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Customized Forum Closed Screen · **Released**: 12-24-2004

By default the vbulletin closed screen is a simple message with the standard header and footer for the boards. You can change this to a different page entirely with this hack.

This hack requires you to create a new template entirely and install a slight modification in your global.php file.

The file modification is as follows:

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PHP Code:


			
// #############################################################################

// check that board is active - if not admin, then display error

if (!$vboptions['bbactive'] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')

{

    if (!($permissions['adminpermissions'] & CANCONTROLPANEL))

    {

        eval('standard_error("' . str_replace("\'", "'", addslashes($vboptions['bbclosedreason'])) . '");');

        unset($shutdownqueries['lastvisit']);

Comment out the eval('standard_error.... line and place this below the unset($shutdownque.... line.

PHP Code:


			
eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('boards_closed') . '");');

The finished code, assuming you have no other hacks in this section of the code, will look like this:

PHP Code:


			
// #############################################################################

// check that board is active - if not admin, then display error

if (!$vboptions['bbactive'] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')

{

    if (!($permissions['adminpermissions'] & CANCONTROLPANEL))

    {

        //eval('standard_error("' . str_replace("\'", "'", addslashes($vboptions['bbclosedreason'])) . '");');

        unset($shutdownqueries['lastvisit']);

        eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('boards_closed') . '");');

Now create a new template called boards_closed. This can be any html document you want and you can of course call some of the variables from vbulletin.

If you want the boards closed reason to appear in the page you'll need to include $vboptions[bbclosedreason] somewhere in the file.

Below is a very simple template that will include the reason on a blank page.

HTML Code:

<html>
<body>
$vboptions[bbclosedreason]
</body>
</html>

From this model you can build up a page. Attached is a screenshot of ENWorld's closing screen using this modification.

The Ghost · #12 01-01-2005, 08:43 PM

Hi,

I know, I've created some HTML Tag an inserted in the Template, but only white Page.....

Michael Morris · #13 01-01-2005, 10:39 PM

Check the source code. Is it matching your html? If so, the problem is your html. If not then you misnamed the template. the template must be named:

boards_closed

exactly, or it won't find the template.

Silverdawn222 · #14 01-27-2005, 12:26 PM

For those who have the same problem - make sure that the 'boards_closed' template is present in each style selectable by your users.

Natch · #15 01-27-2005, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael Morris

The print_output function doesn't check this variable and that function terminates the script. Hence the line isn't necessary (as far as I'm aware) - though there is no harm in it's inclusion.

The reason you would want to keep this would be to retain the previous visit's timestamp for members who get the board_closed message: that way, and messages posted by Admin's during board downtime would be "new posts" when the board is restored.

yoyoyoyo · #16 01-31-2005, 03:25 PM

works great, but I kept the

PHP Code:


			
unset($shutdownqueries['lastvisit']);

***CLICKS INSTALL***

Michael Morris · #17 02-08-2005, 08:24 PM

So do I now that I understand what it's for. Changed the instructions slightly, but the hack isn't functionally changed.

noj75 · #18 07-27-2006, 05:57 PM

Thanks Michael

Been trying to suss this out myself all day. Then I found this :-)

Great stuff !!!!

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