any way to put an image in a certain forum?

[MaDCaT75]

Is there a way that I can put like a 200 x 500 image in one of my forums and have it show up like near the top of the forum navigation links?

[assassingod]

Try this:
OPen forumdisplay.php and find:

PHP Code:

$newthreadlink = ""; 


and below add:

PHP Code:

if($foruminfo[forumid] == XX)
{
    $forumimg = "<img src=\"{imagesfolder}/img.gif\" />";
}
else
{
    $forumimg = "";
} 


Change XX to the forum id you want the image to appear and the url of the image
Then use $forumimg in the forumdisplay template

[MaDCaT75]

Thanks I'll try it

Edit: works great!

http://www.sims2forums.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=16

[assassingod]

No problem

[Dean C]

You're best using Logician's template conditionals for this one - an easy hack to install and you could do this without having to worry about changing files when upgrading

[amykhar]

Except having to change the files used to install Logician's hack

[MaDCaT75]

ok but what if i wanna do more than one image for one forum and another image for another forum?

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by amykhar

Except having to change the files used to install Logician's hack

You got me

[MaDCaT75]

Originally Posted by MaDCaT75

ok but what if i wanna do more than one image for one forum and another image for another forum?

Anybody?

[memobug]

Will there be one image for each forum, or one for most of them? If so, you probably want to append the forumid to the image filename, e.g. image_1.jpg, image_2.jpg and then load it accordingly. Otherwise if it's a smattering of images and lots of forums, you might use a switch:

switch ($foruminfo[forumid]) {
    case 5:
           $forumimg = "<img src=\"{imagesfolder}/bananas.gif\" />"; 
        break;
    case 9:
    $forumimg = "<img src=\"{imagesfolder}/apples.gif\" />"; 
        break;
    case 32:
    $forumimg = "<img src=\"{imagesfolder}/stringcheese.gif\" />"; 
        break;
    default:
    $forumimg = "<img src=\"{imagesfolder}/default image.gif\" />";
    ## or maybe 
    ## $forumimg = ""; 
}