Additional front page options - post new thread + subscribe to this forum links

Additional front page options 2.2.x - v1
Let me make this clear - I saw this hack on a set of forums, thought it looked nice, and created it myself for my boards. The idea is the property of that site since I didn't think of the idea myself. However, I made the changes to the code myself. I am not sure if this has been documented before as a hack on this site - if it has then feel free to ignore or delete this file.

(c) 2002 Andy P
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VERSION 2.x INSTALLALLATION (probably works for earlier versions too)
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AS WITH ANY HACK, BACKUP YOUR FILES BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES

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### HACK OVERVIEW

This 'hack' adds "Post a new thread in this topic" and "Subscribe to this forum" icon links to the forum homepage.



### INSTALLATION OVERVIEW

-upload two graphics files to your images folder
-edit one template 'forumhome_forumbit_level2_post'



### DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS

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1 // Upload newthread2.gif and subscribe2.gif into your images folder


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2 // Inside the 'forumhome_forumbit_level2_post' template

Find :

PHP Code:

<td bgcolor="#13486D" align="left"><a href="forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&forumid=$forum[forumid]"><normalfont><b>$forum[title]</b></normalfont></a>
    <br><smallfont>$forum[description]</smallfont> 


Add underneath that :

PHP Code:

<a href="newthread.php?s=&forumid=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/newthread2.gif" border="0" alt="Create a new topic in $forum[title]"></a> <a href="member2.php?s=&action=addsubscription&forumid=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/subscribe2.gif" border="0" alt="Subscribe to the $forum[title] forum"></a> 


### FINISHED !

[pHAZE_1]

very nice modification. could you tell me how to put the icons directly accross from the forum name.. right now it is after the forum description.. thx

[Learner29]

what is the reason there is no "install this hack" link at the end of the thread page?

[Mr. X]

Because its not a hack I guess.

[Carthriller]

HI,

I see that you posted a frontpage hack and I have a question. I was wondering if you know what the query string is for the one that displays "only view new posts"...I tried

<a href="search.php?action=getlatest&forumid=$forum[forumid]"><img alt="Read New Post in $post[title]" border="0" src="images/findnew.gif" width="11" height="11"></a>

but that didn't work. Any suggestions?

[xeon]

I did this some time ago and Carthriller, I think you need a search.php addition. I will mail it to you tomorrow as my notes on this are in my office. On another note, when I did this originally my icons are all over the place. Most align right, but some just seem to have a mind of their own. Any ideas off hand?

[Carthriller]

Thanks for the reply. Can you mail it to me. Also I didn't put the icons up, so I won't know how to align, sorry.

[Carthriller]

Thanks for the reply. Can you mail it to me. Also I didn't put the icons up, so I won't know how to align, sorry.

Originally posted by xeon
I did this some time ago and Carthriller, I think you need a search.php addition. I will mail it to you tomorrow as my notes on this are in my office. On another note, when I did this originally my icons are all over the place. Most align right, but some just seem to have a mind of their own. Any ideas off hand?

[Lesane]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=258970#post258970" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showt...970#post258970</a>

[Xelation]

how would I get it in the top right hand corner?

[SaintDog]

Xelation,

Wayne Luke posted this a while back at vBulletin.com, see the below URL (edit forumhome_forumbit_level2_post instead of forumhome_forumbit_level1_post):

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...0&pagenumber=2

- SaintDog