Forum Home Enhancements - Affiliate Box - Scrolling and Fading Affiliate Buttons

Keywords: affiliate, affiliates, partner, partners, scrolling box, fading images

Update: XHTML VALID NOW!
There are more template edits guys, sorry. This will fix xhtml errors.
For those that use TMS, you won't have any template edits.
Also, marquee has been removed due to the xhtml errors. If you don't care about being xhtml valid, I'll explain how to get your marquee back.

Features:
Adds an affiliate box in "What's Going On?"
Collapsible box
Images are faded and they light up when you scroll over them


Live Demo: LayeredGFX - Sorry, I've moved my affiliates to an affiliates page so live demo doesn't work.



Install instructions for TMS users:
Upload product
[optional] If you want the topsites to show, go into TMS > Affiliates and FORUMHOME: Add topsite box, set active: YES.


Install instructions for Non-TMS users:

Go to Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Edit Templates
Choose Forum Home Templates > Forumhome

Find:

<if condition="$show['birthdays']">
<!-- today's birthdays -->

Add above:

<!-- insert affiliate box -->

OPTIONAL: To add the topsites, add below <!-- insert affiliate box -->:

<!-- topsitebox -->

Choose headinclude template.
Find:

<!-- / CSS Stylesheet -->

Add above:

<style type="text/css">
.imgfade{filter:alpha(opacity=30); -moz-opacity:0.5;margin-left:3px}
.imgfull{filter:alpha(opacity=100); -moz-opacity:1;margin-left:3px}
</style>

You're done!



To add a site, go to Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Edit Templates > Affiliates and find affiliate_sites (topsite links are found in affiliate_topsite_sites). In there, you can add this code:

<a href="SITE LINK" target="_blank" ><img class="imgfade" onmouseover="this.className='imgfull'" onmouseout="this.className='imgfade'" src="IMAGE LINK" alt="ALT TEXT/DESCRIPTION/SITE TITLE HERE" border="0" /></a>

The affiliates phrase is affiliate_sites.
The topsite phase is topsites.


For those still interested in marquee, you can add this above your first affiliate/site/link:
<marquee width="100%" valign="center" direction="left" scrolldelay="2" scrollamount="1.5" onmouseover="this.stop()" onmouseout="this.start()">

And add this below your last affiliate/site/link:
</marquee>


Updates
July-16 2007 - Added products for affiliate + topsites and affiliate + topsites marquee as requested and as shown on my site.

v1.1 August-9 2007:
-Fixed xhtml problems
-Added TMS support
-Moved template out of forumhome
-Added more templates to make things easier
-Grouped the templates
-Cached the templates
-Removed marquee from being installed. Can add manually.

[Zapper1]

I have installed the mod on my 3.7.2 and for some reason the affiliates section does not work. I place the codes for the images and site addies in the affiliates template and nothing shows up at all. However, if I place the image and site addies in the Top Site template it works. Anyone have a fix for this.

[hambil]

Still works for me on 3.8 - amazingly there is nothing else I can find like it - even though I have to add the links via a template edit. Installed. Looks great.

[kensaurus]

is there a way to make the affiliate box go to the top, which is at the header?

[AzzidReign]

You could but it would look funny.

[2L8]

wow can somebody told me what is the name of this style at the demosite?
i like this grey and the buttons

[AzzidReign]

I made it for my site. If you are interested in buying it, let me know. I've been thinking about selling it lately. If the price is too low, then I'll make it so that anyone can buy it for a set amount as it took me some time to make it and I don't see too many good paid skins or even free skins...especially dark skins like this one.

[Ice-Maiden]

just added this to my board, im using 3.8.3 and its working like a dream, thankyou so much for this mod!

[final kaoss]

does it work in vb 4.1?