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Add a banner image to each forum (vb3.6) · **Released**: 11-27-2006

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[HowTo] Add a banner option image to each forum w/ Link V.1.7
Tested on vBulletin: 3.6.4

Zachariah - http://www.gzhq.net

Quote:

This is an update of my previous hack:
*** Add a banner image to each forum (VB 3.5x)
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=94119

DEMO
- banner for an on-line game clan/guild.

*** Info:

This modification will Add an image banner w/ link Or paste in your own HTML code option per forum.
These files can be any image. (png, jpg, gif, ect).
This will be located after the $navbar on FORMDISPLAY and SHOWTREAD.
This images can be located on the localhost or on a remote server.

Changelog:
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1.7
- str_replace used to place hack at $navbar in FORUMDISPLAY, SHOWTHREAD.
- choice to show in thread per forum.
- Place $add_banner in template if str_replace fails to work.
- add_banner template added

1.6
Banner shows up on each thread
adds: 1 more template edit to the install
Requested by: - Ryan McBain

** Note: 1.5 - 1.6 needs only to edit SHOWTHREAD not Reinstall the XML files

1.5
Added HTML option
Added 3.x to VB 3.5 upgrade XML file.

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Zachariah · #12 11-28-2006, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan Young

Hi i updated, then uninstall ed because i had a problem with my images displaying multiple times. I also reinstalled, images still show multiple times website www.bgleague.com/forum

Ok the reason you seen 2 sets of images:

*** How to Upgrade:

*** Edit 2 Template(s) : FORUMDISPLAY, SHOWTHREAD no longer need the code below:

Find:
$navbar

below remove:

Quote:

<if condition="$foruminfo['banner'] AND $foruminfo['bannerlink']"><center><a href="$foruminfo[bannerlink]" target="_blank"><img src="$foruminfo[banner]" alt="$foruminfo[banneralt]" border="0" /></a></center><br />
<else />
<if condition="$foruminfo['banner']"><center><img src="$foruminfo[banner]" alt="$foruminfo[banneralt]" border="0" /></center><br />
<else />
<if condition="$foruminfo['bannercode']"><center>$foruminfo[bannercode]</center><br />
</if>
</if>
</if>

This script has a few options. By default install it will attempt to place itself
in FORUMDISPLAY, SHOWTHREAD under location "$navbar" in the templates. If for some
reason your banner does not show up you edit and place $add_banner within the templates.

ShackMaster · #13 11-28-2006, 11:52 PM

Code:

$search_text = '$navbar';
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY'] = str_replace($search_text,
$search_text.fetch_template('add_banner'), $vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMDISPLAY']);

Is this the code that is supposed to be on my forumdisplay after loading the .xml? Cause that code is nowhere to be found.

ShackMaster · #14 11-28-2006, 11:57 PM

I tried placing $add_banner in forumdisplay, but it still doesn't work.

Zachariah · #15 11-29-2006, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShackMaster

I tried placing $add_banner in forumdisplay, but it still doesn't work.

The code above is used in the script to "search" the Forumdisplay template for $navbar and try to place the banner template "add_banner" under.

Do you have $navbar in your Forumdisply template ?
- If so this should show up after you edit a forum and add the needed image, target link, or custom HTML code.

If there is no $navbar in your Forumdisplay then you need to add $add_banner in your template.

I have 2 banners now -

http://www.gzhq.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=47

Code:

<body>
$header
$add_banner
$navbar

The one the hack places and the same thing above the $navbar because I edited the template.

What have you placed in the AdminCP in the space for the image in the forum you edited ?

Barakat · #16 11-29-2006, 01:00 AM

installed . thanks

Jonathan Young · #17 11-29-2006, 01:24 AM

Okay, works fine now. Only thing that seems weird is that everything in the forum edit is in a longer form. By that i mean like 3 words a line, then down like a list, then it shows the field, but it doesn't seem to affect the added image part. If you need a screen shot, i can send one if requested.

sensimilla · #18 11-29-2006, 04:57 AM

Great share Zachariah thanks again

abramelin · #19 11-29-2006, 06:30 AM

lovely mod but doesnt this bad for seo?

firstrebel · #20 11-29-2006, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShackMaster

I'm not able to get this to work, either with a single banner or with the script for random banners.

Instead of placing the $add_banner in Forumdisplay and Showthread, could it be added in the Navbar template?

Try THIS

Bob

computer1 · #21 11-29-2006, 04:04 PM

Thx for this hack this I like

but howe can I put in more and one banners let say if I have 8 banners
some I wont to put in howe shuld I do that ????
so all the banners rotate

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