Usergroup Color Legend on Index 1.03

Usergroup Color Legend on Forum Index

This mod will add a legend to your forum index which will list the usergroups you choose in any order you specify. What I have done is taken this mod and rearranged things with a different look. Since I am not exactly one to package and release plugin's, this mod is more or less "hard-coded". I wasn't planning on releasing it but have had a few people suggest that I do so.

Live, working demo here.

There are three versions.

• legend_images.txt - Those with images in the column of the What's Going On box who also want a Legend image.
• legend_noimages1.txt - Those with images in the column of the What's Going On box but do not want a Legend image.
• legend_noimages2.txt - Those without images in the column of the What's Going on box. If you do not have column images (2 columns), you must use this version.

I've attached an example of each in order of listing above. The light skin is an example of the version with images. The red skin is an example of a forum with images but no Legend image. The darker skin is an example of the version without images.

I would rather not commit myself to official support of this mod, but will of course provide help when able to. It is a very simple edit, but I make no promises or guarantees that it will work with your particular skin.

As always, dont forget to click Install if you choose to use this!

Thanks!

P.S.
This is the first time I have ever packaged and released a mod, so I'm sorry if something is not quite right :speechless:

Version History:
1.01
- Changed wording in installation
- Changed formatting of html code
1.02
- Fixed collapse issue - the collapse icon now collapses the legend, not active users

[Kacela]

Originally Posted by GTAce

Sure, although being called "dear" is a bit awkward

Would you prefer "antelope"?

[high]* Kacela Clicks Install![/high]

[GTAce]

How about.....Stag? :classic:

[Nathan2006]

Thank you installed and everything is working

[GTAce]

Cheers

[BabyNameAddict]

Originally Posted by Vitz

Thanks for this mod. I'm I'll be using it.

However, I found a little bug you might want to fix up in an update.

In vB 3.5.4, the button to collapse the legend shows up. I noticed it doesn't do that in 3.5.3. Now when you click the collapse/expand button, instead of collapsing the User Legend, it collapses the Currently Active userlist and leaves the User Legend untouched. This will look pretty weird once I've put my Currrently Active User list on the top of the page.

Just pointing that out for you. You can see what I mean here: Elusive Works

Also, is there a possibility to make the legend inputs link to a list of the members currently in that usergroup? That would be a good addition in my opinion.


All in all, a great hack. Thanks

I am having the same problem. I can't get an image to show.

My forum: http://forums.babynameaddicts.com/forums/

My code:

<!-- Usergroup Legend by GTAce -->

<tbody> 
	<tr> 
		<td class="thead" colspan="2"> 
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_legend')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> Legend 
		</td> 
	</tr> 
</tbody> 

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_legend" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers]"> 
	<tr>  
		<td class="alt2">  
			<center> <img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/whos_online.gif" border="0" /> </center>   
		</td>  
			<td class="alt1" width="100%"> 
				<div class="smallfont">  
					<div> 
						<font color=#FF33FF><b>Admin</b></font> <font color=#892EE4><b>Member+</b></font>  <font color=#333399><b>Member</b></font>
					</div>  
				</div> 
			</td> 
		</tr> 
</tbody>

<!-- / Usergroup Legend by GTAce -->

[GTAce]

Change:

$stylevar[imgdir_button]/whos_online.gif

To:

$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif

[BabyNameAddict]

Super-duper! Thanks so much!

[GuaRRand]

And what about subgroups?

When someone is in a sub usergroup they dont get colors.

For instance, i have all people in the main group "registered users" with subgroups giving them perms for other fora.
So all people will only get colors according to their main group...so all colors stay the same

[GTAce]

The purpose of this is just to explain why usernames are a certain color...If you have members in additional groups that do not change their username color, how are they distinguished anyways?

[dcpaq2xx]

Originally Posted by Ev!L ErN!E

ok I've had a problem installing this... when I tried it, it made the whos online part stretch, and the first color wouldn't change.

Group,

Im having this same issue and it has nothing to do with extra lines and images. Why is it shifting stuff to the right side and how do i fix this?

Doug

Update... Group I never did figure out how to fix this issue using the "no images" version, but I tried the "images" version like Ev!L ErN!E did and everyting works with no issues. But I dont want to have an image on the side of the legend, how can I get this to work without shifting the text to the right and still not have to have an image or icon to the left of the legend?