I have still some problems with the Kier's AaF hack installed, but only when I use a standard - NOT custom - avatar.
Actually it's within a category (another hack.... :D ) but it isn't the problem. I can't see the image in the welcome panel.

I guess of course it depends on the function the Welcome Panel calls : getavatarurl() (you can see more here, about), but same I would put here my experience about this hard join.

Thanks a lot.
Bye

i want to implement this hack, but a fair share of our users have a specific forum bookmarked and don't always come in through the welcome page. so, ideally, i'd like it to pop at the user's point of entry rather than embedding it in a page.

before i spend a lot of time spinning my wheels for nothing, i thought i'd ask you more experienced types if you knew of anything that might cause a problem or prevent me from doing it that way. whaddaya think?

appreciate the help,

- kestrel

I would like to place much of the welcome panel in my header so it appears on all pages. What codes do I need to change or add in order to do this?

Hack the index.php file just the same, in fact do everything just the same except -

When it comes to editing the forumhome template, instead of inserting the .....

<-- welcomepanel -->
*****
****
****
some code
***
****
*****
</--welcomepanel -->

Put that in you header instead. Of course, you will need to make sure the layout works, it's not something I would want to do myself, but it should work. It might look a bit wierd though. You'll have to play around with the tables to get it to look OK.

Wow this hack is awesome! Thanks.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by trilOByte
Hack the index.php file just the same, in fact do everything just the same except -

When it comes to editing the forumhome template, instead of inserting the .....

<-- welcomepanel -->
*****
****
****
some code
***
****
*****
</--welcomepanel -->

Put that in you header instead. Of course, you will need to make sure the layout works, it's not something I would want to do myself, but it should work. It might look a bit wierd though. You'll have to play around with the tables to get it to look OK.

Never thought of that - very cool ;)

Ha... it was Sinecure who pointed the way :D I also did the same thing to my homeindex.php (for your news hack!) which can be seen at http://abudokan.com/forums/homeindex.php . I use an htaccess redirect and actually have that as my homepage.

there is still a problem with the "count threads & posts" - function: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...332#post209332

Yeah, I know it counts *ALL* the posts, including those in private forums. I'm not sure what to do about it. Making it so that admins can easily add forum ID's to an exclude function, would add a ton of code to an otherwise simple hack. Not sure if it's worth it.