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!

[Datenpapst]

Originally Posted by lewisbeech

why does it only say Style: (not specified)
i thought it is supposed to tell you what style you are using.

also thought this... Where can I specify which Style I am using?

[Clayton]

This may sound crazy

However, I can't seem to find this:

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

Have I missed something?

Thank you

C

[b00k]

Originally Posted by Clayton

This may sound crazy

However, I can't seem to find this:

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

Have I missed something?

Thank you

C

search static then, it is there.

Originally Posted by lewisbeech

why does it only say Style: (not specified)
i thought it is supposed to tell you what style you are using.

it will, only if the user specifies through user cp.

[Omega Prime]

Originally Posted by lewisbeech

why does it only say Style: (not specified)
i thought it is supposed to tell you what style you are using.

If you haven't already, you'll need to number each of your styles in order in your admincp (1, 2, 3, etc.)

[Edison Chen]

It shows not specified since the user has selected the default style as his/her style in the user options.

Now... There is a way to remove it very easily and display Default Style instead... Just a small error. You see, in the postbit, the if conditional it says: == '$vbphrase[not_specified]' while in the file you edited in: '(' . $vbphrase['not_specified'] . ')' Duh! They don't match .

What I suggest is....

Change this (in includes/functions_showthread.php):

PHP Code:

 // check what style the user is viewing 
    if (!$post['styleid']) 
    { 
        $post['style'] = '(' . $vbphrase['not_specified'] . ')'; 
    } 


Into this:

PHP Code:

 // check what style the user is viewing 
    if (!$post['styleid']) 
    { 
        $post['style'] = 'default'; 
    } 


Change (in your postbit or postbit_legacy):

	<!-- 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 -->

Into:

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

Now, with this you do not have to add 'not specified' to the phrases. I mean, after all - the Default Style will be displayed, not the phrase or word that was put in the PHP as... ah, I'll shut up .

[michaelbenson]

Will this be converted to vBulletin 3.5 ?

[Snake]

It works on 3.5 Gold just fine.

http://forums.mgszone.com