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About Developer · **Released**: 11-25-2001

Well, I'm not sure where to put this, it's really a template edit, but includes a couple of hacks already posted on the "full releses" section. I put this together as a walkthrough for an admin friend, and thought someone might find it useful.

Like I said, it's a combination of 2 previously relesed hacks (both credited fully). One by Firefly (avatar hack) and one by MrLister (since your last visit). It combines both of these hacks into a welcome panel at the top of the BB, just like the one here and on a few other sites. I'm pretty much a newbie to vB hacking, and struggled to put this together myself (couldn't find any instructions/hacks etc), but I think I've done an OK job. Maybe this will save a few headaches to others like myself

Anyway, here's a few images to illustrate the hack/edit (or whatever it is

)

A guests view of your forum homepage...

...and what they see when they have registered....

You can see a working verion of this hack here:

The Genome Collective

Thanks to Firefly and MrLister for providing the PHP hacks in this err, whatever

(BTW, if this is in the wrong forum, please (mods) feel free to move it)

here it is:

[EDIT] Updated 28-11-01 to correct a display issue, table border on the right now displays properly.

LuBi · #42 12-12-2001, 06:30 AM

If I install this hack, will quests who post see that avatar in their post? Also member who do not have an avatar selected will they see that no avatar avatar? If not how can I edit my forum to do so?

Meta · #43 12-12-2001, 08:11 AM

Works well ... good hack.

Thank you, trilOByte!

trilOByte · #44 12-12-2001, 10:12 AM

Originally posted by LuBi
If I install this hack, will quests who post see that avatar in their post?

They will see the guestavatar.gif

Also member who do not have an avatar selected will they see that no avatar avatar? If not how can I edit my forum to do so?

If a registered user does not have an avatar selected, they will see the noavatar.gif. You can change noavatar.gif and guestavatar.gif to anything you like.

trilOByte · #45 12-12-2001, 10:14 AM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Meta
Works well ... good hack.

Thank you, trilOByte!

Meta · #46 12-12-2001, 11:49 AM

(Well ... thanks for all of them! And you.)

LuBi · #47 12-12-2001, 03:00 PM

Well thanks for the answer but I was meaning when they post. How can I make it so when a guest posts on my board where an avatar usually is that quest avatar will apear. Same for members with no avatars selceted. I'm sure since vB doesn't include and avatar of it's own for guests amd no avatar selected I will have to code something.. Thanks

Dalius · #48 12-15-2001, 02:39 AM

Extremely Well Done, Good Work FireGoat, trilo, and Mr

!!11

Dalius · #49 12-15-2001, 03:18 AM

I followed the instructions fully, but I'm missing the Private Message Bar

Whats the exact code to put it in?

URL

trilOByte · #50 12-16-2001, 04:51 AM

I don't understand, if you've inserted all the content of

<-- !welcomepanel -->

into your postbit template, you should have a pm bar.

Alternatively, just put ...

$pminfo

where ever in the postbit template you want the pm bar to appear - remember to edit out other instances otherwise you will have multiple pm bars.

Dalius · #51 12-16-2001, 02:57 PM

I've already done that
I'll try re-putting the welcome panel code their

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