What style are we all using?

NOTE: Make sure all your styles have different display orders (only if they are in the same grouping). For instance, don't have 2 styles each with the display order of '1' otherwise this hack will just show 'Style: ' and no style shown.

This hack will show each users current selected style when viewing a post.
If you want to see how this looks, take a look at the screenshot attached.

The style system is a little more complex than the vBulletin 2 one, but it's still pretty simple and straightforward.

My apologies if this has already been released! I must also note that all of this code is original, meaning I made it all myself, I didn't look at someone else's code if anyone was wondering, so that we don't play the 'blame game' later on.

NOTE: For those who are wondering, this hack adds NO EXTRA QUERIES to your pages! Meaning the load and processing time are about the same as usual, they don't change much

Okay anyhow, here we go:

Instructions

Open includes/functions_showthread.php and find

PHP Code:

    static $gotrank, $sigcache, $sigperms, $gotage, $month, $day, $year, $counter; 


Above, add:

PHP Code:

    global $stylechoosercache, $vbphrase; 


Find

PHP Code:

    eval('$retval = "' . fetch_template($maintemplatename) . '";'); 


Above add

PHP Code:

    // check what style the user is viewing
    if (!$post['styleid'])
    {
        $post['style'] = '(' . $vbphrase['not_specified'] . ')';
    }
    else
    {
        // loop thru the $stylechoosercache to see which style the user is using, has to loop thru a few times
        foreach ($stylechoosercache as $parentstyle)
        {
            foreach ($parentstyle as $innerstyleid)
            {
                if ($innerstyleid[0]['styleid'] == $post['styleid'])
                {
                    $post['style'] = '<a href="' . $vboptions['forumhome'] . '.php?' . $session['sessionurl'] . 'styleid=' . $post['styleid'] . '">' . $innerstyleid[0]['title'] . '</a>';
                    continue;
                }
            }    
        }
    } 


Open the postbit template (or postbit_legacy if you're using old-style postbits) and find

					<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon]</div>

Above, add

					<!-- user forum style -->
<div>$vbphrase[style]: <if condition="$post[style] == '$vbphrase[not_specified]'"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php?styleid=$vboptions[styleid]">Default Style</a><else />$post[style]</if></div>
					<!-- / user forum style -->

Now add the following phrase:

Phrase Type: GLOBAL

Title: not_specified
Text: not specified

Title: style
Text: Style

All done!

[Xenon]

Originally Posted by Matthew Lam

Well done!

BTW, is there any way that could be able to made that as a link? Whereby user can click on it ? Exactly like what Vb.org having now.

thanks

vb.org is using the quick and dirty way, like i call it.
the Style part is not generated, but it's a big if condition test in postbit, (as it was done during the Beta when we didn't want to hack where not needed)

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by ryancooper

The phrase is definatly there. jsut tryed to add it again and got There is already a phrase named 'not_specified'. You may not create duplicate names

there is only 1 phrase correct?

Any other ideas?

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I fixed it now, for upgrading, just replace global $stylechoosercache;

with global $stylechoosercache, $vbphrase;

[ryancooper]

Originally Posted by Gary W

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I fixed it now, for upgrading, just replace global $stylechoosercache;

with global $stylechoosercache, $vbphrase;

Oh good so i wasn't going nutz!! LOL Thanks for a great hack!

Updated but still get teh same thing??

[NuclioN]

Yes the same here. Or you see a : (when a child style whas chosen) or the phrase '(not_specified)' but if they choose a master style it's correct displayed.

[Gary King]

Sorry about that guys

Add the following phrase:

Title: style
Text: Style

[NuclioN]

Well...it's the same only now it;s: Style:

[Mr. Brian]

How about this? Is it possible or not?


Thanks.

Originally Posted by Matthew Lam

Well done!

BTW, is there any way that could be able to made that as a link? Whereby user can click on it ? Exactly like what Vb.org having now.

thanks

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by Matthew Lam

How about this? Is it possible or not?


Thanks.

Done, just replace the old code w/new code now.

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by NuclioN

Well...it's the same only now it;s: Style:

Works fine for me.

[NuclioN]

I can't see the chosen styles (see attach)