The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

About Developer · **Released**: 09-07-2002

This hack allows you to design dynamic vb templates which change themselves according to different conditions. Thus you can customize your board very powerfully with "intelligent/interactive" templates. It uses the same "conditional concept" just like my Webtemplates and Dynamic Forum Announcements Hack. With conditionals you can program your templates to:

be displayed differently to different users.

hide/display some part/texts/html codes/even the entire template for some users

include extra text/HTML codes/secret messages inside which will be displayed if page visitor matches your pre-configured criterias

Have multi-templates inside 1 template and each of them will be parsed and displayed only if their set condition applies.

You can program your templates according to many different criteria, such as:

user's userid
user's usergroup
user's profile fields' input
user's post number
user's last visit time
user's seniority (register date)
today's date, day, month, week, year, hour, second, if today is user's birthday
user's is visibility status
style id user's using
user's cookie status
user's time settings
(in forumdisplay templates) forum id
(in showthread templates) thread id
etc.

Some practical examples about what you can do with this hack:

You can have different postbit templates for different users/usergroups.
Display your board differently to the user if it's his birthday, if he is X, if he age <Y, if he didnt visit your board since Z etc.
Display Admin Only Profile fields/or any profile fields in postbit if X condition applies
You can hide Admin only links in your templates such as "Show IP".
Disable Email/Pm User links in postbit or userprofile screen if reader is from usergroup X etc.
Send different email text to different users according to different criteria. Add hidden email texts if X condition applies
Hide "register" link if user is not a guest, add access to pm if user is not a guest
Ban some templates if X condition applies such as dont display profile screens if user's X profile field = Y
Disable some forums if today is X day or hour is Y
Dont display thread view/user count/last reply date if user's usergroup is X
Hide threads according to different criteria in showthread templates

Well there are literally millions of possibilities you can apply, so please use your imagination for more examples..

The Hack's Features:

Installation is VERY easy: Actually 2 steps in 1 file will take less than 1 minute..You will be surprised how such a small modification will make such a big difference in your board.
It's compatible with ALL vb versions I know
The hack covers all the templates in your database: ie. custom templates, ALL vbulletin templates including even emails and error messages etc.
It's fully compatible with all your installed hacks and their custom templates too.
It makes many small hacks obsolete because you can now modify your templates to achieve the same result instead of hacking your board (=changing .php files)

Vbulletin v.3 has been announced to have "conditional" concept in templates, however my hack wasn't inspired by it at all, because I'm using the conditionals in my Webtemplates hack since March 2002 so in fact vb developers might be inspired by me.

My Dynamic Forum Announcements hack uses the same concept for forum home announcements too.. (Wait for my other hacks depending on conditionals cause I really like them, they are really powerful and customizable)

Performance Issues
The hack does NOT add any MYSQL connections. It just process your already retrieved templates in a function to parse the hack conditionals. Thus the performance is IMO quite bearable. However please notice that if a template has a conditional in it, the hack have to parse it before displaying it and technically this parsing is done with PHP's preg_match command which is known as a powerful but slow command. So does it cause any performance problems? In most cases no. But if the conditionals are applied in a very frequently used and/or long template and/or you used too many conditionals in one template AND your traffic or server load is high, this MAY increase your PHP processing time whenever this template is displayed as the hack has to deal with the conditionals everytime this template is called. I suggest applying Teck's Microstat's hack and observe the PHP running time with that hack after you applied a conditional especially in a frequently used template (eg. postbit). If it slows down the display, simply reduce your conditional count in that template or delete the conditional or remove the hack altogether. Personally I dont have any performance problems in my own board related to this hack but just wanted to give my 2 cents anyway especially for high-traffic boards..

If you liked the hack (I guess you will), I strongly suggest checking out my Webtemplates hack which provides exactly the same feature for your NON-VB pages.

Also please click INSTALL if you use the hack, thank you..

09.Sep.2002 Bug Fix: If you installed the hack before 09.Sep.2002 please download the instructions again and reapply step 2, since I made an update for a small bug fix. There was a variable name collision which causes a problem with email validation screen which uses the same variable so I changed my variable's name. If you are downloading the hack now, go ahead.. The code you download is already fixed..
07.Oct.2002 UPDATE: I updated the hack code, so that people who have enabled template debugging in their Admin CP/vb Settings can also use the hack. Also small modification applied to increase template parsing time. If you installed the hack before my update, you may choose to reinstall (not necessary). If you are a new hack user, the instructions you download is already new version's.

Enjoy!
Logician \\=^))

Logician · #82 11-02-2002, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bandit
I installed this hack and all of a sudden my forums started to show the default templates for every style I have. The template is still the same (in the user cp), but my forums just show the default one... I tried uploading the old functions.php but it did not fix the problem. Any ideas??

The hack is quite simple with 2 changes in functions.php. No template editing, no db alterations and no other modifications in any other vb file. Therefore if you replace the functions.php with the older one, it's impossible for the hack to affect your board in anyway. It will be successfully removed. Therefore your problem doesnt look like related to the hack.

And actually I cant think a reason the hack will behave like this either. Technically the hack does not interfere the loading of the template, it just interferes when the already-loaded template is returned to the vb so the behaviour you describe does not fit its algorithm..

I dont know how I can help you about this problem you encountered. I suspect you might applied a step wrong while installing and changed a section which you shouldn't touch. However this still does not explain how come you have the same problem when you reverted the function.php though..

Okiewan · #83 11-16-2002, 07:40 PM

I can't believe this hack isn't hack of the year, no doubt the most powerful I've seen, excellent work!

Please excuse the noob question, but...

1) I understand the conditional formating
2) I'm not sure where to place the conditional in the template.
3) Here's the goal:

Usergroup X can not see the "Change Style" portion of their user options.
Usergroups A, b and C can.

4) I assume a copy (modify options2) of modify options needs to be made, then a conditional put in the original. If usergroup x goes to modify, the conditional sends them to the copy ("modify options2")

Someone help me out with this?
Thanks!

Logician · #84 11-16-2002, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Usergroup X can not see the "Change Style" portion of their user options.
Usergroups A, b and C can.

it's easier than what you think:

edit template "modifyoptions" and find:

PHP Code:


			
$stylecell

Replace it as:

PHP Code:


			
[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]!=X)]]

$stylecell 

[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]!=X)]]

Enjoy..

Okiewan · #85 11-16-2002, 08:39 PM

Oh man, that's sweet

Thanks! Again, great hack.

N9ne · #86 11-23-2002, 10:42 AM

I voted for the warning system hack for the HOTM, but that's because I hadn't installed this...but now that I have, I vote this hack of the millenium, Logician, you've done one great job here! This tiny change to some code adds so much functionality to my forum!

Just a thumbs up for this, this is truly brilliant, well done.

N9ne · #87 11-25-2002, 06:09 PM

Question: Can the ismoderator function somehow be used?

Logician · #88 11-26-2002, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by N9ne
Question: Can the ismoderator function somehow be used?

give it a try but I'd say no. Conditionals are not designed to run functions and ismoderator is a function that needs to be run to produce a result. Conditional works with variables..

danrak · #89 12-01-2002, 04:36 PM

How do I set it up so a group of IPs can see a message? For example say I want everyone from 192.168.1.x to see a message, or say IPs from 192.168.1.x and 255.255.255.x to see a message?

Logician · #90 12-02-2002, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by danrak
How do I set it up so a group of IPs can see a message? For example say I want everyone from 192.168.1.x to see a message, or say IPs from 192.168.1.x and 255.255.255.x to see a message?

I neither test it, nor sure if it works but give it a try:

[[(substr($REMOTE_ADDR, 0, strlen(X))==192.168.1)]]
your template content for users whose IP is starting with 192.168.1
[[/(substr($REMOTE_ADDR, 0, strlen(X))==192.168.1)]]

Replace X with the character length of IP you used at the end.
For example:
if you use "192.168.1.255" X is 13
if you use "192.168.1" X is 9
if you use "192.168" X is 7
if you use "192" X is 3 etc.

Karmulian · #91 12-08-2002, 09:34 PM

I installed this hack on vbb2.2.9

ever since i have been getting PH memory leaks
and over 60mb's worth of leak is somethig to worry about

when i removed (quoted out) the announcements funtion in /admin/functions.php the errors stopped

anything you can guess at that would be causing this problem?

PS - i really love thjis hack and have been using it loads.. until the errorsa started.. i would like to use it again

Logician · #92 12-08-2002, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Karmulian
when i removed (quoted out) the announcements funtion in /admin/functions.php the errors stopped

what announcement function? Do you mean this hack or Dynamic Announcement's hack?

Sadie Frost · #93 12-22-2002, 05:09 AM

Would there be a way to use this to make a forum appear in a different style for different users?

Logician · #94 12-22-2002, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sadie Frost
Would there be a way to use this to make a forum appear in a different style for different users?

Although the answer is yes, it would be easier to handle this with an other small hack so I'll give you this solution instead of this hack's solution:

Edit global.php, find:

PHP Code:


			
 $getforum=verifyid('forum',$forumid,0,1);

if ($getforum['styleoverride']==1 or $bbuserinfo['styleid']<2) {

    $codestyleid=$getforum['styleid'];

  }

After that add:
(If you want to apply different style set for specific user)

PHP Code:


			
if ($bbuserinfo['userid']==X AND $forumid==Z) {$codestyleid=Y;}

(If you want to apply different style set for specific usergroup)

PHP Code:


			
if ($bbuserinfo['usergroupid']==X AND $forumid==Z) {$codestyleid=Y;}

Replace X with userid (first code), usergroupid(secondcode) while you replace Y with your style id and Z with the forumid.

It works like this: If user is X and he visited forum Z, his style will change to Y

Boofo · #95 12-25-2002, 02:00 PM

Sinan, is there a way to only have the "Edit Post" button appear to those who "candeleteposts" with this hacK? I have been working on this for 2 days now trying to figure out the right variable to work with this. Can it be done or am I missing something? If not with this hack, is there a way this can be done another way? Great hack, buddy!

Logician · #96 12-26-2002, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Boofo
Sinan, is there a way to only have the "Edit Post" button appear to those who "candeleteposts" with this hacK? I have been working on this for 2 days now trying to figure out the right variable to work with this. Can it be done or am I missing something? If not with this hack, is there a way this can be done another way? Great hack, buddy!

This should work:
Edit postbit template, find:

PHP Code:


			
            <a href="editpost.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=editpost&postid=$post[postid]"><img src="{imagesfolder}/edit.gif" border="0" alt="Edit/Delete Message"></a>

Replace it as:

PHP Code:


			
[[($post[userid]==$bbuserinfo[userid] or ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]=="5" or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]=="6" or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]=="7"))]]

            <a href="editpost.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=editpost&postid=$post[postid]"><img src="{imagesfolder}/edit.gif" border="0" alt="Edit/Delete Message"></a>

[[/($post[userid]==$bbuserinfo[userid] or ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]=="5" or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]=="6" or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]=="7"))]]

a43079 · #97 12-26-2002, 09:35 AM

noce hack

Boofo · #98 12-26-2002, 10:01 AM

Thanks, Sinan. I have a hack that does that already. What i am looking for is to have it not show up to anyone besides the admin and Supermod unless they are either the poster of the message or a mod that has edit rights to that message. Not all of my mods can edit messages everywhere on the board. I tried the ismoderator variable and it didn't work. Is there another way around this?

I think I will take the hack out and replace it with your code.

Quote:

Originally posted by Logician

This should work:
Edit postbit template, find:

PHP Code:

<a href="editpost.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=editpost&postid=$post[postid]"><img src="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images/edit.gif" border="0" alt="Edit/Delete Message"></a>

Replace it as:

PHP Code:

[[($post[userid]==$bbuserinfo[userid] or ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]=="5" or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]=="6" or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]=="7"))]] <a href="editpost.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=editpost&postid=$post[postid]"><img src="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/images/edit.gif" border="0" alt="Edit/Delete Message"></a> [[/($post[userid]==$bbuserinfo[userid] or ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]=="5" or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]=="6" or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]=="7"))]]

Sadie Frost · #99 12-30-2002, 07:30 PM

Thank you Logician

Martin CX · #**100** 01-02-2003, 10:11 PM

This is an extremely fine hack.

Is there some "CanPostReply" variable, I can use to hide the "quote" and "post reply"-buttons if a user isn't allowed to post in a thread (either because it is locked, oe because of their user group).

Highlander · #**101** 01-06-2003, 08:16 AM

i just used your similar hacks in march 2002 .. and it was very great.... i might install this also !..

great work.. the should make you to be one of the master VB code designers !

arracing · #**102** 01-21-2003, 03:26 PM

how can i make it so that my top_stats button still shows but will tell a guest he needs to register the same way the forum defaults do when you set permissions to have guests not see certain forums?

I dont want guests to be able to see my forum stats.

Logician · #**103** 01-21-2003, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by arracing
how can i make it so that my top_stats button still shows but will tell a guest he needs to register the same way the forum defaults do when you set permissions to have guests not see certain forums?

Which page or script does your "top_stats" page link to? It is not default vb so should be another hack (eg. vb stats)?

arracing · #**104** 01-21-2003, 09:10 PM

the top_stats button links to vbstats.php
Its a hack i got off these forums. my website is www.ar-racing.com

Mike11212 · #**105** 01-21-2003, 09:38 PM

I am having trouble with the hack.
I don't want UserGroup 19 not to see a certin html code in the footer template
so I added
-----------
[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==4 OR[usergroupid]==17 OR[usergroupid]==18 OR[usergroupid]==9 OR[usergroupid]==8 OR[usergroupid]==2 OR[usergroupid]==1 OR[usergroupid]==3 OR[usergroupid]==5 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7)]]

HTML CODE HERE

[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==4 OR[usergroupid]==17 OR[usergroupid]==18 OR[usergroupid]==9 OR[usergroupid]==8 OR[usergroupid]==2 OR[usergroupid]==1 OR[usergroupid]==3 OR[usergroupid]==5 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7)]]
---------------------------

But it hides the html code from everyone

Boofo · #**106** 01-21-2003, 09:48 PM

Then why don't you just use this and save some code?

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]!=19)]]

HTML CODE HERE

[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]!=19)]]

and you need to add spaces after the OR in your code.

Boofo · #**107** 01-21-2003, 09:53 PM

This:

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==4 OR[usergroupid]==17 OR[usergroupid]==18 OR[usergroupid]==9 OR[usergroupid]==8 OR[usergroupid]==2 OR[usergroupid]==1 OR[usergroupid]==3 OR[usergroupid]==5 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7)]]

HTML CODE HERE

[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==4 OR[usergroupid]==17 OR[usergroupid]==18 OR[usergroupid]==9 OR[usergroupid]==8 OR[usergroupid]==2 OR[usergroupid]==1 OR[usergroupid]==3 OR[usergroupid]==5 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7)]]

should be this:

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==4 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==17 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==18 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==9 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==8 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==2 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==1 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==3 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7)]]

HTML CODE HERE

[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==4 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==17 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==18 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==9 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==8 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==2 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==1 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==3 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7)]]

Mike11212 · #**108** 01-21-2003, 10:12 PM

thank you very very much

Boofo · #**109** 01-21-2003, 10:15 PM

You're welcome. Just curious, which code are you using? The first one I posted or the second one?

Mike11212 · #**110** 01-21-2003, 10:22 PM

The secound code because because I want to hide an add for 1 user group but have the rest see it.

Mike11212 · #**111** 01-21-2003, 10:24 PM

My visitors have said they would be interesting in paying to visit the site. So I said I would offer an ads free version of the site for those who pay. Lets see if they do

Boofo · #**112** 01-21-2003, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mike11212
The second code because because I want to hide an add for 1 user group but have the rest see it.

Then use the first code and change the 19 to the number of the group you want to hide it from. The != means is not equal to.

Mike11212 · #**113** 01-21-2003, 10:44 PM

I want to hide it from every group except 19

JakeC · #**114** 01-22-2003, 12:57 AM

What would be the correct variable for new private messages? I know that I use this to call the number of new messages: $unreadpm[messages]. I would like to simply use this hack to turn text red when there are more than 0 new messages. Thanks in advance.

JakeC

Boofo · #**115** 01-22-2003, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mike11212
I want to hide it from every group except 19

Then use this:

[[($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==19)]]

HTML CODE HERE

[[/($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==19)]]

Boofo · #**116** 01-22-2003, 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JakeC
What would be the correct variable for new private messages? I know that I use this to call the number of new messages: $unreadpm[messages]. I would like to simply use this hack to turn text red when there are more than 0 new messages. Thanks in advance.

JakeC

Try this and let me know if it works.

[[($unreadpm[messages]!=0)]]

HTML CODE HERE

[[/($unreadpm[messages]!=0)]]

arracing · #**117** 01-23-2003, 08:41 PM

wont someone please help me out with my question. What code should I use to make unregistered user group not able to access the top_stats link to vbstats.php. I want them to still be able to see the button but just when they click on it, it takes them to the user not registered page, please log in screen.

Im not sure what template to put this code in as it needs to be always used say if they are in another forum and are unregisterd, i still want them to not be able to access vbstats. And I need the code for this too.

Thanks

JakeC · #**118** 01-24-2003, 12:23 AM

Boofo,

It worked with >0 . I tried it with the !=0 and it didn't work. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

JakeC

Logician · #**119** 01-24-2003, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by arracing
wont someone please help me out with my question. What code should I use to make unregistered user group not able to access the top_stats link to vbstats.php. I want them to still be able to see the button but just when they click on it, it takes them to the user not registered page, please log in screen.

This hack allows you to display/hide your stats button but this is not what you want. To achieve your goal, you have to either know the template your stats file display or edit the file vbstats.php, find

PHP Code:


			
require('./global.php');

and after that add:

PHP Code:


			
if ($bbuserinfo[userid]==0) 

{

  show_nopermission();

}

arracing · #**120** 01-24-2003, 02:58 PM

well in stead of userid how about usergroupid to block whole groups from seeing it. Also please double check me, is it usergroupid or just usergroups? Also I want to include more than 1 usergroupid in the list of people not being able to see the stats. I try and put numbers like

if ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==1,3,4,11,12)
{
show_nopermission();
}

but that gives me an error.

What am i doing wrong.

I know if i use the code below it works fine to block guests.

if ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==1)
{
show_nopermission();
}

Boofo · #**121** 01-24-2003, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by arracing
well in stead of userid how about usergroupid to block whole groups from seeing it. Also please double check me, is it usergroupid or just usergroups? Also I want to include more than 1 usergroupid in the list of people not being able to see the stats. I try and put numbers like

if ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==1,3,4,11,12)
{
show_nopermission();
}

but that gives me an error.

What am i doing wrong.

I know if i use the code below it works fine to block guests.

if ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==1)
{
show_nopermission();
}

Change this:

Code:

if ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==1,3,4,11,12) 
{
  show_nopermission();
}

To this:

Code:

if (in_array($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'], array(1,3,4,11,12))) {
 show_nopermission();
}

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.08435 seconds Memory Usage 2,658KB Queries Executed 55 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (2)bbcode_code (11)bbcode_php (14)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)modsystem_post (1)navbar (6)navbar_link (120)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (4)pagenav_pagelink (41)post_thanks_box (41)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (41)post_thanks_postbit_info (40)postbit (41)postbit_onlinestatus (41)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
Messages:

The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

It is not a VB3 engine, just a parsed copy!