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Simple Category Icons · **Released**: 02-07-2007

Ok folks.

For all of you who want Category Icons including the "new post", "no new post", "forum closed" capabilities, here is a quick and simple solution provided by Andreas

What this hack does: Instead of the standard forum icons like

or

, ... you can now have separat status icons for every forum you have. It is that simple

Templates forumhome_forumbit_level_...

search:

Code:

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />

Replace with

Code:

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum$forum[forumid]_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />

then create/name your images like this:

forumID_new.gif, forumID_old.gif,...

Example: forum1_new.gif

If you want to have different icons for subforums on forumhome as well:

In forumhome_subforumbit_nopost and forumhome_subforumbit_post

search for:

Code:

<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" />

and replace it with:

Code:

<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/subforum$forum[forumid]_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_$forum[forumid]" />

Name your images like:

subforumID_old.gif
subforumID_new.gif

Example: subforum22_old.gif

I don't use this hack so I have no screenshots, but If anyone is trying this, it would be cool if you could provide some screenshots.

Remember to click installed

Greetings

StarBuG

Skierpetros · #52 05-30-2008, 12:12 PM

Can you make it to work on 3.7.1 please its great mod!

StarBuG · #53 05-31-2008, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soundbarrierpro

What if you have a sports site with a different icon for every NHL team in their own subforum? Can this be done?

make the changes in: forumhome_forumbit_level_1_post

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skierpetros

Can you make it to work on 3.7.1 please its great mod!

It should work with 3.7.1

if not search for: subforum_$forum[statusicon].gif

and replace it with: subforum$forum[forumid]_$forum[statusicon].gif

Skierpetros · #54 05-31-2008, 08:41 AM

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />

This is not in any level forumhome_forumbit_level_...

how can i mode it?

g0dfather1984 · #55 03-11-2009, 07:05 PM

To change this in 3.8:

In the template: forumhome_forumbit_level_...

Search for:

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/$forum[imageprefix]forum_$forum[statusicon].gif

And replace w/:

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/$forum[imageprefix]forum$forum[forumid]_$forum[statusicon].gif

TruVB · #56 03-19-2009, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g0dfather1984

To change this in 3.8:

In the template: forumhome_forumbit_level_...

Search for:

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/$forum[imageprefix]forum_$forum[statusicon].gif

And replace w/:

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/$forum[imageprefix]forum$forum[forumid]_$forum[statusicon].gif

when i name my images, forumID would be f12_new.gif?

ShawneyJ · #57 06-28-2009, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TruVB

when i name my images, forumID would be f12_new.gif?

nope it would be forum12_new.gif and forum12_old.gif

Stanthrax · #58 09-11-2010, 04:29 PM

This is a nice little mod. Thanks StarBuG.

For those who are using vBadvanced CMPS on VB 3.8 and would like this on their Recent Threads block. Edit the template: adv_portal_recthreads_exp near the bottom. You will be replacing the last <if condition so make sure the closing </tr> is after that.

Search for:

PHP Code:


			
    <if condition="$mod_options['portal_threads_showforum']">
        <td class="$class_ftitle"><span class="smallfont"><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$thread[forumid]">$thread[forumtitle]</a></span></td>
    </if>

And replace with:

PHP Code:


			
    <if condition="$mod_options['portal_threads_showforum']">
        <td align="center" class="$class_ftitle"><span class="smallfont">
<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$thread[forumid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum$thread[forumid]_new.gif" alt="$thread[forumtitle]" border="0" width="36" height="36" /></a><br>
<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$thread[forumid]">$thread[forumtitle]</a></span></td>
    </if>

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