Add-On Releases - Welcome headers - Improve community registration rates

Out of the box, your forum isn't personalized to assist or address your visitors. As a result, guests entering on a page other than the homepage (which is most often the case) have no idea what to do or why to register. Additionally, there are no visible status indicators, making it confusing for unconfirmed, unapproved or new members to know what to do or where to begin. But with a little customization, the use of the vBulletin Notices System and Welcome Headers, you can solve these issues in just a few minutes.

What is Welcome Headers?

Welcome Headers is a set of predefined messages and rules designed to help you get started in personalizing your site's notices using the vBulletin notice feature. The default templates are just that, default ? I highly encourage you to modify and add to the language and rules to meet the needs of your actual community environment.

Modifications/ Instructions:

Plugins: 1 (notices entries, rules and phrases)
This template hack should take under 5 minutes to implement and customize.

Installation/ Upgrade Instructions

1 ? Backup any existing welcome header messages (upgrading)
2 ? Remove the default welcome header from your forum home template (new installs)
3 ? Install the attached plugin file
4 ? Now Required: Customize the messages to include your site's name

For detailed instructions on each step please view the install.html file included with this addon.

Support

Please post any enhancement or technical questions you may have and I will do my best to respond in a timely manner. Please note: I can not guarantee an immediate response and am unable to assist with integrating this addon with other addons or with HTML related questions.

Why use this when the notices system exists?

Welcome Headers have been around since before vBulletin 3.0 but as of 3.7 the functionality of the system was no longer needed as vBulletin added its own native feature to handle notices. However while the notices feature lets you show welcome header style messages it doesn't give you any to start with. This addon no longer adds functionality but instead provides a set of 4 notices that have been time-tested and help your forum grow and function better for guests and members.

Please be sure to customize and add to the messages from this addon to match the individual needs of your forum!

Older Version Support

While most users are choosing to upgrade to the notices system, there are some advantages to the "old" system mainly in that it does not rely on a rules system and can be configured as designed with code changes. Additionally, the "old" version has automatic interfacing with several other addons which the notices system does not. For this reason, the old version is still supported and remains fully compatible with 3.8.

Updates from 3.7

No changes have been made; the code needed for both is the same so upgrading is not necessary.

[Ted S]

What exactly do you think is wrong?

If you want to remove the double header follow the install file instructions... Or is your issue something else?

[A.Chakery]

Originally Posted by Ted S

What exactly do you think is wrong?

If you want to remove the double header follow the install file instructions... Or is your issue something else?

thnx for your reply

I have 2 problems :

1.I wanna remove the double header , I didnt understand the instructions (Scroll about 20 lines until you find the code)

2.plz take a look at attached picture , I wanna change the login table with the notices table.


Really thnx for your answer.

[Ted S]

[quote=UIQarena;1753282
1.I wanna remove the double header , I didnt understand the instructions (Scroll about 20 lines until you find the code)
[/quote]

There's really no other way I can explain this to you... You have to open the template and remove the existing code as the instructions explain. If you don't remove it there will be two headers.

2.plz take a look at attached picture , I wanna change the login table with the notices table.

Move the welcome headers variable to the end of the navbar template and the order will be switched.

[A.Chakery]

Originally Posted by Ted S

There's really no other way I can explain this to you... You have to open the template and remove the existing code as the instructions explain. If you don't remove it there will be two headers.



Move the welcome headers variable to the end of the navbar template and the order will be switched.

really thnx

Would U plz just tell me I have to delete which line(s).?

Coz I dont understand I have to start counting from which line ? (plz plz plz take look at my forum home temp.)

I will be so thankfull if u help me

thnx again

[imedic]

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
	<!-- no cache headers -->
	<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
	<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1" />
	<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />
	<!-- end no cache headers -->
	$headinclude
	<title><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_powered_by_vbulletin]</phrase></title>
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar

<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="alt1">
		<phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / guest welcome message -->
<br />
</if>

<!-- main -->

You need to delete the red text. The rest remains. I have copied from top just a part of the text( from <!-- main --> leave all in place - not copied here). Check the box save in history just in case. Hope this helps.

I have another problem.
I have installed on fresh board with 3 stiles (none parent) and edited 2 of them for this mod. (default one and another one)

Before the mod I did not get the vb notices. After the install I get this mode notices (below navbar as instructed) and I get also the vb regular notice !!!
I have checked several times my edits and no luck. I cannot get rid of the old notices. Of course I have deleted the above code.
I have even rebuild Styles.
Any clue where to look?

[A.Chakery]

really tnx imedic

Good luck bro

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by UIQarena

really thnx

Would U plz just tell me I have to delete which line(s).?

Coz I dont understand I have to start counting from which line ?

I will be so thankfull if u help me

thnx again

The exact code to remove is listed in the install file assuming it has not been edited.

What lines those are or aren't will depend on other changes to your templates thus counting is not the best way to find it.

[Ted S]

I have another problem.
I have installed on fresh board with 3 stiles (none parent) and edited 2 of them for this mod. (default one and another one)

Before the mod I did not get the vb notices. After the install I get this mode notices (below navbar as instructed) and I get also the vb regular notice !!!
I have checked several times my edits and no luck. I cannot get rid of the old notices. Of course I have deleted the above code.
I have even rebuild Styles.
Any clue where to look?

Are you using the 3.8 version of the mod or the 3.6 version?

[imedic]

the 3.6 version , did not get very clear what last one do , and since I was very happy with previous ...
From your question I understand the answer. I will use last version and see.

EDIT: But of cors it worked. Many thanks. This is a must have hack (maibe even first to install like I did)
Should I mention v. fast support

[doraj]

Hello Ted, is your Mod compatible with Adsense?
Because when I create new advice, and I insert text and some adsense banner, it doesn't work!

I see an error on bottom of page...

According to you, what is the problem?