not working for me damn

What problem you have?

Warning: Unknown(./includes/functions_dfha.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /index.php(459) : eval()'d code on line 5

Fatal error: (null)(): Failed opening required './includes/functions_dfha.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/dafirm2/public_html/forums/index.php(459) : eval()'d code on line 5

Have you uploaded file "functions_dfha.php" into vb's /includes/ folder?

Hi Logician,

I have had this hack working great on our VB2 board for two years but now we are finally upgrading to vb 3.5.0 and this hack is integral to our design. What we do is show a message on the left menu that either displays user info for members or a "Sign Up" messgae for visitors. See here - http://nexusportal.net.

I'm having trouble getting this to work in VB 3.5.0 though. We don't need the pop-up or separate table - we need to keep the current integration. Therefore your step 2 maybe shouldn't apply? In the forumhome template on vb2 I put:

<!-- Begin Conditional Hack-->
[[($bbuserinfo[userid]!=0)]]
Stuff here
[[/($bbuserinfo[userid]!=0)]]
[[($bbuserinfo[userid]==0)]]
Other stuff here
[[/($bbuserinfo[userid]==0)]]
<!-- /End Conditional Hack-->

I put $dfh_announcement in the forumhome template where I want the message to show and then put the code in the box in the vbulletin settings section which is:

This is one of our testbeds:

http://test.nexusportal.net/index.php?styleid=4

You can see the USER INFORMATION on the top of the left menu but after that it's all a mess. Can you not put HTML in there?

The vb2 version was so simple. :D

I think you confuse this hack with my vb2 template conditionals hack.

This hack is for putting an announcement to forum home (with conditionals if you like) and the other hack was to use conditionals in any vb template you like.

If you need to put a fixed conditional to your forumhome template, you don't need this hack, you can use built-in conditionals of vb3.x: (In other words my vb2 template conditionals hack is now a built-in feature in vb 3.0.x and above)

IE.
<if condition = "$bbuserinfo[userid]>0">
Stuff to display to members
</if>
<if condition = "$bbuserinfo[userid]==0">
Stuff to display to guests
</if>

Ah, thanks for that. I knew vb2 really well but I've been out of it for so long. VB 3.5.0 might as well be phpbb2 for all I know now.

Where is the best place to find out about this new in-built conditional functionality? And also I need to work out the new variables for $avatarimage, $welcometext, $newposts and others. Any insight would be helpful and sorry to take the thread of course a bit. :)

I'm getting there slowly. :D

Hi I've done all the steps ,but ,I got this error when home page is loaded :
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: dynamic_a() in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\arabic-av.com\httpdocs\forum\index.php(459) : eval()'d code on line 158

And yes,I have done everything including uploading,modifying ...etc . :)

Uninstall that product and use that one. I think this should help.

Any way of getting this to work on all pages rather than just the home page?

Thank you. I am disappointed but hey, you can't always get what you want.

No ,didn't work .problem still there .
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: dynamic_a() in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\arabic-av.com\httpdocs\forum\index.php(459) : eval()'d code on line 158

:disappointed:

I really believe you do something wrong (especially related to step 1) but if you are sure you do everything correctly, give me admin cp and FTP access to your board and let me check.

what's been updated today?

nevermind I got it, I think :squareeyed:

good question!
changelog?

If hack is working for you, nm

Very nice hack! Keep up the good work, Logician :D

I have one request for modification: Is it possible to make the announcement appeared in all page, not just forum home page? I would like users to see announcement when they are viewing threads, for example.

I don't get a popup in firefox 1.0.7 at all :(


Technically not a bad thing for the user, but as an admin I want users to see it if they are on firefox 1.0.7

I love it, I love it to death, thank you so much :D

*Installed* Can anyone tell me if it works ok on other browsers as I use IE.

Thanks :)

Works great!! Nice Hack!! Installed has been "clicked"....:))

I use IE and it seems to work fine. The pop-up seems to "pop-up" within the VB window so IE settings dont affect it.

It should be noted that this will add 2 additional queries to the forumhome if a condition is met by the user and an announcement is displayed. I've not tested this with the pop-up, but it is the case for the table..

I'm glad to see this one ported, very useful indeed! :)

To save me from reading through all the posts on this thread, can anyone tell me if there is a fix on this hack for firefox and netscape users as my members say that they are unable to close the pop up. Thank you :)

I try it with Mozilla 1.7.8 and Firefox 1.0.6 and I can close the popup fine.

Weird, I tried it after some of my members said they couldn't close it and it won't close for me either? Very odd.

When did you install the hack? If you installed long ago, get the recent file in the first post. But if you installed in the last 2-3 days, this can't be the problem.

I installed 2 days ago. I've just checked again and it is now working fine. The only thing I have changed since I last checked it is removing the fish hack so I guess that was what was interfering with it. Sorry, about that :nervous:

Logician sorry for late reply :speechless: .Man .... you were absulutely right, I changed the ftp manager and the hack works absulutely fine ... :)

Thanks again for the great job ...

I have a problem when installing this product the database throws an error:

Warning: Unknown(): Unable to access /*****/includes/functions_dfha.php3 in /index.php3(459) : eval()'d code on line 5

Warning: Unknown(/******/includes/functions_dfha.php3): failed to open stream: Success in /index.php3(459) : eval()'d code on line 5

Fatal error: (null)(): Failed opening required '/******/includes/functions_dfha.php3' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /******/index.php3(459) : eval()'d code on line 5

According to the vb files there is no functions_dfha, so why is it looking for it?

Sorry dumb mistake forgot to add the file to includes folder :P

OMG! This enhancement is the absolute DOGZ DANGLY BITS!!!! Thank you for putting this together and imho this should be part of the core product.

A disable radio button would be nice, but it's easy enough to work around (as stated in numerous previous posts).

Thanks again!

Wow I love this!!

It would be nice to see random or rotating announcements in v3.5 and 3.0.x.

is it possible to make the announcement scroll (move) in the table ?

Can someone tell me what the variable name is to check a user's secondary usergroup id?

I have an awards night and want to put up an announcement only to those who nominated (known because they are part of a seconday usergroup). The $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] contains the user's primary group id.

Love this hack but wanted to ask if the color red can be changed on the pop up. Also, I have a spacing issue with it on the front page with more space above it than below. I'd like it to be even if possible. http://www.gotitans.com/goForum/

Thanks for a great addition to my forum!

INSTALLED, Very nice hack, I was using something hardcoded but this is sooo much nicer :)

Just one question, how would I go about using a conditional to not trigger it when a search engine spider drops by?

This would be great to avoid so you can write a long blurb about why people should register and not mess up onpage seo on forumhome.

Thanks!