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Great Affiliate Page for your Forum · **Released**: 04-20-2009

Okay, so here is a little template edit/hack that will add an official looking affiliates page to your forum.

Firstly, you'll need to go to the AdminCP -> Styles & Templates -> YourSkin* -> Add New Template, we'll name it "custom_Affiliates" (note the custom_ and the capital "A", these are very important.)

In your new template, copypaste the contents of the "GENERIC_SHELL" template. Which is as follows:

HTML Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
$headinclude
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - Affiliates</title>
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar

$HTML

$footer
</body>
</html>

Now, heres the cool part, see that $HTML, up there in the template? Thats what you want to change in your new template.

so, here goes, find:

HTML Code:

$HTML

and replace it with:

HTML Code:

<div class="spacer"></div>



<div class="spacer"></div>

<div align="center">

<table class="tborder" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="95%">
<tbody>
<tr>
		<td class="tcat" colspan="4">Affiliates</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody>
<tr>


<center>
<td class="alt2" width="5%"><img title="Affiliates" src="images/Aff1.png" alt="Affiliates" border="0"></td>
<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">

<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>

</div></td>
<td class="alt2" width="5%"><img title="Affiliates" src="images/Aff2.png" alt="Affiliates" border="0"></td>
<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">

<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>
<a href="#" target="_blank" title="Your Link Here">Your Link Here</a><br>

</div></td>

	</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<a href="http://parlancia.com"><div class="smallfont">Affiliates Page created by Mad Mikey</a></div>
</div>

Then, upload the two attached images (or two of your own choosing, name them Aff1 and Aff2, and make sure that they are *.png's) to http://yoursite.com/yourforumdir*/images (if you don't have a forum directory, upload to /images).

This should result in a page like this:

Image: http://i43.tinypic.com/2lxz76x.png

LIVE DEMO

Now, we add a link to it, where people can click it, so lets add a link to the navbar, shall we?

so, go to AdminCP -> Styles & Templates -> YourSkin* -> Navigation & Breadcrumb Templates -> navbar

find:

HTML Code:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>

Add below:

HTML Code:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="misc.php?do=page&template=Affiliates"><abbr title="visit our affiliates today, click here!">Affiliates</abbr></a></td>

Now there should be a link on your navbar called "Affiliates" and when you hover your mouse over it, it will say in a little popup hoverbox thingy (yes, I know, that name is too awesome) "visit our affiliates today, click here!"... Feel free to customise that.

Just customise the template to your liking now, so, lets be sure, here is how the tag works:

Code:

<a href="HTTP://YOUR LINK GOES HERE.COM" target="_blank" title="THIS IS WHAT VISITORS WITHOUT IMAGES ENABLED WILL SEE">This is the link that people click to access your affiliates site.</a><br>

So, your finished template will look like this:

HTML Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]" id="vbulletin_html">
<head>
$headinclude
<title>Affiliates - $vboptions[bbtitle]</title>
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar

<div class="spacer"></div>

<div class="spacer"></div>

<div align="center">

<table class="tborder" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="95%">
<tbody>
<tr>
		<td class="tcat" colspan="4">Affiliates</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody>
<tr>


<center>
<td class="alt2" width="5%"><img title="Affiliates" src="images/Aff1.jpg" alt="Affiliates" border="0" WIDTH="80" HEIGHT="80"></td>
<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">

<a href="index.php" target="_blank" title="Parlancia Forums">Parlancia Forums</a><br />
<a href="http://therogueforums.com" target="_blank" title="The Rogue Forums">The Rogue Forums</a><br />
<a href="http://gamelair.com" target="_blank" title="GameLair">Gamelair</a><br />
<a href="http://zeroboards.net" target="_blank" title="ZeroBoards">ZeroBoards</a><br />

</div></td>
<td class="alt2" width="5%"><img title="Affiliates" src="images/Aff2.jpg" alt="Affiliates" border="0" WIDTH="80" HEIGHT="80"></td>
<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">

<a href="http://s1.zetaboards.com/DeviousTyrantRP" target="_blank" title="Devious Tyrant RP">Devious Tyrant RP</a><br>
<a href="http://www.foxhound-clan.com/" target="_blank" title="Foxhound">Foxhound</a><br>
<a href="http://www.davidalphin.com" target="_blank" title="David Alphin Forums">David Alphin Graphics</a><br>
<a href="http://www.mindtwistforums.com/" target="_blank" title="Mind Twist Forums">Mind Twist Forums</a><br>

</div></td>

	</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

</div>
<a href="http://parlancia.com"><div class="smallfont">Affiliates Page created by Mad Mikey</a></div>
<br />
$footer
</body>
</html>

Woot, All finished! you can access your finished poage from this link: http://yoursite.com/yourforumdir/misc.php?do=page&template=Affiliates

And you're all done =D

Wow, long read.

IF YOU USE THIS HACK AND LIKE IT, PLEASE CLICK INSTALLED.

To Do:
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*= Changes depending on board

(IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME MAKE THIS INTO A PRODUCT THAT CAN BE IMPORTED, IT WOULD BE GREATLTY APPRECIATED)

PRODUCT FOR THIS TEMPLATE EDIT

mikey1991 · #2 04-21-2009, 01:50 AM

Upload Aff1.png and Aff2.png to "yoursite.com/yourforum/images"

sample.png is a screenshot of what it should look like.

~RESERVED~

Remember to click install if you use this. All the people who have replied haven't clicked install, even if they say they're going to be using it.

Jasem · #3 04-21-2009, 08:46 AM

This is great!! thank you!

DariuS7 · #4 04-21-2009, 10:45 AM

Ooh fancy.

Sweeks · #5 04-21-2009, 12:21 PM

Rather nice, will try an install later on

Thank you for this.

EDIT: Just noticed on your example it says "Parlancia better viewed in Firefox", does the same go for this template or is it cross browser compatible?

Thanks
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Hawaii dispensary

mikey1991 · #6 04-21-2009, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweeks

Rather nice, will try an install later on

Thank you for this.

EDIT: Just noticed on your example it says "Parlancia better viewed in Firefox", does the same go for this template or is it cross browser compatible?

Thanks

That statement is there because we don't support internet explorer related errors, and we have optimised certain templates for FireFox, that's all. This template is cross browser enabled, feel free to try it in safari, opera, IE 6,7,8 and chrome.

Sweeks · #7 04-21-2009, 04:11 PM

Thanks matey. I will have this installed in a moment

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Health store

Sweeks · #8 04-21-2009, 04:19 PM

Can I remove the link at the bottom?
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Shemale Naomi

mikey1991 · #9 04-21-2009, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweeks

Can I remove the link at the bottom?

You may, though I would appreciate it if some sort of link was left, either to this page, or my forum

Noosphere · #10 04-22-2009, 02:57 AM

I really like this

Any chance you could show me how to insert code to add 2 more boxes directly below the 2 affiliate boxes?

Great job!

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