Forum Display Enhancements - Sorky - Customize Announcements

Purpose
This plugin dramatically improves the ways in which announcements can be displayed.

• Separates the announcements from the threads and puts them in their own table
• Allows the location of the announcement to be changed
• Makes it possible to have announcements show up in "Categories"
• Collapse the announcement table
• Show the announcement message content!
• Collapse the announcement message content
• Own formatting for the Announcement table heading, the announcement title and the announcement message
• Limit the number of announcements displayed
• plus more!

Installation
Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

Options
To set this plugin's options go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Sorky18 - Customize Announcements

Versions
v1.0.0 - 24th of December, 2008 = Launch (click here)
v1.0.1 - 28th of January, 2009 = official release for 3.8.x (click here)
v1.0.2 - 29th of January, 2009 = Minor improvement (click here)
v1.1.0 - 13th of April, 2009 = Remember show/hide state (click here)
v1.1.1 - 23rd of May, 2009 = alt text for show/hide image + more (click here)
v1.1.2 - 3rd of June, 2009 = limiting the number of announcements fixed (click here)
v1.1.3 - 7th of September, 2009 = minor script bug removed (click here)

Settings & Demonstration Screenshots
See v1.0.0 post (click here)

If you like this Mod please click INSTALL.

[Sorky]

Originally Posted by Satviewers

Is there any way to get it to be above the Sub-forums if they are there

Ummm... Use "Above the Forum List (If shown)"???

Assuming you tried that and it isn't working for you... Your pic does look like the "FORUMDISPLAY" template may have been modified, so first of all, check how the options work with the default style. This will let you get acquainted with all the settings. Then check your modified "FORUMDISPLAY" template to make sure that "<!-- sub-forum list -->" comment is still in it before the SubForum table display section. When the "Above the Forum List (If shown)" option is chosen, the PlugIn insert the new announcement display right before that comment.

[Satviewers]

Sorry, thought I had tried "Above the Forum List (If shown)".

That worked.
Thanks.

[mikes04537]

uhh yea it screwed up my board un installed

[Sorky]

Originally Posted by mikes04537

uhh yea it screwed up my board un installed

Sorry to hear that - Did you check it with the default style? Do you have a test site I can look at to see why?

[Satviewers]

Hi,

When you click on a new post from the main forum,

e.g. http://www.satviewers.com/showthread.php?p=478#post478

Internet Explorer 8 gives error on page.

Webpage error details

Message: 'null' is null or not an object
Line: 592
Char: 128
Code: 0
URI: http://www.satviewers.com/showthread.php?p=478#post478

Where as if you go into the subforum and click the post there is no error given.
e.g. http://www.satviewers.com/showthread.php?t=476

Hope there is enough info here to reproduce the error and fix the bug.

[Sorky]

Originally Posted by Satviewers

Hope there is enough info here to reproduce the error and fix the bug.

I see the error on your site in IE7, but I do not see how it relates to my PlugIn - Are you saying that with my PlugIn diasabled, the error does not happen, but when enabled it does?

Edit: Re-checked your site and see the error is gone so it must have been something else as I suspected.

[TWTCommish]

Originally Posted by crazy4bass

Got this error on vb 3.8.1

The foreach() error, I believe, is a conflict with the passiveVid mod. You'll want to find this in the "passiveVid - Showthread Replacement" plugin at hook location "postbit_display_complete":

               foreach ($passiveVid as $k => $v) {
                   if ( $this->registry->options['passiveVid_sites'] & $v['id'] ) {
                       $this->post['message'] = preg_replace_callback($v['string'],create_function('$matches',$v['replacement']),$this->post['message']);
 
                   }
               }

And replace it with this:

               if (is_array($passiveVid)) {
                 foreach ($passiveVid as $k => $v) {
                   if ( $this->registry->options['passiveVid_sites'] & $v['id'] ) {
                     $this->post['message'] = preg_replace_callback($v['string'],create_function('$matches',$v['replacement']),$this->post['message']); 
                   }
                 }
               }

[stb74]

I have two global announcements but cannot get them to display at the same time, is this possible

[washingtonboise]

Originally Posted by stb74

I have two global announcements but cannot get them to display at the same time, is this possible

Yes, that's totally possible. You just need to go into your configuration for displaying threads and announcements. Make sure that announcements are not displayed 'in line'

The default display is just a horrible decision by vbulletin, but not their first. Flip that switch and you'll be able to display more than one announcement.

[stb74]

Originally Posted by washingtonboise

Yes, that's totally possible. You just need to go into your configuration for displaying threads and announcements. Make sure that announcements are not displayed 'in line'

The default display is just a horrible decision by vbulletin, but not their first. Flip that switch and you'll be able to display more than one announcement.

Thanks

Not sure whether this is it but works

Forum Display Options - Group Announcements

Change to No