Change Style Drop-Down

This is exactly what you see here, on this board's main page.
It allows you to easily change the style you are using.
Please note that it does not update your user profile as well, it simply sets a cookie, and until it expires you will see the style you selected.
Anyhow, download the attached .txt file and do what it says.

Scroll down to a post by me if you'd like the hack to update the user setting in the database!
The attached version does NOT do that!

Have fun and happy holidays!

[Aceman]

Fixed my own problem VERY easily without needing to recode alot.

Moved the footer code upto my table on FORUMHOME:

<td class="alt2" width="150"><div align="center"><select style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9px;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff" name="styleid" id="ressel" onchange="window.location=('$vboptions[forumhome].php?$session[sessionurl]styleid='+this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)"><optgroup label="$vbphrase[quick_style_chooser]">$quickchooserbits</optgroup></select></div></td>

Forumhome_dropdownbit:

<option value="$thisstyle[styleid]" $stylesel>$thisstyle[title]</option>

Forumhome_styleselect:

<option value="$thisstyle[styleid]" $stylesel>$thisstyle[title]</option>

This is now working on VB3 R4.
Aceman

[007]

Did you get it working with counts for each style? (X users) next to each style? I am coming close but haven't found where VB3 creates the dropdown menu yet.

Once I can convert this line

PHP Code:

while ($thisstyle=$DB_site->fetch_array($allstyles)) 


to VB3 lingo then I will have a working user count in VB3.

Feel free to PM me if you see this and have any useful information for me.

[kermit_criminal]

does this hack work for the latest version of vbulletin?

[QUOTE]In index.php, find this:
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// if user is know, then welcome

And add this right before that:
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// style drop down box (by FireFly)
$allstyles=$DB_site->query("SELECT style.title, user.styleid, COUNT(*) AS count FROM user LEFT JOIN style USING (styleid) WHERE style.styleid IS NOT NULL AND style.userselect=1 GROUP BY user.styleid");
$dropdownbits='';
while ($thisstyle=$DB_site->fetch_array($allstyles)) {
if ($styleid==$thisstyle[styleid]) {
$stylesel='selected';
} else {
$stylesel='';
}
eval("\$dropdownbits .= \"".gettemplate('forumhome_dropdownbit')."\";") ;
}
// style drop down box (by FireFly)

In global.php, find this:
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require('./admin/sessions.php');

And replace that with this:
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// style drop down box (by FireFly)
if (isset($changestyle)) {
$styleid=verifyid('style',$changestyle,0);
}
require('./admin/sessions.php');
if (isset($changestyle)) {
if ($styleid!=0)
$DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET styleid=$styleid WHERE userid=$bbuserinfo[userid]");
}
// style drop down box (by FireFly)

Now create a new template, call it forumhome_dropdownbit with this in it:
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<option value="$thisstyle[styleid]" $stylesel>$thisstyle[title] ($thisstyle[count] users)</option>

And last but not least, add the following to your forumhome template anywhere you want:
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<select name="styleid" onchange="window.location=('index.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&changestyle='+this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">
$dropdownbits
</select>

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Happy holidays everyone!
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[ElementalReborn]

Can anyone tell me how to change the color of the dropdown box? I'd like to to match my forum, if possible.

[CFF RA's]

Can someone explain a detailed how-to way to use this for version 2.3.7'

Thanks