[vB3 RC3] Welcome Hack v1.2

Hack Author:
Name: Hwulex
E-Mail: vbhacks[at]hwulex[dot]com
Forums: http://forums.xaprief.com


History:
I'm sure most of us are aware of trilOByte's popular Welcome Hack that was available for vBulletin 2.
I myself had it installed on my vB2 forums, and after upgrading to vBulletin 3 missed it, so, seeing as nobody else had, I decided to make my own version.


Description:
This hack does two things:
1. It alters the look of your forum's index page by reducing the size of the "What's Going On" box to just one line (more if birthdays / calendar events present). This box is also shifted up to the top of the page, beneath the navbar.
2. The information that it strips out of that box is not lost though as it is moved up in to the navbar box at the top of the page. The general statistics are only displayed on the forum homepage, as well as your avatar, and the number of new-posts and active-threads since your last visit. On all other pages, the navbar remains as it was.


Zip Contents:
welcome_hack_vb3_v1_2.zip
|- instructions.html :: Instruction on how to install this hack.
|- forumhome_loggedin.gif :: Shows what your ForumHome will look like after installation with a logged in user.
|- others_in_and_out.gif :: Shows screenshots of the hack in various states, plus a screenie of the vB2 version.
|- noavatar.gif :: Placeholder for those users who don't have an avatar set.
`- guestavatar.gif :: Placeholder avatar for guest viewers.

Testing:
Tested on vBulletin 3 RC 2


Files to Modify:
forumroot/index.php


Templates to Modify:
forumhome
navbar


Phrases to Add:
active_threads
info_forum
info_user
info_visitor
online_now


Phrases to Edit:
$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]
$vbphrase[last_visited_x_at_y]
$vbphrase[forum_contains_new_posts]
$vbphrase[forum_contains_no_new_posts]
$vbphrase[forum_is_closed_for_posting]
$vbphrase[most_users_ever_online_was_x_y_at_z]
$vbphrase[private_messages]


Images to Upload:
noavatar.gif
guestavatar.gif


Notes:
If you do install this hack, please click on the INSTALL button.
You will receive updates in your e-mail whenever I add new features to it.
Please also post a reply with your comments, they are appreciated.


Updates:
1.1
- Fixed 'X' problem for NewPosts and ActiveThreads.
- Added noavatar.gif, and accompanying instructions, to the package.
1.2
- Made NewPosts and ActiveThreads display on forumhome only.
- Moved queries to index.php reducing per-page queries by two.
- Added guestavatar feature for indexpage.

[SVTOA]

Originally Posted by Ryan McBain

You get an error when loggin out if you upgraded to vb3.0.1. This hack has you replace the navbar template, which causes the error. Can we get an updated version of this hack for people who upgraded to 3.0.1?

I'm not getting any sort of error and I upgraded to 3.0.1... Works perfectly...

[tHe Rk]

Originally Posted by SVTOA

I'm not getting any sort of error and I upgraded to 3.0.1... Works perfectly...

Actually when I click "logout" it says "An error occurred while attempting to log you out. Click here to log out."

When you "Click here" It says: "All cookies cleared!

Return to the page you were previously viewing
Go to forums index"

I think this is what he is talking about. This happens to me on 3.0.1

[DiscussAnything]

Got a fix for you guys on 3.0.1

The hack has you insert all of the code, which is the following, for the logout portion

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout" onclick="return log_out()">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>

To fix the error, simply add &u=$bbuserinfo[userid] at the end of the a href so it should read

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&u=$bbuserinfo[userid]" onclick="return log_out()">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>

Let me know if that works for you, did the charm for me.

[konstance]

so, is this pretty stable with latest version of vBulletin 3.0.1?

[OCH-Stan]

OK, works fine for 3.0.1. But what happened to the Users Online?

[DiscussAnything]

I am not sure, I modified the template a good amount. There is language code for users online.

If you'd like I can copy/paste my navbar code for you.

[Baptizer]

I noticed that this welcome bar's TOTAL POSTS does not count posts that are in non-active (closed) forums. Any idea how I can get this to include the posts that are in these forums as well?

[Vman]

Does this even work with 3.0.1! I ask because I installed it and nothing is showing except for "Who's Online".....

And if it does, what changes do I need to do to make it work!!!

Thanks

[amseven]

Ive got everything done up to where Im suppost to 'edit phrase 1, etc' I dont know how to edit phrases, could someone give me a quick tip?

[amseven]

nevermind... got it.