[release] Kousetsu welcome panel (includes hackless avatar on homepage!)

[Brad]

Kousetsu Welcome Panel
|- because every hacker needs to release at least one ;).


This modification adds a new table to your index.php, its ment to welcome the user/guest and make everything look neater on forumhome. Check out the Screenshots in the next two post for a preview or view Kousetsu (www.kousetsu.net/forums)

This modification also includes a hackless verson of fireflys Avatar on homepage (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32560) hack.

Ive used this on 2.2.5 rc - 2.2.9 final with no problems, all install docs and images in zip. If you use this please click the Install button in this thread, thank you.

Add-on's:

since your last visit XX posts and XX threads (http://www.vbulletintemplates.com/mods/showthread.php?s=&postid=17578#post17578) - By Anime-loo

[Brad]

Screenshot of welcome panel when user is logged out/guest hits index.php

[Brad]

When user logged in they see this:

[CannonFodder]

i like it, i`ll have to try it out

[filburt1]

I'm shocked, AL! After that discussion there's still no [release] or header in the post! ;)

Looks nice :)

[Brad]

I was just about to add that myself, cooking and posting a modification at the same time makes you forget some things ;).

[filburt1]

*crash* Agh! I got boiling water on the keyboard again! *fire sounds*

[Brad]

Add-on: since your last visit XX posts and XX threads

This modification will add the amount of new post/threads in the welcome panel. Be aware this adds 2 queries to index.php and they are processer intensive. Ive released this modification in stand alone format here (http://www.vbulletintemplates.com/mods/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1572).


Install doc: (welcome panel must be installed frist)

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Open the phpinclude template
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## find

if (strpos($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 'index.php') != false)
{
if ($bbuserinfo[userid]!=0) {
$avatarurl=getavatarurl($bbuserinfo[userid]);
if ($avatarurl=='') {
$avatarurl='images/noavatar.gif';
}
$avatarimage='<img src="'.$avatarurl.'">';
} else {
$avatarimage='<a href="register.php?s='.$session[sessionhash].'&action=signup"><img src="images/guestavatar.gif"></a>';
}
}

## Replace with:

if (strpos($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 'index.php') != false)
{
if ($bbuserinfo[userid]!=0) {
$avatarurl=getavatarurl($bbuserinfo[userid]);
if ($avatarurl=='') {
$avatarurl='images/noavatar.gif';
}
$avatarimage='<img src="'.$avatarurl.'">';
} else {
$avatarimage='<a href="register.php?s='.$session[sessionhash].'&action=signup"><img src="images/guestavatar.gif"></a>';
}
// Start new threads/posts
$loonewthread=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS threads FROM thread WHERE lastpost > '$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]'");
$loonewpost=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT count(*) AS posts FROM post WHERE dateline > '$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]'");
}

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Open template forumhome_welcometext
---------------------------------------------------

## Find:

You last visited: $bbuserinfo[lastvisitdate].<br>

## Replace with:

You last visited: $bbuserinfo[lastvisitdate].<br />There have been <b>$loonewthread[threads]</b> threads and <b>$loonewpost[posts]</b> posts since your last visit!<br />

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add-on installed
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Screenshot (http://www.vbulletintemplates.com/mods/attachment.php?s=&postid=12666)

[Tony G]

Nice, I'll create an add-on for it soon. :)

[Wayne Luke]

They since last visit add-on is nice. Too bad it requires a nasty index on the dateline field to be usable on large forums. I added this to SitePoint and the query for this alone added two seconds to the processing time.

[Brad]

Wayne, if you use the hack someone posted a fix for that, it modifiys the database however.

[imported_plattopus]

lol... the phpinclude is cheating!! :D