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Extra forumbit controls · **Released**: 02-03-2009

This adds 4 mini icons (famfam) corresponding to each forum on forumhome and forumdisplay (subforums)

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The 4 controls added are:-

Read new Posts
Create a new thread
Subscribe to Forum
RSS Feed

1. First upload the 4 attached icons in images/misc/ folder.

2. Then in Forum Home Templates/forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

Find this:

Code:

<td class="alt1Active" align="$stylevar[left]" id="f$forum[forumid]" >

Add below:-

Code:

<div style="float:right">
<a href="search.php?do=getnew&f=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/misc/newposts.png" border="0" width="11" height="11" hspace="2" alt="Read New Posts" /></a>

<a href="newthread.php?do=newthread&f=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/misc/newthread.png" border="0" width="11" height="11" hspace="2" alt="Create a New Thread" /></a>

<a href="subscription.php?do=addsubscription&f=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/misc/subscribe.png" border="0" width="11" height="11" hspace="2" alt="Subscribe" /></a>

<a href="external.php?type=rss2&forumids=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/misc/rss.png" border="0" width="11" height="11" hspace="2" alt="RSS feed" /></a>
</div>

3. Then in Forum Home Templates/forumhome_forumbit_level1_post

Find this:

Code:

<td><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" alt="" width="9" height="1" border="0" /></td>
			<td width="100%">

Make the change in the above code (in red) and add below:-

Code:

<div style="float:right">
<a href="search.php?do=getnew&f=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/misc/newposts.png" border="0" width="11" height="11" hspace="2" alt="Read New Posts" /></a>

<a href="newthread.php?do=newthread&f=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/misc/newthread.png" border="0" width="11" height="11" hspace="2" alt="Create a New Thread" /></a>

<a href="subscription.php?do=addsubscription&f=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/misc/subscribe.png" border="0" width="11" height="11" hspace="2" alt="Subscribe" /></a>

<a href="external.php?type=rss2&forumids=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/misc/rss.png" border="0" width="11" height="11" hspace="2" alt="RSS feed" /></a>
</div>

Thats it!

a) Obviously, works in all vb versions!
b) Yes, it is XHTML valid.
c) If this has been released before, then sorry.

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Thanks

Source: http://tech6.com/f51/extra-forumbit-controls-t549/