Thread Images

This will add some thread images to your thread list you can see them over at

http://www.codingsector.com/forumdisplay.php?f=21

To apply this hack it will involve in editing two templates

In your FORUMDISPLAY template find

<td class="thead" width="100%">
<if condition="$show['threadratings']"><span style="float:$stylevar[right]"><a href="$sorturl&amp;order=desc&amp;sort=voteavg">

ABOVE ADD

<if condition="$foruminfo[title] == forumtitle"><td class="thead" width="45" align="center" nowrap="nowrap">Preview</td></if>

NOTE: you must remove the forumtitle and replace it with the forum you want to add the images to. If you want to add images to every forum then just remove the <if> statements.

SAVE FORUMDISPLAY Template

OPEN THREADBIT Template

FIND

<td class="alt2"><if condition="$show['threadicon']"><img src="$thread[threadiconpath]" alt="$thread[threadicontitle]" border="0" /><else />&nbsp;</if></td>
	</if>

BELOW ADD

 <if condition="$thread[forumtitle] == forumtitle">
<td class="alt2" width="40">
<img src="$thread[threadid].gif"></td></if>

NOTE: you must remove the forumtitle and replace it with the forum you want to add the images to. If you want to add images to every forum then just remove the <if> statements.

SAVE AND CLOSE!

now you should test it to see if it works! if you have no threads in the forum you selected then create a test 1.

now create the image and put that image in the forum root directory it must be called the id of the thread!

for example if my threadid was 1 then i would create an image called 1.gif and place it in the forum root directory.

NOTE: You can find the forum id by hovering over the link and you should get something like

http://www.codingsector.com/showthread.php?t=10

where the number 10 is the thread id!

Hopefully it worked, i would love to see some variations of this!
Please excuse me if it doesnt i will fix it after all this is my first ever mod

Thanks
Paul

[Guy G]

This is all nice and good but not usefull for users....
If a user wants to create a tutorial than it will have no picture - bummer.
Try making this into a hack where a user uploads a small picture which will be displayed the same way.

[python66]

Yea that will probably get upgraded. it was a simple template i made for my forums graphic tutorials to offer guests a preview. they cant post in their tho

[Tony G]

Depends on the community if it will be useful or not. But nice mod nevertheless.

[imported_TCB]

Fantastic hack!

I know how to edit php, but I need to have a start or a point to the right direction. I've used your hack and changed it a bit. It works fantastic.

[imported_TCB]

So I've skipped the editings in the forumdisplay template, since I don't want to add the thread image as an extra table, but instead of the threadicons.

But it seems I have made an error here with the conditionals:

PHP Code:

       <if condition="$show['threadicons']">
        <td class="alt2">
        <if condition="$thread[forumtitle] == cds"><img src="http://www.mysite.com/images/forumdisplay/$thread[threadid].jpg" width="90" height="90"></if>
        <if condition="$show['threadicon']"><img src="$thread[threadiconpath]" alt="$thread[threadicontitle]" border="0" />        
        <else />&nbsp;</if></td>
        </if> 


The normal threadicons show up in all forums but the 'cds' forum, while in the cds forum a nice threadimage is displayed for all threads in this forum. But...... the threadicon (like ) is ALSO shown. So I have the image + the icon.

What do I need to change to have a space shown when there's no threadicon selected in all forums (but the cds forum), and only a thread image in the cds forum?

[imported_TCB]

By the way, how can I select more than one forum to use this hack?

[TCB]

This is what I have so far:

 <if condition="$show['threadicons']"> 
        <td class="alt2"> 
        <if condition="$thread[forumid] == 7"><img src="http://www.mysite.com/images/forumdisplay/$thread[threadid].jpg" width="90" height="90"></if> 
        <if condition="$show['threadicon']"><img src="$thread[threadiconpath]" alt="$thread[threadicontitle]" border="0" />         
        <else />&nbsp;</if></td> 
        </if>

And this is what I would like to have, but I'm lost with the conditionals:
1) have it work for forum 7, 19 and 25
2) have it show an image ($thread[threadid].jpg) for these 3 forums
3) have it show the standard threadicons for the other forums.

What do I have to edit to get it to work? :nervous:

[TCB]

can someone please help?