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About Developer · **Released**: 03-03-2002

Additional front page options 2.2.x - v1
Let me make this clear - I saw this hack on a set of forums, thought it looked nice, and created it myself for my boards. The idea is the property of that site since I didn't think of the idea myself. However, I made the changes to the code myself. I am not sure if this has been documented before as a hack on this site - if it has then feel free to ignore or delete this file.

(c) 2002 Andy P
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VERSION 2.x INSTALLALLATION (probably works for earlier versions too)
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AS WITH ANY HACK, BACKUP YOUR FILES BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES

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### HACK OVERVIEW

This 'hack' adds "Post a new thread in this topic" and "Subscribe to this forum" icon links to the forum homepage.

### INSTALLATION OVERVIEW

-upload two graphics files to your images folder
-edit one template 'forumhome_forumbit_level2_post'

### DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS

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1 // Upload newthread2.gif and subscribe2.gif into your images folder

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2 // Inside the 'forumhome_forumbit_level2_post' template

Find :

PHP Code:


			
<td bgcolor="#13486D" align="left"><a href="forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&forumid=$forum[forumid]"><normalfont><b>$forum[title]</b></normalfont></a>

    <br><smallfont>$forum[description]</smallfont>

Add underneath that :

PHP Code:


			
<a href="newthread.php?s=&forumid=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/newthread2.gif" border="0" alt="Create a new topic in $forum[title]"></a> <a href="member2.php?s=&action=addsubscription&forumid=$forum[forumid]"><img src="images/subscribe2.gif" border="0" alt="Subscribe to the $forum[title] forum"></a>

### FINISHED !

inetd · #2 03-03-2002, 01:10 PM

You have demo?

AndyTSJ · #3 03-03-2002, 01:14 PM

Image of how it looks on the site....

MrLister · #4 03-03-2002, 01:38 PM

This is a template modification not a hack.

Admin · #5 03-03-2002, 02:38 PM

^ What he said.

AndyTSJ · #6 03-03-2002, 03:26 PM

Guess I got excited cuz I did something by myself

Wayne Luke · #7 03-04-2002, 03:14 PM

It is interesting to know that when you make changes on your forums two things seem to happen.

1. The users first dislike change.

2. If the changes are good you can find them everywhere within a year. Just like this modification.

www.sitepointforums.com

Mr. X · #8 03-07-2002, 06:02 AM

Im trying to install this hack, but I cant find any of the code in the first part of the hack. This is what my template looks like:

PHP Code:


			
<tr align="center">

    <td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}" valign="top"><img src="{imagesfolder}/$forum[onoff].gif" border="0" alt=""></td>

    <td bgcolor="{firstaltcolor}" align="left"

onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='{secondaltcolor}'; 

this.style.cursor='hand';" 

onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor='{firstaltcolor}';" 

onClick="window.location.href='forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&forumid=$forum[forumid]'">

<a href="forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&forumid=$forum[forumid]"><normalfont><b>$forum[title]</b></normalfont></a>

    <br><smallfont>$forum[description]</smallfont></td>

    <td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}"><normalfont>$forum[replycount]</normalfont></td>

    <td bgcolor="{firstaltcolor}"><normalfont>$forum[threadcount]</normalfont></td>

    <td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}"><smallfont>$forum[lastpostinfo]</smallfont></td>

    <form><td bgcolor="{firstaltcolor}" valign="middle" align="right" nowrap>

<IMG align="absmiddle" SRC="{imagesfolder}/team.gif">

<SELECT NAME="newLoc" onChange="jumpPage(this.form.newLoc)" style="font-size: 7pt; background-color: #dfdfdf; font-family: Arial, Tahoma;" maxlength="20">

<OPTION VALUE="#">moderators</OPTION>

<OPTION VALUE="#">---------------------</OPTION>

$forum[moderators]</select></td></form></tr>

</tr>

Im looking in the right place right? forumhome_forumbit_level2_post is it correct? Weird.

Mr. X · #9 03-07-2002, 06:06 AM

ok nevermind about not finding. I obviously have a custom job in this template, and I put the new code under the $forum part, but when I do, I get a huge black table on top. Hmm.

Matt · #10 03-10-2002, 04:05 PM

FANTASTIC! Thank you

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More Information
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