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WhyDoesItMatter

02-11-2007 11:29 AM

Any chance of having this in valid xhtml? :D

SidelineSports

02-12-2007 04:18 PM

The info bar comes up great, but where is the warning icon? What did I do wrong? How might I fix this?
Thanks for all help!

SidelineSports

02-26-2007 01:53 AM

Any idea why the icon is not appearing? Did I add the image to the wrong file maybe? I'm not sure why.

Smoothie

02-26-2007 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SidelineSports (Post 1190813)

Any idea why the icon is not appearing? Did I add the image to the wrong file maybe? I'm not sure why.

Appears for me. :)

SidelineSports

02-27-2007 11:01 AM

That's weird. When I get to the site, before logging in, the Bar is up there, but I do not see the warning image.

Masked Crusader

03-05-2007 04:03 AM

Reserved for future use.

Slapyo

04-08-2007 04:05 PM

This works on 3.6.5 no problem.

ragnar21583

05-02-2007 10:09 AM

This hack is great!!! Installed! :up:

Slapyo

05-14-2007 01:01 AM

This works on 3.6.6 no problem.

Khashayar581

09-23-2007 06:37 PM

great idea. i installed and it works fine...
... but i want to make the whole things right aligned, would u please help me how???

nnjj.net

09-24-2007 03:45 PM

is this mod. work on 3.6.8?

Khashayar581

09-24-2007 07:01 PM

yes, it works fine on 3.6.8

Khashayar581

09-24-2007 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Khashayar581 (Post 1345343)

great idea. i installed and it works fine...
... but i want to make the whole things right aligned, would u please help me how???

so, where's the support??

yoyoyoyo

09-25-2007 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Khashayar581 (Post 1346329)

so, where's the support??

you can't expect coders to be on 24 hour call - that is wrong.

Try this in your header template (instead of the code indicated in the install info) to align it to the right:

Quote:

<if condition="($show['guest']) AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'register') AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')">
<div id="infobar" align="right"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/forum/register.php?referrerid=1"><p>It appears you have not yet registered with our community. To register please click here...</p></a><embed src="infobar.wav" autostart="true" loop="0" hidden="true"></embed></div>
</if>

the above assumes that your forum is in the "forum" directory - if it is not then change the URL accordingly.

Khashayar581

09-25-2007 08:49 AM

Code:

<if condition="($show['guest']) AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'register') AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')">

<div id="infobar" align="right"><a href="http://www.forum.persianfinance.net/register.php?referrerid=1"><p>

content goes here</p></a></div>

</if>

as u see, i add the align="right" to the div, but just my texts goes to right, what should i do to make the info icon to right too???!!!

yoyoyoyo

09-28-2007 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Khashayar581 (Post 1346659)

Code:

<if condition="($show['guest']) AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'register') AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')">

<div id="infobar" align="right"><a href="http://www.forum.persianfinance.net/register.php?referrerid=1"><p>

content goes here</p></a></div>

</if>

as u see, i add the align="right" to the div, but just my texts goes to right, what should i do to make the info icon to right too???!!!

that is defined in the CSS - off the top of my head, without testing it try this:

Quote:

body {
margin: 0 !important;
padding: 0 !important;
}

/* A fake IE information bar */
#infobar {
font: message-box;
}

/* Please adjust the values if the infobar is not looking good */
#infobar a, #infobar a:link, #infobar a:visited, #infobar a:active {
display: block;
color: #000;
width:100%;
background: #FFFFE1 url(warning.gif) no-repeat right top .3em .3em;
border-bottom: .16em outset;
text-decoration: none;
cursor: default;
}

#infobar a:hover {
color: #FFF;
background: #3169B6 url(warning2.gif) no-repeat right top .3em .3em;
}

#infobar p{
margin:0px;
padding: .45em 0em .45em 22px;
font-size:11px;
}

HeRmAn'S

09-29-2007 02:37 PM

Installed, :up: very nice.:erm:

Pete C

10-07-2007 01:17 PM

*Installed* This is an excellent little hack. I've changed the wording a bit, and added a custom .wav file. This will either improve the registration rate, or annoy the heck out of those who can't be bothered LOL

Thank you, just what my site needed!

Incidentally, the sound plays in both Firefox & IE, which is more than I'd hoped for. A great job, keep up the good work. :up:

Pete C

10-07-2007 02:33 PM

<i>For anyone who may have concerns that the "warning" image gives the false impression of a security risk, you might like to use these instead (see attached). They're just a simple letter "i" in a circle, which I'm sure most folks would interpret as an information logo.</i>

noppid

10-30-2007 01:47 PM

One of the pitfalls of this hack that has been pointed out is that the first thing a search engine sees is this...

HTML Code:

<!-- ADDINFO BAR PLUGIN -->

<div id="infobar"><a href="http://www.example.com/forums/register.php"><img style="vertical-align:middle;margin:3px 5px;border:none;float:left;" src="http://www.example.com/forums/images/misc/warning.gif" alt="" /><span>Welcome to <strong>Greatest Forum</strong> - please click here to register. If you are already a member, please log in.</span></a></div>

<!-- END ADDINFO BAR PLUGIN -->

And as a result, many times when you see a site with a welcome message indexed in the search engines with a listing like...

The Greatest Forum
Welcome to Greatest Forum - please click here to register. If you are already a member, please log in.

Not very informative.

So anyway, here's a suggestion.

in the CSS file find:

HTML Code:

/* A fake IE information bar */

#infobar {

        font: message-box;

}

Change to:

HTML Code:

/* A fake IE information bar */

#infobar {

        font: message-box;

        position:fixed;

        left:0px;

        top:0px;

}

If you have this mod installed, remove the header edit and install this in the footer instead. This goes at the end of the footer template.

HTML Code:

<if condition="($show['guest']) AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'register') AND (THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')">

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

</if>

Now the first thing a guest sees is still your welcome message. But the SEs parse the code and the message is the last thing they see before the closing body tag. You'll also notice that the infobar stays at the top even when the member scrolls.

Of course your mileage may vary with the CSS positioning settings thus requiring you to make some adjustments. This can cover stuff up depending on your style. But this is tested on IE and FF and appears to work on a validated XHTML page.

Pete C

11-02-2007 10:47 PM

noppid, your changes work well in Firefox, but a substantial percentage of my visitors are still using IE (IE6 & 7). Viewing it in IE, the message either appears at the bottom of the board (depending on the style in use) or it remains at the top but still disappears when scrolling down.

You are quite correct about the search engines picking it up of course, and it would have been an excellent tweak to prevent that. I'm now using your CSS changes noppid, but leaving the code in the header due to the probs it causes in the footer. It's a reasonable compromise for both Firefox & IE users, although it's not going to help with the indexing. I guess it's still a trade-off as to whether folks sign up when they get there.

shcchief

11-20-2007 03:59 AM

Any chance this works with different styles? I installed the mod and it works fine with the default theme but when I apply the theme that I use, it does nothing (even though I'm applying the changes to the theme files - as well as the default ones - which is why it works with that).

The Notorious

03-27-2008 02:57 AM

Installed.

class101

03-28-2008 12:19 PM

uninstalled me, this used to change search engine results in a bad bad way

htscpl

05-10-2008 08:31 PM

While I got this mod to work, I started getting a lot of spam-bots registering... something I didn't have before. Since they all were refered by my id I am guessing this mod was the reason so I've uninstalled it.

Sorry, it is a good idea...just not for my site.

tr03bor

09-13-2008 02:12 PM

will this work on 3.7.3?

l2ride55

03-18-2009 04:46 AM

Took me forever to find this header ribbon! Just installed it on vBulletin 3.6.9. Works and looks great! BTW, I changed the little shield gif to a red square X (clear png).

Installed! Thanks!

Telepresence Forum

L2

Sweeks

03-21-2009 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tr03bor (Post 1621202)

will this work on 3.7.3?

Works fine on 3.8.1 ;)
________
Straight-4 engine

NThomas

05-27-2009 01:44 AM

Any way to keep it "following" a user when they scroll down the page like this site: www.that-forum.com

Faizan

08-18-2009 02:39 PM

look nice very good....

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