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Vb3 Rc3 Category Images!

Vb Version Capiability: Vb3 Rc3

Modifcations Required to alrdy be installed:
http://www.vbulletintemplates.com/mo...ead.php?t=5390
http://www.vbulletintemplates.com/mo...ead.php?t=5450

Authors:
Sweet22 and Antonbomb22

Demo:
http://www.animationation.net/community

Attached:
Screenshots(2)
categoryimg_instruct.zip(in zip is categoryimg_instruct.txt and clear.gif)

Edit:
updated zip file;)

seems like theirs gonna be quite a few boards ready to take my BotM award for when i launch, all thanks to this mod alone, nah :p but great mod :)

Nice work, saving me time ;)

Nice modification, glad somebody released it. :)

yay :d what ive been lookin for was driving me mad :p

Now if it would work with floris's cats in a box :(

Quote:

Originally Posted by .Dan

Now if it would work with floris's cats in a box :(

well those 2 hacks that are required for this one do the same thing i think as floris's does

Yes but this one doesn't work with floris's

I was kinda hoping for catergory images actually ON the catergory bar.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caszi

I was kinda hoping for catergory images actually ON the catergory bar.

wut u mean category bad? u mean as a background on the category?

Call me stupid but I don't see what this does extra than the other 2 hacks (or floris')? What else does it change after the categories have been spaced by the other hack/s?

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMasterG

Call me stupid but I don't see what this does extra than the other 2 hacks (or floris')? What else does it change after the categories have been spaced by the other hack/s?

this adds images above and below each category

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caszi

I was kinda hoping for catergory images actually ON the catergory bar.

I'd like to know too. I'm still fiddling with it though, so if I figure it out I'll let you know.

I'd like to see a ready-made hack like this that would add the side images too. I'll keep looking...

it lets you have the category images... the left and right ones... but i can't use it as i use floris' categories in a box modifaction

Quote:

Originally Posted by .Dan

it lets you have the category images... the left and right ones... but i can't use it as i use floris' categories in a box modifaction

I didn't get a chance to look at it, i'm just scanning all these threads looking for a quick answer. ;) Heh.

I saw Floris' before, so maybe I'll take a closer look at the various methods. This started out as a quest for a category strip background, but now I may end up breaking up the categories and using one of these hacks instead. It depends on the overall look.

Thanks guys.

wut do you guys mean images on the category bar? can you show me an example?

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweet22

wut do you guys mean images on the category bar? can you show me an example?

It's the bar/text above the forum names, where it lists the category of forums.

I can't screenshot one for you now, but for reference look at vbulletin.com. The forum categories "vBulletin 2", "vBulletin 3" etc are category strips.

do you mean a background for em or replace em?

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweet22

do you mean a background for em or replace em?

I was trying to put an image as a background, but ran into spacing issues. What I did was just insert my image in the background box (in Styles) but then I'd have to fiddle with the template to fix the spacing. It's okay, I'm moving on to another idea.

I just have to examine the differences between your method, Floris', and any others I can find.

Thanks for posting this! It's pointing me in the right direction.

Hmmm. I can't get it to work myself, so I tried looking at this mod for the answer. I still cant' get it to work.

This is my version, which looks to be functionally similar to this hack (which I also tried but got the exact same results outlined below):

Code:

UPDATED W/EDIT:

 

<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="bottom">

<tr>

<td style="$stylevar[left]">

<img src="$stylevar[imagesfolder]/inkbleed/topl_tcat.gif">

</td>

<td background="$stylevar[imagesfolder]/inkbleed/top_tcat.gif" width="100%">

</td>

<td style="$stylevar[right]">

<img src="$stylevar[imagesfolder]/inkbleed/topr_tcat.gif">

</td>

</tr>

</table>

<if condition="$forum[forumid] == 2">

<else />

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

</if>

<tbody>

<tr>

<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">

<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumbit_$forumid')"><img id="collapseimg_forumbit_$forumid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat{$collapseimg_forumid}.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]">$forum[title]</a>

<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>

<if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>

</td>

</tr>

</tbody>

<if condition="$childforumbits">

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumbit_$forumid" style="{$collapseobj_forumid}">

<tr align="center">

<td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>

<td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>

<td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>

<td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>

<td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>

<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">

<td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>

</if>

</tr>

$childforumbits

</tbody>

</if>

<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" valign="bottom">

<tr>

<td style="$stylevar[left]">

<img src="$stylevar[imagesfolder]/inkbleed/bottoml_tcat.gif">

</td>

<td background="$stylevar[imagesfolder]/inkbleed/bottom_tcat.gif" width="100%">

</td>

<td style="$stylevar[right]">

<img src="$stylevar[imagesfolder]/inkbleed/bottomr_tcat.gif">

</td>

</tr>

</table>

I had moved the headers under the categories on my own before this, so I didn't install the other recommended hack. (I've looked at it and it's exactly the same thing anyway...)

I didn't add the spacer hack because my images already act as automatic spacers.

What happens with the above is that the first category doesn't follow the proper class, so the background doesn't follow the 1st/2nd alternating colour styles, and the img is subject to the cellpadding rather than flush. My second category has the proper style but there is a space after its top image and the category text.

I don't get it...

edit:

I fixed some of it. The problem was I put "1" as my first forum, instead of "2". That has now solved the style issue.

BUT... I still have a gap (looks like 1st/2nd alternative colour) between the bottom image and the following top image, as well as a blank space (?) between the top cat image and the forum contents. So, I can't get the bottom/top images to lie flush, nor can I get the top image to lie flush with the contents of the category.

edit:

I went back to my method (using img within cell instead of cell/background for middle image.

I solved the extra gaps by adding a break after each left/middle/right image in the top and bottom tables. I've run into this before, where adding a break will remove a space, but I can't figure that out. It's just been, to me, a cheat fix. Anyone care to explain this one to me?

Anyway, I've got it all sorted out. Thanks for putting up with all my edits. ;)

is it possible to use this with floris' cat spacing modification?

Hello,

does this hack also affect the post bit part too? and is there a hack that spaces out peoples posts more?

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