Major Additions - Concepta Series - vB Flash Header Pro (inc optional Banner Rotator)

NO LONGER SUPPORTED!!!!!

The most advanced vBulletin 4.0 header system ever released so far, with built-in banner rotator (optional). This is a product that we are giving away freely to the vBulletin community, even though it was originally designed as a commercial product. It includes everything to give you a sleek and stylish flash-based header system for the vBulletin 4.0 series. This product was released for vBulletin 3.0 series; however we had many asking for a version for vB4, so here it is with many improvements and we added many more functions to this version. This product comes in two versions, one with an advertising banner rotator built-in and one without, giving you full control of how you want to implement it on your own vBulletin. It does not use any of vBulletin 4.0?s advertising system, nor query your database or require product plugins.

Demonstrations Available
Shedevils Leisure District - The Front Page
Also available is our own demonstration - Go to www.digitalport.co.uk and scroll down to the footer on any page under Style Chooser -> Select "Concepta Series" to view. Remember to switch back to our default style afterwards.

Released: 06/07/10
1280 version Added - see download attachments on this mod (Wide 1280 pixel version) v1.0.1280a

XML Configuration Files
Due to the setup procedure being quite complex we have made most of the configuration details available online only. This is to allow you to jump to the areas you need to configure in detail, this guide will give you the basic installation procedure, to setup vBulletin to use this modification. We have provided links to the relevant sections that cover the XML configuration. For best results always optimize any images, this will ensure the pre-loaders will only show for a short time, if at all.

Preview setup files included
These allow you to setup the header system locally before adding it your vBulletin, however we do not recommend that you upload these files. Use them for testing only.

*Fixed width Forums only ? the only reason why we stipulate this is due to the way flash functions. This product is designed for a 950 pixel width and a 150 pixel height; you will find how to adjust your forum to this fixed width by reading the Additional Stylevars section of this guide.
**Fluid forum setup - Should you wish to use it on a fluid forum then we recommend that you use a fade to alpha on your background images, this will still allow you to use this modification, but not to its full capacity.

Features:

• Import your logo and place it anywhere within the header (requires no coding knowledge to setup)
• Import numerous backgrounds with numerous load and unload transitional effects
• Imports your 468 x 60 pixel banner adverts with support for PNG, JPG and SWF file formats (banner rotator version only)
• Over 80 transitional effects, each banner can use these on a single banner or you can set to randomize all banners
• Pre-loads all images ?on-the-fly? and caches them therefore using very low bandwidth consumption
• Package includes pre-loaded images and banners and pre-configured (change as required). Full documentation in Word, PDF and text formats.

Important ? Before uploading anything:
Please read on how to setup the vB Flash Header System locally, this will help you see what the header will look like before installing it on vBulletin. The previewer files are for setup purposes, they contain documentation as well to allow you to view your header before uploading.

Online Articles
Full Technical Specifications please visit:
Digital Port UK - Concepta Series 4 - vBFlash Header Pro--Technical Specifications

Logo/Site Name setup visit:
Digital Port UK - Concepta Series 4 - vBFlash Header Pro--Designing the Logo/Site Name Image

How to Design Your vBFlash Header Background Images visit:
Digital Port UK - Concepta Series 4 - vBFlash Header Pro--Creating Your Background Images

How to Design/add your own advertising banners visit:
Digital Port UK - Concepta Series 4 - vBFlash Header Pro--Banner Rotator Setup

Basic Installation
During this installation all you are doing is replacing the default vBulletin logo coding with our custom code.
Use the Preview Files first to setup your header as you want it.
Upload all contents of either the "vB Flash Header no Ads" or the "vB Flash Header with Ads" folder to vBulletin forum root.
Please follow our links to configure the various areas of this modification in detail. Instructions vary on which version you are installing and configuring.

2 Template Edits (required)

headinclude
Find:

<script type="text/javascript" src="{vb:stylevar yuipath}/yuiloader-dom-event/yuiloader-dom-event.js?v={vb:raw vboptions.simpleversion}"></script>

Before add:

<!-- Concepta Code Start -->
<script src="xeon_hp_js/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<!-- Concepta Code End -->

header
Find:

<div><a name="top" href="{vb:raw vboptions.forumhome}.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}" class="logo-image"><img src="{vb:stylevar titleimage}" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_powered_by_vbulletin, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}" /></a></div>

Replace with:

<!-- Concepta Code Start -->
<div><a name="top">
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','950','height','150','title','cc_vbhead','src','cc_hp_head','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','wmode','transparent','movie','cc_hp_head' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="950" height="150" title="cc_vbhead">
  <param name="movie" value="cc_hp_head.swf" />
  <param name="quality" value="high" />
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
  <embed src="cc_hp_head.swf" width="950" height="150" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed>
</object>
</noscript></a>
</div>
<!-- Concepta Code End -->

End of Template edits.

Stylevar Changes
These changes are required to fix your vBulletin to 950 pixels wide, the same width as the vB Flash Header.
Common - doc_maxWidth - Units: px
Common - doc_maxWidth - Size: 950
Common - doc_minWidth - Units: px
Common - doc_minWidth - Size: 950
Common - doc_margin - Units: px
Common - doc_margin - Top: 0
Common - doc_margin - Right: auto
Common - doc_margin - Bottom: 0
Common - doc_margin - Left: auto

End of Stylevar changes.

Additional Stylevar Edit
If you wish to make the header flush with the navbar you will need to change the following Stylevar.
Stylevar Edit
Header - header_padding - Units: px
Header - header_padding - Bottom: 0

Transitional Effects
Please see the vB Flash Header Pro Transition settings file in this package.[font=Arial]

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Update Log:
5/20/10 - Embed code updated due to 'Back to top' anchor code missing.

REMOVED!!!

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by AURFSCAN

running the latest ff, Im now sure ff is the problem.... damn ff used to be good, now its really rubbish

thx for your reply

I design all modifications in Firefox, then checked for x-browser compatibility. With FF though, many people have experienced issues when upgrading from a previous version, some plugins failing, namely the Adobe Flash Plugin.

The way around this is to remove Firefox totally from your system, then do a full re-install, this should fix any issues you are seeing.

[AURFSCAN]

thx syrus.xl will do

[Scan Cape Cod]

This is a shot in the dark, but I'll inquire nonetheless.

I have this mod installed (950 version) and it runs spectacularly. I am also trying to add a second navbar as outlined in this link: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=240764

For whatever reason that mod will not work. I'm wondering if there is a chance that these two mods don't play well together. I ask here because I'm not getting any response (yet) from the developer of the double navbar code and I'd certainly like to add one.

Has there been any thought of adding in code for a possible second navbar to this mod, or is that too far off topic?

Thanks in advance.

[syrus.xl]

Well, this modification only replaces the main vbulletin logo div, nothing else is touched in anyway. No changes are made to the navbar template, apart from on the version for vB4.0.4 PL1 which has a slight CSS change for 'flush' fit the header to the navbar.

I noticed the mod you mentioned is for vB4.0.3, and that may cause issues. There were changes made to vB4.0.4 in respect to the header and headinclude templates.

As for adding a second navbar, it's not the sort of modification that would be beneficial to this current version. There are plenty of modifications for extending the default vbulletin navbar and navtabs, some free and a couple that are commercial. It is quite easy to code additional drop-down menu's, which in my opinion looks better on a forum than having multiple navbars.

[Scan Cape Cod]

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm working with some drop down alternatives at this point. I appreciate it!

[session-one]

im interested in buying the brand free version, i installed this just to test things out, however, a couple questions..

will adding a banner that is not 460x60 or whatever you have suggested cause a problem? The banners im using are appearing like this:

is the proversion just a brand free version?

What if we want to use this mod with multiple layouts however use different banners to rotate?

Thanks

[bada_bing]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Hey bud just wanted to see when you plan to introduce the 3.8.x version ... Thanks

Any updates Please???

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Any updates Please???

As soon as I get a few hours spare, I'll write up the docs for the 3.8.x version - we have had a few people requesting the same version.

[syrus.xl]

Originally Posted by session-one

im interested in buying the brand free version, i installed this just to test things out, however, a couple questions..

will adding a banner that is not 460x60 or whatever you have suggested cause a problem? The banners im using are appearing like this:

is the proversion just a brand free version?

What if we want to use this mod with multiple layouts however use different banners to rotate?

Thanks

The banner rotator simply resizes the scale of any banner that is not of these standard dimensions.

The brand-free version is virtually the same as this version apart from branding removed and the file is more streamlined.

Not sure what you mean by multiple layouts... Are you referring to other styles on the same instance of vBulletin?

[RobbieZ]

Even though you add a logo header, you cant actually click it to return home?

Also when you hover instead of your URL you see this 'cc_vbhead' instead.