best way to link to images?

[sabret00the]

i normally just use images/whatever/image.gif but i'm aware that theirs a better way so i'm wondering what's the best way and why use stuff like $stylevars etc. (sorry just trying to learn)

[AN-net]

$stylevar[imagesfolder] that takes you right to your images folder and i guess u can go from there;):D

[Zachery]

That only worked in vB3 pre beta 7 ;)

its now $stylevar[imgdir_*]/

either hard code it

http://www.bla.com/forum/images/buttons/crap.gif

or use relative location :)

[AN-net]

some of the templates i see still use it>_>

[Zachery]

then your using old templates ;)

[sabret00the]

nice one, thanks everyone, i thought i better standardize my style set coding before i got too far into it :)

[AN-net]

then your using old templates ;)
well im not using vb3 beta 7 templates im using at least vb3 rc3 templates
can u just use $stylevar[imgdir]?
ok tried $stylevar[imgdir] and $stylevar[imgdir_*] and $stylevar[imgdir_gradients], they dont work>_>

[sabret00the]

she's right, i just tried to link to an image which is located at
images/forumhome/$forum[forumid].gif
as
$stylevar[imgdir_forumhome]/$forum[forumid].gif
and it missed the whole directory off :(

[Logikos]

Example:
If your style settings were set to http://www.asite.com/forums/stylename

then

$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/boo.gif

will call

http://www.asite.com/forums/stylename/misc/boo.gif

when he said $stylevar[imgdir_*] he ment replace * with the dir name where the image is stored.

Hope this helps

[sabret00the]

but i have my images stored in /images/forumhome so where as images stored in images/misc i can just use $stylevar[imgdir_misc]/image.gif i have made a new directory i want to store my images in and i want to call them dynamically.

[assassingod]

but i have my images stored in /images/forumhome so where as images stored in images/misc i can just use $stylevar[imgdir_misc]/image.gif i have made a new directory i want to store my images in and i want to call them dynamically.
Unless i've missed something in vB3, you can't do that without hacking.

[sabret00the]

is there anyway i can link to the images directory just using the $stylevar variable?

[sabret00the]

*bump* :happysad:

[Logikos]

Not for the way you want to do it,

[sabret00the]

so theirs no way for me to do $stylevar[imgdir]/forumhome

[Brad]

Try sticking this in your phpinclude_start template. This will let you use $stylevar[imgdir_forumhome] instead of hard coding it. I did not test it because im about to go to sleep, but if it dose not work it is probbly just something little I missed in my sleepy state :)

if (!empty($loo_stylebit))
{
unset($loo_stylebit);

}
$loo_stylebit = 'images/forumhome';
$stylevar2 = array('imgdir_forumhome' => '$loo_stylebit');
$stylevar = array_merge($stylevar, $stylevar2);

See I forgot the code and had to edit :)

[Logikos]

Well look at that :) nice!

[sabret00the]

wouldn't that be the same as just adding a replacement variable to the style?

[sabret00the]

does $stylevar[imgdir_gradients] not exist or is it just me?

[AN-net]

it might be gradient, like the buttons folder is actually $stylevar[imgdir_button](i think)
i dont know>_< vb should include in the next version a list of the style vars, actually they should a release a guide explaining the if statements etc. but thats my 2 cents

[sabret00the]

gradient don't work either :(

[sabret00the]

*bump* still need help with this :(

[Brad]

it might be gradient, like the buttons folder is actually $stylevar[imgdir_button](i think)
i dont know>_< vb should include in the next version a list of the style vars, actually they should a release a guide explaining the if statements etc. but thats my 2 cents
Documentation comes with the gold release

sabret00the: your right it is, sometimes I forget I can even add replacements ;)

[AN-net]

Documentation comes with the gold release

sabret00the: your right it is, sometimes I forget I can even add replacements ;)
i have to wait for a gold release :(