Mini-hack: Ability for Style Override on ANY vB-powered page

Searching around, I couldn't find a way to get any page that wasn't a thread/forum based page to have a style override. So what happens then if you have, for instance, a fixed width layout and a liquid layout but you want the FAQ to always be fixed width, regardless of the user's chosen style, and the Memberlist to always be liquid?

Well, here's how to make that possible.

It's really simple, open up ./global.php and find this code (line 265 unhacked RC3):

PHP Code:

// #############################################################################
 // if user can control panel, allow selection of any style (for testing purposes)
 // otherwise only allow styles that are user-selectable 


Add DIRECTLY ABOVE that:

PHP Code:

 // [START HACK='Allow Style override on Any page' AUTHOR='KuraFire' VERSION='1.00' CHANGEID= 1 ]
 if (defined('OVERWRITE_STYLEID'))
 {
     $styleid = intval(OVERWRITE_STYLEID);
 }
 // [END HACK='Allow Style override on Any page' AUTHOR='KuraFire' VERSION='1.00' CHANGEID= 1 ] 


Now, if you wish for a certain style to override on a certain page, use this in that page's .php file above the require_once('./global.php'); line:

PHP Code:

define('OVERWRITE_STYLEID', 1); 


where 1 is the styleid of the style you wish to use on that page.

That's all. Now you can enforce any style on any page, regardless of usersetting. Works on non-vB pages too, as long as you're using the vB engine for the templates of your page.

[KuraFire]

tsk, they should register here of course!

[kyk0]

Great mod! Installed.

[Floris]

Originally Posted by kyk0

Great mod! Installed.

Oh you! ..

But yeah, nice little tweak.

[Tony G]

Thought I might just join the crowd - nice mod Kura. Very handy.

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by Tony G

Thought I might just join the crowd - nice mod Kura. Very handy.

Almost forgot this thing exsisted

[Zachariah]

I only get this to work if the member is loged in. As a guest I can only see the default style not the 'OVERWRITE_STYLEID'.

[Zachariah]

To the other 7 that have installed this hack. Can you see the style you want if the user is not loged in?

[CyberRanger]

Originally Posted by Zachariah

To the other 7 that have installed this hack. Can you see the style you want if the user is not loged in?

hehe ... I realize this thread is two+ years old but I have the same problem. The hack works great if the user is logged in but guest see the default forum style instead of the style I specified.

Any ideas? Anyone?

Edit: this will do it: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....43&postcount=3. I've combined the two methods for more flexibility. Hmmm ... I could make this a little plugin ver vb3.5 and up. :-)