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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

rayw · #42 08-29-2007, 09:21 PM

Bump - see above!

OnyxChase · #43 10-21-2007, 04:37 AM

Remember to keep the id in the IMG tag if you want your javascript to work.

Code:

<img src="images/forum/$forum[forumid]_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" />

Ejecutor Hanzo · #44 12-02-2007, 01:18 PM

so pretty mod, too simple, thx

*Marked Installed*

Vinyljunky · #45 01-08-2008, 12:01 PM

Hello,

Can this be used for custom forum_link.gif images per forum?

Thanks

VinylJunky

k007 · #46 01-30-2008, 02:25 AM

anyone getting this to work for 3.6.8? i cant seem to find those lines in my forumbit templates...

StarBuG · #47 03-10-2008, 07:33 AM

Just search for forum_$forum[statusicon].gif
This will not change in any new version I think

sflmkv · #48 03-30-2008, 11:35 PM

no success on 3.6.8

chaser.nl · #49 04-14-2008, 12:35 AM

verry nice and simple, i am going to use this.

/me clicks install

*edit

installed on version 3.6.9, no problem with installation here.

soundbarrierpro · #50 04-14-2008, 12:36 PM

What if you have a sports site with a different icon for every NHL team in their own subforum? Can this be done?

soundbarrierpro · #51 04-23-2008, 07:56 PM

Bumpity bump bump. Anybody?

This is not in any level forumhome_forumbit_level_...
3.6.7 - 3.6.8 - 3.6.9 or 3.6.10

Code:

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

is anybody able to help here?

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