Hi, I've added this hack on 3.6.0.
How can you locate the header above the nav and just below the main banner (forum logo)?

Currently, I added the welcome code below the nav as instructed (vbseo).

Absolutely blooming brilliant!

Thanks for making this Ted :)

If you are using vbseo or perscribe to their ideas, you should not be moving the welcome headers anywhere. If however this is nto an issue, just plae the variable in the template of your chosing (i.e. the header template).

For someone that's never done a 'Template Edit', is there anything besides your instructions or the vBulletin Manual that explains it to new users? I've read thru both, but am still a little nervous.

Your instructions are well written, but for someone like me not knowing code structure I'm just unsure of a thing or two.

For instance, when you say:

I read the note about vbSEO's recommendation and opened up the 'navbar' template to look at it. The last lines of code I see are:

So would you put the $welcomeheaders 'after' the </if> statement? Or does everyone (else) know it has to go just before such?

Anyway, thanxx for any more information anyone can give me.

After it. At the very very end of the file.

Thanxx. Will read thru everything again and give it a try.

Just wanted to add my thanks! This will help out a lot of newer members to the web (and forums mainly).

NICE JOB!

lnstalled the most funny thing happend i got an error after deleting the part u mention so the hack did not work but after i repost the part i deleted set it to the oll and original way it works loooooooooooooooooooooooooooool so if anyone do get error just re do the part u deleted and it will work like a charm and by the way this also give a welcome after a new member joins which i was looking for this for a long time.
So thank for this hack.............

Great product, installed faultlessly!! :)

Does this post in any way affect google page indexing because it shows the welcome header on every page?

I re-read everything and there's something else I'm not sure about. It's the mention of 'every parent style you have'. I'm not sure what that means. My install of vBulletin is vanilla, in that I've not added any 'parent style templates' that I know of, so how many are there and how do I determine which ones they are. Attached is a print-screen of my 'DEFAULT STYLE Forum Home Templates', so do I need to edit any others besides just the FORUMHOME one mentioned?

Thanxx for any/all help!

After upgrade to 3.6 there's 2 Welcome Headers.
Look at the attach pic.

How can I remove one of them?

Efil.

What do Ineed to change to get this to ONLY show on the forums, and not my CMPS page guys?
I don't have the VBA in my forum folder, so all the 'register' and 'contact us' links on the header are screwed up when I'm on the CMPS. I would like to know how to fix them, but I kinda like the CMPS without the headers anyway.

Thanks for any help.

Just don't add the variable to the list of variables in the CMPS admin and that will keep it from showing on CMPS pages.

Damn man, I know what you mean, honest I do! - I just can't think straight. Been coding and installing now for 18 hours straight. Gimme a line bud?

Ok, I've Googled and sorted my head out now.
Thing is, it's isn't in the portal output global variables list.
Nothing is. I haven't added the variable in the CMPS admin. Just installed this latest version today?
:surprised:

:edit: Meh. Guess it's going to be another <if> condition.
Disbaled the whole thing until somoeone can help me out.
My CMPS just has a log in module to the left, the rest is content viewable for people who don't even need to visit the forums if they don't want to so don't need to see a big block telling them to register.
This ruins the layout completely.
:(
Need this for the forums, but not for the VBa page.

Forget it - sorted it myself. It was an <if> condition after all.

Anyone interested - from the install instructions:

Change step 3 to:

And your CMPS will remain clear of the welcome headers should you rquire that.
Add it to your instructions if you like, I'm sure there'd be enough people interested in the option to disable in the CMPS.

Oops, almost forgot - *clicks install*

It sure does. What that impact may be is really up in the air and a matter of speculation. The vbSEO team recommends you place this hack in your navbar template rather than header template. Personally I disable bots from reaching my frontend pages so it's not an even an issue.

efil -
Remove the original welcome header from the FORUMHOME template as per the install instructions.

adwade -
Since you only have one style, you only need to worry about modifying the header template for that single style.

Thanxx Ted, last bit of info I needed to get it to installed. WONDERFUL Product. Many thanxx for all your hours of work put into it. Clicking 'Installed' now...

Ok,
I couldn't find the codes I need to delete in the FORUMHOME template of my Child Template (which I am using). So I edit the parent template. But then it only works when I use the parent template.
Did I miss something here? Shoudn't the child template inherit from whatever changes of the parent template?
Which template you guys changed? The parent or the child?
Confused. Thanks.

If you modify a child style it will no longer inherit changes from the parent, meaning you would have to modify it again.

Thanks for the update Ted. I found a small typo in the AdminCP options:

Also, the "Never Posted" and "Haven't Posted Lately" sections needed " AND $show['member']" added to the conditionals, otherwise, if you had the Guest Message turned off, it would show those messages to Guests.

ConqSoft,
They are tiered conditionals... if the user is a guest they see the first message and the rest of the code is skipped (to make it faster).

Thanks for the typo catch!

Right, but turn OFF the Guest message and watch what happens. :)

/clicks install

Good point. :)

See what happens to software when you keep adding features.

Fixed. Updated. Thanks!

A minor update has been issued to cover the rare instances where someone turns off the guest welcome header message. There are no critical issues addressed in this change, upgrading is optional.

To update just overwrite the existing plugin file.

Hello , nice Mod

I have a Prob

After Create a New Template Module and adding this Code: $welcomeheaders in this its not showing as Block Module in vbadvanced

Can i have any Help?

ps. welcomeheaders is allready in Global Variables

Welcome to the [ARG:3 UNDEFINED] forums.
Tha'ts what I Seeing:(
where to fix that?

Fixed

thanks for the update,
however in the product admin the version didnt change to 4.1.2 its still on 4.1.1, just a reminder :)

I installed this today and added the $welcome_headers code to the navbar template instead of the header and it works great thanks.

However, it does not show on any of my vbAdvanced (2.2.0) pages. Any ideas?

Add the variable to the list of global variables in the CMPS AdminCP.

what variable?

nevermind...

welcomeheaders

... worked

welcomeheaders

thanks. :)

its doesnt show as Block Module in VBA

only in Header , Footer etc

Thank you , it's working.

Is there a way to change the color of the welcome header background (e.g solid red) and the text (e.g white)? Is it also possible to include images in the header message?

Thanks