vb.org Archive - Forum Display Enhancements - This Day In History ~ Changes Daily

This Day in History

Just a Little hack here which you can add to your Forums, Give you a bit of content which changes daily, Should keep your members amused.

You can use this code in a variety of places, If you want it at the top of your forum you can add it to your header like below...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2008/12/10.png

or if you want to be a bit creative you can make a new category and add the code to the discription field, this is great if you want to break up your forum like this...

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2008/12/11.png

Content changes daily and your members can read up more about the Day in History directly at the http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ site.

So lets do it......

If you want to add the code to your header, or footer, simply go to your ACP > Style Manager > Your Style

and add this to either the Header or Footer

Code:

<DIV ALIGN=CENTER>

<!--This Day in History by TheFreeDictionary.com-->

<div style="width:750px;position:relative;background-color:;padding:4px">

<div style="font:bold 15pt '';color:#000000">This Day in History</div>

<style>

#TodaysHistory {width:100%;border:none;background-color:}

#TodaysHistory H3 {margin-top:0px;font:bold 12pt '';color:#000000}

#TodaysHistory TD {font:normal 10pt '';color:#000000}

#TodaysHistory A {color:#0000FF}

</style>

<script language="javascript"

src="http://img.tfd.com/daily/history-top.js?0"></script>

<div style="font:normal 8pt '';color:#000000">

</div></div>

<!--end of This Day in History-->

If you want to add it within your forum, as a category type of insertion, just go to your ACP >Forums & Moderators > Add New Forum

In the title add : This Day In History

In the discription add the code below..

Code:

<DIV ALIGN=CENTER>

<!--This Day in History by TheFreeDictionary.com-->

<div style="width:750px;position:relative;background-color:#FFFFFF">

<div style="font:bold 15pt '';color:#000000"></div>

<style>

#TodaysHistory {width:100%;border:none;background-color:}

#TodaysHistory H3 {margin-top:0px;font:bold 12pt '';color:#000000}

#TodaysHistory TD {font:normal 10pt '';color:#000000}

#TodaysHistory A {color:#0000FF}

</style>

<script language="javascript"

src="http://img.tfd.com/daily/history-top.js?0"></script>

<div style="font:normal 8pt '';color:#000000">

</div></div>

<!--end of This Day in History-->

Remember under Posting options select "NO" to "Act as Forum" This will keep it as a standalone category style.

*****************UPDATE**********************

If you wanted to add this as an insertion after each 1st post you could use the code below (See picture ;) ) This will show it after each 1st post in threads

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2008/12/8.png

Just go to your ACP> Style Manager> Your Style> Edit Templates> Forum Display Template> Postbit Template > (then your chosen Positbit ~ either plain postbit or legecy)

Add this code to the very end of your postbit template

Code:

<if condition="!$GLOBALS['FIRSTPOSTID']"> 



$spacer_open 

<div style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px"> 



<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center"> 

<tr> 

    <td class="thead" align="left">This Day in History</td> 

</tr> 

<tr> 

    <td class="alt1" align="center"> 

<!--This Day in History by TheFreeDictionary.com-->

<div style="width:750px;position:relative;background-color:;padding:4px">

<div style="font:bold 15pt '';color:#000000">This Day in History</div>

<style>

#TodaysHistory {width:100%;border:none;background-color:}

#TodaysHistory H3 {margin-top:0px;font:bold 12pt '';color:#000000}

#TodaysHistory TD {font:normal 10pt '';color:#000000}

#TodaysHistory A {color:#0000FF}

</style>

<script language="javascript"

src="http://img.tfd.com/daily/history-top.js?0"></script>

<div style="font:normal 8pt '';color:#000000">

</div>

<!--end of This Day in History-->



</if> 

    </td> 

</tr> 

</table> 



</div> 

$spacer_close 



</if>

if you come up with alternative uses, feel free to share them here ;)

Thats it

Enjoy :D

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