Forum Display Enhancements - Forumdisplay Warning Message

Forumdisplay Warning Message

What does this do?
This modifications 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.

Installation
1. Import the Product XML and upload the two images to your /images/misc folder.
2. Configure the Warning Message through the Forum Manager.
3. Setup the Global Options through the vBulletin Options menu.

Features
-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) and coordinate position of pop-up

Version History
1.00 - Initial Release
1.01 - Added table prefixes
1.02 - Added option for cookie control
1.03 - Fixed session cookie bug; added ability to exclude usergroups from warning pop-ups; changed data type for better compatibility
1.04 - Added option for height/width and position control of pop-up

Please click Install if you use this modification

[kollam003]

updated mine thanks

[Doctor Death]

Two questions: I am having issues with the top of the warning box being "hid behind" my forums flash header... How can I bring this to the very front of the display?

Can you post the HTML code for your sample warning message? I really liked the simplicty and color scheme of that.

Thank you!!

[Mecho]

i really want to use this too . but is there anyway to exclude some usergroups ?

[Kirk Y]

Originally Posted by Doctor Death

Two questions: I am having issues with the top of the warning box being "hid behind" my forums flash header... How can I bring this to the very front of the display?

Can you post the HTML code for your sample warning message? I really liked the simplicty and color scheme of that.

Thank you!!

You can sort of make it out in the first screenshot:

<div align="center" style="font-weight:bold;color:yellow;font-size:25px">WARNING!</div><br />
This section of our forum is intended for Mature Audiences only.<br />
As such it may contain material that is neither suitable nor appropriate for those under the age of 17.

And I'll have a look into the flash issue.

[Doctor Death]

Thanks a lot... I believe there is some parameter that needs to be adjusted to ensure the flash takes front position.

[Doctor Death]

I went back and looked and I think the line that can fix this is

document.write('<div id="slashpage" style="position: absolute; z-index: 100; bottom:90px; left:275px; color: white; background-color:$vboptions[splashbgcolor]; border: solid 1px black;">') //Main splashpage container

The "Z-index" is apparently the order of the "stack" of windows...

Usually HTML pages can be considered two-dimensional, because text, images and other elements are arranged on the page without overlapping. There is a single rendering flow, and all elements are aware of the space taken by others.

In CSS 2.1, each box has a position in three dimensions. In addition to their horizontal and vertical positions, boxes lie along a "z-axis" and are formatted one on top of the other. Z-axis positions are particularly relevant when boxes overlap visually. (from CSS 2.1 Section 9.9.1 - Layered presentation)
It means that CSS style rules allow you to position boxes on layers in addition to the normal rendering layer (layer 0). The Z position of each layer is expressed as an integer representing the stacking order for rendering. Greater numbers mean closer to the observer. Z position can be controlled with the CSS z-index property.

So, you either edit the number by hand or you change it to a configuration option. Will try to edit it right now.
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Update: Tried changing Z-index to 1000 and didnt work, still was embedded behind the Flash header.

[Kirk Y]

I haven't had a chance to experiment, but I'm fairly certain than any kind of active content (windows media, flash, quicktime, etc.) is always displayed on the highest level - regardless of z-indexing values.

You could try adding wmode="opaque" or wmode="transparent" to your flash/embed params. Not the most ideal solution - but it might work.

[Doctor Death]

There was another modification that fixed a similar problem...

Found at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...=135106&page=4

This might help.

[dacho]

Originally Posted by dacho

I do not know why, but this do not work at my place
I installed the xml, I defined informed in the specific forum and nothing happen

Originally Posted by Kirk Y

Could you post up your FORUMDISPLAY template in CODE tags please?

So this is my FORUMDISPLAY template (by Attachment)

[Kirk Y]

Originally Posted by Doctor Death

There was another modification that fixed a similar problem...

Found at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...=135106&page=4

This might help.

I'll have a look at it this evening.

Originally Posted by dacho

So this is my FORUMDISPLAY template (by Attachment)

Everything looks fine... can't see anything wrong off-hand that'd mess up the template replacement. If you want to set up an admin login for me, I can troubleshoot it for you.