April fools!

[PoetJA-1975]

Originally Posted by Boofo

That is great but you should have the link go to a page that says "Gotcha!" in big letters or something. Otherwise, you might freak out some people a little more than you meant to.

LOL - I do - There's a link that says Click here to read further details... -- The the 1st post has:



Muuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaahahaaa!

It's got some pretty fierce reactions LOL

Jacquii.

[linesider]

Originally Posted by blazin

I made my own April Fools hack this year.

How it works:

Theres a 10% chance the user's page will load from right to left. You can still read the text, but it lays the tables out opposite and will confuse people.

As an added bonus, there's a 12.5% chance of being redirected to another website. I chose www.barbie.com. You can put whatever you want.

............
You can edit www.barbie.com with anything you want.

Make sure this plugin is set to active when you save.

Then, go into the Style Manager and edit your templates. In the header template, add this to the very beginning

Big hit - sent them to Barbie.com, Real Men Eat Quiche, GI Joe, and the pi?ce de r?sistance - WomenInWaders.com - truly every angler's dream (besides the fishin' )

Oh, and changed the postcount of the guy that posts the most to 1

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by PoetJA-1975

LOL - I do - There's a link that says Click here to read further details... -- The the 1st post has:



Muuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaahahaaa!

It's got some pretty fierce reactions LOL

Jacquii.

When I clicked that link last night it just refreshed the page for me.

[Kestryll]

Originally Posted by blazin

I made my own April Fools hack this year.

How it works:

Theres a 10% chance the user's page will load from right to left. You can still read the text, but it lays the tables out opposite and will confuse people.

As an added bonus, there's a 12.5% chance of being redirected to another website. I chose www.barbie.com. You can put whatever you want.

Im not a real good vb modder, but this works for my vb 3.6.8:

1. Create a new plugin, call it "April Fools" or whatever name you'd like.

2. Set the hook location to style_fetch which is located under Vbulletin: General in the drop down list.

3. Add the following code:

$aprilfools = rand (1, 10 );
if ($aprilfools == '8') {
$apr1css = "
<style type=\"text/css\">
table {direction:rtl;}
table table table {direction:ltr;}
</style>
";
}

if ($aprilfools == '2') {
$apr1css = "
<script type=\"text/javascript\">
<!--
window.location = \"http://www.barbie.com\"
//-->
</script>
";
}

You can edit www.barbie.com with anything you want.

Make sure this plugin is set to active when you save.

Then, go into the Style Manager and edit your templates. In the header template, add this to the very beginning

$apr1css

Is there a way to use this to just randomly redirect users to a page without the right to left shift in the tables?

Thanks!

[Rapscallion]

Well, the card exchange thing got slightly muddled, so we effectively asked people to register their names and addresses for the christmas card exchange eight months early. Not really as good as it could be, so one of the admins set up a link in my Site News section and asked people to donate, something I've publicly said many times I would not accept.

The link redirects to a Youtube video of Rick Astley.

Rapscallion

[Roxie]

Well, I used the April Fool's hack to screw with the text on the board. Then I created a thread and used the YOU replacement to blame everyone. That went over well. lol
Then I invited everyone to use the ban hack. A few people (even my admin who I warned) ended up banning themselves. Lastly, I swapped everyone's avatars (well, the frequent/daily users). Good times.

[PoetJA-1975]

Originally Posted by Boofo

When I clicked that link last night it just refreshed the page for me.

weird - the link is actually to a forum page in our General Chat section... I just tested it as a Guest - works fine...

Jacquii.

[Boofo]

It just didn't like me then. I'm used to that.

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Originally Posted by Roxie

Well, I used the April Fool's hack to screw with the text on the board. Then I created a thread and used the YOU replacement to blame everyone. That went over well. lol
Then I invited everyone to use the ban hack. A few people (even my admin who I warned) ended up banning themselves. Lastly, I swapped everyone's avatars (well, the frequent/daily users). Good times.

I did one of the random gripe generators and used the "you" hack for it and it caused quite a stir. I was almost banned from my own board until I promised to behave.

[cheat-master30]

Originally Posted by blazin

I made my own April Fools hack this year.

How it works:

Theres a 10% chance the user's page will load from right to left. You can still read the text, but it lays the tables out opposite and will confuse people.

As an added bonus, there's a 12.5% chance of being redirected to another website. I chose www.barbie.com. You can put whatever you want.

Im not a real good vb modder, but this works for my vb 3.6.8:

1. Create a new plugin, call it "April Fools" or whatever name you'd like.

2. Set the hook location to style_fetch which is located under Vbulletin: General in the drop down list.

3. Add the following code:

$aprilfools = rand (1, 10 );
if ($aprilfools == '8') {
$apr1css = "
<style type=\"text/css\">
table {direction:rtl;}
table table table {direction:ltr;}
</style>
";
}

if ($aprilfools == '2') {
$apr1css = "
<script type=\"text/javascript\">
<!--
window.location = \"http://www.barbie.com\"
//-->
</script>
";
}

You can edit www.barbie.com with anything you want.

Make sure this plugin is set to active when you save.

Then, go into the Style Manager and edit your templates. In the header template, add this to the very beginning

$apr1css

I did this, but did it every 1 in five times...

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Shazz

Release a hack that is "unbeliveable" and people try it then it looks like it just crashed there site with errors yet it really didn't lol

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

I don't recommend it.