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UKBL ~This Day In History ~ Changes Daily · **Released**: 12-26-2008

UKBL ~This Day In History ~ Changes Daily

This Day in History, Add this to your Forum for some really cool content that changes Daily

Just a Little hack here which you can add to your Forums, Give you a bit of content which changes daily, Should keep your members amused.

You can use this code in a variety of places, If you want it at the top of your forum you can add it to your header like below...

or if you want to be a bit creative you can make a new category and add the code to the discription field, this is great if you want to break up your forum like this...

Content changes daily and your members can read up more about the Day in History directly at the http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ site.

So lets do it......

If you want to add the code to your header, or footer, simply go to your ACP > Style Manager > Your Style

and add this to either the Header or Footer

Code:

<DIV ALIGN=CENTER>
<!--This Day in History by TheFreeDictionary.com-->
<div style="width:750px;position:relative;background-color:;padding:4px">
<div style="font:bold 15pt '';color:#000000">This Day in History</div>
<style>
#TodaysHistory {width:100%;border:none;background-color:}
#TodaysHistory H3 {margin-top:0px;font:bold 12pt '';color:#000000}
#TodaysHistory TD {font:normal 10pt '';color:#000000}
#TodaysHistory A {color:#0000FF}
</style>
<script language="javascript"
src="http://img.tfd.com/daily/history-top.js?0"></script>
<div style="font:normal 8pt '';color:#000000">
</div></div>
<!--end of This Day in History-->

If you want to add it within your forum, as a category type of insertion, just go to your ACP >Forums & Moderators > Add New Forum

In the title add : This Day In History

In the discription add the code below..

Code:

<DIV ALIGN=CENTER>
<!--This Day in History by TheFreeDictionary.com-->
<div style="width:750px;position:relative;background-color:#FFFFFF">
<div style="font:bold 15pt '';color:#000000"></div>
<style>
#TodaysHistory {width:100%;border:none;background-color:}
#TodaysHistory H3 {margin-top:0px;font:bold 12pt '';color:#000000}
#TodaysHistory TD {font:normal 10pt '';color:#000000}
#TodaysHistory A {color:#0000FF}
</style>
<script language="javascript"
src="http://img.tfd.com/daily/history-top.js?0"></script>
<div style="font:normal 8pt '';color:#000000">
</div></div>
<!--end of This Day in History-->

Remember under Posting options select "NO" to "Act as Forum" This will keep it as a standalone category style.

*****************UPDATE**********************

If you wanted to add this as an insertion after each 1st post you could use the code below (See picture

) This will show it after each 1st post in threads

Just go to your ACP> Style Manager> Your Style> Edit Templates> Forum Display Template> Postbit Template > (then your chosen Positbit ~ either plain postbit or legecy)

Add this code to the very end of your postbit template

Code:

<if condition="!$GLOBALS['FIRSTPOSTID']"> 

$spacer_open 
<div style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px"> 

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center"> 
<tr> 
    <td class="thead" align="left">This Day in History</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
    <td class="alt1" align="center"> 
<!--This Day in History by TheFreeDictionary.com-->
<div style="width:750px;position:relative;background-color:;padding:4px">
<div style="font:bold 15pt '';color:#000000">This Day in History</div>
<style>
#TodaysHistory {width:100%;border:none;background-color:}
#TodaysHistory H3 {margin-top:0px;font:bold 12pt '';color:#000000}
#TodaysHistory TD {font:normal 10pt '';color:#000000}
#TodaysHistory A {color:#0000FF}
</style>
<script language="javascript"
src="http://img.tfd.com/daily/history-top.js?0"></script>
<div style="font:normal 8pt '';color:#000000">
</div>
<!--end of This Day in History-->

</if> 
    </td> 
</tr> 
</table> 

</div> 
$spacer_close 

</if>

if you come up with alternative uses, feel free to share them here

Thats it

Enjoy

shinng · #32 05-29-2009, 09:27 AM

a long shot, but is there a sports news version of this?

because i have not installed this, i'll forget to check. could you please pm me if there is one?
thanks

MARKA · #33 06-28-2009, 12:33 PM

Thank you. I just installed this yesterday.

I am wondering how, if possible, to make the MORE and DISCUSS links open into a new window rather than take people off of my site?

Miss Chatterbox · #34 01-08-2010, 07:42 PM

Another excellent addition I've used from you! Thank you so much! You really are improving my forum no end with your mods!

yamahapaul · #35 01-29-2010, 07:24 PM

Is there a way to modify the code slightly so that you can put it in a post?

PHP Code:


			
<DIV ALIGN=CENTER>

<!--This Day in History by TheFreeDictionary.com-->

<div style="width:750px;position:relative;background-color:;padding:4px">

<div style="font:bold 15pt '';color:#000000">This Day in History</div>

<style>

#TodaysHistory {width:100%;border:none;background-color:}

#TodaysHistory H3 {margin-top:0px;font:bold 12pt '';color:#000000}

#TodaysHistory TD {font:normal 10pt '';color:#000000}

#TodaysHistory A {color:#0000FF}

</style>

<script language="javascript"

src="http://img.tfd.com/daily/history-top.js?0"></script>

<div style="font:normal 8pt '';color:#000000">

</div></div>

<!--end of This Day in History-->

?

lycheepassion · #36 02-16-2010, 04:51 AM

What's the response from users on this? I just added it below the lounge.. I'll see. to me it's cool but hope its not cheesy to them

Chef_uk · #37 02-21-2010, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yamahapaul

Is there a way to modify the code slightly so that you can put it in a post?

Would like to know this as well as it wouldn't be too intrusive as to every new thread someone creates and only those interested can check it out and respond should they wish. There is a mod that starts a new thread each day with a flash game so i would imagine the coding would be similar.

Danny Diamond · #38 02-25-2010, 09:02 PM

Is there any way to change the topic and content? I want to make mine more related to the topic.

exposed · #39 02-25-2010, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UKBusinessLive

Hi Guys

We need to add

Code:

target="_blank"

to the outgoing url to get it to open in a new window

so find this line in the code

Code:

<script language="javascript"
src="http://img.tfd.com/daily/history-top.js?0"></script>

and replace with this

Code:

<script language="javascript"
src="http://img.tfd.com/daily/history-top.js?0" target="_blank" ></script>

Actually this is a nice little trick to remember if you have menu's or urls on your site and you want them to open up in a new window as opposed to diverting people away from your site, just stick this at the end of the url

Code:

target="_blank"

Enjoy ;-)

for some reason this is not working for me.
here is what i have.

<DIV ALIGN=CENTER>

<div style="width:750px;position:relative;background-color:#FFFFFF">
<div style="font:bold 15pt '';color:#000000"></div>
<style>
#TodaysHistory {width:100%;border:none;background-color:}
#TodaysHistory H3 {margin-top:0px;font:bold 12pt '';color:#000000}
#TodaysHistory TD {font:normal 10pt '';color:#000000}
#TodaysHistory A {color:#0000FF}
</style>
<script language="javascript"
src="http://img.tfd.com/daily/history-top.js?0" target="_blank" ></script>
<div style="font:normal 8pt '';color:#000000">
</div></div>

betts02 · #40 06-27-2010, 07:03 PM

Works great, However is it possible to have the topics about anything else ?

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