PhotoPost Random Image Option

I have made an add-on that will display random images from PhotoPost on the forums home page, seen here: http://www.modernengineuity.com/forums/index.php

What I want to do is make this an option in the user CP. I have already added the option to the user control panel and made a separate forumhome template.

What I need help with is modifying index.php to display this template depending on whether or not the user has chosen this option.

Thanks.

[Dean C]

Add a field fo the user table. Then make your radio buttons in the modifyoptions template. And use your name attributes value to update the field to 1 for yes and 0 to no

- miSt

[SVTBlackLight01]

Thanks for the reply Mist. That's exactly what I have done. I wasn't completely sure of that so it's good to know.

What I need to do now, and what is giving me problems, is use this to display or not display the random image template on the forums home.

Does that make sense?

[Dean C]

PHP Code:

if($bbuserinfo['userfield']==1) // i.e. it's set to yes
{
    // your stuff that happens when its set to yes goes here
} 


[SVTBlackLight01]

Well, tried a few things, but it didn't work.

Here is what I'm using to display the thumbnails now

PHP Code:

 // Thumbnail includer hack
    ob_start();
    require("../test.php");
    $thumbnails = ob_get_contents();
    ob_end_clean();
 // Thumbnail includer hack end 


So is this right to make it optional?

PHP Code:

if($bbuserinfo['showphoto']==1) // i.e. it's set to yes
{
    // Thumbnail includer hack
    ob_start();
    require("../test.php");
    $thumbnails = ob_get_contents();
    ob_end_clean();
    // Thumbnail includer hack end
} 


And where should it go?

Sorry for all the questions.

[Dean C]

No idea where you want to put it but that's how the code should be

- miSt

[SVTBlackLight01]

Thanks for all the help so far. I figured out how to make it work that way. The only problem is that I had the table for the thumbnails hardcoded in the forumhomes template. So when the option was set to no it just left an empty table.

I made a completely separate template for this, but I haven't had any luck calling the template. I'm thinking you have to set the variable for the template in index.php and then add the variable to the forumshome template where I want it to show up, right?

Any idea how to do this?

[SVTBlackLight01]

Anybody have any suggestions?

[SVTBlackLight01]

After taking a break from it, I got it working. I guess I had just been at it for too long before, because I figured it out pretty quickly this time around. If anyone is interested in using it, PM me.

[TECK]

You should simply post it...