vbarcade quick links on front page

This is very amateur, but I am not a coder, just thought someone without much knowledge may find this helpful. I feel this small template modification may increase user registrations since it has the ability to quickly show that you have games on your site.

This is a simple modification, not intended for advanced users as these images are static and not at all randomized, etc. But atleast if someone humors me and clicks install someday I will feel special.

Also if you see that I'm not showing the correct way, or a proper way to do something here, please let me know so I can correct it in case someone ever does use this.

Here's a screenshot:

Here's what to do:

In your FORUMHOME template, find $navbar.

Between $navbar and <!-- main --> add this:

<!-- arcade -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">Check out some of our NEW arcade games </td>
</tr>
<tr>		<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">
			<table align="center" border="0" width="100%">
				<tr class="alt2">
					<td align="center"><a href="../arcade.php?do=play&gameid=1"><img src="../images/arcade/snake1.gif" border="0"></a> </td>
					<td align="center"><a href="../arcade.php?do=play&gameid=5"><img src="../images/arcade/chopper1.gif" border="0"> </td>
					<td align="center"><a href="../arcade.php?do=play&gameid=2"><img src="../images/arcade/spaceinvaders1.gif" border="0"> </td>
					<td align="center"><a href="../arcade.php?do=play&gameid=7"><img src="../images/arcade/asteroids1.gif" border="0"> </td>
					<td align="center"><a href="../arcade.php?do=play&gameid=6"><img src="../images/arcade/tetris1.gif" border="0"> </td>
					<td align="center"><a href="../arcade.php?do=play&gameid=13"><img src="../images/arcade/simon1.gif" border="0"> </td>
					<td align="center"><a href="../arcade.php?do=play&gameid=12"><img src="../images/arcade/breakout1.gif" border="0"> </td>
				</tr>
			</table>
		</td>
</tr>
<tr>
		<td class="tcat" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">(Click on any of these games above to begin playing that game.)</td>
</tr>
		
</thead>
</table>
</br>
<!-- end arcade -->

This is assuming that you have the five packaged vbarcade games, and you have installed the first two additional available (Breakout & Simon).

You will have to change the location reference for each of the above icons to the ID that your arcade games are listed under. In other words the above links will bring you to where my games are, but each install may produce a different game ID, do hover your mouse over your game to find out it's unique id.

If you think my modification is pointless, sorry lol.

[J?Y.]

Excellent installed !!

[egyptsons]

nice but this is for Which game I will decide to put on the table not the really installed
any way good idea

[xtreme-mobile]

like it

[Mastar]

Originally Posted by yayvb

No permissions? All that this modification does is add some html to the template, so I don't see why you would see that message. Are you sure you're not speaking about the 5 random images on the front page?

If you just added the code to the template and are getting this problem afterwards and you didn't before hand, then I would recommend reverting your template and perhaps try the other 5 random arcade images hack.

Hope I atleast helped in some way with this message. :squareeyed:

Thanks for your response, I've already installed that onther a 5 random arcade image hack.

I don't see why I'm getting that message either.

[saba]

the images dont show up