Miscellaneous Hacks - Postbit Legacy - Usergroup Backgrounds

Hello! This is my first submission. I run LTXTech.com, I go by phantomzer0 over there, and I wanted this hack for a long time. I decided to write it on my own and the outcome was perfect. I know enough to get the job done, so if there is a more efficient way to produce this, by all means post it up!

Here is what this hack will do for you:

Demo Link:

http://ltxtech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2865

Now, you can make any usergroups use these backgrounds. You will have to design your own, of course, but you can assign them however you would like. In the case of my forum, we have them set-up for administrators. You could make a separate image for staff members, reg users, banned users, whatever you need. You can also duplicate it and assign different images for different colored styles. I'll show you how below.

Here's how to do it:
-- Navigate to your Admin CP. Once there go to Styles and Templates, then to Style Manager, and then click the "Go" button once you have decided which template you would like to install this on.

-- Scroll all the way to the bottom and look for the "Additional CSS Definitions" Box. I like to use the second box for all of my custom CSS, but you can surely use either one. Copy this and paste it into the box.

.postbit {
background: #101010 url(this is the url to your image for the background);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
border-left: solid 1px #3c3c3c;
border-right: solid 1px #3c3c3c;
}

Now, the border colors will need to be the same as the colors on your forum. These are the borders I'm talking about:



You will need to figure out the color code of your borders and assign the same color to the CSS code. You can adjust the size of the border by increasing or decreasing the "1px" numbers. 3px would obviously increase the size of the border to 3 pixels. You can also rename the CSS ".postbit" to something else, but if you do make sure you take note of that.

-- Now we will assign the background to the actual postbit. To do so, you need to navigate to Styles and Templates, then click on the "<< >>" button on the style you want to edit.

-- Scroll down the list and find "Postbit Templates"



-- Double click on "Postbit Legacy", as seen in the picture above.

Find:

<td class="alt2" width="175" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px">

Replace With:

<if condition="is_member_of($post, #)">
<td class="postbit" width="175" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar [tborder_bgcolor]; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px id="td_post_$post[postid]">
<else />
<td class="alt2" width="175" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px"></if>

The red # symbol is for you to put a usergroup id # in. In my case, the admin group on my forum is 6, so instead of a # sign, there is a 6 there. You can assign multiple usergroups to use the same image, if you want. You can use the same code above for different forum styles, you just need to change the "td class="postbit"" to whatever the CSS is for the different style.

Example, my forum has a light and dark skin. The dark skin's CSS is "postbit" and the CSS for the light skin is "postbit2". On the Dark skin, I use the code above and for the light skin it's the exact same, only I have changed the td class to postbit2.

The only thing left to do is design a background image. Once you have that, you can upload it and point your CSS url to the image on your server.I'm fairly sure I have included all the steps to accomplish this, if I missed one, please point it out! Good luck and thanks for looking!

Update:
If you would like to assign multiple background images to multiple usergroups, see this post. User down.low explains very well how to achieve this result! Thanks DL!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....8&postcount=52

[Fastbird]

That would be the postbit legacy mode. You can enable which way you would like it in your User CP options.

[3xigames]

This just did absolutely nothing on my Bulletin
I REALLY want this.. it looks amazing.

"That would be the postbit legacy mode. You can enable which way you would like it in your User CP options"

How would I make my forum look to the left like yours as a default?

[Fastbird]

I'm going to work on making this a product, then it will be much easier to work with. Only problem is I have no idea where to start, lol.

[Fastbird]

Log into the control panel. In the User CP, go to "vbulletin options". Once you are there, look for the "Style and Language Settings" section. Scroll down and look for "Use Legacy (Vertical) Postbit Template" and select YES. This will default your forum to the postbit_legacy mode.

[tommyturnage]

Originally Posted by Fastbird

It's posted in the thread somewhere. I don't currently use it anymore.

its not in this thread

[Fastbird]

Hmm, you're right. It was posted at one point, I guess the dude removed it. I can search around on my server and see if I still have that image uploaded. Give me a little bit. If not, I can have my brother redo the image.

[Rideharder]

Fastbird would you care to share how you did your header on your website I love how it keeps rotating pictures of cars.... anyway can you fill me in on how that's done?

[Fastbird]

The rotation is the winner of the picture of the month. We have a poll and let our members decide who's car/picture should be put up in the banner.

It's just a javascript for a banner rotation. I'll have to post up the code I used later tonight, as I'm at work right now and can't really get to it.

Thanks for the comments guys, nice to know the work you put in pays off!

[Rideharder]

Your template looks hot I will post a banner from our site to your site for cars that's the least I can do that's if you would like me to.. My site is related around sport bikes.. Your layout is one of the cleanest looking layouts I've ever seen.. a big pat on the back..

I have as ZX14 with nitrous pushing over 210 hp.. your site brings me back to when I built my cars ahead 1970 fire bird 350 4 bolt main 194 closed chamber heads with the tunnel ram with two 400 carburetors mounted to the top of that beast... I found out 600 carburetors flooded out on the street..LOL .. a solid crank and the biggest 12 disc three speed transmission that GM made and also It was boarded 30 over with LCD flat top pistons ..

And this is where the hairs stand up on the back your neck picture this a flat black 1970 tub in the back with a scoop sticking a least 2 foot high and when the hood was closed it buckled the scoop a little bit... that thing looked hotter than the Mad Max car..

I used to have cops just to stop me just to ask me where I was going...LOL

[Fastbird]

Originally Posted by Rideharder

Your template looks hot I will post a banner from our site to your site for cars that's the least I can do that's if you would like me to.. My site is related around sport bikes.. Your layout is one of the cleanest looking layouts I've ever seen.. a big pat on the back..



I have as ZX14 with nitrous pushing over 210 hp.. your site brings me back to when I built my cars ahead 1970 fire bird 350 4 bolt main 194 closed chamber heads with the tunnel ram with two 400 carburetors mounted to the top of that beast... I found out 600 carburetors flooded out on the street..LOL .. a solid crank and the biggest 12 disc three speed transmission that GM made and also It was boarded 30 over with LCD flat top pistons ..

And this is where the hairs stand up on the back your neck picture this a flat black 1970 tub in the back with a scoop sticking a least 2 foot high and when the hood was closed it buckled the scoop a little bit... that thing looked hotter than the Mad Max car..


I used to have cops just to stop me just to ask me where I was going...LOL

Haha awesome! Glad you like the design too! If you want to stick a banner up that would be cool! I wish I had a first gen firebird, that's actually one of my 'dream' cars. Something about that classic look!

I'll get you that code ASAP, promise!