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

[PurpleButterfly]

This is wonderful - thank you so much!

Can you tell me how to change the wording of "rules" to "community guidelines" in this sentence:

Don't forget to read the rules.

I looked through all the templates but can't find anything....

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by PurpleButterfly

This is wonderful - thank you so much!

Can you tell me how to change the wording of "rules" to "community guidelines" in this sentence:



I looked through all the templates but can't find anything....

It is inside one of the phrases (global). I forget the prefix.

Originally Posted by wtrk

how do i move the location of the welcome panel?

It is fixed to the $navbar variable in the forum home template.

Originally Posted by lasto

be careful with this hack as it adds 11 queries to your forumhomepage

Why do people care so much about queries...

[MixMakers]

Originally Posted by iamyp

is it possible to resize the avatar only for the welcome panel?

Would like to know this as well

[King Kovifor]

I would have to mess with the templates. I really am not sure how it's coded anymore. Guess that is what happens when you put it aside for a couple of months.

[Traxdata]

Removed old ZT's panel /reverted old forumhome_welcomepanel / uploaded images to images folder, like in "install" txt, added product-welcomepanelv305 as product, edited welcomepanel main (because of date bug) and still getting DB error 1064. what else should I do, please?
Btw, what to do with .DS-store file?
Thank you...
running vb3.6.5

[King Kovifor]

THe .ds files are harmless and do nothing to your web server (or computer). They are just Macintosh datafiles that are hidden within finder.

What is the exact DB Error?

[Traxdata]

This one:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT COUNT(*) AS newposts FROM post WHERE dateline >= 17:30, 17th October 2007 AND visible = 1;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ':30, 17th October 2007 AND visible = 1' at line 1
Error Number : 1064

[Traxdata]

OK... seems to work now

[Traxdata]

Originally Posted by Lpspider

I tried a little... couldn't come up with it. Any ideas?

find wp_unread phrase (and then other welcomepanel phrases) and add in english filed or wherever you want:

<span class="smallfont"> + text ("there have been...")+ </span>
should look like:
<span class="smallfont"> There have been [...] unread Private Messages. </span>

-> save.
...and so on...

[Jason Black]

mannnnnn it's corrupt