The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

About Developer · **Released**: 09-27-2005

(This hacks works with both 3.5.x and 3.6.x)

This hack allows you to post powerful dynamic announcements (changing according to different conditions) on forum home page. It differs from vbulletin's default announcements in 2 ways:

The announcement is displayed in forum home page, not inside thread view. So visitors will read them on home page without clicking any links.
The Hack's announcements are not static: ie. they can be powerfully programmed to display different texts according to different conditions.

For instance you can tell "why they should register" if visitor is a guest, but if he is a member with 0 posts, you can tell him why he should start posting etc.!

All in one announcement! Everybody will see the relevant text according to his status. (This is the hack everybody keeps asking in the TheAdminZone.com whose using the hack for members with 0 and 1 posts.)

This version of the hack is for vbulletin 3.5.x and 3.6.x (vb 3.0.x version is here and vb 2.x version is here. 3.5 version is coded as a plugin so you can install it WITHOUT modifying vb PHP files. It is easily installed in 2 steps through your admin cp.

Basic Usage of This Hack: You can set a text in your Admin CP and it's displayed in forum home to all users. Alternatively if you want, you can set another text as a popup announcement and it is displayed to all as a pop up announcement (it can't be killed with popup killers software!)

Advanced Usage : With conditionals you can set different texts/notifications/messages/announcements and they will be displayed if your pre-configured condition applies. This allows you to create powerful announcements/private messages/texts which address their receipt only if a certain condition is met. Some examples:

You can set to show an announcement in forum home IF:

user is X
user's usergroup is Y
user has X posts or has more than Y posts but less than Z posts
his last visit time was X days ago
today is X, hour is between Y and Z, day is wednesday, month is Y, week is month's 2nd week, today is user's birthday
etc.

Here is a Screenshot from a general table announcement.
Here is a Screenshot from a popup announcement.

Some Features:

Coded as a vbulletin pluggin. Can be installed easily without hacking PHP files.
It's Admin CP integrated
Smiley, BBCode, HTML, IMG tags are supported in announcements.
You can address your users with their usernames inside announcements (Use $bbuserinfo[username] variable)
Announcements are displayed directly in Forum Home so users are forced to read them.
The Conditionals help you to design powerful and ever changing announcements/private messages/forum home notifications.
Poupup announcement can not be killed by popup killer software

Hacks of Hack:
* For CMPS Integration see here
* French Translation by Allan : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=143
* Nested Conditionals by dc3dreamer : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=175
* Hack Annoucement appears in all vb pages:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...498#post911498

IMPORTANT FOR 3.x USERS:
If you were already using this hack in 3.0.x, remember to do 2 things:
BEFORE YOU INSTALL THIS HACK : Follow this instructions to remove the remnants of 3.0.x hack.
AFTER YOU INSTALL THIS HACK : Go to your admin cp / styles, find these 3 styles:
dfh_announcement
dfh_announcement_headercode
dfh_announcement_popup
and REVERT THEM so that your new templates that comes with 3.5 version will apply.

About vb4.x version:

I didn't consider porting this hack to vb4 because vbulletin has now a VERY SIMILAR feature in vb4 called "NOTICES". You can find it under your admin cp/Notices submenu/Notice Manager. It is not as powerful as this hack as this hack allows you to use any kind of conditional to produce your announcement but it is more user friendly because you don't need to deal with conditional syntax, you simply build your announcement (notice) with menus
If you install the hack, click INSTALL, thank you..

Logician \\=^))

djjeffa · #**182** 12-04-2005, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Logician

Nothing.. Please follow these step:
* admin cp/manage products/uninstall Dynamic Forum Home Announcement Hack by Logician
* edit includes/config.php, find:

PHP Code:

?>

replace this line as:

PHP Code:


			
// Debug

 $config['Misc']['debug'] = true; 

?>

(and upload to the server)

* login to admin cp, go to vb options/dynamic forum home announcements

* delete all settings and settings group in that page to remove 3.0 settings. (by clicking "delete" next to 2 settings and 1 setting group title)

* Revert your config.php (and upload the server)

* Now install 3.5 version.

i dont see admin uninstall Dynamic Forum Home Announcement Hack by Logician in cp/manage products/

and i dont see "delete" (by clicking "delete" next to 2 settings and 1 setting group title)

could u please help?

akanevsky · #**183** 12-05-2005, 12:11 AM

Umm... I do not really understand the purpose of this hack. Can't this simply be done via templating system?

Logician · #**184** 12-05-2005, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djjeffa

i dont see admin uninstall Dynamic Forum Home Announcement Hack by Logician in cp/manage products/

and i dont see "delete" (by clicking "delete" next to 2 settings and 1 setting group title)

could u please help?

If you installed 3.5 version, you'll see uninstall in product section. If you installed 3.0.x version and then upgraded your board, you won't see it in product section, because it was not a product in 3.0.x. So if you are trying to remove 3.0.x hack settings in 3.5 follow the message you quoted above.

Quote:

I do not really understand the purpose of this hack. Can't this simply be done via templating system?

Do you understand the purpose of vbulletin setting "Use Legacy (Vertical) Postbit Template"? Can't this simply be done via templating system by overwriting postbit template?

This hack gives you an easy way to put global announcements into your forum home page without dealing with templating system. It also allows you to put popup announcements to your forum homa page without dealing with multiple templates and complicated HTML codes for DHTML layers.

Smiry Kin's · #**185** 12-17-2005, 12:16 PM

anyway to make it smaller? :S very nice work tho! jsut massive!

bashy · #**186** 12-17-2005, 09:43 PM

Hi

I have uploaded the php in the right place...
I have imported the product as a product, checked it 3 times, but cant see it in the manage product list, although when i try to upload it again it says its already there...

Another thing, when i try to edit the forumhome template and click save, it just reverts back to the state it was before the edit...

This is really strange...

Any advice please...

Bashy

Logician · #**187** 12-18-2005, 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bashy

Hi

I have uploaded the php in the right place...
I have imported the product as a product, checked it 3 times, but cant see it in the manage product list, although when i try to upload it again it says its already there...

Another thing, when i try to edit the forumhome template and click save, it just reverts back to the state it was before the edit...

This is really strange...

Any advice please...

Bashy

I don't think your problem is related to this hack, it sounds as if you have a problem in vbulletin.

bashy · #**188** 12-18-2005, 08:41 AM

Strange that...Cause i got loads of mods installed and this is the first time it aint let me change a template....

I will try again when i have rebooted my computer!!!

Bashy

bashy · #**189** 12-18-2005, 08:52 AM

Hi again...

still the same problem, it will not let me edit the forumhome template for love no money, Once i edit it, it just reverts back to as it was before i edited it...
Im gonna go have a word with vB i think and see what they say...
But in the mean time can anyone see anything in the code that could have locked the template?

Code:

stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
	<!-- no cache headers -->
	<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
	<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1" />
	<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />
	<!-- end no cache headers -->
	$headinclude
	<title><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_powered_by_vbulletin]</phrase></title>
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar
<style type="text/css">

#fadeinbox{
position:absolute;
width: 300px;
left: 0;
top: -400px;
padding: 4px;
z-index: 100;
visibility:hidden;
}

</style>

<script type="text/javascript">

//Specify display mode. 3 possible values are:
//1) "always"- This makes the fade-in box load each time the page is displayed
//2) "oncepersession"- This uses cookies to display the fade-in box only once per browser session
//3) integer (ie: 5)- Finally, you can specify an integer to display the box randomly via a frequency of 1/integer...
// For example, 2 would display the box about (1/2) 50% of the time the page loads.

var displaymode="always"

var enablefade="yes" //("yes" to enable fade in effect, "no" to disable)
var autohidebox=["yes", 60] //Automatically hide box after x seconds? [yes/no, if_yes_hide_after_seconds]
var showonscroll="yes" //Should box remain visible even when user scrolls page? ("yes"/"no)
var IEfadelength=1 //fade in duration for IE, in seconds
var Mozfadedegree=0.05 //fade in degree for NS6+ (number between 0 and 1. Recommended max: 0.2)

////////No need to edit beyond here///////////

if (parseInt(displaymode)!=NaN)
var random_num=Math.floor(Math.random()*displaymode)

function displayfadeinbox(){
var ie=document.all && !window.opera
var dom=document.getElementById
iebody=(document.compatMode=="CSS1Compat")? document.documentElement : document.body
objref=(dom)? document.getElementById("fadeinbox") : document.all.fadeinbox
var scroll_top=(ie)? iebody.scrollTop : window.pageYOffset
var docwidth=(ie)? iebody.clientWidth : window.innerWidth
docheight=(ie)? iebody.clientHeight: window.innerHeight
var objwidth=objref.offsetWidth
objheight=objref.offsetHeight
objref.style.left=docwidth/2-objwidth/2+"px"
objref.style.top=scroll_top+docheight/2-objheight/2+"px"

if (showonscroll=="yes")
showonscrollvar=setInterval("staticfadebox()", 50)

if (enablefade=="yes" && objref.filters){
objref.filters[0].duration=IEfadelength
objref.filters[0].Apply()
objref.filters[0].Play()
}
objref.style.visibility="visible"
if (objref.style.MozOpacity){
if (enablefade=="yes")
mozfadevar=setInterval("mozfadefx()", 90)
else{
objref.style.MozOpacity=1
controlledhidebox()
}
}
else
controlledhidebox()
}

function mozfadefx(){
if (parseFloat(objref.style.MozOpacity)<1)
objref.style.MozOpacity=parseFloat(objref.style.MozOpacity)+Mozfadedegree
else{
clearInterval(mozfadevar)
controlledhidebox()
}
}

function staticfadebox(){
var ie=document.all && !window.opera
var scroll_top=(ie)? iebody.scrollTop : window.pageYOffset
objref.style.top=scroll_top+docheight/2-objheight/2+"px"
}

function hidefadebox(){
objref.style.visibility="hidden"
if (typeof showonscrollvar!="undefined")
clearInterval(showonscrollvar)
}

function controlledhidebox(){
if (autohidebox[0]=="yes"){
var delayvar=(enablefade=="yes" && objref.filters)? (autohidebox[1]+objref.filters[0].duration)*1000 : autohidebox[1]*1000
setTimeout("hidefadebox()", delayvar)
}
}

function initfunction(){
setTimeout("displayfadeinbox()", 1)
}

function get_cookie(Name) {
var search = Name + "="
var returnvalue = ""
if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
if (offset != -1) {
offset += search.length
end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset)
if (end == -1)
end = document.cookie.length;
returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
}
}
return returnvalue;
}


if (displaymode=="oncepersession" && get_cookie("fadedin")=="" || displaymode=="always" || parseInt(displaymode)!=NaN && random_num==0){
if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", initfunction, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", initfunction)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=initfunction
document.cookie="fadedin=yes"
}


</script>

<!-- main -->
<thread>
	<if condition="$show['guest']">
	<!-- guest welcome message -->	
<DIV id="fadeinbox" style="filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.RandomDissolve(duration=1) progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=gray,direction=135) ; -moz-opacity:0">

<table class="tborder" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="600">
<tbody><tr>
	<td class="tcat" align="center">
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase>
	</td>
</tr>
</tbody><tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_welcomepanel" style="">
<tr>
<td class="alt1" align="center" width="101%">
<phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase> 
<br><br>This box will auto close after 60 seconds.
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><br>
<align="center" valign="middle">
</DIV>
	<!-- / guest welcome message -->
	</if>
</thread>
<thread>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

</thread>
<thread>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

	<tr align="center">
	  <td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
	  <td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
	  <if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
	  <td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
	  </if>
	</tr>
</thead>
$forumbits
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>
			<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>
			<if condition="$vboptions['forumleaders']">&nbsp; &nbsp;
			<a href="showgroups.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[view_forum_leaders]</a></if>
		</strong></div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-- /main -->

<br />
<br />

<!-- what's going on box -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat" colspan="2">$vbphrase[whats_going_on]</td>
	</tr>
</thead>
<if condition="$show['loggedinusers']">
<!-- logged-in users -->
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_activeusers')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			<a href="online.php?$session[sessionurl]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[currently_active_users]</a>: $totalonline (<phrase 1="$numberregistered" 2="$numberguest" 3="$numberspiders">$vbphrase[x_members_and_y_guests]</phrase>)
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_whos_online]" border="0" /></a></td>
		<td class="alt1" width="100%">
			<div class="smallfont">
				<div style="white-space: nowrap"><phrase 1="$recordusers" 2="$recorddate" 3="$recordtime">$vbphrase[most_users_ever_online_was_x_y_at_z]</phrase></div>
				<div>$activeusers</div>
			</div>
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end logged-in users -->
</if>
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_stats')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_stats" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_stats].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_stats" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_stats]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/stats.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>" border="0" /></td>
		<td class="alt1" width="100%">
		<div class="smallfont">
			<div>
				$vbphrase[threads]: $totalthreads,
				$vbphrase[posts]: $totalposts,
				$vbphrase[members]: $numbermembers<if condition="$show['activemembers']">,
					<span title="<phrase 1="$vboptions[activememberdays]">$vbphrase[within_the_last_x_days]</phrase>">$vbphrase[active_members]: $activemembers</span>
				</if>
			</div>
			<div><phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$newuserid" 2="$newusername">$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]</phrase></div>
		</div>
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<if condition="$show['birthdays']">
<!-- today's birthdays -->
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_birthdays')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			$vbphrase[todays_birthdays]
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getday&amp;day=$today&amp;sb=1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/birthday.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_birthdays]" border="0" /></a></td>
		<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$birthdays</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end today's birthdays -->
</if>
<if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_events')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_events" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_events].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			<if condition="$show['todaysevents']">$vbphrase[todays_events]<else /><phrase 1="$vboptions[showevents]">$vbphrase[upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days]</phrase></if>
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_events" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_events]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/calendar.gif" alt="$vbphrase[calendar]" border="0" /></a></td>
		<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</if>
<!-- latest threads -->
<if condition="$show['latestthreads']">
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_latestthreads')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			$vbphrase[latest_threads]
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[latest_threads]" /></td>
		<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$threadbits</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</if>
<!-- /latest threads -->
</table>
<br />
<!-- end what's going on box -->
<if condition="$show['topXstats']">
	$topXstats
	</if>

<!-- icons and login code -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="bottom">
	<td>
		<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0">
		<tr>
			<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>
			<td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_new_posts]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_no_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>
			<td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_no_new_posts]</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old_lock.gif" alt="$vbphrase[a_closed_forum]" border="0" /></td>
			<td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_is_closed_for_posting]</td>
		</tr>
		</table>
	</td>
	<if condition="!$show['guest']">
		<!-- member logout -->
		<td align="$stylevar[right]"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]"  onclick="return log_out()"><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[log_out_x]</phrase></a></td>
		<!-- end member logout -->
	</if>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / icons and login code -->

$footer
</body>
</html>

harry1951 · #**190** 12-18-2005, 11:43 AM

*clicks installed*

Smiry Kin's · #**191** 12-22-2005, 01:39 AM

how do you add -adsense? also how do you make it smaler?

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