Colour Code Private Areas

[parabat]

Can someone please give me a hand. I have a public and a private area on my board and I would like to colour code them so that users know which areas they are currently in.

Can anyone give me some advise or direct me to a mode I can use please.

-PB

[SaN-DeeP]

if you meant a private forum for a set of different users (different usergroup) you can specify a different style for that particular forum and force to use this new/changed style for this private forum.

[ericgtr]

My first thought is that you could manually set it up by putting your private forumid's in an array and then calling up a custom css for those forums. Let me know if you are interested in this sort of scenario and I will look into it for you.

[parabat]

Originally Posted by SaN-DeeP

if you meant a private forum for a set of different users (different usergroup) you can specify a different style for that particular forum and force to use this new/changed style for this private forum.

Thanx SaN-DeeP. But both public and private are in the same board and I would like to split certain categories between the two.

Originally Posted by ericgtr

My first thought is that you could manually set it up by putting your private forumid's in an array and then calling up a custom css for those forums. Let me know if you are interested in this sort of scenario and I will look into it for you.

Unfortuately my skill set is not code based. So any assistance would be greatly appreciated. You idea sounds like it should work. Would you mind helping me out? If this could be done at the category level, would it be easier?


-PB

[ericgtr]

Okay, here's one way you can do it. First you need to create your alternate color by creating a new style, this is going to be the alternative color(s) for your selected forum(s). Here I just use one color so you will have to tweak it to your liking.

Go go Syles & Templates > Style Manager and select Main CSS from the style you want to apply this to. Now scroll to the very bottom where you see Additional CSS Definitions you will want to add your new style to the very bottom box. Again, change it to your liking but leave .staff there.

.staff
{
	background-color: #000000;
}

Now we'll call it up with a condition to only show for the forums you specify. In forumhome_forumbit_level2_post replace the entire template with this, be sure to change the bolded forum id's with your own. Back up your original template first just to be safe.

<if condition="in_array($forum['forumid'], array(12,17))">
<tr align="center">
	<td class="staff"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" /></td>
	<td class="staff" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]">
		<div>
			<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
			<if condition="$show['browsers']"><span class="smallfont">(<phrase 1="$forum[browsers]">$vbphrase[x_viewing]</phrase>)</span></if>
		</div>
		<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
		<if condition="$show['forumsubscription']"><div class="smallfont"><strong><a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;f=$forum[forumid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_forum]</a></strong></div></if>
		<if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>
	</td>
	<td class="staff" nowrap="nowrap">$forum[lastpostinfo]</td>
	<td class="staff">$forum[threadcount]</td>
	<td class="staff">$forum[replycount]</td>
	<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
	<td class="staff"><div class="smallfont">$forum[moderators]&nbsp;</div></td>
	</if>
</tr>
$childforumbits
<else />
<tr align="center">
	<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" /></td>
	<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]">
		<div>
			<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
			<if condition="$show['browsers']"><span class="smallfont">(<phrase 1="$forum[browsers]">$vbphrase[x_viewing]</phrase>)</span></if>
		</div>
		<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
		<if condition="$show['forumsubscription']"><div class="smallfont"><strong><a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;f=$forum[forumid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_forum]</a></strong></div></if>
		<if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>
	</td>
	<td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap">$forum[lastpostinfo]</td>
	<td class="alt1">$forum[threadcount]</td>
	<td class="alt2">$forum[replycount]</td>
	<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
	<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$forum[moderators]&nbsp;</div></td>
	</if>
</tr>
$childforumbits
	</if>

[parabat]

Thanx ericgtr
I will test it and come back to you if that is ok :up:

-PB

Hi ericgtr

I have tested it and it works great. Can I ask for another addition.
Within the forum, just above the first post, the heading of the forum with it's description appears there. Can I colour code the background of that title bar to reflect either public or private areas using a background colour there as well please.

-PB

[ericgtr]

That's where you will want to do the above mentioned where you apply a different style per forum, it will be much easier for you that way and there are a lot of free styles you can download from here.

[parabat]

I'm trying to attache an image of what I mean. Not sure how to do it. When I click the "image" button, nothing happens and there is not attachement option.

-PB

[ericgtr]

I think I see what you are after, here is what you will need to do.

In your forumdisplay template find:

<td class="tcat" width="100%">$vbphrase[threads_in_forum]<span class="normal"> : $foruminfo[title]</span></td>

Replace it with:

  <if condition="in_array($GLOBALS[forumid], array(12,17))">
	<td class="staff" width="100%">$vbphrase[threads_in_forum]<span class="normal"> : $foruminfo[title]</span></td>
	<else />
	<td class="tcat" width="100%">$vbphrase[threads_in_forum]<span class="normal"> : $foruminfo[title]</span></td>
	</if>

Again, we are using the staff class for the background, you can change this as you see fit and don't forget about the forumid's as well.

[parabat]

Thanx for your assistance Ericgtr, it works a treat. :up:

One last thing.. (I know I'm a pain )
On the home page with all the forums collapsed (the forum categories). How can I show those various private forums in the same color?

-PB