Global Announcements
 

Hey all,

What is Global Announcements?
This is a modification that adds an announcement to every vB page. It's simple to use and install.

What can I do using Global Announcements?
The features of Global Announcements include:

• Online / Offline - The ability to turn your announcement Online or Offline.
• Set Announcement Title - The ability to change the title of your announcement.
• Set Announcement Text - The ability to change the text of which your announcement contains.
• HTML Ready - Has the ability to use HTML in both Title and text!

How long will it take me to install Global Announcements?
Global Announcements is a very easy modification to install. It should take no more than 1 minute to install! It comes with a product file, so all you have to do is import the included product file, edit one template and the modification is installed!

Support
For support on this mod, you can go to either:
MgArcade.com

Or

Post in this topic!

Suggestions
Got a suggestion? Post it here, PM me, or email me, I will try my best to include it in a future version.

Credits
Global Announcements was:
Created By: Marky_
Assisted By: Zero Tolerance

Credits
You must not allow this file for download anywhere but vbulletin.org without the consent of Mark Spiers (Marky_)

If you install this modification, please click 'Install' to show your support!

Would you like to donate to me? I'd be extremely grateful, no matter the amount!
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/02/12.gif

Latest Version: 1.2

Version 1.1 Features
** Border Thickness - The ability to change the thickness of your Global Announcement table.
** Title Colour - The ability to change the colour of the title of your Global Announcement.
** Text Colour - The ability to change the colour of the text of your Global Announcement.
** Title Alignment - The ability to change the alignment of the title of your Global Announcement.
** Text Alignment - The ability to change the alignment of the text in your Global Announcement.

Version 1.2 Features
*** Announcement Title Link - The ability to create a link from the title of your announcement to an external link.
*** 'More' Option - The ability to add an 'More...' to your announcement. This links to the same link as the title.

Upgrade Instructions included in attachment. Just download the zip file and upgrade :)

Thanks,

Marky

Can you specify where you place the announcement?
Nice idea ;)

Sorry the announcement is placed Below the navbar and vB welcome section.
I have added an extra attachment so it is easier to see what this modification does :)

I also forgot to mention, the Global Announcement (Title and Text) Can both use html :)

The announcement text doesn't display for me :( Only the title, and a small box below.

Would you please either provide me a link or screenshot to the problem, and i'll try my best to help you ^_^

Attached :)

Make sure you place the navbar edit right at the bottom. I.e. make sure there isn't anything underneath the global announcement code.

EDIT: Also make sure you actually have something in the announcements text box :)

I've done the following, doesn't work. Anyway, can someone confirm that it works for them?

Just installed it myself again, and it works fine.
http://www.mgarcade.com/forum/index.php?
I'll leave the announcement up there for a while so people can check it out :)

It seems your 'Latest News' mod you have installed is trying to share a table with the Global Announcement mod =\
If you'd like I could take a look at your template via your AdminCP. I've PM'd you my msn, if your interested in me taking a look ;)

Installed. I use this to make mention of what's going on in my vbDrupal hack. Thanks!
rich
russbo.org/vb/index.php

<font color="Green">Install</font> , Great thanks

//Regards

Thanks :)
If you find any problems or have any suggestions, be sure to tell me ;)

*Clicks Install*

Thank you, very nice. :)

Installed :)

youve been busy today marky :) .. this will work out great after the upgrade..

[high]* LBSources clicks install anyway :P[/high]

Great Addition. Works great as a marquee.

Thanks for your comments :)
And have fun with it ^_^

i agree installed on 3.5.1 board like this one better..no offense :ermm: to other coders :rolleyes:

Very easy to install. Very good mod, well done pat on the back

You got any note or feedback that this works on vB Drupal??

awesome hack

If I have time, i'll test that functionality out for you :)
Once again, thanks for the nice comments, It's really good to see you like this ;)

Marky, I don't post often on this board. But i am immpressed with this plugin, exactly why i was looking for!

Thanks very much :). Works perfectly ;)

Great I was looking for something similar to this!

Features to expect in the next version:

* Ability to change text colour of title and text of announcement
* Ability to change the border thickness of your announcement
* Ability to change the alignment of title and text of announcement.

I think that's about all - this should be released soon :)

Version 1.1 Released!
Version 1.1 Features
** Border Thickness - The ability to change the thickness of your Global Announcement table.
** Title Colour - The ability to change the colour of the title of your Global Announcement.
** Text Colour - The ability to change the colour of the text of your Global Announcement.
** Title Alignment - The ability to change the alignment of the title of your Global Announcement.
** Text Alignment - The ability to change the alignment of the text in your Global Announcement.

Upgrade Instructions included in attachment. Just download the zip file and upgrade :)

Marky,
Nice job on the update. Flawless. Works great. The color changes most definitely bring attention to it.
Just one suggestion however, for those of us who have multiple styles. Any way of having the global announcement bar call to the vb css colors (as before), via the admin cp, and not through the navbar coding? I like the idea of keeping my Global Announcements coding the same as the other parts of the vb pages.
Thanks
rich

great hack updated as well working great on 3.5.1 good job :rolleyes:

Good idea, i'll keep it in mind ;)

+1 great suggestion ..

Hate to suggest even more to this wonderful hack..

anyway to add HTML inside of this? ive tried using the VB way and it didnt seem to work.. or am i missing something?

Thanks in advance..

Lenny :)

This script is HTML Ready - You can use HTML in both title and text :)

Mrk, yes you are right .. i was using the [url=blah..... that didnt work.. but standard html does.. thank you!

Yes blah is BBCODE. Global Announcements is currently not BBCODE ready.

What a simple but great idea - good job *installed*

ok, I hope you will test it soon ;)

Thanks!!

Version 1.2 is in the works :)
Current features I have planned for this version is;
* Guests Only - The admin controlled ability to make it so the announcement is only shown to guests only. (This could be then used as a welcome message ;))

No many features as you can see, so if you have any suggestions, please post them, so I can include them in my next version ;)

Thanks,

Marky

did you test it out yet on vB Drupal?

Sorry about the wait gamebgs - I've been super busy with the menu control mod im working on, and keeping MgArcade alive and kicking - plus school - just one big juggle ;)

I've not tested yet, but will do if you still wish me too.
You may test it yourself, it's pretty easy to uninstall. Just delete the text you added in the navbar template and choose uninstall on the product menu :)

Thanks,

Marky

I do not need the test anymore, thanks for all your time ;)

I got my other thing fixed up instead..

Later!!

Ok this is probably a dumb question to ask, but isn't there already a Global Announcement feature in VB (I know there is).. And does this plugin work with the orginal global announcement... Next question, well i should say suggestion to add... Can u make this plugin work with the smilies and be able to pick what smilies you would like to use during the announcement before its posted..