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Sorky

01-27-2009 10:00 PM

Sorky - Customize Announcements

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Purpose
This plugin dramatically improves the ways in which announcements can be displayed.

Separates the announcements from the threads and puts them in their own table
Allows the location of the announcement to be changed
Makes it possible to have announcements show up in "Categories"
Collapse the announcement table
Show the announcement message content!
Collapse the announcement message content
Own formatting for the Announcement table heading, the announcement title and the announcement message
Limit the number of announcements displayed
plus more!

Installation
Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

Options
To set this plugin's options go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Sorky18 - Customize Announcements

Versions
v1.0.0 - 24th of December, 2008 = Launch (click here)
v1.0.1 - 28th of January, 2009 = official release for 3.8.x (click here)
v1.0.2 - 29th of January, 2009 = Minor improvement (click here)
v1.1.0 - 13th of April, 2009 = Remember show/hide state (click here)
v1.1.1 - 23rd of May, 2009 = alt text for show/hide image + more (click here)
v1.1.2 - 3rd of June, 2009 = limiting the number of announcements fixed (click here)
v1.1.3 - 7th of September, 2009 = minor script bug removed (click here)

Settings & Demonstration Screenshots
See v1.0.0 post (click here)

If you like this Mod please click INSTALL.

Sorky

01-28-2009 09:59 AM

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V1.0.0 Features

Separates the announcements from the threads and puts them in their own table
Allows the location of the announcement to be changed
Makes it possible to have announcements show up in "Categories"
Collapse the announcement table
Show the announcement message content!
Collapse the announcement message content
Own formatting for the Announcement table heading, the announcement title and the announcement message
Limit the number of announcements displayed

Tips

If the following templates have been modified from their original, either "revert" them or test this Mod carefully before use:

FORUMDISPLAY
header (append only)

NOTE : This plugin ignores the "Forum Display Options (forumdisplay)" / "Group Announcements" setting)

WishList - Other Ideas

Remember collapse state [eg : cookie] (high)
Collapse if already viewed (med)
Do not inherit parent forum announcements (med)
Hide threads until announcements have been read (med)
Special announcement for Forum Home-page (med)
Duration of announcements to display (low)
Change icon

Settings & Demonstration Screenshots

Options1: First part of the available options
Options2: Second part of the available options
Example1: All options with messages / not collapsable
Example2: All options (normal) / table collapsable
Example3: All options (normal) / table collapsable / limited to first option with link to more
Example4: Announcement table collapsed
Example5: All options with messages / table & message collapsable / messages initially collapsed
Example6: All options with messages / table & message collapsable / one message expanded
Example7: Announcement table in a different location

Leo Brazil

01-28-2009 10:07 AM

When I saw this I couldn't resist. Installing right now, I was in need for this for so long...

Thanks for sharing.

Edited: Installed, changes some colors on CSS to match my board and it's perfect.

digicom

01-28-2009 11:14 AM

Thanks installed :up:

Sorky

01-29-2009 09:44 AM

V1.0.2 Features

Improved the style options for the Announcement Table heading
Added extra default style information to use the corrected style

ShawneyJ

01-29-2009 11:40 AM

looks much better than default thanks.

momo2

02-01-2009 01:33 PM

Nice job. Been looking for a new look.. Thanks.

RustedBucket

02-02-2009 04:31 PM

Got this error on vb 3.8.1

Quote:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/class_postbit.php(294) : eval()'d code on line 26

Sorky

02-03-2009 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazy4bass (Post 1732077)

Got this error on vb 3.8.1

I've tested on 3.8.1 with no issues... Can you give me any more information? Is it reproducible? Is it in all forums? If you disable my Plug-In, what happens? If you disable all other plug-ins, what happens?

PM me a URL and I can half a look at what is happening.

Sunka

02-04-2009 07:22 AM

Installed...looking very nice

mark370

02-23-2009 05:19 PM

Hi Sorky, is there any way for me to edit a template to change just the colour of the tital text of the announcment ?
Reason i ask within your mod i can change everything else except this and the dilema i have is on our site we use a dark & light skin and i cant get the background colour right for them both, as soon as i get the light skin looking ok [which is our main default skin] the tital text in the dark skin is same colour as background colour and carnt be seen.

Oh and we running (vBulletin 3.8.1https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/02/26.jpg)

Example-Dark Skin:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/02/27.jpg

Example-Light Skin:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/02/28.jpg

Sorky

02-25-2009 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark370 (Post 1752489)

Hi Sorky, is there any way for me to edit a template to change just the colour of the tital text of the announcment ?

Check these options...

"Cell (td) Formatting for the Announcement title"... class="MyAnnouncementTitleStyle"
"Enter your CSS here"... .MyAnnouncementTitleStyle{...}

mark370

02-26-2009 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sorky (Post 1754097)

Check these options...

"Cell (td) Formatting for the Announcement title"... class="MyAnnouncementTitleStyle"
"Enter your CSS here"... .MyAnnouncementTitleStyle{...}

Thanks for your reply but i proberly didnt explain myself proper ?
Ive already played with those settings youve suggested in vb options but the trouble is i cant set the announcments tital colour on a skin by skin basis unless ime missing something ? [plz see below pic]

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/02/10.jpg

Sorry for being a nuisance :)

Sorky

02-26-2009 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark370 (Post 1755354)

Sorry for being a nuisance :)

No probs... I'm no expert on "skins" - are they the same as "styles"?

You still use this...
"Cell (td) Formatting for the Announcement title"... class="MyAnnouncementTitleStyle"

But you put the CSS in the "Skin/Style", so that the CSS changes based on the "Skin/Style" ;-)

mark370

02-27-2009 08:55 AM

Thanks for your help so far, and yea "skins" / "styles" meen the same its just a differant way of pronouncing it and my spelling aint that good :)

Blackheart_72

02-27-2009 09:27 AM

Just what i need, thanks.

aengus

03-09-2009 10:58 AM

Sorry if I missed it, but is there a way to force announcements to display on index.php as well?

Thank you, enjoying this mod already.

Sorky

03-11-2009 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aengus (Post 1763912)

Sorry if I missed it, but is there a way to force announcements to display on index.php as well?

It isn't there because there is no capability for this currently in vBulletin...

It is in my Wish List (Special announcement for Forum Home-page (med)) which contains things I may do if I get time (or if it gets a lot of requests and I can set aside the time)

Sorky

04-13-2009 04:11 AM

Change Log

1. Added the 'None' selection for greater clarity
2. The long awaited, often requested, cookie to remember the collapsed state
3. Other minor coding and commenting adjustments

Change 1
"None" is the same as using "Selected" with no forums in the following list
"All" is the same as using "UnSelected" with no forums in the following list.
"Selected" allows you to choose which forums the option applies to
"UnSelected" allows you to choose which forums the option DOES NOT apply to

Change 2
Six new options...

vBulletin Options / Sorky19 - Customize Announcements - V1.1.0 / Announcement Table formatting options...
Expanded by default for
Selected/UnSelected Forums (comma separated ForumID list)
If no cookie exists show as...

vBulletin Options / Sorky19 - Customize Announcements - V1.1.0 / Announcement formatting options...
Expanded by default for
Selected/UnSelected Forums (comma separated ForumID list)
If no cookie exists show as...

If the existing (Collapsed by default) option is "None"and the new (Expanded by default) option is "None", then the Expand/Collapse will remember the previous state using a cookie. If the cookie does not exist, you can choose the default.

AteNa

04-14-2009 01:31 PM

Thanks ....

xtronic

04-14-2009 02:05 PM

great :)

installed here

forums

amjadz4

04-16-2009 02:06 PM

nice mod! thanks!
installed! :)

Sorky

05-23-2009 12:20 PM

Change Log

1. Added 'alt' text for the show/hide images
2. Changes to ensure that the modification is valid XHTML
3. Filled the debug section with the option settings
4. Other minor coding and commenting adjustments

Sorky

06-03-2009 09:40 AM

Change Log

1. Fixed the "more" text if limiting the number of announcements displayed
2. Other minor coding and commenting adjustments

Xencored

06-04-2009 04:38 PM

Sup Sorky

I updated and they dont show anymore mate and its all on
Please help bro love this mod ^^ :up:

Sorky

06-05-2009 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by animemike (Post 1823412)

Sup Sorky

I updated and they dont show anymore mate and its all on
Please help bro love this mod ^^ :up:

I had a look... The two announcements you have configured, both have expired... Quite a coincidence that the expiry date is the same as the date you update ;)

Edit the announcements and change the expiry date and let me know if there is anything else strange/missing.

testbot

09-05-2009 03:15 PM

there seems to be some caching issues and too many queries.

There's only a few ppl on right now but doing the week we getin 100x the traffic so this would be a significant hit.

Installed:
Browser generated page in 1.783 seconds
Server generated page in 0.21779 seconds with 30 queries (5 queries for uncached templates) [Server Loads: 0.22 0.12 : 0.04]
Uncached templates: panic_button_postbit (1)
Uncached templates: postbit (1)
Uncached templates: postbit_onlinestatus (1)
Uncached templates: postbit_reputation (1)
Uncached templates: postbit_wrapper (1)

Not Installed (everything is cached fine):
Browser generated page in 1.202 seconds
Server generated page in 0.16792 seconds with 19 queries [Server Loads: 0.04 0.08 : 0.03]

Also noticed this:
Error: syntax error
Line: 490, Column: 26
Source Code:
Sorky19_ShowOrHide("_9",2,);

mattwmc2001

09-06-2009 09:52 PM

Looks great!

Like how easy it is to change the css and don't have to go into the style templates etc!

Thanks!

Sorky

09-07-2009 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by testbot (Post 1880124)

Error: syntax error...

Found the error - Occurs when not using the collapse options, but the collapse script remains (doh) - Fixed in next version.

Quote:

Originally Posted by testbot (Post 1880124)

there seems to be some caching issues and too many queries

Can't understand that - Only one query and that is only ever called once (at the end of the forum display). The templates you mention I do not even touch - Do you have some other PlugIn that is doing that or conflicting?

Did you (or can you) test on a "clean" system (NO other PlugIns and the standard style with no manual edits)?

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattwmc2001 (Post 1880771)

Looks great!

Like how easy it is to change the css and don't have to go into the style templates etc!

Thanks!

Glad you like it :)

Sorky

09-07-2009 06:44 AM

Change Log

1. Fixed the little script bug
2. Other minor coding and commenting adjustments

Xencored

09-27-2009 09:08 PM

Hmm no matter what i do mate i cant get it to stay "collapsed" any ideas?

Thanks

chick

09-28-2009 07:14 PM

Nice one, thank you very much. Clicked install.

Sorky

10-01-2009 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Animemike (Post 1891513)

Hmm no matter what i do mate i cant get it to stay "collapsed" any ideas?

Can you give me any more info... Link? Screen-shot?

Xencored

10-02-2009 03:59 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sorky (Post 1893180)

Can you give me any more info... Link? Screen-shot?

No link mate as the mod is off
as you can see its allways down :erm:
but here is some shots

Attachment 105014 Attachment 105015

Sorky

10-04-2009 02:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Animemike (Post 1893798)

as you can see its allways down :erm:

When it is running, set debug on and let me know so I can check the settings

ctlatino

11-04-2009 02:44 PM

how post a messages in the announcements?

Sorky

11-04-2009 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ctlatino (Post 1910168)

how post a messages in the announcements?

A question like that applies to vbulletin in general and should really be asked in the appropriate place - however - i will answer anyway.

Need to be logged in with the appropriate privilege and is done through the "forum tools" menu or through the AdminCp.

ctlatino

11-05-2009 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sorky (Post 1910269)

A question like that applies to vbulletin in general and should really be asked in the appropriate place - however - i will answer anyway.

Need to be logged in with the appropriate priviledge and is done through the "forum tooms" menu or through the admincp.

where exactly?

Sorky

11-07-2009 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ctlatino (Post 1910708)

where exactly?

Posting an announcement is standard vBulletin functionality - read the manual or search the .com website.

Satviewers

11-12-2009 11:41 PM

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Hi,

I have posted the announcement as a Global one.
And have 'Location of the Announcements' = 'Above the Thread list (If shown)'.

If there are Sub-forums it placing it between the Sub-forum and the Threads.

Is there any way to get it to be above the Sub-forums if they are there.

Thanks.

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