Forum Home Enhancements - AiONets : Custom Forum Status Icons

Custom Forum Status Icons
by: Ali.ch.
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This mod was created by Chris M for vBulletin 3.5.x and you can find it Here. Thanks to him for this great mod, He has not developed this mod for higher versions of vBulletin so I decided to develope the second version of this great mod.
So Please note that All credits of this mod goes to him.


Introduction:

By installing this mod you will be able to change all forum status icons ( Forum old , Forum new ...) as you want easily.Its possible to turn off this mod for any forum that you want to be excluded.

You Can find the screen-shots below.

Installation:

• Fisrt try to install " product-chrism_customstatusicons.v.2.xml " which you can find in the zip file. For installing this file goto this location :Admin CP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > Add/Import New Product

• Then Do below Template Modifications : (Thanks to inciarco for ideas )

Step 1: In the forumhome_forumbit_level1_post template
Find :

PHP Code:

<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/$forum[imageprefix]forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" /></td> 


And Replace it with :

PHP Code:

<td><img src="<if condition="$show['customstatusicon'] and $forum[customicon]">$forum[customicon]<else />$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif</if>" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" /></td> 


STEP 2 : In the forumhome_forumbit_level2_post template

Find :

PHP Code:

<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/$forum[imageprefix]forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" /></td> 


And Replace it with :

PHP Code:

<td class="alt2"><img src="<if condition="$show['customstatusicon'] and $forum[customicon]">$forum[customicon]<else />$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif</if>" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" /></td> 


Note : You can change ".gif " to other image extensions to use another image formats like "PNG" and "JPG"

Now It's Done! (Dont Forget to Click Installed )

[A.Chakery]

Please post your feedback

[Hornstar]

I will need to get some new icons made now ^^

[inciarco]

Is important that you Add the " DB Changes", because this Mod Alters the Table "forum" on the Install and Uninstall Process.

Thank You For Sharing This Mod. :up:

My Best Regards.

[inciarco]

A Little Useful Idea:

You can Add

 and $forum[customicon]

in the "if" Sentence, for it to Display the Default Forum Status Icons if the Admin Forgets to Include the Path (and Also if the Admin wishes to Leave it Blank to Use the Default Status Icon for One or More of the Forum Status).

so, the Template Edits, would be:

On STEP 1:

PHP Code:

<td><img src="<if condition="$show['customstatusicon'] and $forum[customicon]">$forum[customicon]<else />$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif</if>" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" /></td> 


On STEP 2:

PHP Code:

<td class="alt2"><img src="<if condition="$show['customstatusicon'] and $forum[customicon]">$forum[customicon]<else />$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif</if>" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" /></td> 


My Best Regards.

[A.Chakery]

Originally Posted by inciarco

Is important that you Add the " DB Changes", because this Mod Alters the Table "forum" on the Install and Uninstall Process.

Thank You For Sharing This Mod. :up:

My Best Regards.

First thanks for reminding me to check the DB-changes.

and about the template edits :

thanks for the suggestion :up: Done !

[A.Chakery]

Template Changes Updated , Thanks to inciarco

[Asterix_ita]

good addon

one question: what is the difference between the standard function of VB3.8.X

Prefix for Forum Status Images (This prefix will be used on status image filenames for a forum, it can only contain A-Z, 0-9, -, _, . and /)

help options standard

Forum Status images are usually shown alongside the forum in a forum listings to indicate the read status.

This prefix must only contain alphanumerical characters, though the following are also allowed - _ / ., a folder name is also acceptable to be placed within the status icon directory.

The following images are currently in use for status icons, you will need to create images with the specified prefix to match.

* forum_link.gif
* forum_new.gif
* forum_new_lock.gif
* forum_old.gif
* forum_old_lock.gif

[A.Chakery]

I think the most important difference between this mod and the forum perfixes is the ease of use.

By this mod you are able to chose any image on any location of you forums directory. also you can specify your custom and different names for your images.
if you use forum perfixed you will have to create a new folder under the statusicon folder of every style and I think its a little hard to manage.

and for those who want to have just one image instead of all status icons it will be more functional to use this mod

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[cyb3rgh0st_]

hrm aint working on my bord lol ..
dono how or why its anoying me tho i relly want it lol