Mini Mods - ForumSig 1.0

Outputs a PNG image you can use as a forum signature with live forum statistics.

This was only tested with vB 3.6.1 There might be something similar to this already but I could not get a version that I could get to work so I made my own.

Install Time: <30 seconds

Installation:

1. Change $forumname to the name of your forum as you want it displayed in the image.
2. Upload sig.php and base.png to your forum root
3. Do any modifications to base.png you want (Optional)
4. Your signature is ready to use!

A sample implementation in HTML:

<IMG SRC="http://yourdomain.com/path/to/forum/sig.php">

[hilfe-forum]

Originally Posted by Phooey

Is there any way to make the text size a bit larger?

Edit: Nevermind, figured it out. You can see my modded version in my sig.

/installed

please tell me the way to change text size

[LICryptkeeper]

Originally Posted by aceofspades

1. You noob you use the png as your sig image.

he means that not all forums allow .php in image tags. I agree with ragtek that it should be cached into an image, and run as a cronjob, since it has the possibility of being a little sever-intensive.

it's how mine is running:

http://network.montrealforums.com/links/invite.php
outputs
http://network.montrealforums.com/links/invite2.jpg

the php is run every 15 minutes, and therefore the JPG gets updated every 15 minutes.

[jw00dy]

Very cool, thank you!

*installed*

[jw00dy]

Originally Posted by LICryptkeeper

he means that not all forums allow .php in image tags. I agree with ragtek that it should be cached into an image, and run as a cronjob, since it has the possibility of being a little sever-intensive.

it's how mine is running:

http://network.montrealforums.com/links/invite.php
outputs
http://network.montrealforums.com/links/invite2.jpg

the php is run every 15 minutes, and therefore the JPG gets updated every 15 minutes.

That's very cool. I can already tell mine is taking a hit with the sig.

[Phooey]

Originally Posted by hilfe-forum

please tell me the way to change text size

Find this code in the sig.php file, the numbers I bolded are what you change to make the text larger:

// Adds Text
imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5,  $forumname . " Statistics", $text_color);
imagestring($im, 1, 5, 15,  "Threads: " . $totalthreads, $text_color);
imagestring($im, 1, 5, 25,  "Posts: " . $totalposts, $text_color);
imagestring($im, 1, 105, 15,  "Users: " . $totalusers, $text_color);

[Kanustep]

Great hack! How do we add more variables, for example:
- Last thread
- Users online: this could be a mess!
- Active members
- Last member registration

[hilfe-forum]

Originally Posted by Phooey

Find this code in the sig.php file, the numbers I bolded are what you change to make the text larger:

// Adds Text
imagestring($im, 1, 5, 5,  $forumname . " Statistics", $text_color);
imagestring($im, 1, 5, 15,  "Threads: " . $totalthreads, $text_color);
imagestring($im, 1, 5, 25,  "Posts: " . $totalposts, $text_color);
imagestring($im, 1, 105, 15,  "Users: " . $totalusers, $text_color);

Cool THX

[optrex]

Originally Posted by LICryptkeeper

he means that not all forums allow .php in image tags. I agree with ragtek that it should be cached into an image, and run as a cronjob, since it has the possibility of being a little sever-intensive.

it's how mine is running:

http://network.montrealforums.com/links/invite.php
outputs
http://network.montrealforums.com/links/invite2.jpg

the php is run every 15 minutes, and therefore the JPG gets updated every 15 minutes.

can you tell me how I would set this cron job up - to update every 15 mins and output a jpg?

[ragtek]

oh sorry that i just said the truth
1.not in all forums is php allow
2. its better for the performance when you cache it every 30 minutes

and if you think that i'm a noob its ok for me

[Qwest]

Hey guys.

For those of you complaining about forums not accepting sig.php as an image. Simply add this code to a .htaccess file and place it in the same directory as base.png and sig.php

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^base.png$ sig.php

Then just link to base.png and Apache will automatically use sig.php