Easy Forum Icons [Archive]

R1D1

10-07-2005, 10:00 PM

If anybody just needs a special icon on every forum, try the following...

Edit the 4 "forumhome_forumbit_"-templates... (Search templates by "forumhome_forumbit_")

search for:

<div><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
add

<img src='/images/forumicons/$forum[forumid].gif' border='0' nosave align='right'>

after the "div"-tag... so it looks like...

<div><img src='/images/forumicons/$forum[forumid].gif' border='0' nosave align='right'><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
just add a folder called "forumicons" to your images directory...

put in an icon for every forum on your site... use this syntax:

[forumid].gif (can be changed s.o. to *.jpg or whatever you like...)

e.g. put "12.gif" to have the "12.gif"-image shown up on the right side of the forumbit of forum 12...

very easy...

remember: you need an icon for every forum on your site... some browsers wont show the broken-image-link, if you forgot one! test it (perhaps) with internet-explorer (hrrumpf), to see, if theres an icon missing!

fun & peace!

R1D1

10-08-2005, 09:59 AM

screenshot...

R1D1

10-08-2005, 11:42 AM

p.s. if u dont need an image on every single forum just put a blind-gif there... e.g. "gif.15" contains: nothing but a transparent pixel...

even a good idea (to be save), is to put the blind gif from 1-200 into the forumicons-folder. (1.gif, 2.gif, 3.gif a.s.o.) there are some free image-rename-tools on google for that job! ;)

TygerTyger

10-08-2005, 11:56 AM

That's very attractive, good job!

Yorixz

10-08-2005, 12:20 PM

Nice work, for everyone who is too lazy/doesn't know how to create 200 "dummy" gifs I attached the ones I use; please notice that I named them different so you'll have to either to change the names or change <img src='/images/forumicons/$forum[forumid].gif' border='0' nosave align='right'> to <img src='/images/forumicons/picture ($forum[forumid]).gif' border='0' nosave align='right'>

I'm sure someone will find this usefull ;)

edit; why can't we upload rars? :ermm:

R1D1

10-08-2005, 05:08 PM

Nice work, for everyone who is too lazy/doesn't know how to create 200 "dummy" gifs I attached the ones I use

very good idea! :)

Zachariah

10-08-2005, 06:57 PM

Groovy. :D

edit; why can't we upload rars? :ermm:
I ask that everyday

R1D1

10-08-2005, 07:19 PM

Groovy. :D

I ask that everyday

offtopic: perhaps its not the upload... perhaps its the user, who downloads and doesnt know how to decompress rars... ;)

TygerTyger

10-10-2005, 10:41 AM

The part of the code we must search for...

<div><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>

...doesn't exist in the forumhome_forumbit (nopost) sections of the template. Where should the code go? Is it necessary to place it in the nopost templates?

I really love this mod, it cheers forum home up no end (psssst, add a trailing slash at the end of the img tag to make it XHTML compliant!).

R1D1

10-10-2005, 11:43 AM

perhaps you installed some template mods, that exchanged this code for something similar...

try to search the link for the forum-title ($forum[title])... right before that link... before "<a ..." post the above code... ;)

Mastar

10-23-2005, 04:00 PM

TygerTyger

10-23-2005, 09:34 PM

I found it, thank you very much guys. Looking good :)

skullycapone

10-25-2005, 02:02 AM

anyone know where to get sports logo's for this type of thing. I would like a logo for each pro team and each league be it nfl, nba etc etc.

I cant find any logo's 29x30 and when I shrink them they are just a blur

Flow Fusion

10-28-2005, 05:44 PM

I would love to use this hack but, I can't find any of this info in my templates. Some have them and others don't.

xtreme-mobile

10-28-2005, 07:18 PM

there are no images in the zip file just shows a very small dot in each

R1D1

11-03-2005, 05:41 AM

right there are no images... ;) surely! the plot is, that you create your own images... one for each forum! ;) please read the first post...

TygerTyger

11-14-2005, 07:08 PM

You can also use this template edit to create Category Icons to the left of the text in the same way as is done here...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=82750

...but without the plugin. Instead of the suggested code for this mod, put the following into your template in the same location:

<img src='images/forumicons/$forum[forumid].gif' class='forumicon' />

and add this CSS to your Style's Main CSS:

.forumicon {float:left; border:0; margin:0 5px 0 0;}

Demo: http://www.forumwhatever.co.uk

Purty :)

kadafi_alive

12-14-2005, 03:15 PM

Hmm,

If you click on categories, the image icons are displayed instead of right aligned.

Mudvayne

12-14-2005, 06:56 PM

installed.. nice hack..
Take a Look (http://www.golpo.net/forum/index.php)

pspcrazy

12-29-2005, 05:34 AM

installed.. nice hack..
Take a Look (http://www.golpo.net/forum/index.php)

Shuvi thats awesme, anyway you can share the template file for the orbs with us?

YOimYO

12-29-2005, 09:51 AM

when i downlaod the gif images. they are all blank when i view them ...... and YES i know how to unpack a zip file :P

is anyone else having this problem ? i have downloaded them 2 times now and same results :P

thx :D

Bubble #5

01-05-2006, 03:18 AM

Shuvi thats awesme, anyway you can share the template file for the orbs with us?
Yes PLEASE share!

floridaideal

01-23-2006, 08:56 PM

Hi all

Is there anyway to make each image clickable to take you into that forum?

RedTurtle

07-13-2006, 10:42 AM

Hi all

Is there anyway to make each image clickable to take you into that forum?
This is the way that I do it and it allows the image to be clickable and for the title of the forum to show up when you hover over it:

<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]" class="forumicon" title="$forum[title]">
<img src='/images/forumicons/$forum[forumid].gif' border='0' class="forumicon"></a>

Hope this helps you out :)

lukeeales

08-11-2006, 03:48 PM

Anyone know an IF statement that will make the images appear if they actually exist?

Aunt Clara

09-02-2006, 08:05 PM

After much kicking it around it finally did what I wanted it to do. Great hack, thanks a lot, it was exactly what I was looking for: http://www.dominicancooking.com/dominican-recipes/

Now I just have to figure how to center the image properly, but after all this I'll call it a day.

Brandon Sheley

09-05-2006, 02:46 AM

does this work on 3.6 ? if not is there a version.. and when I clicked the link above, it says I don't have permission :(