Forum Display Enhancements - Center or remove - Forum Title & Welcome Message

This small modification will allow you to either center or removed vBulletin's small default forum title & welcome message.

Credit goes to myself & CoreyLTH

You should always BACKUP your database before making changes.

To Center:

In ForumHome look for

PHP Code:

<div id="pagetitle"> 
<h1>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</h1>
<p id="welcomemessage" class="description">{vb:rawphrase welcome_to_the_x, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}</p>
</div> 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

<center> <div id="pagetitle"> 
        <h1>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</h1> 
        <p id="welcomemessage" class="description">{vb:rawphrase welcome_to_the_x, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}</p> 
    </div> </center> 


To Remove:

In FORUMHOME

Look for:

PHP Code:

<div id="pagetitle"> 
<h1>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</h1>
<p id="welcomemessage" class="description">{vb:rawphrase welcome_to_the_x, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}</p>
</div> 


And wrap it around wih

PHP Code:

<vb:comment>  </vb:comment> 


So when done it will look like

PHP Code:

<vb:comment> <div id="pagetitle"> 
<h1>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</h1>
<p id="welcomemessage" class="description">{vb:rawphrase welcome_to_the_x, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}</p>
</div>  </vb:comment> 


v1.1 = UPDATE 02-23-2011

Originally Posted by wolfey

Now if I can also get rid of that House and "Forum" I'd be happy too!

IMPORTANT: Always backup your database before making any edits.

In navbar look for:

PHP Code:

<ul class="floatcontainer">
        <li class="navbithome"><a href="index.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" accesskey="1"><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/navbit-home.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase home}" /></a></li>

        {vb:raw navbits.breadcrumb}
        {vb:raw navbits.lastelement}
    </ul> 


READ CLOSELY:

Wrap everything around it with

PHP Code:

<vb:comment> </vb:comment> 


except for

PHP Code:

{vb:raw navbits.breadcrumb} 


So the surrounding code will look like this when done....

PHP Code:

<vb:comment> <ul class="floatcontainer">
        <li class="navbithome"><a href="index.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" accesskey="1"><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/navbit-home.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase home}" /></a></li> </vb:comment>

        {vb:raw navbits.breadcrumb}
        <vb:comment> {vb:raw navbits.lastelement}
    </ul> </vb:comment> 


This will remove the "Home" icon and the word "Forum" on your Forum Homepage, but still keep your quick navigation links within your forums.

Optional - Grammar correction

This really will depend on your own liking and the name of your site. Bit if you want to change the welcome message from,

"Welcome to the X"

And change it to

"Welcome to X"

Go to:

AdminCP > Languages & Phrases > Search in Phrases

Search for

PHP Code:

welcome_to_the_x 


Using the Phrase Text and Phrase Variable Name search, option.

There should only find 1 per language installed

Change it to

PHP Code:

PHP Code:

Welcome to {1} 


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[COL NIL SATIS]

Awesome,works great and looks way better..thanks for this OldSchoolDSL mate

[COL NIL SATIS]

Mate,just got rid of the house and forum bit too and that is sweet ...thank you !!!

votes = 5 stars !!!!!!

[davidg]

very nice mod now my board looks better

[OldSchoolDSL]

Originally Posted by davidg

very nice mod now my board looks better

I'm glad you like it and that its working for you.

* Please remember to click installed. I keep track and update modifications based on member feedback and on how many find it useful.

[alaska_av8r]

I love the idea but when I did it to my forums it did some bad things that maybe you can help me with:

look here: http://www.boatinghowto.com/showthre...rbor-Boat-Show

My Join us on facebook, youtube and twitter were put in my advertising slot and it jammed them up against my breadcrumbs on the same line.

Can you help?

tim

[OldSchoolDSL]

Originally Posted by alaska_av8r

I love the idea but when I did it to my forums it did some bad things that maybe you can help me with:

look here: http://www.boatinghowto.com/showthre...rbor-Boat-Show

My Join us on facebook, youtube and twitter were put in my advertising slot and it jammed them up against my breadcrumbs on the same line.

Can you help?

tim

Sorry, but that is another modification and outside the realm of support for this modification.

My best guess is you want to use the "center" option and not the remove option for your Forum Title & Welcome Message. You should (maybe) able to still remove the "House" icon and the word "Forum" though (maybe).

[alaska_av8r]

The links instead of an advertisement aren't a modification, or at least to me they aren't. Instead of html opening a graphic for an advertisement, the html just says join us at...blah blah...So I am assuming that if I did have an advertisement it would do the same thing.

It did not do this until I edited the code as you described, so that code edit is the causing factor.

But you can disregard the assistance, I will put the original code back in.

thanks anyway.

[beckham_250]

thanks my friend

[JHayama]

Now if I can also get rid of that House and "Forum" I'd be happy too!

Is there also a way to get rid of that "Home" and arrow in the cms and "blog" and arrow in the blog?
Thanks

[OldSchoolDSL]

Originally Posted by JHayama

Is there also a way to get rid of that "Home" and arrow in the cms and "blog" and arrow in the blog?
Thanks

Not without removing your quick navigation.