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!

[Mr. Christopher]

I've installed it at www.nothingland.com and while it seems to be working most of the time, I have a small handful of users with a blank "Style:" even though other people with the exact same settings show "Style: (not specified)". The styles are all numbered properly in my Admin CP so that can't be it. Any suggestions? And please be polite, as I am a delicate and beautiful snowflake.

EDIT: Hang on, I think I get it. It's that drop-down menu problem, isn't it?

[Dark Aura]

Originally Posted by weitalia

Are you sure to have read whole thread? I think no.
Go HERE,it's better refresh your memory

mmm I already did that...it doesn't work *shrug*

[Genschi]

Thanks ! Nice job

[Genschi]

Is there an solution, for the hack auto detect the style ? Example, here, on vbulletin.org, in my postbit there is marked "Style: Smooth Blue" but, I use the Dark blue skin :\ !
The only way to change this, is to modify my option in the usercp, but the style, maydetect automatically, it will be very nice !

Thanks !

[SlaPPiE]

Nice job with the hack, but I would like to know how one would go about to make the information available to insert into the MEMBERINFO template, as I'd find it more logical to place this sort of information into someone's more detailed information instead of in the postbit, where minimal user info is shown.

[blubber12]

Originally Posted by Dark Aura

mmm I already did that...it doesn't work *shrug*

Make sure that you have the style ID numbers correct, not the order of the styles. Style X might be number 1 on your board, but it's ID could be number 20.

[Glenn379]

I never wouldn've used it.. but I found use for it on my new forum good job

[kirupa]

Ok - after upgrading to 3.03, when users use the default style, all they see is ( ) on http://www.kirupaforum.com

Do others have that issue with having a default style selected in vBulletin 3.03?

[Sen]

Great hack!

Thanks alot

[Caiman]

Originally Posted by Gary W

Sorry about that guys

Add the following phrase:

Title: style
Text: Style

Easy Hack, Thanks

*click install