Can you have different forum old / new icons for different forums?

[glenvw]

Hard to explain what I mean. I have 3 main categories in my travel forum. I would like to have cruise ships for the old/new icons in one section, palm trees for the other, and a sombreroo for the other. Is this possible?

[Adam21]

That i assume u mean placing a background image in the category?U can edit your forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost template or do a search for it here.

[Lynne]

Forums & Moderators > Forum Manager > select the forum to edit > Prefix for Forum Status Images Here is the help file for that:

Prefix for Forum Status Images
Forum Status images are usually shown alongside the forum in a forum listings to indicate the read status.

This prefix must only contain alphanumerical characters, though the following are also allowed - _ / ., a folder name is also acceptable to be placed within the status icon directory.

The following images are currently in use for status icons, you will need to create images with the specified prefix to match.

* forum_link.gif
* forum_new.gif
* forum_new_lock.gif
* forum_old.gif
* forum_old_lock.gif

So, if you put the word "hello_" into that box, you would need to create five new status icons with that prefix - hello_forum_link.gif, hello_forum_new.gif, etc.

[vB Crew]

You could install 3 skins and put the different icons in each skin. Then assign a skin to each catagory with the buttons you want in it.

I do this on one of my sites. www.greatlakesfisherman.com If you click on the hunting catagory, or the walleye catagory, you will see the different skins. The only thing that does not display correctly, is the forum home page. It only displays one skin.

[RobbieZ]

Originally Posted by Lynne

Forums & Moderators > Forum Manager > select the forum to edit > Prefix for Forum Status Images Here is the help file for that:


So, if you put the word "hello_" into that box, you would need to create five new status icons with that prefix - hello_forum_link.gif, hello_forum_new.gif, etc.

Thanks for that Lynne. I knew an option to do this was possible but didnt know how to do this.