Welcome Panel [Final]

Well, with over 200 downloads and 32 problem free install's, I though it time to take this out of the beta hacks forum (note, there are no changes to the file in the beta forum, so no need to re-download if you already have the hack installed).

I put this together originally as a walkthrough for an admin friend, and thought someone might find it useful. Althouth technically, my contribution is a couple of simple template edits, it does contain hacks posted previously.

Like I said, it's a combination of 2 previously relesed hacks (both credited fully). One by Firefly (avatar hack) and one by MrLister (since your last visit). It combines both of these hacks into a welcome panel at the top of the BB, just like the one here and on a few other sites. I'm pretty much a newbie to vB hacking, and struggled to put this together myself (couldn't find any instructions/hacks etc), but I think I've done an OK job. Maybe this will save a few headaches to others like myself

Anyway, here's a pic to illustrate the hack/edit (or whatever it is )





You can see a working verion of this hack here:

The Genome Collective

Thanks to Firefly and MrLister for providing the PHP hacks in this err, whatever

(BTW, if this is in the wrong forum, please (mods) feel free to move it)

Happy Christmas everyone.

here it is:

edit: updated version number to 2.2.6 because it works There are no changes to the files - it's not a new release. Thanks. /edit

[Kaffeerappel]

I noticed that the post/thread count goes up for regular members too, if there are new posts in the hidden Admin/Mod Forums. Any fix for that?

[Jawelin]

Very nice. I was seriously planning to use together the 'Store Avatars as Files' one.
I red something about here, but would undestand what's the actual state of the art, and what of the hacks should be better to install before the other one.

Besides, there are actually two AAF hacks and would know which one has the best compatibility with the Welcome Panel Hack.

Thanks a lot.
Bye

[Floris]

When can we expect an upgrade to 2.2.2 of this wonderful hack?

Currently I have this installed on creations.nl but the avatars aren't showing up no more!

Maybe this can be fixed with just a simple template alternation?
Hope someone can help!

[trilOByte]

Have you re-applied the hacks to index.php, and the template edits *after* you upgraded to 2.2.2?

I'm not upgrading till v 3.0 comes out, but i can't see why this shouldn't work in 2.2.2. Anyone else having problems?

[Floris]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by trilOByte
Have you re-applied the hacks to index.php, and the template edits *after* you upgraded to 2.2.2?

I'm not upgrading till v 3.0 comes out, but i can't see why this shouldn't work in 2.2.2. Anyone else having problems?

[trilOByte]

I'm pretty sure that if you're upgrading, the upgrade *doesn't* overwrite your templates.....

from vb.com...

Note: Upgrading will not overwrite any of your custom templates. If you have customized any template that is listed as 'modified' below, we seriously recommend using the 'revert' option to return them to the default template, then re-applying your customizations.

None of the template changes for 2.2.2 concern this hack, so you don't need to worry about the templates. But I havent seen a list of modified files. Looks like index.php has had some treatment and will need that part of the hack re-applying.

I'd be very interested to hear from anyone who can't get the hack to work using the existing instructions.

Cheers.

[Jawelin]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jawelin
Very nice. I was seriously planning to use together the 'Store Avatars as Files' one.
I red something about here, but would undestand what's the actual state of the art, and what of the hacks should be better to install before the other one.

Besides, there are actually two AAF hacks and would know which one has the best compatibility with the Welcome Panel Hack.

Thanks a lot.
Bye

[Floris]

Yeah!

I upgraded from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2 and forgot to alter index.php afterwards.. done that and everything is just working perfectly!

[trilOByte]

cool, at least we have one confirmation it still works in 2.2.2 without any changes, that's a lot better than none

About compatibility with the AAF hack. I'm not familiar with either of them, and don't know enough php to code a workaround. If anyone else can - or manages to get both of em working somehow, a comprehensive post saying how, would be apreciated. Otherwise, it might just be a case of "pick the one you want most".

[mondaynightmike]

This is the first hack i installed on my forums and it works perfectly. Thanks for such a great hack.