Welcome Panel [Final]

Well, with over 200 downloads and 32 problem free install's, I though it time to take this out of the beta hacks forum (note, there are no changes to the file in the beta forum, so no need to re-download if you already have the hack installed).

I put this together originally as a walkthrough for an admin friend, and thought someone might find it useful. Althouth technically, my contribution is a couple of simple template edits, it does contain hacks posted previously.

Like I said, it's a combination of 2 previously relesed hacks (both credited fully). One by Firefly (avatar hack) and one by MrLister (since your last visit). It combines both of these hacks into a welcome panel at the top of the BB, just like the one here and on a few other sites. I'm pretty much a newbie to vB hacking, and struggled to put this together myself (couldn't find any instructions/hacks etc), but I think I've done an OK job. Maybe this will save a few headaches to others like myself

Anyway, here's a pic to illustrate the hack/edit (or whatever it is )





You can see a working verion of this hack here:

The Genome Collective

Thanks to Firefly and MrLister for providing the PHP hacks in this err, whatever

(BTW, if this is in the wrong forum, please (mods) feel free to move it)

Happy Christmas everyone.

here it is:

edit: updated version number to 2.2.6 because it works There are no changes to the files - it's not a new release. Thanks. /edit

[PennylessZ28]

How can I get the PM section to not appear in my welcome panel when a user is not logged in?

[trilOByte]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by HR3rdGen
How can I get the PM section to not appear in my welcome panel when a user is not logged in?

[badham]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by TvNut


2. How can I move Members: 80, Threads: 37, Posts: 174
Welcome to our newest member, whoever into the right box of this hack...


Thanks..I am new and trying to suck all this info in at once....

[trilOByte]

It's just html. Copy the welcomepanel template code - everything between...

<!-- welcomepanel -->
....and
<!-- /welcomepanel -->

...into an html editor and you will see how it is laid out. Make the changes you want then copy the welcomepanel template code back into the forumhome template in the same position. You can do this with a WYSIWYG editor like dreamweaver, or whatever.

You will see elsewhere in the forumhome template, that there are a number of variables (vars) which start with a $ sign, such as $pminfo and $logincode. These are defined in other templates, and can be moved around pretty much anywhere you like.

The vars you are interested in are $numbermembers, $totalthreads and $totalposts. What they do should be self explanatory. Wherever you put

$totalposts

in the forumhome template, then the number of total posts will be displayed in that location on your forum. Be sure not to duplicate the vars - unless you want them to appear twice. Remember to prefix them with some plainh text which gives them meaning, for example

Number of Forum Members: $numbermembers

will be displayed as

Number of Forum Members: 251 (or whatever that number may be...)

HTH.

[badham]

Thanks, I appreciate the help. Did as you recommended and works like a charm.

[TheSaint-AeD]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by inutero
I got it working on 2.2.7, but the private message box is not showing up. I redid it twice, but still no PM box. Any ideas?

[NTLDR]

Should work fine. This hack only moves the location of the PM box. Try adding $pminfo elsewhere in the forumhome template and see if it apears there, if not you have made a mistake with something else.

[TheSaint-AeD]

sorry, it seems as if this is no bug, but a feature .

I can get to my PN's over the UCP --> Private Messages

I thought there'd be a quick Link in the Welcome-Panel, like 'You got 10 new messages' and if you klick on '10' you're taken to your Inbox.

Any Idea how to implement this?

[trilOByte]

You're welcome.

The great thing about these forums, is that you learn so much using them. Rather than just posting a solution, it's far better to show people how to find the solution for themselves.

[trilOByte]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by TheSaint-AeD
sorry, it seems as if this is no bug, but a feature .

I can get to my PN's over the UCP --> Private Messages

I thought there'd be a quick Link in the Welcome-Panel, like 'You got 10 new messages' and if you klick on '10' you're taken to your Inbox.

Any Idea how to implement this?