Forum Display Enhancements - Forumdisplay Warning Splash Message

THIS ADD-ON IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND IS NOT SUPPORTED

* General Information *
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This add-on was originally coded by Kirk Y on vbulletin.org for vB version 3.6.8.
With permission, I have adapted it to work with vB versions 4.1.x and 4.2.0.

What does this do?
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This modification adds the ability to give specific forums "warning messages" that are shown to the user before he/she enters the forum.

For example: the user enters a forum that is intended for adults; the user enters this forum, is presented with the warning message explaining as much, and he/she can then choose to proceed into the forum or return back to where they were.

Features
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• Customizable message per forum
• Control background color of pop-up
• Control opacity of background layer behind pop-up
• Cookie options allow you to enable users to permanently disable messages or show them once per session
• Exclude specific Usergroups from having to view pop-ups
• Control dimensions (height and width)
• Popup is automatically centered in the browser window.

* INSTALLATION *
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1) Upload the entire 'images' folder to your forum's root.
(If your forum's location is http://www.example.com/forums/, the root is /forums/)
If your style has a 'misc' folder, also upload the 2 gif files in the images/misc folder to your style's 'misc' folder.

2) Import the product XML file (product-forumsplash.xml) into the Product Manager in AdminCP.

3) Go to ACP->Settings->Options->Splash Warning Message Settings. Turn on the system and set the options.

4) Go to ACP->Forums & Moderators->Forum Manager and set the message you want displayed in each forum you want the message displayed in.

Known working with vB 4.1.11, 4.1.12 and 4.2.0.

* History (Changelog) *
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4.0.5 - (August 10, 2012)
Fix - Splash page still showing when multiple usergroups are excluded.

4.0.4 - (August 9, 2012)
Fix - Splash page still showing when mod is turned off.

4.0.3 - (August 9, 2012)
Add - Option to completely hide threads or use alpha transparency (Completely hide by default in settings).

4.0.2 - (August 9, 2012)
Add - Option to allow members to go directly to a thread (NOTE: Contents of the thread will be completely hidden by splash page).

4.0.1 - (July 28, 2012)
Fix - Posts not displaying after proceeding to forum.

4.0.0 - (July 27, 2012)
Initial Release

[nhawk]

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

I'm running Mac OSX Mountain Lion, which may be a factor?

If I delete the cookie named "splashpagecookie50_s", then the page appears again once.

Does that help?

Regards,
Doug

The process of killing the session comes from the browser/operating system not the mod, so yes it could be the problem.

Unfortunately, there's no way to re-write the session cookie when the browser closes. Again, that's a function of the browser/operating system. And if it's not deleting the session cookie when the browser is closed, then it's a bug in the browser/operating system.

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by nhawk

The process of killing the session comes from the browser/operating system not the mod, so yes it could be the problem.

Unfortunately, there's no way to re-write the session cookie when the browser closes. Again, that's a function of the browser/operating system. And if it's not deleting the session cookie when the browser is closed, then it's a bug in the browser/operating system.

I agree ....

Don't worry about it. It's an anomaly I thought you should be aware of in case others post a similar complaint ..

PayPal for this mod and all the others of yours that I've installed recently, on the way ..

Regards,
Doug

[nhawk]

Thank you very much!

[NTT]

hi, i want show Warning Splash Message in forumhome when i go to http://domain.com

[nhawk]

Originally Posted by NTT

hi, i want show Warning Splash Message in forumhome when i go to http://domain.com

At this point, that can't be done with this mod.

[xrvel]

Interesting, tagged..

[marccap]

Thanks - Works nicely on 4.2

[BlogTwits]

Is there any way to get this to show up on the cms/home page? I'd like visitors to see this message when landing on www.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com only. Working great. Tried to put it into vbcms comments but not showing up on cms

[nhawk]

Sorry, no. It only works with forums.

[BlogTwits]

OK thanks for your reply