Alternating row colors

[Kaitlyn2004]

Instead of alternating row colors, vb does each column a different color...

Is there some way I can create a counter in the template and then input that style?

I can get the whole "alternating row colors" thing just fine, I just need a way to increase/modulus a var and I am not familar with how that would be possible through the vB templates

[simsimt]

Depending on where do you want rows to alternate colors, edit either forumbit or threadbit template (or both) as follows:

Find all instances of alt1 & alt2, & replace them with $bgclass.

Then at the beginning of the template add:

<if condition="exec_switch_bg()"></if>

[Kaitlyn2004]

Wonderful! I don't understand how you knew about that availability

HOW!?

I can't seem to get this to work for the forum home template...

forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

it just ends up with an empty class name...

[simsimt]

Credits of this method goes to Colin Frey.

Try adding this at the beginning of the template (after the first if condition line):

<td class="$bgclass">

[Kaitlyn2004]

I have this in forumhome_forumbit_level2_post:

<if condition="exec_switch_bg(1)"></if>
<tr align="center">
	<td width="32" class="$bgclass"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" /></td>
	<td width="100%" class="$bgclass" align="$stylevar[left]" valign="top" id="f$forum[forumid]">
		<div>
			<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$forum[forumid]"><strong>$forum[title]</strong></a>
			<if condition="$show['browsers']"><span class="smallfont">(<phrase 1="$forum[browsers]">$vbphrase[x_viewing]</phrase>)</span></if>
		</div>
		<if condition="$show['forumdescription']"><div class="smallfont">$forum[description]</div></if>
		<if condition="$show['forumsubscription']"><div class="smallfont"><strong><a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;f=$forum[forumid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_forum]</a></strong></div></if>
		<if condition="$show['subforums']"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px"><strong>$vbphrase[subforums]</strong>: $forum[subforums]</div></if>
	</td>
	<td width="175" valign="top" class="$bgclass" nowrap="nowrap">$forum[lastpostinfo]</td>
	<td width="50" class="$bgclass" nowrap="nowrap">$forum[threadcount]</td>
	<td width="50" class="$bgclass" nowrap="nowrap">$forum[replycount]</td>
	<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
	<td width="10" class="$bgclass" nowrap="nowrap"><div class="smallfont">$forum[moderators]&nbsp;</div></td>
	</if>
</tr>
$childforumbits

All I get are class="".... its not filling in correctly.

Edit: But it DOES work just fine in the threadbit template

this is VERY frustrating.. boooo

ANYBODY? any ideas?

[Cheertobi]

Same here, did not get it work at the forumbits ;(

Tobi

[nevetS]

I'm working on this now... Did anybody find a solution yet?

Kaitlyn, I figured this out, and created a plugin to handle it. The instructions are relatively simple:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=125654