Forum Home Enhancements - Welcome Panel Template Rewrite

Introduction:

When I first installed Zero Tolerence's Welcome Panel, I found that it had a lot of mistakes on my computer. I set out to make a new template for the hack - and I succeeded. This template is my rewrite of Zero Tolerence's hack.

This Hack Made Possible By Zero Tolerance

Please Remove Zero Tolerance's Plugins When Upgrading from a Previous Version!

Hack Requirements:
This hack has one requirement:

1. vBulletin v3.6.0 or higher. (Confirmed working with vB 3.7.0 RC1)

Installation

Installation is a breeze! Follow these simple steps:

1. Upload Files into folders.
2. Install Welcome Panel Product
3. Customize!

Yes, it's that simple.

Feature Lists:
Support for v1.x has been dropped.

v2.2.0

• Displays the number of new posts.
• It displays the user's avatar & links to the edit avatar page.
• Displays your forum stats:
  • Posts
  • Threads
  • Members
• The welcome panel is fully phrased.
• Displays a link for new posts.
• There is a link to edit your profile.
• It shows the forum your most active in.
• It displays the percent of your posts compared to the total forum posts.
• It displays the users posts per day count.
• It displays the users number of posts.
• The welcome panel is collapsable if the user doesn't want it there.
• Completely customizable through a setting group with 13 settings.
• Displays users current time (in their time zone)!
• Image or Textual links for New Posts, Daily Posts, and Edit Your Profile.
• Displays the number of new Private Messages.
• Displays the number of new Threads.
• Customizable link for forum rules.
• Customizable to the latest forum announcement (thread only).
• Latest Announcment name is customizable through a setting.
• There is an admin editable section for "useful links", HTML required.
• Link to forum leaders. (uses vB default phrase so if you change it to something else the welcome panel also changes)
• Link to Mark Forums Read. (uses vB default phrase so if you change it to something else the welcome panel also changes)
• Link to the announcement forum.
• The colors now alternate correctly on your welcome panel.
• Show Version
• Welcome Panel Style (Second Style by Da Pro)
• FAQ Entries

v3.0.0

• Displays the number of new posts, threads, and unread private messages.
• Displays the current time (using the user?s time settings)
• It displays the user's avatar & links to the edit avatar page.
• Displays your forum stats:
  • Posts
  • Threads
  • Members
• Top Poster Statistics
  • Username
  • Profile
  • Amount of Posts
• Fully Phrased
  • Re-Phrased from v2.2.0
• New Posts Link (Image or Text)
• Edit Profile Link (Image or Text)
• Daily Posts (Image or Text)
• The forum the user is most active in.
• How much percentage of the forums total posts does the user own.
• How many ?Posts Per Day? the user has.
• The Panel is Collapsible
• Customizable through 13 settings
  • Revamp Settings from v2.2.0
• Forum Rules link.
• Forums Latest Announcement
  • Pulled Dynamically from specified forum.
• Admin Set ?useful? links ? BBCode allowed!
• Links to Forum Leaders (vBulletin?s Phrase)
• Links to the Mark Forums Read system (vBulletin?s Phrase)
• Links to the Announcement Forum (optional)
• Alternating Colors
• Welcome Panel Version (optional)
• Welcome Panel Style Improved!
• BBCode Parsing
• Link to vBulletin.org in ACP?s Product Manager
• Version Checking enabled.
• Retrieve Latest Version from database, and display in template.
• Improved Code: With Zero Tolerance's Permission, code rerelease made this a possibility! Improved!
• Optional Plural Checking (New Posts, New Threads) New!
• No Avatar Image: Uses the Image Path setting New!
• Multiple Templates! New!

Conflicts:
Users have reported that there is a conflict with this modification:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=122995

Change Log:
v3.0.5: May 16, 2007 - New Features & Improved Code
v3.0.4: March 23, 2007 - Bug Fix - new auto version update.
v3.0.3: Immediately released to replace 3.0.2 to add the correct template.
v3.0.2: Bug Fix, immediately removed from download
v3.0.1: Bug Fix
v3.0.0: Initial Release of 3.0.0

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by thejessman86

Is it just me or are there no image files?

Originally Posted by Arved Yagami

There arent any image files in the zip.

Oops. Guess I never added them. I'll add them sometime today.

Originally Posted by rjmjr69

No images no directions

Just upload the product .xml - installation is that simple.

[Smoothie]

I have a question. Is that the actual size of the welcome panel after you add this mod? Like can someone post a screenshot of forumhome with this installed? Because it looks huge.....

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by Smoothie

I have a question. Is that the actual size of the welcome panel after you add this mod? Like can someone post a screenshot of forumhome with this installed? Because it looks huge.....

The panel isn't that large height wise. It is the full width of your forum, so if your forum's got a really tiny width, it may be really tall. It's proportional.

[Smoothie]

I use a full width skin, but was just curious what this looks like in relation to the rest of the forum.

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by Smoothie

I use a full width skin, but was just curious what this looks like in relation to the rest of the forum.

It uses the style variables for Macfora (or your forum), so it'll look like Macfora (or your forum). The width of your categories, will be the width of your welcome panel.

[NathanMc]

on my stats it shows that I have You have 1,390 posts and 1 threads, but of course I have more then 1 thread.

I have attached a SS.

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by NathanMc

on my stats it shows that I have You have 1,390 posts and 1 threads, but of course I have more then 1 thread.

I have attached a SS.

Huh... That's odd. Maybe there's a bug. I'll test right now.

Nice bug catch. I'm working on a fix now.

Fixed.

Nathan, don't forget to click install. I am going to start checking and not replying.

[NathanMc]

done, thanks for the help. I love the template.

[Shana]

I don't see it, I uploaded the images / imported the .xml file.

[Shana]

Fixed, forgot to install Zero Tolerance's mod.