Admin can change default style from admin cp

This is a simple 'mini hack'. I wrote this for myself some time ago so i could change the default style without overwriting styleid 1, or editing global.php multiple times.

This will add a new option in the 'vBulletin options' part of the admin cp.

Querys to run: 1
Files to edit: 1.
Screenshot: in next post.

[msimplay]

wicked hack but it makes u wonder why such a hack isn;t there by default

[KonZu]

working fine (2.3.0) , very usefull hack

thx
yrs KonZu

[Bahawolf2]

05-04-03 at 12:18 AM gwhooooey said this in Post #30
Same problem here

Yup, same.

[gmarik]

If you would also make a cp.css reader, it would be something!
Like on phpBB, they have something like that.

[gwhooooey]

INSERT INTO setting (settingid,settinggroupid,title,varname,value,desc ription,optioncode,displayorde r) VALUES (NULL,2,'Default style set.','loo_default_style','1','Set this number to the style id you wish to be displayed by deault (note: This will not overwrite style settings in user profiles!)','','7');

How do I reverse this? I'm removing the hack. Thanks

[Austin Dea]

This only changes the style for index.php only. If I click a forum, it's back to the default(id=1) style.

[Danielo]

yes...
it doesn't function verywell!!

i have the same problem of Austin Dea!!

Let's check it

If an anonymous user enter the forum, the board shows perfectly th index.php paage, but the other are wrong

[StrykerContact]

Thanks, just what I needed.

[StrykerContact]

Ok this hack doesn't work right, it only sets my index.php as the style I set default to, but when I click a forum section it changes back to the real default.

[DraX]

You guys are forgetting that each forum has it's own styleid. If set not to override user defaults, it will still be used whenever a guest is logged in. You'll have to change those forums to whatever your forum default is if you want it to function in there.

I've written a quick alternative to this.....

make these changes in admin/forum.php:

find

PHP Code:

// ###################### Start add ####################### 


replace with

PHP Code:

// ################## Start defaultstyle ###################
if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['action']=="defaultstyle") {
  if ($defaultstyle=="" AND $loo_default_style=="") {
    echo "<b>YOU DO NOT HAVE A RECOGNIZED DEFAULT STYLE HACK INSTALLED!<BR>
You need to have installed Avalon Site Manager or
 <a href=\"https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50491\">
Anime-Loo's Default Style Hack</a> in order to change the default style of
 all of your site's forums to the default set by those hacks/add-ons.<br><br>";
  } else {
    $newstyle=$loo_default_style;
    //Since Avalon Site Manager includes a default style changer for both the forums and the site content,
    //we need to override Anime-Loo's hack if installed to preserve ASM's functionality.
    //Sorry, Anime-Loo.
    if ($defaultstyle!="") {
      $newstyle=$defaultstyle;
    }
    $DB_site->query("UPDATE forum SET styleid='$newstyle' WHERE styleoverride='0'");
    echo "Default Forum Styles changed to $newstyle!<br><br>";
  }
}

// ###################### Start add ####################### 


find

PHP Code:

  echo "<p>If you change the orders, please be sure to submit the form using the buttons at the bottom of the page</p>"; 


replace with

PHP Code:

  if ($defaultstyle OR $loo_default_style) {
    doformheader("forum","defaultstyle");
    maketableheader("Default Style Modification Detected!");
    makedescription("You have installed either Avalon Site Manager or
<a href=\"https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50491\">Anime-Loo's Default Style Hack</a>.<br>
        Would you like to change all forums here that do not override a user's selected style to the forum default?");
    doformfooter("Yes, Fix the Default Style of my Forums","");
  }

  echo "<p>If you change the orders, please be sure to submit the form using the buttons at the bottom of the page</p>"; 


This should solve all your troubles if you use this everytime you change your default style.