Welcome Panel Hack V1.1 [vB3.0.x]

Version 1.1

Hack Author:
Name: SmasherMaster
E-Mail: webmaster@megareviews.com
Forums: http://www.megareviews.com/forums

Description:
This hack replaces the box on top of the postbit in the index page with a snazzy panel with stats, new posts and PMs. When you go to view a different page, the box on top of the navbar changes into the default navigation/breadcrumb box.

Changelog:
V1.1
|-Changed file edit to global.php for tidier code.
|
|-Added file and new template edits for VbAdvanced CMPS so the welcome panel will work on CMPS.

V1.0
|-Welcome Panel Hack RELEASED!

Installation Time:
5 min.

Zip Contents:
Welcome_Panel_Hack.zip
|-instructions.txt -- Instructions on how to install this hack.
|-noavatar.gif -- Image for members who don't have an avatar yet.
|-guestavatar.gif -- Image for guests.
|-Welcome_Panel_Guest.jpg -- What the panel will look like to a guest
|-Welcome_Panel_loggedin.jpg -- What the panel will look like to a member with an avatar
|-Welcome_Panel_loggedin_noav.jpg -- What the panel will look like to a member without an avatar


Testing:
Tested on vBulletin 3.0.3

Files to Modify:
forumroot/global.php

Templates to Modify:
forumhome (Optional)
navbar

Images to Upload:
noavatar.gif
guestavatar.gif


Notes:
If you use this hack, please click on the INSTALL button.
You will be notifited via email about any updates or changes.

My first hack made, and thanks to Zero Tolerance for the Welcome Panel hack inspiration.

[SmasherMaster]

Originally Posted by biggkay

I have a problem with the vbadvanced panel. First off it just displays the text "Edit Your Avatar" and not the avatar, and the link orginates from mysite.com/home/profile.php?&do=editavatar and not from mysite.com/forums/profile.php?&do=editavatar How and where can I change this so it works?

Well that's odd, can I have a link? Because it certainly shouldn't point to /home/ it should point to /forums/ or your main forum DIR...

[biggkay]

You got PM

[SmasherMaster]

Ahh, I see the problem. It seems any dir used other than the base dir ( like www.mysite.com ) seems to mess it up, i'll see what I can do to fix it...

[biggkay]

Thanks...
/me is wating impatiently.

[SmasherMaster]

I may have found something.

In /forumroot/global.php find this

PHP Code:

$bbuserinfo['user_avatar']="<a href='profile.php?{$session['sessionurl']}&do=editavatar'>{$bbuserinfo['user_avatar']}</a>"; 


And right before the "profile.php" part add in "forums/" (Or whatever your forums DIR is named & Without quotations) and see if that works.

Edit: Sorry that probably wouldn't work, put in your full forum URL, including site before the profile, like: "http://www.yourskite.com/forums/"

[biggkay]

That works, however the avatars are still not showing up.

It sources the avatar from "http://www.mysite.com/home/image.php?u=1&dateline=1103146281"
Where can I change it so it sources from /forums/

[SmasherMaster]

Try this:

in /forumroot/global.php find

PHP Code:

$bbuserinfo['user_avatar']="<img src='{$bbuserinfo['user_avatar']}' alt='Edit Your Avatar' border='0'>"; 


and after the

<img src='

part and before the

{$bbuserinfo['user_avatar']}

part, enter your full dir leading to your forums and see if that works

[biggkay]

It works! Great, thanks. Now 1 more question. Should it have the guest avatar up for lurkers as well? I'm asking because it doesn't show anything.

[SmasherMaster]

Yeah, here's the fix.

find in your navbar template

PHP Code:

    <!-- Guest [] Begin -->
            <!-- Avatar --> 
        <td class="alt1" valign="middle" align="center"> 
        <a href="register.php?ID=&amp;"><img src="images/avatars/guestavatar.gif" border="0"></a> 
        </td> 
        <!-- / Avatar --> 


And where it says

<img src="images/avatars/guestavatar.gif" border="0">

input your full dir including your forums subdir, so it would end up looking like this

<img src="www.mysite.com/forums/images/avatars/guestavatar.gif" border="0">

[biggkay]

It works fine on the forums when I leave like it is, if i change the code to the full path then it totally takes off the guest avatar from forums and still doesn't do anything for the vbadvanced.