Well, with over 200 downloads and 32 problem free install's, I though it time to take this out of the beta hacks forum (note, there are no changes to the file in the beta forum, so no need to re-download if you already have the hack installed).

I put this together originally as a walkthrough for an admin friend, and thought someone might find it useful. Althouth technically, my contribution is a couple of simple template edits, it does contain hacks posted previously.

Like I said, it's a combination of 2 previously relesed hacks (both credited fully). One by Firefly (avatar hack) and one by MrLister (since your last visit). It combines both of these hacks into a welcome panel at the top of the BB, just like the one here and on a few other sites. I'm pretty much a newbie to vB hacking, and struggled to put this together myself (couldn't find any instructions/hacks etc), but I think I've done an OK job. Maybe this will save a few headaches to others like myself ;)

Anyway, here's a pic to illustrate the hack/edit (or whatever it is :D)


http://www.britishblades.com/pics/welcomepanel1.gif


You can see a working verion of this hack here:

The Genome Collective

Thanks to Firefly and MrLister for providing the PHP hacks in this err, whatever :)

(BTW, if this is in the wrong forum, please (mods) feel free to move it)

Happy Christmas everyone.

here it is:

edit: updated version number to 2.2.6 because it works :) There are no changes to the files - it's not a new release. Thanks. /edit

Hmm, for some reason I wasn't able to attach the zip, anyway, here it is...

In reply to your post in the last thread, I uploaded the images. Can you check and see what the url is it is trying to call the avatars from?

And thanks for this hack, it adds a feeling of (this site just kicked my ass) to my boards, and I like that.

After I got a good php editor, It installed easily.

(For those of you without one, try www.download.com, search for edit plus 2)

It's looking for the avatars at..


.....ww.graphic-forums.com/images/avatars/guestavatar.gif


You can modify the url in the first part of the hack, find....

and...

...and change them to reflect the path of guestavatar and noavatar respectively.

I noticed it pointed to a avatars directory, mine has it setup as avatar, so I didnt feel like editing php so I just made a avatars directory and uploaded.

Man, whatever you're happy with, but that's gotta be the hard way - I would have just clipped the "s" off the end - really simple, it's only a path ;)

Anyway, it's working fine now, though you might want to change those avatars to a colour scheme that matches your site better. Should be a breeze to knock out a couple of gif's in Photoshop for you guys ;)

this is a great hack!

Will be installing this after I format my comp

Looks like a wicked hack :) :)

Thanks for the fine work man :D

be original, make your own... :rolleyes:

Fab hack ! Easy to install because of clean instructions ... very effective and a clever idea !

I instaleld it, but I have a small problem. Where it says :-

The time now is 01:35 PM.
You last visited: 12-25-2001 01:34 PM.
View New Posts

That text comes larger than the text above it ! I do not know why and even when I make it smaller in forumhome template, it stays the same ... looks REALYL ugly.

heres the link to my forums so you can see what I mean !

http://www.digital-mafia.co.uk/forums/

Can anyone help ??

Thank youuuuuuuuuuu

I like this hack, and it is very wicked LOL

Great hack. It's running on my test board :)

I have installed this hack without any problem, looks great, many thanks to TrilOByte.

To Cyrus:

The problem you have I don't have, so maybe the problem is not within this hack, just my $0.02, I'm a dunno with php.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cyrus
Fab hack ! Easy to install because of clean instructions ... very effective and a clever idea !

I instaleld it, but I have a small problem. Where it says :-

The time now is 01:35 PM.
You last visited: 12-25-2001 01:34 PM.
View New Posts

That text comes larger than the text above it ! I do not know why and even when I make it smaller in forumhome template, it stays the same ... looks REALYL ugly.

heres the link to my forums so you can see what I mean !

http://www.digital-mafia.co.uk/forums/

Can anyone help ??

Thank youuuuuuuuuuu

Thanks all for helping

TrilO : Seems I hade a fontsize=2 tag in between the smallfont tags ... I removed that and it works fine now :D

Thanks

and once again ... EXCELLENT HACK !!!!!!!! :D :D :p

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cyrus
Thanks all for helping

TrilO : Seems I hade a fontsize=2 tag in between the smallfont tags ... I removed that and it works fine now :D

Thanks

and once again ... EXCELLENT HACK !!!!!!!! :D :D :p

GREAT hack, Tril...thanks!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by trilOByte


Glad to hear you got it sorted, though I don't know where your fontsize=2 came from!

BTW, it still display's incorrectly on your site: http://www.digital-mafia.co.uk/forums/

I don't see the hide left column option in there, how can i add it

[QUOTE]Originally posted by f5hosting
GREAT hack, Tril...thanks!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by rx7forums.com
I don't see the hide left column option in there, how can i add it

I've got VBP

Thank you thank you thank you thank you.

Did I mention thank you?

Great hack! :) Looks so cool

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cyrus


Hi Trilo

Yeh, For some reason the time and date are still too big when the user isnt logged in but FINE when loggin in ... I thought the time template link was only one which is in the forumhome template ! Can you please let me know if the unreguser time is somewhere else

thanks you ! :)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by rx7forums.com
I've got VBP

your the man thanks

Check it out.

www.rx7forums.com

let me know what you think of the look

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sadie Frost
Thank you thank you thank you thank you.

Did I mention thank you?

Great hack! :) Looks so cool

[QUOTE]Originally posted by rx7forums.com
your the man thanks

Check it out.

www.rx7forums.com

let me know what you think of the look

[QUOTE]Originally posted by trilOByte


...and you're very welcome .. always delighted to please a lady ;)

I should point out here, that the lions share of the credit for this hack should go to FireFly and MrLister - they are the ones responsible for the PHP code hacks. All I've done is bring them together and slap on a fancy template edit and some instructions. I feel a little guilty it being in this forum at all.

installed, no problems, looks sweet as m8, thanx

First hack I've installed in a while, excellent stuff. No probs at all :)

http://forums.mx3d.org

Great hack. I just installed it and made a few modifications. :cool:

http://sports-central.org/community/boards

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mjames
Great hack. I just installed it and made a few modifications. :cool:

http://sports-central.org/community/boards

perfecto!!!

got it going here: http://www.highradiation.com/learn

you all have been so helpful!!!!!!!!!!! :D

lookin sw33t :D :stupid:

Thanks for that addon it looks great on my site, with the other hacks.
Working link here.


http://www.internetmag.co.uk/

Added this fantastic "tweak" today and couldnt be happier!!
Just last week someone asked me about putting the login thing up top, and with this package it was not only easy, it looks great too!

Thanks to all involved in making it happen!

Im attaching my avatars in case they match anyone elses boards - its the least I can do ;) (They arent the sharpest, but I think they're pretty OK)

grrrr
1 attachment per post
heres the no avatar one

[QUOTE]Originally posted by trilOByte


Looks good, one problem though, your guestavatar (and possibly noavatar) are not showing. The links point to...

h***://www.sports-central.org/community/boards/images/avatars/guestavatar.gif

Either you havent uploaded them, or they are in a different location.

I've got it set up and runnig great on my forum page. Now for the tricky part - how can I put the welcome panle on a non-vb page? :stupid: