Admin-controlled (only) random quote hack for header/homepage

What does this hack do?
It adds a quote and the quoter to your board, either in your header/footer (hack global.php) or on your forumhome page (hack root/index.php).

What's the additional server load of this hack?
It adds 1 query to each page you have a quote show up on. If you add it to global.php it'll add 1 query to ALL pages, if you add it to root/index.php it'll only add 1 query to your forumhome, but you won't be able to show the quotes anywhere else.

Why should we use your hack and not one of the two other quote hacks?
Mine is extremely easy (_I_ made it, and I'm a n00b!) but, more importantly, it doesn't allow your users to enter quotes nor does it put it on two silly lines (no offense Lesane, but that aspect, I found absolutely horrid). This is useful if you have a lot of users and don't feel like spending 4 hours a day moderating all new quote-submissions your members made. Or, if you just want full control.

Instructions:
Step 1: run this query on your vBulletin database (I suggest in phpMyAdmin):

PHP Code:

CREATE TABLE quotes (
  quote text NOT NULL,
  name text,
  letter tinytext,
  id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  PRIMARY KEY (id)
) 


Step 2 a: if you want it to appear in your header/footer on ALL pages, open global.php and find this line:

PHP Code:

// ###################### Start templates ####################### 


Add ABOVE that, this code:

PHP Code:

// quotes hack by KuraFire
 $quot=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT quote,name FROM quotes ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 1");
 $thequote = $quot['quote'];
 $thequoter = $quot['name']; 


Step 3 a: save global.php and edit your header/footer template. Put in $thequote for the quote, and $thequoter for the quote's quoter, ie. the person who said the quote.


Step 2 b: if you want this to appear only on your forumhome, open root/index.php and find this line:

PHP Code:

// get total posts 


Add ABOVE that, the following:

PHP Code:

// quotes hack by KuraFire
 $quot=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT quote,name FROM quotes ORDER BY rand() LIMIT 1");
 $thequote = $quot['quote'];
 $thequoter = $quot['name']; 


Step 3 b: save your root/index.php and edit your forumhome template (won't work on forumhome_whatever or so, only on your main forumhome template). Add $thequote for the quote, and $thequoter for the quote's quoter, ie. person who said the quote.

That's it. I left it up to you entirely where and how you add the quote and quoter, seeing as how people will place it in different places entirely.

Attached is a small selection of my own quotes database. Not all of it, for a: it'd be quite a lot, and b: it took me a lot of work to get those quotes together and into a database, neatly, and I'm not done processing my entire collection yet so I'm not making my entire quotes database publicly available.
To add these 100 quotes to your database, run the contents of 100quotes.sql as a query in phpMyAdmin on your database.

In the second post, I will add a screenshot.

This hack is really basic, Kura, I'm sure you can do more with this! What's your plan, my man?
Self-imployed vote of confidence, woohoo!
*cough* anyway, yeah this is actually just the first part of a rather big hack I have in mind, though not yet in true development. What I'm Planning to create, is a quote index very similar to the memberlist, but then about quotes. You'll have noticed that the structure of the `quotes` table that this hack adds, includes a "letter" column. This is solely for the purpose of making the quotes table searchable by letter, later on. Like, when you click on members, you'll have the option to select all members by a single letter. Same with the quotes list I am working on (in my mind mostly, thus far).

(edit: this quotes listing is now done. Contact me if you want an early release)

UPDATE IN POST #20: Admin Panel Addition for easy Quotes adding!


[high]* KuraFire awaits response again...
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Edit: credit goes out to Lesane for being the first one to have made a quote hack, of course, but this one is different, and I think it's good for people to be able to have a choice.

[nnjj.net]

hi
I installed the hack and it's great
but how I can modify the Quote from CP. there is only adding !

thanx

[KuraFire]

nnj.net: use my Ultimate Quote Hack instead. See my sig for the link

[nnjj.net]

thanx buddy I'll try to do it