Custom Postbit for Admin

First off, if this doesn't belong here, delete, move, ect. I'm new here, so forgive me. Secondly, this is NOT my hack. Credit goes to Zajako 100%. He created this hack while he was a Co-Admin on my board. I just cracked it, that's all.

Step 1:

Create a new profile field edittable only by Admin. Call it something like Postbit#. Then note the ID# for it, you'll need that info later. Best way to find out is Click on Modify custom Profile fields after it's created, right click it, copy shortcut, and paste it somewhere like a blank notepad page. The last 2 numbers will be it's ID#. Open your profile, and in that field, put a 1.

Step 2:

Open your postbit template. Highlight it's contents, and copy. Then create a new template, name that postbit_admin and paste the contents of the standard post bit into your new post bit. Save it. You can come back to this template, and customize it to your liking.

Step 3:

Here's what qualifies this as a hack, I think. Download and open admin/functions.php then find this line:

PHP Code:

} else {
        eval("\$retval = \"".gettemplate("postbit")."\";"); 


Directly above it, put this code in:

PHP Code:

} else {
        If ($post[fieldX] == "1")
            eval("\$retval = 

\"".gettemplate("postbit_admin")."\";"); 


Note the X in $post[fieldX] is the ID# of that custom field you made in step 1. You can make multiple templates as well. I.E. I have clans on my board. I've made different templates for each, I usually change the post colors. For instance, there's a clan that's called HGC. I named that template postbit_HGC and in the gettemplate("postbit_admin")." part, I just changed it to gettemplate("postbit_HGC")." However, you need a different number in the custom profile field. Let's say you use 2 to denote someone posting w/ an HGC post bit. The part that says If ($post[fieldX] == "1") gets changed to If ($post[fieldX] == "2")

Just add another line above that, I.E.

PHP Code:

} else {
        If ($post[fieldX] == "2")
            eval("\$retval = 

\"".gettemplate("postbit_HGC")."\";"); 


And you can add as many as you have templates for.

I have 8 different templates on my site. Mind you, every time I make a post bit change, I must apply it to every postbit template. You can customize the different templates as you see fit. Here's some screen shots:



Note my highly customized postbit, that's not even a sig, it's HTML built right into the postbit's HTML coding itself



This is the standard post bit. Play around with the code, and see if you can customize things to your liking. There are 5 places you must look for to change post color, just look for

<td bgcolor="$post[backcolor]"

and hard edit it to your liking.

Enjoy, and please, remember this was NOT my hack, this was Zajako's hack. If I did something wrong, please tell me. I'll try to help as much as I can, but you'll have to do your own HTML customization...

EDIT: For a full Demo, visit http://www.gqforums.com
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[DrkFusion]

Good hack..I don't know why admins would want a custom post bit..its too much work, and well I wouldn't see a point to it.

If I ever find a use for it, I will install it
*Downloads*

[Brad]

Originally posted by DrkFusion
Good hack..I don't know why admins would want a custom post bit..its too much work, and well I wouldn't see a point to it.

If I ever find a use for it, I will install it
*Downloads*

Well you can hide stuff like the ip logged to normal users. however i wont be installing it. nice idea tho.

[zajako]

i threw this hack together in seconds and that is why i did not release it. if it were not for the fact it is of no use for me anymroe i would make a clan hack out of it by makign it so that when you join a clan it changes the postbit automaticaly and you can register a clan by filling out a form and makeing a postbit for it... there are many possibilities for this hack, but do to me nolonger helping at gq and my board being a peacefule non claned board its of no use so i won't bother with it.

[kmfdm_kid2000]

It IS a bit of extra work, since I have 8 different post bits, but for me it's worth it, my members like having different colored post bits for their groups, and I like being able to have mine look totally different than the rest. I also lock my Co-Admins out of editting templates, and Storm wrote me a custom hack that allows my Co-Admin to edit his custom template from the Mod CP, so that's 1 less post bit I have to worry about...

[Neo]

Originally posted by Xenon


Not only you

*yawns* I am not releasing mine though since hence I dont feel like making a hack file for it oO ... and its way to much code... :ninja:

[SpeedStreet]

This shouldn't even be considered a hack.

If you are modifying multiple postbits, then it is a template change, not a hack.

I could understand a few slight modifications to an admin postbit, but you have gone WAY overboard. I got a headache just from reading your signature!!!

Remember, message boards are for people to have a community in, not for admins and moderators to be the popular crowd. Making yourself look so much more 1337 than everyone else is not really....aww forget it, nobody listens anyways. I just hope that board isn't on my host

[Link14716]

It is a hack. It requires a file edit

[mx3]

I can see how KKid liked this one, and i kinda do to when i go to his forums...I might install later.

[sonic3d]

well it doesn;t work for me.

l8er
sonic

[Courage]

I've created a new custom field editable by admins, but I want to put the info for anyone in the postbit.

How can this be done ?