Header/Footer For Each Forum and Threads in that Forum

This hack will allow you to add an extra, unique header and footer for each forum. The header and footer will show up on the forum home page and on each thread within that forum. You can use HTML, so you can put in rotating banner code or anything you like.

2 Queries
2 Modifications to admincp/forum.php
2 Template modifications

Enjoy!

Be sure to click INSTALL!

[Ryan McBain]

What do I have to do to get the banner on the forum home page?

[ChurchMedia]

Originally Posted by Ryan McBain

What do I have to do to get the banner on the forum home page?

It doesn't show on the home page since the headers/footers are forum specific. You can just edit your templates (FORUMHOME) to put a banner on the home page.

[Ryan McBain]

Originally Posted by ChurchMedia

It doesn't show on the home page since the headers/footers are forum specific. You can just edit your templates (FORUMHOME) to put a banner on the home page.

So do I just add a
$foruminfo[forumfooter] in the forumhome template? Im trying to put a banner add there as well.

[ChurchMedia]

Originally Posted by Ryan McBain

So do I just add a
$foruminfo[forumfooter] in the forumhome template? Im trying to put a banner add there as well.

No, because the home page isn't a forum. It won't do anything. Just add the HTML directly to your FORUMHOME template right under the $header variable and right above the $footer variable.

Hope that helps

[Ryan McBain]

Originally Posted by ChurchMedia

No, because the home page isn't a forum. It won't do anything. Just add the HTML directly to your FORUMHOME template right under the $header variable and right above the $footer variable.

Hope that helps

Cool thanks

[floridaideal]

Hello ChurchMedia

Is there anyway you can modify this hack so that the header.gif image could be customise for each forum too? If this is an extra that would take some time I would more than happy to pay you for your time to customise this for me?

For example a field that you could type the location of the new image, ie header2.gif or something and that would replace it. Can this be done at all?

Thank you

Stuart

[ChurchMedia]

Originally Posted by floridaideal

Hello ChurchMedia

Is there anyway you can modify this hack so that the header.gif image could be customise for each forum too? If this is an extra that would take some time I would more than happy to pay you for your time to customise this for me?

For example a field that you could type the location of the new image, ie header2.gif or something and that would replace it. Can this be done at all?

Thank you

Stuart

Yes, it can be done, but you could also just use HTML to bring up the image.

<img src="http://www.yourdomain.com/path/to/image/image.gif">

Let me know if you want a field-based hack with a variable you can place somewhere. It wouldn't be difficult to alter this hack to do that (you would just be limited to a single image as opposed to full HTML).

Take care,

[floridaideal]

Hello CM

Either way is fine with me whatever is easyist for you, html sounds good to me.

You have done a great job with this hack, well done.

[ChurchMedia]

I would use the HTML. It will give you more flexibility and is really the same thing, just applied a different way.

Cheers,

[YabbaDabba]

Originally Posted by ChurchMedia

This hack will allow you to add an extra, unique header and footer for each forum.

Neat hack. Have you thought about extending it?

If combined with something like "AdColumns"
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=62348
then vB3 would have unique sidebars for each forum.

And if you have unique sidebars for each forum, it would
be cool if they could be populated with standard content
modules such as those for vBadvanced or vBindex.