Global Announcements

Hey all,

What is Global Announcements?
This is a modification that adds an announcement to every vB page. It's simple to use and install.

What can I do using Global Announcements?
The features of Global Announcements include:

• Online / Offline - The ability to turn your announcement Online or Offline.
• Set Announcement Title - The ability to change the title of your announcement.
• Set Announcement Text - The ability to change the text of which your announcement contains.
• HTML Ready - Has the ability to use HTML in both Title and text!

How long will it take me to install Global Announcements?
Global Announcements is a very easy modification to install. It should take no more than 1 minute to install! It comes with a product file, so all you have to do is import the included product file, edit one template and the modification is installed!

Support
For support on this mod, you can go to either:
MgArcade.com

Or

Post in this topic!

Suggestions
Got a suggestion? Post it here, PM me, or email me, I will try my best to include it in a future version.

Credits
Global Announcements was:
Created By: Marky_
Assisted By: Zero Tolerance

Credits
You must not allow this file for download anywhere but vbulletin.org without the consent of Mark Spiers (Marky_)

If you install this modification, please click 'Install' to show your support!

Would you like to donate to me? I'd be extremely grateful, no matter the amount!


Latest Version: 1.2

Version 1.1 Features
** Border Thickness - The ability to change the thickness of your Global Announcement table.
** Title Colour - The ability to change the colour of the title of your Global Announcement.
** Text Colour - The ability to change the colour of the text of your Global Announcement.
** Title Alignment - The ability to change the alignment of the title of your Global Announcement.
** Text Alignment - The ability to change the alignment of the text in your Global Announcement.

Version 1.2 Features
*** Announcement Title Link - The ability to create a link from the title of your announcement to an external link.
*** 'More' Option - The ability to add an 'More...' to your announcement. This links to the same link as the title.

Upgrade Instructions included in attachment. Just download the zip file and upgrade

Thanks,

Marky

[SHalliday]

"Click Installed"

Thank you for such a great hack! Extremely easy to install and works right out of the box. Very nice. Been using for awhile now on our forums and it works beautifully.

Does everything I need except it does not have an option to allow me to select whether to display globally or just on forumhome. Sometimes that can be very handy depending on what type of announcement you are making. No big deal but thought I would mention it for future consideration.

In any case, fantastic hack and thank you again!

[Gizmo999]

I'm trying to add it to a friends vbadvanced portal, it works fine on the forums but not the portal where do I need to put the code??

[Konstantinos]

i modified it a bit cause i wanted the text and title color to match my styles

<!-- Global Announcement - Version 1.2 - Created by Marky -->
<if condition="$vboptions[global_status] && $vboptions[global_announce] != ''"><if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] != 0">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="{$vboptions['global_border']}" width="100%" align="center">
	<tr>
<td class="tcat" align="{$vboptions['global_title_align']}"><span class="normal">{$vboptions['global_title']}</a>
		</span></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
<td class="alt2" align="{$vboptions['global_text_align']}"><span class="normal">{$vboptions['global_announce']}  <if condition="$vboptions[global_menu_by]"><a href="{$vboptions['global_title_link']}">More...</a></if></font>
		</span></td>
	</tr>
</table>
<br />
</if></if></if>
<!-- End Global Announcement - Version 1.2 - Created by Marky -->

[Marky]

Originally Posted by SHalliday

"Click Installed"

Thank you for such a great hack! Extremely easy to install and works right out of the box. Very nice. Been using for awhile now on our forums and it works beautifully.

Does everything I need except it does not have an option to allow me to select whether to display globally or just on forumhome. Sometimes that can be very handy depending on what type of announcement you are making. No big deal but thought I would mention it for future consideration.

In any case, fantastic hack and thank you again!

Hey,

This feature may be in the next version, I'll try my best

Originally Posted by Gizmo999

I'm trying to add it to a friends vbadvanced portal, it works fine on the forums but not the portal where do I need to put the code??

Sorry, since I don't use vBAdvanced, I don't know how it's system works. I shall take a look for you and get back to you on how to put it on. Thanks,

Marky

[Gizmo999]

Thanks Marky, look forward to the reply.

[Marky]

I know how to do it for Menu control - my other mod - maybe you do the same...

So, try this:
Add:

globalannounce

to 'Portal Output Global Variables'.

Thanks,

Marky

[Gizmo999]

Originally Posted by Marky

I know how to do it for Menu control - my other mod - maybe you do the same...

So, try this:
Add:

globalannounce

to 'Portal Output Global Variables'.

Thanks,

Marky

thanks, it worked perfectly.

[KubisForce]

Thanks - this is a nice hack. But I would need it with a function so that I can have the text according to the selected language because I ran a multilanguage board.

Would that be possible?

[arindra]

thanks , i just installed it very very simple to do

[Marky]

Originally Posted by KubisForce

Thanks - this is a nice hack. But I would need it with a function so that I can have the text according to the selected language because I ran a multilanguage board.

Would that be possible?

Not sure but i'll look into it for you It may be a possibility...

Originally Posted by arindra

thanks , i just installed it very very simple to do

Great stuff Enjoy!