you set the width.
No more scrolling problems with below. Notice the table is set at 100%

<if condition="$show['guest']"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%">
<div id="infobar"></div></td></tr></table>
</if>



yep that works!!

[Lionel]

take a look at this code. You could set the timing for a long time, so it always stay on top
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=61647&highlight=vbpopup

[Lionel]

I have no problems wsith this running on IE6, but I have a XP SP1 box, so maybe it's related to XPSP2?

And I can confirm that it doesn;t work on FF/Moz... there is a javascript error on both IE/Moz/FF: for FF it's infobar.children has no properties, on IE it's Object expected

I see what you are saying with IE when you are login.

add this also in the head to remove the javascript error:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'login'">

[Natch]

does it give a line number for the error?
It's inside the loop, at the start of the loop in the infobar.js file...

[Slapyo]

natch, were you getting the errors on every page or just the login page? i saw the error on the login page like Lionel pointed out and put in his code. I no longer get that error. the latest version is in a txt file in my original post.

[Natch]

I didn't try logging in: I just looked at your site.

[Natch]

the IE error is gone on your site, on FF, it's in this line :Error: infobar.children has no properties
Source File: http://www.veteransresources.org/forums/infobar.js
Line: 11

[Slapyo]

hrm, that's weird. i've gone over my javascript code and dunno what it is. i've searched on google for that error but can't figure it out.

[Lionel]

I wonder which version of firefox? I get no errors with .8 It just does not display

[Natch]

Looks like the error has been resolved.

[Slapyo]

You don't get the error anymore Natch?

But the information bar doesn't show up right?

[Natch]

That's correct: this is on FF 1.0 Final, the error does not orccur anymore, but no information bar shows up.

[cybermomcafe]

How do I get the scroll bars back for firefox? I'm not worried about the infobar working with firefox, I just want the scroll bars to work ? TIA

[Lionel]

never mind...

[Lionel]

fireworks sucks... to solve all fireworks problems and limit that functionality to IE add this condition too

<if condition="is_browser('ie')">

[Natch]

fireworks?

[Slapyo]

fireworks sucks... to solve all fireworks problems and limit that functionality to IE add this condition too

<if condition="is_browser('ie')">
should be this. the install file now reflects this.
<if condition="is_browser('ie')">

[Lionel]

I've got nothing but problems with fireworks. For example the news scroll hack... in fireworks it scrolls from left to right instead of right to left. And many more problems. I really feel like putting a condition if browser is not ie, go get a real browser and come back to the site.

[cybermomcafe]

LOL thanks Lionel

[cybermomcafe]

what can I change so that (when viewing as a guest) the tables don't run all the way to the sides of the page? (i tried changing the table width to 95% but that didn't work)

TIA

[Slapyo]

hrm, my tables are just fine when viewing as a guest. download the latest version of the mod and make sure it is installed properly. also if you can take some screenshots that might help too.

[Koutaru]

:) Nice hack! It would be cool if the bar went down if the user scrolls down.

I'll definately be using this!
* Koutaru clicks install ;)

[Slapyo]

:) Nice hack! It would be cool if the bar went down if the user scrolls down.

I'll definately be using this!
* Koutaru clicks install ;)
i'm working on making it stay along the top. right now the code causes the browser to crash and i'm not sure why. could be other CSS stuff conflicting with the code i have. need to look into it more. the code is in place and it should work, i have it working on a test page but when i wrap it around the forum output IE crashes.

[mcyates]

this would be a good hack if the scrollbar on the right didn't dissapear!!!

[Slapyo]

i have IE6 and the scroll bar is still there.

what browser are you using?
are you using the latest version?
can you post a screenshot of the problem?

[mcyates]

I use IE6
Installed it yesterday but uninstalled it today
i'll install it today with the newer version, if it doesn't work i'll post a screen shot for you

[mcyates]

I use IE6
Installed it yesterday but uninstalled it today
i'll install it today with the newer version, if it doesn't work i'll post a screen shot for you


here it is as you van see, no scrolling side bar on the left.

[Slapyo]

here it is as you van see, no scrolling side bar on the left.
in infobar.css at the very top is the stuff for body, remove this line:
overflow: hidden !important;
so now the body should only have 2 properties set. see if that works for you.

[Slapyo]

I've updated the script. It no longer needs to use the javascript file. To update follow these directions.

- delete infobar.js
- upload new infobar.css
- go through the install file and make the proper template changes. you will see the headinclude template no longer loads the javascript file. the header file has the link and text between the div tags.

the javascript was unecessary as you could just type it in between the div tags. i have tested this in firefox and it is working, atleast for me.

[TTG]

Clicked install .. no problems installing .. thanks for the hack.

[sabret00the]

are there still problems for pre-XPSP2 browsers?

[Slapyo]

not sure, i have only tested IE6 and firefox v1.

i wanna say i think it will since i have removed the javascript which was causing problems in firefox. will have to wait and see if someone can test it for sure.

[Lionel]

works fine for me in firefox .8

[rex_b]

I've updated the script. It no longer needs to use the javascript file. To update follow these directions.

- delete infobar.js
- upload new infobar.css
- go through the install file and make the proper template changes. you will see the headinclude template no longer loads the javascript file. the header file has the link and text between the div tags.

the javascript was unecessary as you could just type it in between the div tags. i have tested this in firefox and it is working, atleast for me.


whats the advantage to no java?

[Slapyo]

eh, the javascript was really doing nothing more than just putting in the link and the text. why use javascript to do that when you can just type it yourself. it didn't need to be done in javascript at all since it was so simple and something that could be done by plain html. really was no point in it.

[Slapyo]

edit: links removed ... not working

the way i wanted it to works is, when you are scrolling the content and the info bar is staying in place at the top. however when i try and wrap the tags around the forum stuff it freaks out and doesn't display properly.

[bigcurt]

It does not work in Opera, Mozilla or Firefox. :(

[bigcurt]

Great hack though :)

[Slapyo]

i tested it in firefox 1 and someone else tested in firefox .8 and it worked.

[mcyates]

in infobar.css at the very top is the stuff for body, remove this line:
overflow: hidden !important;
so now the body should only have 2 properties set. see if that works for you.
yup that fixed it, thanks a lot.

[speedway]

Hmmm, I run Firefox 1.0 and the example site works perfectly - the little yellow bar across the top and I still have scroll bars. So for me, it works in Firefox.

[Wired1]

LMAO! Awesome hack man.

[Slapyo]

edit: links removed ... not working

the way i wanted it to works is, when you are scrolling the content and the info bar is staying in place at the top. however when i try and wrap the tags around the forum stuff it freaks out and doesn't display properly.
well i tested out that page and it works fine in IE but it doesn't work in firefox. so it looks like this hack is pretty much finished unless there is more stuff that can be added to it.

[Lionel]

http://www.veteransresources.org/forums/infobar.html - how it should be
http://www.veteransresources.org/forums/infobar2.css - css file used

notice that when you scroll, you are scrolling the content and the info bar is staying in place at the top. however when i try and wrap the tags around the forum stuff it freaks out and doesn't display properly.

you can view the source of that file as well as the css file. i only added back in the overflow: hidden for the body. that was the only change. it obviously works, cause you can see it right there. not sure why it's not working properly when i do it in vB.

have you tried putting the division viewplot in a table with all the vbcontent?

[Slapyo]

what i did was put the div viewplot right after the table holding the div infobar. then in footer i scrolled to the very bottom and put the same conditional and closed the div. that way it encompassed everything. cept it didn't work. atleast it isn't crashing IE anymore when i did that, it displays but not right. it doesn't make the container the right height.

[Lionel]

try enclosing the entire vb, by starting a 100% table in header at the beginning and closing it at the end in footer and put the view plot in the td of that table

[Slapyo]

well it works with the width, it spans 100% the problem is the height of the window is not grabbed by the css. in the css you will see
height: expression(this.parentNode.offsetHeight - this.offsetTop);
the expression is actually javascript. it should get the height of the site and subtract the top of the view plot so that it knows how high it should be. the problem is in IE the container only filled half the page for some reason, even though in my test page it showed the full window. in firefox, it's all goofed up lol.

[KW802]

HHmm..... is anybody running IE with XP SP2 and is seeing this?

[Lionel]

HHmm..... is anybody running IE with XP SP2 and is seeing this?

I do.

[KW802]

I do.On your site? With IE 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158 I'm not seeing it on your site either. HHmm.....

[Lionel]

On your site? With IE 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158 I'm not seeing it on your site either. HHmm.....

I have many sites. You are not looking at the right one :squareeyed:

[Lionel]

look at that one here (http://www.veteransresources.org/forums/)

see it in sp1, sp2 and firefox .8

[KW802]

I have many sites. You are not looking at the right one :squareeyed:Weird..... it seems to be working with only the default VB3 style and none of my custom ones (all are a child of the VB default). HHmm........

Edit: Never mind, just having a "Duh!" moment of the day. My headinclude is being inherited but my headers aren't. Duh! :surprised:

[Slapyo]

HHmm..... is anybody running IE with XP SP2 and is seeing this?
that's what i used when i made this and it worked.

[KW802]

that's what i used when i made this and it worked.See above. :classic:

[Slapyo]

yah heh, i replied before i got to page 5. :P

[Lionel]

to make it a bit more realistic, I placed that sound in the <td>:

<embed src="balloon.wav" autostart="true" loop="0" hidden="true"></embed>

could not upload the wav file, so get it from your pc c:\windows\media

[Slapyo]

update to 1.04

i added in the balloon.wav sound like Lionel suggested. the zip now contains the sound file.

to update follow these directions:
- upload balloon.wav
- install file contains new header template modification

[biggkay]

I run firefox and it looks good to me....

[Lionel]

The sound file is creating an unecessary <br /> from my topmargin="0", so I removed it and place in navbar.


<if condition="($show['guest']) AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'register') AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')"><embed src="balloon.wav" autostart="true" loop="0" hidden="true"></embed>
else
<br />
</if>

[Slapyo]

actually you don't have to put it there. i just noticed it myself after you mentioned it and i moved it so it is inside the div infobar tags and there is no longer a gap.

looks like this now:
<div id="infobar"><a href="http://www.veteransresources.org/forums/register.php?referrerid=1">It appears you have not yet registered with our community. To register please click here...</a><embed src="infobar.wav" autostart="true" loop="0" hidden="true"></embed></div>

[Hades-1]

i am using opera with xpsp2

and it works fine

[CuriousGeorge]

Great Mod! Works great on my site ib both IE and Firefox.

However, just as an FYI, it does not work in the latest Netscape Beta, version 0.5.6

Other than that, great stuff!

[cybermomcafe]

What version of Firefox is it working with?

[rex_b]

that sound is very annoying.. I won't be using that.

[Slapyo]

Great Mod! Works great on my site ib both IE and Firefox.

However, just as an FYI, it does not work in the latest Netscape Beta, version 0.5.6

Other than that, great stuff!
thanks ... atleast it is working in alot of the major browsers. wasn't working in firefox at the beginning but i got that fixed. works in ie, firefox, and opera.

[Slapyo]

that sound is very annoying.. I won't be using that.
heh, that sound is the default sound for the information bar found in the c:\windows\media folder
just remove the <embed> tags and that's it.

[Slapyo]

What version of Firefox is it working with?
as far as i know firefox .8 and 1.

[Reeve of shinra]

this is comming along real well and I am installing it now that it has a wider browser support. Good work!

[Slapyo]

i'm interested to hear if this will actually increase the number of registrations on boards. for those that have the referrerid in the URL let me know if you see an increase in registrations.

i've recieved 1 from it so far ... then again my forum doesn't get all that much traffic cause it is new.

[ericgtr]

Very cool.. clicks install

[biggkay]

What version of Firefox is it working with?
5.0 version

[Deska]

This hack looks bad in Opera browser.
I hope will fixed soon...

Thank's for nice hack!

[Slapyo]

This hack looks bad in Opera browser.
I hope will fixed soon...

Thank's for nice hack!
can you please take a screenshot and post it up so i can see. i do not have opera so i don't know. it is all done with standard css. this just means that opera isn't displaying the css properly. but i will see if i can find a work around.

[psico]

I want to insert the login block in the information bar...anyone can help me with this?

[Boots]

very cool! installed!

[Slapyo]

I want to insert the login block in the information bar...anyone can help me with this?
are you talking about having the username/password and login button in the bar at the top? if so, you basically just need to view the source of the forums and find the <form></form> that wraps the login section. then you would need to modify it so that it fits without distorting the bar.

also i wanna say that this works in 3.0.5 with no changes. i upgraded just fine.

[psico]

Is not that simple, I tried that...but is not working...

[Lionel]

be careful playing with that block, you might mess up your forum.

[Slapyo]

Is not that simple, I tried that...but is not working...
i know it isn't as simple as i said, but those are the basic steps you need to take.

like lionel said ... it could mess things up so be careful.

[Slapyo]

i've been curious to see how this would work out. when i started it on my forum i had 0 referrals. i now have 15 referrals. so in a month and a half it has given me 15 people. now that may not be all that much for some boards out there. but i have a tiny site right now and am just trying to get word spread. needless to say, i'm very pleased about the results.

has anyone else noticed an increase in user sign-ups from using this?

[TCM]

Wow. This is really nice. I'll be adding it to my boards, good job! The way it's put there... it's perfect at making people register, it's really good.

[Doc Great]

Wow. This is really nice. I'll be adding it to my boards, good job! The way it's put there... it's perfect at making people register, it's really good.
dito

Many Thanks :)

http://www.sven-holstein.de/banner.gif (http://www.emuleboard.net)

[4number8]

Works great, thank you alot for your work, awesome job

[Slapyo]

works in 3.0.5 & 3.0.6 versions. you may have to redo your templates because the upgrade may require you to revert your templates. easy enough.

[twoseven]

i found one browser it doesnt work with: safari (apple's)

[Slapyo]

thanks, i'll make note of that.

[Slapyo]

i just upgraded to 3.0.7 and it works with no changes needed.

[Slapyo]

Works with 3.0.7, I just upgraded.

[Bulleh]

Very Nice Hack !!
*Installed*

[Caveman2k2]

Great idea for a hack! Thanks for the work

*Installed*

[mholtum]

worked like a charm!

[Ted S]

This is an amazing idea and will work great with my welcome headers. Thanks and good jbo!

[Caveman2k2]

I'm having a small issue with this. I'm running vba_cmps in my root dir and the fourm on a sub domain. Everything works like a charm on the forum, but on the cmps home page in the root dir, all I get is this ugly looking, underlined link. Have a look-see here (http://www.nfltalk.com). Is there any way to fix this so it works in both locations. I've uploaded the files into the sub domain.

Thanks,
Mike

<Edit>Got it fixed by uploading the files into the root dir as well. Works both locations now.

Thanks

[Slapyo]

ok cool. i'm glad you guys all like this. i've noticed an increase in memberships from this. i have 21 referrals now. it's not alot, but my board isn't all that popular yet.

[Caveman2k2]

This is working great! I've had 6 signups in 2 days! My forum ins't very active right now because it's about the NFL, which is out of season right now. Now I just need to figure out why all the new signups are still in the "Awating Email Confirmation" group.
One quick question, where would I check to see who referred the new signups? I left the referrid=1 in the code.

Thanks

[Slapyo]

look at your profile. user 1 is the admin.

if you have email confirmation on then they will be in that group until they confirm their email address. after they do, they will be placed in the registered users group.

[Caveman2k2]

Well, it shows Referrals 0 in my profile. Maybe it's because they haven't confirmed yet. I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks for the info.

[Slapyo]

hrm, ya i don't know how that works. whether the referral is give immediately regardless of email confirmation or if you get the referral afterwards.

[Caveman2k2]

Bsed on what I see, I'm assuming (and we know how that works, LOL) that it doesn't record the referral until after they've confirmed.

[Slapyo]

just curious if anyone could test this with safari and/or netscape. i don't have either and am not sure if either has been updated since i released the hack.

[Caveman2k2]

just curious if anyone could test this with safari and/or netscape. i don't have either and am not sure if either has been updated since i released the hack.
I don't have safari, but it does work in netscape 7.1, however it wants to play the .wav in mediaplayer for some reason.

[twoseven]

works fine in safari

[Slapyo]

ah ok cool, maybe safari was updated...didn't work before

hrmm not sure why netscape wants to play the sound in media player. *shrug*

[roundhost]

About to install, fantastic idea, i love you! :D

[vulture]

Argh. Installed it, works fine in Firefox not IE.

Any ideas? The site is SoapBoards (http://www.soapboards.co.uk).

[Slapyo]

hm, i don't know why it is doing that. looks like you have a <br /> in there before the code but i looked and you don't. lemme look at it some more and get back to you.

[Slapyo]

Argh. Installed it, works fine in Firefox not IE.

Any ideas? The site is SoapBoards (http://www.soapboards.co.uk).
are you using any other mods on your board? if so, which one(s)?

[vulture]

The full list?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=67078
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=74603
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=79759
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=75986
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=74621
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=72005
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=71992
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=75416
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=71533
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=69787
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=59859
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=59617
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=63013
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=67200

Quite a few there. If you can give me a pointer to the general area I can prob figure it out.

[Slapyo]

whew. lol that's a nice list you have there. i really don't know which one would be interferring with it. this is really more of a template modification because no files are edited. you just a few files and you modify a couple templates.

it might have to do with the page output compression hack you have installed. i don't know why it would, but then again it could really be any of the hacks that have edits to the templates that i have edited in this hack. i'd check for extra whitepsace in the templates and make sure everything is in there properly.

[vulture]

I'll have a proper look this weekend. Doesn't really bother me as its almost at the top, but just for neatness' sake ...

[Slapyo]

ya it is up there, but that extra little gap can look annoying. hopefully you can get it figured out. lemme know what you find out.

[C_P]

:ermm: I added it to my site but do not see it yet? www.cpfools.com I adjusted the portion to show my site:
<div id="infobar"><a href="http://www.cpfools.com/forums/register.php?referrerid=1"> and uploaded files to both my root and forum directory.
I also added the codes in the default the style template
***************
* headinclude *
***************
code

and

**********
* header *
**********
code

Any help on this please?

[Slapyo]

when i viewed your forum i don't see the code anywhere when i view the source. did you update the right style? if you update the default one it will work only when you view the forum in that style. you need to apply this to the style that you are using.

[C_P]

Yes, I did. I sent you the code I have added to our CP Style which is the default.

[Lizard King]

Yes, I did. I sent you the code I have added to our CP Style which is the default.
Dude I checked all of your styles one by one and you didnt make the edit . You have to make the edits in your each styles header. But if you have a child style then you dont need to edit the header.

[C_P]

Dude I checked all of your styles one by one and you didnt make the edit . You have to make the edits in your each styles header. But if you have a child style then you dont need to edit the header.
Thank you for the reply. I am aware of that and I did add this code as well as the other to my CP Style:
In CP Style:

Code:

<!-- logo -->
<if condition="($show['guest']) AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'register') AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<div id="infobar"><a href="http://www.cpfools.com/forum/register.php?referrerid=1">It appears you have not yet registered with our community. To register please click here...</a><embed src="infobar.wav" autostart="true" loop="0" hidden="true"></embed></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</if>
<a name="top"></a>
<table border="0" width="$stylevar[outertablewidth]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center" width="100%"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php?$session[sessionurl]"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" border="0" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" /></a></td>

</tr>
</table>
<!-- /logo -->

<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open
<br />

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 3">

<div align="left" style="color: red; background-color: white; border: 1px solid black; padding:2px">Your account is awaiting email confirmation. 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>.</div>

</if>

$_phpinclude_output

[Slapyo]

Dude I checked all of your styles one by one and you didnt make the edit . You have to make the edits in your each styles header. But if you have a child style then you dont need to edit the header.
correct. this would need to be applied to all of your styles if you have different styles on your forums.

[C_P]

correct. this would need to be applied to all of your styles if you have different styles on your forums.
Ok, then in order to get this to work at all, I have to edit every single style we have instead of the default one that only guests see?

[Slapyo]

Ok, then in order to get this to work at all, I have to edit every single style we have instead of the default one that only guests see?
i would only because you said you have added this code in and when i goto the forums i don't see the bar. when i view the code i don't see it in the code either. which would make me think that you didn't put it in the style.

i guess just try adding it to all the styles and see if it works. if it doesn't, all you have to do is remove a few lines of code in each of the styles to get them back to normal.

[MentaL]

worth using or will 90% of my users not see it?

[Slapyo]

worth using or will 90% of my users not see it?
what do you mean? all of your guests will see it ... it works in all of the major browsers.

[C_P]

Slapyo:after going through it for some reason the header template isn't being used. it may be because you edited another template that called on the header template ... i'm not sure. but i am sure it isn't being called because code that isn't in any kind of conditional should show up and it doesn't. the headerinclude part is ok ... the css file gets loaded. something is causing the header template to not load.
I thank you for looking, it looks like I cannot use this mod then? Oh well, thank you anyway.

[Slapyo]

sorry about that. i'm just not sure why the header template isn't being used. none of it shows up in the code when you view the source to your forum.

[C_P]

No need to be sorry, tis interesting to say the least but not knowing code.. I do not know how or why.

[Slapyo]

keep checking back though. maybe someone may know the reason as to why the header template is not loading.

[dsboyce8624]

hm, i don't know why it is doing that. looks like you have a <br /> in there before the code but i looked and you don't. lemme look at it some more and get back to you.

I seem to have that tlittle gap at the top as well. Please let me know if you figure it out.

Thanks,

[Slapyo]

honestly have no clue what is causing that gap. it only shows up in like 2 of the installs done. i looked and the code appears to be fine. i have no clue why the gap is there. but i'll go over your source code again and see if i can find anything.

[ecfcgraham]

Nope doesn't work in firefox and it removes the scrollbars in firefox.. weird
Perfect - excellent hack. :)

Installed

[dsboyce8624]

honestly have no clue what is causing that gap. it only shows up in like 2 of the installs done. i looked and the code appears to be fine. i have no clue why the gap is there. but i'll go over your source code again and see if i can find anything.

I've looked at what I did to see if anything could be adding aline break, but cannot seem to find it. I wonder if it could be some other change/hack?

[Slapyo]

what other hacks do you have installed?

[dsboyce8624]

All of em. Jeeze a damn big list. If you don't find anything by other means don't waste your time.

Thanks though, at least you tired.

[Slapyo]

do you have the one hack installed that takes away the white space? i dunno, for whatever reason i'm thinking it could be that hack. another person used that hack and had the same problem. but none of their other hacks had anything to do with the templates that mine touched really. so i think it may be that hack. not sure. if you do have that hack installed, maybe uninstall it and see if it fixes itself. i don't know how hard it is to uninstall that hack. but that is the only thing i can think of.

[dsboyce8624]

You mean the compress templates hack?

Yes I have that one, not the one that compresses pages as they are generated.

I will uncompress and see what happens.

No change.

[Slapyo]

hm ok well there goes that idea then lol. thanks for testing it. so i have no clue now. that was my only guess as to the problem and it obvisouly isn't causing it. *shrug* i'll keep looking and see if i can find out what it is.

[RichieBoy67]

Anyone know how to get this working with VBPortal???

[Slapyo]

i don't know cause i don't have vB Portal. but some others on here may have done it. my guess is to add it to the header template for vB Portal. you may also have to put the files in another directory, or just reference them in the appropriate ones. not sure though.

[RichieBoy67]

Yep, first thing I tried already was adding it too the header template... didn't work. I have installed this on other sites with the other portals with no problems at all.....

Thanks

[Slapyo]

is it not referencing the css? like the css and other files are not in the right folder. keep them where they are but then copy them over to the folder where the portal is in ... if it is in a different folder than the forums.

/public_html/ - portal
/public_html/forums/ - forums

that's the only thing i can think of.

[boo.3]

i have VB Advanced and it looks odd in that but fine in forums

http://www.b3playground.com

any fix?

[dsboyce8624]

I would check your edits.

I have vBa and it doesn't do that.

[Slapyo]

i think that is the same problem that RichieBoy67 is having. i'm not sure why. maybe conflicting CSS?

[Xil Ze]

anyone have a css fix for ie? maybe cache the images?

[boo.3]

i'm pretty sure i edited everything right?

anyone know

[Slapyo]

anyone have a css fix for ie? maybe cache the images?
css fix? i have no problems at all with this in IE, that is what i created it in. what is the problem you are having?

[RichieBoy67]

For vbadvanced just add the files into your root directory.

That is not the problem with vbportal. I think it has to do with the headinclude part....

[Xil Ze]

css fix? i have no problems at all with this in IE, that is what i created it in. what is the problem you are having?

when i mouse over the hack, the image disappears and then the 2.gif appears, and when i mouse out the same thing happens. that happens to me with ie for any site but i primarily use firefox and it works flawlessly with the higher standard browser.

[Xil Ze]

i use sp1/ie6.0.2800 but that's of no consequence

[Slapyo]

i've never noticed that before with IE6. nobody else has mentioned it either. it shouldn't take very long to load the images because they are very small in size... 630 bytes. even on dial up something that small really shouldn't make a difference in the time it takes to appear.

i think it does cache the image once it is loaded too. so initally the first image is cached, then the first time you rollover that image is cached.

[Xil Ze]

you know what setting does it? i had it set to check for newer versions of stored pages "every visit to the page". so i changed it to "automatically" and now it works seemlessy.

[Xil Ze]

i added cursor: hand; to the hover part..so now i like it even more

[Slapyo]

right on, glad you got it working!

[dsboyce8624]

Okay, I had to rebuild, so I know it is a hack I have installed.

I'm nowhere near able to figure this out, can I send you things to look at? Maybe put some templates into text files and zip them up for you?

[dsboyce8624]

I figured it out.

I have the Microstats Hack installed. The one that gives how long to generate the page and the PHP and SQL percentages.

I moved that code up in the headerinclude template and it took out the space at the top.

Dennis

[RichieBoy67]

anyone using this with vbportal???

I am also seeing that this code is not xhtml 1 compliant.... Has anyone cleaned this code up at all????

[Morgalis]

Anyone know how to get this working with VBPortal???

I too am looking for support for vbPortal

the <!-- logo --> is not found in the header nor the themeheader templates

thanks in advance

[Big J]

I just installed this hack, but why does the box look like this? (see attached)

[Slapyo]

because you edited the content in the box to display line breaks. rather than the info being on just 1 line it is on multiple lines. you will have to condense your information, and make sure it is only on 1 line.

[Snake]

This is a great hack to install and will force guests to register. Thanks.

[BOWZONE]

Perfect! <clicks install>

Easy to install and works great! Thank you!

[ResaleBroker]

Works like a champ. Thanks! [clicks install] ;)

[The Geek]

Nice one. Very helpful.

You dont need to look for <!--logo-->. If you cant find it, just put it under <a name="top"></a>

Just 1 q... Will this have any effect on spidering the site?

Dont want to piss them off - they are touchy things.

[Snake]

Question. With this hack, it will force the guests to register which will get me more members or what?

[Slapyo]

Nice one. Very helpful.

You dont need to look for <!--logo-->. If you cant find it, just put it under <a name="top"></a>

Just 1 q... Will this have any effect on spidering the site?

Dont want to piss them off - they are touchy things.
should goof with spiders at all. they may just see the extra link to register. no big deal.
Question. With this hack, it will force the guests to register which will get me more members or what?
no, it won't force them to register. just a subtle reminder that they should register.

[Slapyo]

Nice one. Very helpful.

You dont need to look for <!--logo-->. If you cant find it, just put it under <a name="top"></a>

Just 1 q... Will this have any effect on spidering the site?

Dont want to piss them off - they are touchy things.
was going through your site. noticed the bar shows up funny on this page.

http://www.thenailgeek.com/geekbay/

[ResaleBroker]

was going through your site. noticed the bar shows up funny on this page.

http://www.thenailgeek.com/geekbay/ I believe that happens because the files haven't been loaded into that particular folder/directory.

[Adam21]

Does this works with VbAdvanced?Any other changes need to be made?Thanks.

[The Geek]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Slapyo]

Does this works with VbAdvanced?Any other changes need to be made?Thanks.
some people have it installed with a portal system. not sure which one(s) though.

[Slapyo]

No changes needed to work with 3.0.8

[mcyates]

erm if you look here http://www.myfootballforum.com/referrals.php

You will see the Total Referrals Since: August 03, 2005 and the total board referrals are both 96 even though i've just reset it, the
Total Referrals Since: August 03, 2005 should be 0. They both use $total to get this number. Any help please?

[Slapyo]

I don't know. It could be because of another mod. This doesn't change any data at all, it just provides the link so people can sign up, and it can have the referral code in it if you decide.

[dastar]

Any chance we'll get this ported over to 3.5? :)

[Slapyo]

Ya, soon as it is gold.

[dastar]

Ya, soon as it is gold.

Sweet. Look foward too it!

[yj_enquirer]

hey..thanks m8.. has made my forum look pretty kool... cheers.

[bvtonedog]

Sweet. Look foward too it!

Just a note, since this is only a template mod, it would still work with 3.5, i've tested it out and works 100%

[Slapyo]

*nod*ya it should. I just don't know if the instructions are the same with the changes to 3.5 ... if anyone has 3.5 installed and knows if this works just the same let me know.

[bvtonedog]

I have 3.5 and i know it works :) didn't have to change a thing

[mr. visual]

/me clicks install. thanks!

[DGoulden]

excellent that rox! :)

[aciurczak]

Great mod! Works like a charm...

[Hanif]

Gosh this must be like what Kate Moss must feel like when shes on drugs...
classic man it works, beautiful.

[derekivey]

Yup works fine on 3.5 :)

[Slapyo]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=97150

There is my thread for this hack for version 3.5.0 ... go click install there if you installed it!! :)

[RaceJunkie]

well if you do and don't mind testing it out lemme know! thanks.

i installed firefox at work but wasn't blown away with it so i kept IE here at home. the only thing i like is the tabbed browsing.

Try avantbrowser.com tabbed also

[cmiller1014]

Hey guys... I have a quick question.

I love the way this looks and I want to have one that shows up there when the user is browsing a private forum. As it stands, I have a secondary usergroup that about 10 people are in. Those 10 people can view 1 forum that noone else can. I would like a bar like this to show at the top if their secondary usergroup = a certain number.

I just dont want them thinking these posts are in the open forum because obviously it appears to them as though they are.

What would the conditional be for that? I can figure the rest out.

THANKS IN ADVANCE! THIS MEANS A LOT!

[aciurczak]

I'd try something like:

<if condition=("$bbuserinfo['usergroupid']" = groupIDthatyou'recheckingfor)>.

Add multiple conditionals if you need multiple groups. Put it in both the headinclude and the header templates.

[The Geek]

Just a quick note...

I, like many of you get tired of constantly seeing the Help! emails about 'Ive registered but cant post' only to find that they typically didnt read that they need to activate their account.

I have tweaked the template changes here a touch to give these guys a friendly nudge:

Header:

<if condition="($show['guest'] || is_member_of($bbuserinfo,3)) AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'register') AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<div id="infobar"><if condition="$show['guest']"><a href="http://www.thenailgeek.com/register.php?referrerid=1">It appears you are not yet a geek!. To join the worlds largest community of nail professionals, click here...</a><else />
<a href="http://www.thenailgeek.com/register.php?do=requestemail">Thanks for registering. Please follow the activation email instructions sent to you or click here to resend them</a>
</if><embed src="http://www.thenailgeek.com/infobar.wav" autostart="true" loop="0" hidden="true"></embed></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</if>


headerinclude:


<if condition="($show['guest'] || is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 3)) AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'register') AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.thenailgeek.com/infobar.css" type="text/css" />
</if>


Anyhooo. It sure helps prevent those annoying emails!

Great mod. I love it.

[MissKalunji]

Just a quick note...

I, like many of you get tired of constantly seeing the Help! emails about 'Ive registered but cant post' only to find that they typically didnt read that they need to activate their account.

I have tweaked the template changes here a touch to give these guys a friendly nudge:

Header:

<if condition="($show['guest'] || is_member_of($bbuserinfo,3)) AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'register') AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<div id="infobar"><if condition="$show['guest']"><a href="http://www.thenailgeek.com/register.php?referrerid=1">It appears you are not yet a geek!. To join the worlds largest community of nail professionals, click here...</a><else />
<a href="http://www.thenailgeek.com/register.php?do=requestemail">Thanks for registering. Please follow the activation email instructions sent to you or click here to resend them</a>
</if><embed src="http://www.thenailgeek.com/infobar.wav" autostart="true" loop="0" hidden="true"></embed></div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</if>


headerinclude:


<if condition="($show['guest'] || is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 3)) AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'register') AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.thenailgeek.com/infobar.css" type="text/css" />
</if>


Anyhooo. It sure helps prevent those annoying emails!

Great mod. I love it.


works great!

[dre]

would this work in 3.5.1 anybody?

[derekivey]

Yes, I it installed on my 3.5.1 forum and it works fine.

[Slapyo]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=97150" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=97150</a>

That is the thread for the 3.5.x version. No changes made, just put it in the 3.5.x area as well.

[bloodwrath]

very cool and very easy to install
thanks

[Club3G]

This is working on 3.5.3, just FYI.

With vBAdvanced, I just had to copy the files into the web root as well (I have my forums under /forum).