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Online/Offline Status with Avatar Opacity · **Released**: 12-24-2002

This is our first hack, but it works very nicely.

This hack changes the way a user is displayed as online or offline when viewing a thread. It serves three purposes. One, it cuts down on a cluttered postbit. Two, it makes it very easy to distinguish who?s online and who?s not when viewing a thread. Three, it?s kinda cool.

If a user is offline his/her avatar?s opacity will be set to 20 (This is the setting we are using, you can change this number by editing the ?postbit_avataroffline? template, which is included in the attached zip file). A low image opacity gives an image a washed out sort of look. If a user is Online his/her avatar?s opacity is 100 of course.

See a live demo at our forums:

http://forums.otllive.com

This hack is fairly easy to install. You?ll have to edit three php files, add a new template, edit your ?Head Insert? under Styles, upload a small Javascript file, and make a small change to your postbit, announcement, and privmsg templates.

Included in the zip file is an install.txt document and one javascript file.

Creativity by Grendel
Coding by Nomb

BTW, This is the Official Merry Christmas Hack!

Don't forget to click install if you use this hack.

Merry Christmas.

**EDIT** (12/25/02 6:00 pm EST)

I've updated the install file. Users that don't have avatars will stay that way. Also, the coding is integrated into whether or not users select the option to "show" avatars or not.

Final release!

I will be adding something else to this hack in the future. For now, it works with no weird stuff.

Nomb · #32 12-30-2002, 03:20 PM

It's just the custom user text. I believe you are referring to the announcement I posted there. When you post an announcement from the admin CP it displays both your name and your custom user text for the thread starter. That is a vB default.

nymyth · #33 12-30-2002, 03:33 PM

oh yeah duh...now i know what u talkin about.....but do u know of a hack that will allow me to put something next to their names (an admin option), under thread starter.....cuz i have a lot of artists and performers on my site....and i wanna distinguish them from other members.....thanx

Peace

DFX · #34 12-30-2002, 09:17 PM

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DFX · #35 12-30-2002, 09:19 PM

I guess it's not that big of a deal, The other hack isn't working out on my forum as well as I would have liked it to. I'll just use this one

Grendel602 · #36 12-31-2002, 08:28 PM

If you would like some thorough help with this hack feel free to stop by our fourms and we will send you in the right direction.

Nomb · #37 02-25-2003, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by nymyth
oh yeah duh...now i know what u talkin about.....but do u know of a hack that will allow me to put something next to their names (an admin option), under thread starter.....cuz i have a lot of artists and performers on my site....and i wanna distinguish them from other members.....thanx

Peace

You could just put their user text under their user name in the the forumdisplaybit.

Vb-Hispano · #38 03-08-2003, 03:13 PM

is cool

Mathiau · #39 04-03-2003, 04:05 AM

give this baby a try!

RetroDreams · #40 05-22-2003, 04:42 PM

Sometimes when loading a page, some of the user's avatars do not show up until I click refresh.

Do you know why this is?

Nomb · #41 05-22-2003, 09:21 PM

No idea, could have to do with the current version of java on your machine?

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