Forum Display Enhancements - Forum Intro 1.0.3

Again this being such a simple mod there is no updates needed for 3.7beta3 either so for so good. I will keep posting the compatibility as I upgrade my site.

I should also mention that I was approach by a member that wants to produce a souped up version of this hack for 3.7 with additional doodads and what have you. I will also keep you informed of that as soon as I findout. I'll jump this mod up to 3.7 today sometime but like I said there are no changes.

There is no changes in the code from 1.0.1 to 1.0.3 I just added to the readme and updated the version number in the xml file.

*** Please do not update to version 1.0.4 if you have an earlier version because you will get a duplicate entry error.***

***Version 1.0.4 only adds a header in Admin so updating is not required***

This is my first real addon and was inspired by Adrian's forum sponsors hack.

What does it do?
It just puts a forum specific table on any forum you choose where you can add more forum info, a larger description, rules specific, links or whatever else you want.

It adds 4 new fields when editing a forum in admincp>>>Forums & Moderators>>>Any forum you want to add the Forum Intro to, near the bottom of the page you will find the following fields.
1. Radio Buttons - Turn on and off Forum Intro
2. Text field - Intro Title
3. Text Area - Some sort of content like a description, forum intro, links, ads etc..
4. Text field - Optional image URL. It uses the title as the image alt and when used creates a separate cell between the content and it.

You can change the template to suit your needs. I didn't do much to it so if anyone wants to post some templates for it please do.

Install: (Should work on VB3.6.x tested on VB3.6.3 - VB3.6.8p2-VB3.7beta3)
1. Import product_forum_info.xml
2. Add the code below to the forumdisplay template below $navbar is a good place to put it. ( Found in the readme as well)
Updated the template below to match the readme. Hopefully this fixes the error when adding the template edit when copying from the browser. If not, just use the code from the readme as it is the same.

<!-- Begin Forum Intro  -->
<if condition="$foruminfo['forumintroonoff'] == 1">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom-width:0px">
 
    
      <tr>
        <td  class="tcat" border="1" valign="top" colspan="2"><div align="center">$foruminfo[forumintroname]</div></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="alt1" valign="top"><if condition="$foruminfo['forumintroimage']"><img src="$foruminfo[forumintroimage]" alt="$foruminfo[forumintroname]" border="0" align="left"></td><td class="alt1" valign="top"></if><div align="left">$foruminfo[forumintrodescr]</div></td>
      </tr>

</table>
<br>
</if>
<!-- / End Forum Intro  -->

Anyway this is a pretty basic hack, addon whatever you want to call it. Did this to see if I can get the rank up for individual forums on my site.

FORUMHOME or Forum wide(Both need to be manually edited with your HTML)
Below is an example template that you would add below $navbar in the Forumhome template. (This would only show on the forum index page.)
For Forum wide add to the bottom of the Navbar template. (This will be on all pages where the Navbar Template is used. NOT RECOMMENDED)

<!-- Begin ForumHome Intro  -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom-width:0px">
 
    
      <tr>
        <td  class="tcat" border="1" valign="top" colspan="2"><div align="center">Put The Block Title here</div></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="alt1" valign="top">
<img src="Put Image URL Here" alt="Put Image Title Here" border="0" align="left"></td>
<td class="alt1" valign="top"><div align="left">Put your Content Here using HTML</div></td>
      </tr>

</table>
<br>
<!-- / End ForumHome Intro  -->

Obviously it would look the same as in the forums but below is an example from my site.


enjoy

Hopefully I posted this right. Be gentle if I didn't, I'm fragile.

[Veer]

Okay,
I Have Uninstalled the product, and Installed it again, now its Fine

Thanks.

[jaks]

I see the error now just trying to figure it out.

[jaks]

Well I'm going to leave it as is. I don't want to mess it up since my brain isn't working. I will simply add a note that no update is needed. So if anyone is dying to have it say 1.0.3 in their admin just uninstall and reinstall. If i can find documentation on the specifics about updating product xml files I'll do it then. I searched and searched but had no luck.

[taxick]

Originally Posted by jaks

When did you get this error? What was the last thing you did? This is a pretty simple hack. What version of VB are you using?

Hey m8

If I copy / past the template from the site, i get the same error..

But if you copy / past the template, from the readme, it works

Hope it works for you

Taxick, Cliks INSTALL - NICE HaCk

[redlabour]

Great one - thx !

Suggestions:

1. Use BB Code & Smilies at Introbox.
2. Option to display only Forum-Intro before entering Forum.

[jaks]

Originally Posted by taxick

Hey m8

If I copy / past the template from the site, i get the same error..

But if you copy / past the template, from the readme, it works

Hope it works for you

Taxick, Cliks INSTALL - NICE HaCk

I repasted the template edit directly from the readme. That should fix the prob.

[jaks]

Originally Posted by redlabour

Great one - thx !

Suggestions:

1. Use BB Code & Smilies at Introbox.
2. Option to display only Forum-Intro before entering Forum.

1. I'll look into this option. It shouldn't be too hard, maybe Monday or Thursday I can fix it up.
2. Not sure how you to do this but I like the idea. I will look into this also but no promises.

If anyone else wants to pitch in go right ahead.

[Kiint]

Installing in a moment.

Suggestions:
1) Set max width and height of intro box
2) Set background image on/off, Url:

[Kiint]

Installed.

Working great, see here

Made a few changes to the template, had to make the border width 1 so that it displayed right with my style, and made the intro box only 90% width so that it stood out a bit more. But other than that it works great and works fine with added HTML

Thanks

[pollon]

working great with 3.6.5
thanks for sharing