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Simple Category Icons · **Released**: 02-07-2007

Ok folks.

For all of you who want Category Icons including the "new post", "no new post", "forum closed" capabilities, here is a quick and simple solution provided by Andreas

What this hack does: Instead of the standard forum icons like

or

, ... you can now have separat status icons for every forum you have. It is that simple

Templates forumhome_forumbit_level_...

search:

Code:

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />

Replace with

Code:

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum$forum[forumid]_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />

then create/name your images like this:

forumID_new.gif, forumID_old.gif,...

Example: forum1_new.gif

If you want to have different icons for subforums on forumhome as well:

In forumhome_subforumbit_nopost and forumhome_subforumbit_post

search for:

Code:

<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" />

and replace it with:

Code:

<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum$forum[forumid]_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" />

Name your images like:

subforumID_old.gif
subforumID_new.gif

Example: subforum22_old.gif

I don't use this hack so I have no screenshots, but If anyone is trying this, it would be cool if you could provide some screenshots.

Remember to click installed

Greetings

StarBuG

sandsand · #2 02-08-2007, 07:53 PM

Very simple.

A quick suggestion would be an optional other code to use an array of forums that get different icons. I just set this up that way and can post my code & screenshots when I'm done making icons if you'd like.

StarBuG · #3 02-09-2007, 07:54 AM

Of course

Feel free to post it here

farukcan · #4 02-10-2007, 02:53 PM

very good.... install

Coleccromos · #5 02-12-2007, 10:09 PM

This one can make for the sub forums?

StarBuG · #6 02-13-2007, 06:36 AM

Yes

Simply replace the above code in all 4 forumhome_forumbit_level_
templates and you are good.

Coleccromos · #7 02-13-2007, 08:57 PM

Thank you for the help but me refer to the sub forums pointed out in red in the image.

Is it possible to make this?

993ti · #8 02-13-2007, 09:52 PM

Would like this but i have lots of forums.
Is there a way so that forums that don't use different icons use the default onces without adding/renaming lots of the same icons?

BigJimTheLug · #9 02-14-2007, 02:32 AM

Thanks, I've been looking for this.

StarBuG · #10 02-14-2007, 06:58 AM

@Coleccromos:

In forumhome_subforumbit_nopost and forumhome_subforumbit_post

search for:

Code:

<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" />

and replace it with:

Code:

<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum$forum[forumid]_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" />

Name your images like

subforumID_old.gif
subforumID_new.gif

@993ti:
Sorry there is not. This is a simple solution for having different forum icons, not a full blown hack

StarBuG

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