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[HowTo] [3.0.0] Place and optimize the "Mark Forums Read - View Forum Leaders" bar.

Title: Place and optimize the "Mark Forums Read - View Forum Leaders" bar.
Version: 1.0.0
Category: Template Modification for vBulletin version 3.0.0 (Gold)
Author: Floris (http://www.vBulletin.nl/)
Description: This modification removes the "Mark Forums Read - View Forum Leaders" bar from below the forum (where it behaves as footer) and places it as footer to the "What is going on" box. It will get optimized and will include a small tweak: When you are not logged in it will display the 'register' text and once logged in it will display 'Log out <username>'. Finally it will cleanup the leftover 'Log out' which hovers on the right bottom of the forum icons.

Installation instructions

Goto the Admin Control Panel > Styles & Templates > Style Manager and from the dropdown box select "Edit Templates" to expand the style you want to modify.

Select the "Forum Home Templates" and expand the group.

Select the template "FORUMHOME".

Find the following code:

Code:

<tbody>

<tr>

<td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>

<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>

&nbsp; &nbsp;

<a href="showgroups.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[view_forum_leaders]</a>

</strong></div></td>

</tr>

</tbody>

Delete it from the template.

Now also in the "FORUMHOME" template find the following code:

Code:

<if condition="!$show['guest']">

<!-- member logout -->

<td align="$stylevar[right]"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout" onclick="return log_out()"><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[log_out_x]</phrase></a></td>

<!-- end member logout -->

</if>

Delete it from the template.

Still in the "FORUMHOME" template find the following code:

Code:

</table>

<br />

<!-- end what's going on box -->

Before that, on a new line, add the following code:

Code:

<tbody>

<tr>

<td class="thead" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>

<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>

&nbsp;|&nbsp;

<a href="showgroups.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[view_forum_leaders]</a>

<if condition="!$show['guest']">&nbsp;|&nbsp;

<a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout" onclick="return log_out()"><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[log_out_x]</phrase></a>

<else /><if condition="$show['registerbutton']">&nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href="register.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[register]</a></if></if>

</strong></div></td>

</tr>

</tbody>

Save the "FORUMHOME" template

You are done!

Don't ask for screenshots because I can't attach them for some strange reason.

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (5)bbcode_code_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (1)pagenav_pagelink (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (10)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
Messages:

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Page Generation 0.01180 seconds
Memory Usage 1,743KB
Queries Executed 10 (?)

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Template Usage:

(1)ad_footer_end
(1)ad_footer_start
(1)ad_header_end
(1)ad_header_logo
(1)ad_navbar_below
(5)bbcode_code_printable
(1)footer
(1)gobutton
(1)header
(1)headinclude
(6)option
(1)pagenav
(1)pagenav_curpage
(1)pagenav_pagelink
(1)post_thanks_navbar_search
(1)printthread
(10)printthreadbit
(1)spacer_close
(1)spacer_open

Phrase Groups Available:

global
postbit
showthread

Included Files:

./printthread.php
./global.php
./includes/init.php
./includes/class_core.php
./includes/config.php
./includes/functions.php
./includes/class_hook.php
./includes/modsystem_functions.php
./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php
./includes/class_bbcode.php
./includes/functions_bigthree.php

Hooks Called:

init_startup
init_startup_session_setup_start
init_startup_session_setup_complete
cache_permissions
fetch_threadinfo_query
fetch_threadinfo
fetch_foruminfo
style_fetch
cache_templates
global_start
parse_templates
global_setup_complete
printthread_start
pagenav_page
pagenav_complete
bbcode_fetch_tags
bbcode_create
bbcode_parse_start
bbcode_parse_complete_precache
bbcode_parse_complete
printthread_post
printthread_complete

Messages:

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.01180 seconds Memory Usage 1,743KB Queries Executed 10 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (5)bbcode_code_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (1)pagenav_pagelink (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (10)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
Messages: