[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.

[shadow187]

Great hack dude,

Installed it an works ok for me here on VB3.01

--Clicked Install --

S.

[Vman]

Originally Posted by BBCVman

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

OK, I figured it out!!! Thanks....But now that I have not read all the posts, which I will do, but hoping someone could just point me into the right direction on this issue now...

The "PM" is not highlighted for a member to get his PM's! was there a correction for this?

[Vman]

Originally Posted by 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


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


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

Where do you do this correction at???

[SaN-DeeP]

some info is not displayed
not sure how to fix it.

coz, all the stuff is replaced as specified in instructions files.

thnx.
Sandy...

[Delirion]

Originally Posted by tHe Rk

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

Same thing happens to me. The code that someone further up here provided was already in there so it's not that - I can't figure out what it is.

Can anyone help?

[Delirion]

Originally Posted by BBCVman

Where do you do this correction at???

That's in the Navbar template - just search for it in there. It's somewhere down towards the end since it's in the row of links in the actual navigation area.

[Delirion]

Okay guys, I figured this out after all - clearing the cookies would do it.

So if you get that funny error message, all you need to do is clear your cookies, and the next time you logout you won't get that message again.

I don't know why this would happen - I'm sure there's some explanation. Apparently some of my members will not get it to work even after clearning their cookies, but maybe that's just a problem with their browser or computer. I just installed it - I'll try it out a few days and see how people react and what problems might arise.

Other than that - this is a really cool hack. Thanks

[seth044_x]

there is a possibility that this hacks runs on a non-vbulletin website?
like a php include

obviusly changing a lot of stuff or even make a completely new mod, but with the same result on my CMS home? (postnuke) but its possible?

[ambrosious]

Will the Navbar hack leave the Arcade intact?

[ambrosious]

Nevermind, I figured it out.