[RELEASE vb2B2] NewsFader 2.0

Description:
This small hack will show a DHTML fader on your board. You may choose what to display during fading, customize colors, widths, heights, what to show with links, etc. A member can choose whether to display News Fader or not.

vBulletin versions supported:
2.0 Beta 2

Files to edit:
index.php, register.php, member.php

Templates to modify:
4 - forumhome, registeradult, registercoppa, modifyoptions

Number of new queries:
0

Number of new templates:
5

Size:
10,8KB

Demo:
N/A

Known bugs and issues:
Some versions of Netscape display fader incorrectly.

Future:
"Happy Birthday" or something similar will show when a member has birthday.

Instructions:
Included in the attached ZIP file.

k tnx, works now..told u it could be a stupid qst ..anyways..is there any way to insert links there?, if I tried with html, it stopped working, if I tried with vbb code, it showed as text

fader_news template

If you wanna link it should look like this (an example of fader_news template with custom values):

prefix="$bburl/"; 

arNews = [
"Visit Yahoo,","http://www.yahoo.com",
"What's new on Blizzard","http://www.blizzard.com",
"Last line","http://www.google.com"
]

Be sure you didn't add comma at the end of the last line. This is very important. With the comma at the end News Fader won't work correctly.
Let's take a look at the values we have in our example:

"Visit Yahoo,","http://www.yahoo.com",

Visit Yahoo - a text which will be displayed when "fading". If this text is followed by hyperlink it'll the be changed to link so that the link will look like this:
Visit Yahoo

I hope I made it clear.

Last word: As soon as the hack(s) is(are) rewritten other versions than vBulletin 2.0 Final won't be supported.

cleared it all up, tnx alot

is it released to v2 already?

[Dakota]

I just installed this hack. I love it, but I was wondering if anyone has figured out how to add Birthdays to it.

Also in the setup template, could you explain what the settings are, and what they do.

[Funkie]

@ dakota just put $birthdaybits somewhere in the fader_news template

[Dakota]

ok well I tryed that and I added this to the fader_news template

"Todays Birthdays:","",
"$birthdaybits",""

But now it doesn't load.

Edit: btw I am using RC3

[Hooper]

Originally posted by Dakota
Edit: btw I am using RC3

Might want to upgrade to 2.0.1. RC3 will not be supported or written for.

[Dakota]

Well currently I cannot upgrade. I do not know the member info for my forum. I am not the one who owns the license, and I haven't been able to contact my host in a while.

[Funkie]

I'm running v2.01 final so I cant test this for you as news fader is not yet working for final but this should work

"Todays Birthdays: $birthdaybits","",