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

[Mythotical]

You don't have to technically delete Zero's template, just overwrite with this one, otherwise you can just upload this .xml file, check the box for overwrite allowed then it should do just fine.

[Gottcha]

Originally Posted by Steve M

You don't have to technically delete Zero's template, just overwrite with this one, otherwise you can just upload this .xml file, check the box for overwrite allowed then it should do just fine.

not quite following you...what do we overwrite?

i just uploaded the xml and have both of the mods showing.

[jellybaby]

Does anyone find this makes a significant slow page opening for your forum home?

[Mythotical]

Gottcha: Maybe I am misunderstanding what your problem is. Are you wanting to get rid of the hack altogether or what?

jellybaby: This doesn't slow down page opening, that is caused from the amount of plugins you have installed. Thats what slows down page opening.

[Gottcha]

Originally Posted by Steve M

Gottcha: Maybe I am misunderstanding what your problem is. Are you wanting to get rid of the hack altogether or what?

i want to remove the old hack and use this one

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by Gottcha

i want to remove the old hack and use this one

when you remove the old hack, all you have to do is get rid of the template and upload this one. Since zero's template was manually added [revert] in style manager should do the trick.

[TranceCan]

Originally Posted by King Kovifor

Be on the look out for v2.3 which will include a revamped Settings, two templates, template changes, and plugins to install (no need for zt's plugin as this will new version will require some plugin modifications too!). Should be out within the next week. Also on it's way is a french translation.

This looks EXACTLY like what I need. Any new ETA on version 2.3?? I'm eagerly waiting so I don't have to mess around with zt's plugin.

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by TranceCan

This looks EXACTLY like what I need. Any new ETA on version 2.3?? I'm eagerly waiting so I don't have to mess around with zt's plugin.

No. I'm having trouble with plugins so it won't be out for a while. Just install his plugins and I'll have detailed instructions on upgrading.

[GreysAnatomy]

Yayayay! All I had to do was remove some of the old navbar content because I didn't want the info twice. Thanks a lot!

[Alcatraz]

Fixed nvm :-)

Alcatraz