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Version: 1.00, by karlm karlm is offline
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Version: 3.6.0 Rating:
Released: 09-04-2006 Last Update: Never Installs: 38
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Time to perform: 2Mins or less
Ease of use: Piece of cake (if i can do it, so can you)
Function: Makes use of wasted horizontal space at the bottom of thread & forum pages.


Hi all

This is my first release of anything that mildly implies a hack.

Anyway, here is what it does:

The standard 'forumrules' box is fairly small and wastes a lot of horizontal space that could be used in another way, for example ads or links - or both.
See attachments for the changes it makes to your threads & forum pages (not index).

Hopefully, as my first ever release, this will find itself of use to the community here. I've used many hacks from various folk and this is my little bit back to the community that I've taken from! I really hope those who use it find it enjoyable, useful and most importantly, easy to perform.

I've had this change performed (on my test & live forum) and it seems to work fine. It was also working well with vb3.5.4 but I'm now running 3.6 so hence it is released for 3.6 GOLD.

Just download the attached *.txt file and follow the instructions.

Many folks may consider the 'forum rules' section to be a less viewed area of their board. This may be true, but for those ads which pay per view, rather than per click, this is an ideal means of including an extra ad or two without burdening your viewers and forcing them to view.

*HINT: When adding content to the cells, try to avoid using terms which may lead to issues where SEO is concerned. Too many references to 'links' might have an adverse impact. Instead, opt for other choices such as 'friends sites', 'miscellaneous' and 'reciprocal sites'

Please click the 'install' button if you've made use of this little gadget

ps - all comments welcome (especially good ones :nervous
pps- Please remember, this is my first effort at a hack - so be gentle

*Hint comes with gratitude to alkatraz for the SEO notes.

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Old 02-06-2007, 02:22 AM
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Nice hack! Thank you!

How can I disable dropdown box in CP? Are you talking about Forum Jump?
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Old 02-07-2007, 12:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MentaL View Post
not a good area for adverts.
Google referral buttons are just perfect for that area

Installed. Thanks
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Quote:
Originally Posted by United32 View Post
Nice hack! Thank you!

How can I disable dropdown box in CP? Are you talking about Forum Jump?
My apologies for the delay in responding. Yes, I was referring to the 'forum jump' menu.
I'm glad this hack was to your liking.
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wow! great job!

how'd I miss this??! thank you! been wanting something this for a while (I can't stand that space. lol)
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Welcome, glad it serves well
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Oh I HATE wasted space, thanks a BUNCH for this. I may just use it for things like Member of the Month display and ads that push MY products .... can't wait to install, THANK YOU
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Setting the box up is easy enough, but how do you place links in the box. For instance, if I wanted to add this site as a recriprocal link, what what I type?

AO
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In the code, look for:
PHP Code:
 <td class="thead">title one</td>
 <
td class="thead">title two</td
Change that to what ever you need for the title area, and then look for:
PHP Code:
 <td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap">content one</td>
 <
td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap">content two</td>
 (and 
more respectively according to any extra added above
Edit the 'content one' and 'content two' to what ever you need.

If you need a link, you'd use:
PHP Code:
<a href="http://the-link.com/referall">MY FRIENDS WEBSITE</a
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Hi great mod. thanks.

Do you mean just add html code in that 'content one' (2 etc) instead of the text?

also would it be possible to remove

New posts
No new posts
Thread is closed

from just above the rules?

Thanks
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You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may post new polls
You may post attachments
You may edit your posts



How can I add this line on my posting rules?

and another...

can we remove that minimizing thing from posting rules and put it back at most right corner of the table?

hope its working in 3.7.3.. didint try though.. the idea is cool...
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BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

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