Information Bar for Guests

Information Bar for Guests (for version 3.5.0)

What is this?
This will display an information bar across the top of the browser window that appears to be like the Information Bar that is from Windows XP SP2. When the user clicks it they will be sent to the registration page for your forums. This is not a popup.

If the user is logged in then this will not display at all. This only appears on the page for people who are not logged in.

http://www.veteransresources.org/forums/index.php? - Example Site

How many changes?

• Uploads: 4
  • infobar.css
  • infobar.wav (optional)
  • warning.gif
  • warning2.gif
• File edits: 0
• Template edits: 2
  • headinclude
  • header
• New templates: 0
• Queries: 0

Version History

• 1.04
  • added info bar sound (Lionel)
• 1.03
  • no javascript required now
  • works in Firefox
• 1.02
  • removed information bar any browser other than IE
• 1.01
  • removed information bar from login and registration pages (Lionel)
• 1.00
  • initial release

Screenshots
Guest on forums
Guest hovering over info bar

Please click Install this Modification if you like it.

[Lionel]

I also added the condition

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'register'">

in headinclude. No need to display it if guest is registering.

[Slapyo]

sweet thanks, i will add that in.

[Natch]

I have no problems wsith this running on IE6, but I have a XP SP1 box, so maybe it's related to XPSP2?

And I can confirm that it doesn;t work on FF/Moz... there is a javascript error on both IE/Moz/FF: for FF it's infobar.children has no properties, on IE it's Object expected

[Slapyo]

does it give a line number for the error?

[Lionel]

I get no error with firefox .8. The problem with IE is the side scrollbar.
Slapyo, you wanted for it to always display as you scroll? Then use dhtml

[Slapyo]

Originally Posted by Lionel

I get no error with firefox .8. The problem with IE is the side scrollbar.
Slapyo, you wanted for it to always display as you scroll? Then use dhtml

look in the infobar.css file. there is #viewplot which should work in displaying it that way. it should go like this.

<div id="infobar"></div>
<div id="viewplot">
all the rest of the forum code here
</div>
</body>
</html>

however, when i do that it freezes IE6.

[rex_b]

Originally Posted by Lionel

to solve your problem, include the division in header within a table where you set the width.
No more scrolling problems with below. Notice the table is set at 100%

PHP Code:

<if condition="$show['guest']"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%">
<div id="infobar"></div></td></tr></table>
</if> 


yep that works!!

[Lionel]

take a look at this code. You could set the timing for a long time, so it always stay on top
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...hlight=vbpopup

[Lionel]

Originally Posted by Natch

I have no problems wsith this running on IE6, but I have a XP SP1 box, so maybe it's related to XPSP2?

And I can confirm that it doesn;t work on FF/Moz... there is a javascript error on both IE/Moz/FF: for FF it's infobar.children has no properties, on IE it's Object expected

I see what you are saying with IE when you are login.

add this also in the head to remove the javascript error:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'login'">

[Natch]

Originally Posted by Slapyo

does it give a line number for the error?

It's inside the loop, at the start of the loop in the infobar.js file...