Header/Footer For Each Forum and Threads in that Forum

This hack will allow you to add an extra, unique header and footer for each forum. The header and footer will show up on the forum home page and on each thread within that forum. You can use HTML, so you can put in rotating banner code or anything you like.

2 Queries
2 Modifications to admincp/forum.php
2 Template modifications

Enjoy!

Be sure to click INSTALL!

[Spinball]

No, the php in the CODE does not work - the PHP bit is not run.
The image I showed you is an example of what it SHOULD look like if the PHP worked.
I suspect what I need to do is alter the hack itself to process the header and footer so that php script is run.
I'm confidant with PHP but hacking vBulletin is something entirely different.

[sv1cec]

Originally Posted by Spinball

No, the php in the CODE does not work - the PHP bit is not run.
The image I showed you is an example of what it SHOULD look like if the PHP worked.
I suspect what I need to do is alter the hack itself to process the header and footer so that php script is run.
I'm confidant with PHP but hacking vBulletin is something entirely different.

OK, so you have an HTML file you want to include in your Forum Home page?

Here is what I tried (and IT WORKED!!!)

Edit your index.php file and find:

PHP Code:

require_once('./includes/functions_forumlist.php'); 


Below that, add:

PHP Code:

// effort to help

globalize($_REQUEST, array(
'file' => STR,
'title' => STR
));

$file="announcement.htm";

$exts = "html, htm, txt, shtml";
$formats = explode(",",str_replace(" ", "", strtolower($exts)));
function checkfile($file, $formats) {
  $ext = strtolower(substr($file,-strpos(strrev($file),'.')));
  if(!in_array($ext, $formats)) return FALSE;
  if(!file_exists($file)) return FALSE;
  if( substr($file,0,5) != "./../" && substr($file,0,7) != "http://" ) return TRUE; 
  return FALSE;
}

if (checkfile($file, $formats)) {
$fd = fopen ($file,"r");
$buffer = fread($fd,filesize($file));
fclose ($fd);
$buffer = str_replace('"',"'",$buffer);
} else {
$errormessage = "There is an error with this link: $file";
}
// $navbits[""] = $pagetitle;
// $navbits = construct_navbits($navbits);

eval("\$HTML = \"$buffer\";");

// end of effort to help 


Remember to change $file="announcement.htm" in the code above, to whatever your file name is.

Then, go into your FORUMHOME template and find :

$navbar

Below that, add:

$HTML

It worked on my forum, but you might have to play a bit with it, I am not sure if errors are handled etc.

Rgds

[Spinball]

That's a nice, bit of code, but no, I want to include an HTML file at the top of one specific forum.

[sv1cec]

Originally Posted by Spinball

That's a nice, bit of code, but no, I want to include an HTML file at the top of one specific forum.

OK, then instead of FORUMHOME, go to FORUMDISPLAY and right below the navbar enter the following code:

[html]
<if condition="$forumid=XYZ">
$HTML
</if>

Remember to change XYZ with the forum id of the forum you want the external HTML file to show. Let me know if it works.

Rgds

[Spinball]

Again, that's great but it's a whole chunk of code for the header for ONE forum. That's a lot of code to include if you have 30 forums.
Might it not be easier to allow the hack to work on a bit of PHP code?

[sv1cec]

Originally Posted by Spinball

Again, that's great but it's a whole chunk of code for the header for ONE forum. That's a lot of code to include if you have 30 forums.
Might it not be easier to allow the hack to work on a bit of PHP code?

Sorry, that's all I can do. Maybe the hack author can help you more.

Rgds

[Spinball]

Your help is appreciated.

[roundhost]

Fantastic! Installed!

[ChurchMedia]

Originally Posted by mrlb.com

ChurchMedia - working well for forum homepages but not forum threads in that forum...

Make sure you follow this instruction:

PHP Code:

-----------------------STEP 4-----------------------------
This will put the header/footer on every thread in the forum

In Template SHOWTHREAD FIND:
<------------------------------------------->
$navbar
<------------------------------------------->
BELOW ADD:
<------------------------------------------->
$foruminfo[forumheader]
<------------------------------------------->

FIND:
<------------------------------------------->
$footer
<------------------------------------------->
ABOVE ADD:
<------------------------------------------->
$foruminfo[forumfooter] 


[ChurchMedia]

Originally Posted by sv1cec

Sorry, that's all I can do. Maybe the hack author can help you more.

Rgds

Thanks to sv1cec for trying to get this to work for Spinball. Unfortunately, vBulletin won't parse PHP in ANY template. I think what you are looking for is a completely different hack. I'm not sure how it would work. Sorry


(P.S. New hip is healing nicely. Thanks for the nice notes ).