Signature Image System Hack - Version 3.0+...

This hack is now a Full Release!!!...You can visit the BETA thread here - I will still be using that thread to test out upcoming versions!

Please do the following before attempting to install:

1.) Backup your Files & Database before doing anything
2.) Be aware that although I have tested this myself, there may still be problems...If you do not backup your files & database, I cannot condone your install of this hack...

The files you should have are:

In the main folder
modifications.php
templates.php
queries.php
3.0 - Show Signatures.php
3.0 - Usergroup override - permissions.php
NEW INSTALL.php

In the root folder
signature.php

In the admin folder
signature.php

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Please Note:
The install files are in the ".php" format, as vBulletin.org Parses all "{ imagesfolder }" and other replacment variables
used in the code - With .php extensions, it does not.
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Install Info:
Hack Version: 3.0+
Files to edit: 9 (admin/functions.php, admin/user.php, root/member.php, root/showthread.php, root/register.php, root/online.php, root/global.php, root/usercp.php, admin/index.php)
Templates to add: 19
Templates to edit: 5
Time to install: Approx 10-15 Minutes

Thanks
Special thanks should go to the following people:

N9ne - For providing template modifications, and for being a BETA tester
Minifreunde - For requesting this hack, and for being a BETA tester
DrkFusion - For being a BETA tester
NTLDR - For helping with a few errors during the BETA testing stage...
mADmAX`- For providing the missing code to the root/usercp.php file...You can find his manual change here

Support - I am offering support, but only in THIS THREAD...I unfortunately cannot be here during the coming weeks (Mon-Fri), so therefore you will have to rely on others for assitance, should it be urgent...If you do require assitance, please - Only reply in this thread

Screenshots
Screenshots will be coming in the next post in a .zip file of their own...

Updating from BETA

Depending on what version you are updating from, I recommend the following:

Version 1.0Beta - 2.1Beta - Complete re-install
Version 2.2Beta - Follow the instructions for the .php files starting "3.0", and there is one register.php modification and one usercp.php modification in the "modifications.php" file
Version 3.0Beta - There is one register.php modification and one usercp.php modification in the "modifications.php" file

v3+ comes out!
v3+ is really just the following:

Converting of all install files to .php format (to prevent code parsing)
Creation of an extra folder (root) to house the root/signature.php file (so you dont get confused with the install .php files)
The root/usercp.php modifcation I forgot to include

Enjoy!

Satan

[Chris M]

Thanks

I am glad to see it go Final too, meaning that I am ready to think of upgrades

Satan

[grog6]

Thx a lot HS for this hack

[Velocd]

Very nice Hellsatan, but I'm curious of 3 issues before considering installation.

#1. Does this add extra queries to showthread.php, and if so, how many?

#2. Is there a way to upload 1 signature image, then upload another--not replacing the first, but in order to have 2 signature images?

#3. It's just adding the signature image correct? So users who want to have text + a signature image can still do so by filling in the signature field?

[wolfe]

awesome d00d 1 thing though can u add to it where a user gets to pick which sig then want to use in there posts like sig #1 or sig #2 in a drop down box or pick random so it picks a different one for each post

[Chris M]

@velo & wolfe - Currently, it only supports 1 signature image...

@wolfe - The random image thing I could probably do, if I work out how to get 2 signatures in the database

@velo - Yes...You can still have a normal signature...I just thought that if you host people's images on your site, this way you can disable IMG code, remove their sig from your site, and they can store it in the database, only accessable by the sites you permit

And i think, but not confirmed, that It adds 2 queries to showthread.php, but I am sure someone else can confirm it

I shall investigate the 2 signature images thing, but I suspect that will cause a few problems as regards selecting them:ermm:

Satan

[Freefall]

Mostly everything worked really well, but I got 2 problems:

1. In the edit options bit, the 'current avatar' image doesn't work anymore.

2. You have to have a current custom sig (from edit profile) for the sig image to show up :S

Other than them 2 probs, it works gr8

[Chris M]

Ah yes...

With number 2, that is correct...

That is something both myself and N9ne neglected to mention...(N9ne modification)...

Im not sure why the Avatar doesnt work any more...:ermm:

It works perfectly on everywhere else ive seen it installed...

The only thing I can suggest is that you re-check the code changes to functions.php & member.php...

Satan

[Freefall]

Thank you I'll check through the files and hopefully fix it,

Is there anyway to change the current sig thing or get around it somehow?

[Chris M]

Do you mean as in not enable signatures?

Sure...

Just remove the following from the "post_signature" template:

$post[signatureimg]

and add it to the postbit template, where you want it to appear

Then edit the postbit_signatureimg template, and remove the :

<br>

at the beginning...

Satan

[Freefall]

I was thinking more of having both enabled, but making it so that if someone doesn't have a signature from edit profile, their signature image still works.

If thats not possible tho, thanx for the other option I'll prolly just use that instead, but my members do like having images and text in their sigs

-Freefall-