Forum Home Enhancements - Welcome Panel Template Rewrite

Introduction:

When I first installed Zero Tolerence's Welcome Panel, I found that it had a lot of mistakes on my computer. I set out to make a new template for the hack - and I succeeded. This template is my rewrite of Zero Tolerence's hack.

This Hack Made Possible By Zero Tolerance

Please Remove Zero Tolerance's Plugins When Upgrading from a Previous Version!

Hack Requirements:
This hack has one requirement:

1. vBulletin v3.6.0 or higher. (Confirmed working with vB 3.7.0 RC1)

Installation

Installation is a breeze! Follow these simple steps:

1. Upload Files into folders.
2. Install Welcome Panel Product
3. Customize!

Yes, it's that simple.

Feature Lists:
Support for v1.x has been dropped.

v2.2.0

• Displays the number of new posts.
• It displays the user's avatar & links to the edit avatar page.
• Displays your forum stats:
  • Posts
  • Threads
  • Members
• The welcome panel is fully phrased.
• Displays a link for new posts.
• There is a link to edit your profile.
• It shows the forum your most active in.
• It displays the percent of your posts compared to the total forum posts.
• It displays the users posts per day count.
• It displays the users number of posts.
• The welcome panel is collapsable if the user doesn't want it there.
• Completely customizable through a setting group with 13 settings.
• Displays users current time (in their time zone)!
• Image or Textual links for New Posts, Daily Posts, and Edit Your Profile.
• Displays the number of new Private Messages.
• Displays the number of new Threads.
• Customizable link for forum rules.
• Customizable to the latest forum announcement (thread only).
• Latest Announcment name is customizable through a setting.
• There is an admin editable section for "useful links", HTML required.
• Link to forum leaders. (uses vB default phrase so if you change it to something else the welcome panel also changes)
• Link to Mark Forums Read. (uses vB default phrase so if you change it to something else the welcome panel also changes)
• Link to the announcement forum.
• The colors now alternate correctly on your welcome panel.
• Show Version
• Welcome Panel Style (Second Style by Da Pro)
• FAQ Entries

v3.0.0

• Displays the number of new posts, threads, and unread private messages.
• Displays the current time (using the user?s time settings)
• It displays the user's avatar & links to the edit avatar page.
• Displays your forum stats:
  • Posts
  • Threads
  • Members
• Top Poster Statistics
  • Username
  • Profile
  • Amount of Posts
• Fully Phrased
  • Re-Phrased from v2.2.0
• New Posts Link (Image or Text)
• Edit Profile Link (Image or Text)
• Daily Posts (Image or Text)
• The forum the user is most active in.
• How much percentage of the forums total posts does the user own.
• How many ?Posts Per Day? the user has.
• The Panel is Collapsible
• Customizable through 13 settings
  • Revamp Settings from v2.2.0
• Forum Rules link.
• Forums Latest Announcement
  • Pulled Dynamically from specified forum.
• Admin Set ?useful? links ? BBCode allowed!
• Links to Forum Leaders (vBulletin?s Phrase)
• Links to the Mark Forums Read system (vBulletin?s Phrase)
• Links to the Announcement Forum (optional)
• Alternating Colors
• Welcome Panel Version (optional)
• Welcome Panel Style Improved!
• BBCode Parsing
• Link to vBulletin.org in ACP?s Product Manager
• Version Checking enabled.
• Retrieve Latest Version from database, and display in template.
• Improved Code: With Zero Tolerance's Permission, code rerelease made this a possibility! Improved!
• Optional Plural Checking (New Posts, New Threads) New!
• No Avatar Image: Uses the Image Path setting New!
• Multiple Templates! New!

Conflicts:
Users have reported that there is a conflict with this modification:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=122995

Change Log:
v3.0.5: May 16, 2007 - New Features & Improved Code
v3.0.4: March 23, 2007 - Bug Fix - new auto version update.
v3.0.3: Immediately released to replace 3.0.2 to add the correct template.
v3.0.2: Bug Fix, immediately removed from download
v3.0.1: Bug Fix
v3.0.0: Initial Release of 3.0.0

[Ophelia]

I first tried to overwrite when I input the xml... put in the code for rules, and it's still the wrong code. So I uninstalled the template all together, and reinstalled, and it's still the wrong code. Am I doing something incorrectly? Do I need to uninstall the original mod as well?

--->

Ignore this. I had to go and do a revert on the forumhome_welcomepanel template in order to wipe out previous revisions.

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by Ophelia

I first tried to overwrite when I input the xml... put in the code for rules, and it's still the wrong code. So I uninstalled the template all together, and reinstalled, and it's still the wrong code. Am I doing something incorrectly? Do I need to uninstall the original mod as well?

--->

Ignore this. I had to go and do a revert on the forumhome_welcomepanel template in order to wipe out previous revisions.

Nice one... and I was going to go slap myself saying "Did I really forget to update the template AGAIN!"... But I modified it in MASTER TEMPLATE so it should have exported.

[steadicamop]

Originally Posted by King Kovifor

There is no login box for a reason. This displays if the user's userid is greater than zero... So it doesn't show to guests.



I'm not sure... haven't gotten a chance to look?

I've managed to figure it out - and also added the ability to change posts to post/threads to thread if there is only 1 new of either, if there's 2 or more, it shows posts/threads - as it stands there's a new plugin, 1 template change and a phrase update - I can post this all here, but it does require manual changing of the template and phrase.

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by steadicamop

I've managed to figure it out - and also added the ability to change posts to post/threads to thread if there is only 1 new of either, if there's 2 or more, it shows posts/threads - as it stands there's a new plugin, 1 template change and a phrase update - I can post this all here, but it does require manual changing of the template and phrase.

If you send me the post/thread information in a PM I can include it by default in 3.0.5! You'll even get credit.

I received the code and modified how it needs installed, and the actual code. Thanks again steadicamop!

3.0.5 might include a new feature or two!

[King Kovifor]

I have currently got a beta v3.0.5 with general features I want (that doesn't include the major features that I want) and hopefully can get it released soon.

Also, If anyone would like to develop a different design for the panel (moving things around and such), please do and submit it here and it might appear in a version.

[kompakt]

I'm having really high queries (over 100) for users who have not logged-in in a long time. However, for daily users and guests the queries are fine. Any ideas why this is happening?

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by kompakt

I'm having really high queries (over 100) for users who have not logged-in in a long time. However, for daily users and guests the queries are fine. Any ideas why this is happening?

Queries really shouldn't be added for guests, since this doesn't show for guests.

I'm not sure what would cause this... Maybe some stray while() in ZT's plugin? I'll look into it.

[UaeStar]

i like that

[itorrents]

Looks much better with the border="0" added after the images in the template

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by itorrents

Looks much better with the border="0" added after the images in the template

Thanks, I'll take that into consideration for v3.0.5!