Mini Mods - North American Sports Team Icons

Want to show off the pride of your favorite sports team and allow your members to do the same?

This mod creates such a feature on your site.

Your members can select up to 3 teams they root for or support. This will show up in the postbit area on the forum.

Whether it's the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, or NCAA, we have it covered. You can add your own custom images as well or add to the list already provided.

It's an easy little add on with big results.

Step By Step Installation:

1) Upload the entire "teams" folder in your forumname.com/images/folder.

2) Go to your admincp->User Profile Fields->Add New User Profile Field.

3) For the Profile Field Type pick the 4th selection from the dropdown list.
The name of it is "Single-Selection Menu". Now press continue.

4) On the new page, fill out this information :
Title: My Favorite Sports Team
Description: Select your favorite team from the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, or NCAA.
Options: (Copy and paste in the options box, the list below. Copy it exactly as it is,
and keep in mind that each team must appear on a separate line)

LIST OF TEAMS IN FILE

Set Default: None
Display Order: Don't change this. Only thing you have to do, is to WRITE DOWN the number(ID) given in the "Display Order" field.
You will need it later on during this installation.!!!
Field Required: No
Field Editable by User: Yes
Private Field: No
Field Searchable on Members List: No
Show on Members List: No
Option Input:
Allow user to input their own value for this option: No
Max length: Don't change it
Display Size: Don't change it
Regular Expression: Leave it blank
Display Page: Select "Edit Profile"

Click SAVE button.

If you just want one team listed, continue on, but only use one line of the <if condition> line below in the code you must Add.
If you want to add more teams, then just add more lines between the <div> code. Also if you want more teams listed...
MAKE SURE YOU COMPLETE THE ABOVE STEP FOR AS MANY TEAMS AS YOU WANT YOUR USERS TO SELECT.


5) Now go to Styles & templates->Style Manager. Now you are looking at all the styles you are using for your forum.
Pick the style you want to apply this hack by changing the dropdown selection next to it, to "Edit Templates".

6) On the new page, find the postbit or postbit_legacy template (depends which one you are using for your forum) and double click on it to edit it.

7) In your code find:

<if condition="$show['reputation']"><div><if condition="$show['reppower']">$vbphrase[reppower]: $post[reppower]</if>$post[reputationdisplay]</div></if>
<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]</div>
</div>

Below Add:

<div align="center">
<if condition="$post[fieldX] != ''"><img src="images/teams/$post[fieldX].gif" title="$post[fieldX]" align="center" border="0"/></if>
<if condition="$post[fieldX] != ''"><img src="images/teams/$post[fieldX].gif" title="$post[fieldX]" align="center" border="0"/></if>
<if condition="$post[fieldX] != ''"><img src="images/teams/$post[fieldX].gif" title="$post[fieldX]" align="center" border="0"/></if>
</div>

BEFORE clicking Save, change the [fieldX] to the number(ID) given by the system in step 4 Display Order. For example [fieldX] will be changed to [field9].
Change all 3 [fieldX] and now you may click Save.

Finally, if you covered all the above steps correctly, you will be able to see a dropdown selection list for American Sports Teams Hack in your UserCP-> Edit Profile

NOTE: The above code is for 3 teams listed in your postbit side-by-side. If you don't care for the team logos I created, simply create your own and name them how you would want them entered on the option drop down. You'll notice that the images names are the same as we have listed.

This mod/hack could be used for almost anything that you wanted your members to be able to select an image in place of text.

Any questions or problems, please let me know.

FYI, I included the college teams in this mod, but if you just want the professional sports, just do not copy those team names in the options area.

Enjoy!

Version 1.2:
Added UFL logos to the system.

Version 1.1:
1. Edited the file to fix a spelling error.
2. Changed the icons for Columbus Blue Jackets, Oklahoma City Thunder, and NFL.

[steeler7]

Any chance of the code being updated to 4.0? Looks like all that needs updating is the Postbit Legacy code.

[PSC001]

Originally Posted by steeler7

Any chance of the code being updated to 4.0? Looks like all that needs updating is the Postbit Legacy code.

Yes, looking for this for 4.0 please.

[bacemail]

Any reason why the icons sometimes don't show up for some users? They'll show, then not show - leaving a red X in Explorer. Firefox of course does not show the broken link.

Fixed. I overlooked the "set to private" setting. It was set to "yes" which was causing some chaos.

Nice mod. I had to make a logo for Virginia Tech and take an extra "s" off the end of Nebraska Cornhuskers.

[steeler7]

To get this to work on vB4 I used everything here except I used the following code in my postbit legacy...

<vb:if condition="$post['fieldX']"><img src="images/teams/{vb:raw post.fieldX}.gif" alt="Sports Logo" border="" /></vb:if>

I actually put the above directly under

{vb:rawphrase 'posts'} : {vb:raw post.posts}

[BirdOPrey5]

This is cool but the postbit area can get very 'busy' for some peoples tastes. I added another option to let users disable seeing these at all if they choose:

Make yet another custom user profile field, this time a Single Selection Radio Button...
Options:
Yes
No
Filed Required: Yes at registration...
The rest of the settings same as mentioned for the other fields.

<if condition="($vbulletin->userinfo['fieldY'] != 'No')">
<div align="center">
<if condition="$post[fieldX] != ''"><img src="images/teams/$post[fieldX].gif" title="$post[fieldX]" align="center" border="0"/></if>
<if condition="$post[fieldX] != ''"><img src="images/teams/$post[fieldX].gif" title="$post[fieldX]" align="center" border="0"/></if>
<if condition="$post[fieldX] != ''"><img src="images/teams/$post[fieldX].gif" title="$post[fieldX]" align="center" border="0"/></if>
</div>
</if>

Replace "fieldY" with the field number of this new option, example: field15

[BirdOPrey5]

There's a typo in the file name for the: Missouri Tigers.gif image. (That's the corrected name.)

[BirdOPrey5]

There was also no image at all for the Clemson Tigers...very anti-cat I see?

Anyway I made this image quickly to fit in (50x40 pix) but would be interested if there's a 'real' logo out there.

Edit: Added better one.

Also no image for: Virginia Tech Hokies (also added here).

[BirdOPrey5]

OK so I've made 50x40 logos for all major (and some minor) Car Makers common in North America...

Download the ZIP, upload the files to your /images/teams/ folder and then edit your custom profile field(s) and copy and paste the following lines below your last sports team:

<<Automobiles>>
Acura
Alfa Romeo
AMC
Aston Martin
Audi
Bentley
BMW
Buick
Cadillac
Chevolet
Chrysler
Daewoo
Daimler
Datsun
DMC
Dodge
Eagle
Ferrari
Ford
Geo
GM
GMC
Honda
Hummer
Hyundai
Infiniti
Isuzu
Jaguar
Jeep
Kia
Land Rover
Lexus
Lincoln
Maybach
Mazda
Mercedes-Benz
Mercury
MG
Mini
Mistubishi
Nissan
Oldsmobile
Overland
Plymouth
Pontiac
Porsche
Rolls Royce
Saab
Saturn
Scion
Studebaker
Subaru
Suzuki
Tesla Motors
Toyota
Troller
Volkswagon
Volvo
Willys

I'm working on a collection of miscellaneous logos now...

[BirdOPrey5]

Logos for common (in North America) Beers and Fast Food/Restaurants

<<Restaurants & Fast Food>>
Applebees
Burger King
Carls Jr
Cheesecake Factory
Chilis
Dairy Queen
Del Taco
Dominos Pizza
Dunkin Donuts
IHOP
In-N-Out Burger
Jack in the Box
KFC
Krispy Kreme
Longhorn
McDonalds
Olive Garden
Outback
Papa Johns
Pizza Hut
Popeyes
Quiznos
Red Lobster
Roy Rogers
Rubios
Ruby Tuesday
Sbarro
Sonic
Starbucks
Subway
Taco Bell
TGI Fridays
Wendys
White Castle

<<Beers, Lagers & Ales>>
Amstel
Amstel Light
Anheuser Busch
Becks
Blue Moon
Boulevad Brewing
Bud Light
Budweiser
Busch
Coors
Coors Light
Corona
Guinness
Heineken
Heineken Light
Kalik
Keystone
Keystone Light
Michelob
Michelob Dry
Mike's Hard
Miller
Miller Lite
New Belgium
O'Douls
Red Stripe
Rolling Rock
Samuel Adams
Shiner Bock
Stella Artois

[Wreck713]

Great work Bird.