Customized Forum Closed Screen

By default the vbulletin closed screen is a simple message with the standard header and footer for the boards. You can change this to a different page entirely with this hack.

This hack requires you to create a new template entirely and install a slight modification in your global.php file.

The file modification is as follows:

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PHP Code:

// #############################################################################
// check that board is active - if not admin, then display error
if (!$vboptions['bbactive'] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')
{
    if (!($permissions['adminpermissions'] & CANCONTROLPANEL))
    {
        eval('standard_error("' . str_replace("\'", "'", addslashes($vboptions['bbclosedreason'])) . '");');
        unset($shutdownqueries['lastvisit']); 

Comment out the eval('standard_error.... line and place this below the unset($shutdownque.... line.

PHP Code:

eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('boards_closed') . '");'); 

The finished code, assuming you have no other hacks in this section of the code, will look like this:

PHP Code:

// #############################################################################
// check that board is active - if not admin, then display error
if (!$vboptions['bbactive'] AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'login')
{
    if (!($permissions['adminpermissions'] & CANCONTROLPANEL))
    {
        //eval('standard_error("' . str_replace("\'", "'", addslashes($vboptions['bbclosedreason'])) . '");');
        unset($shutdownqueries['lastvisit']);
        eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('boards_closed') . '");'); 

Now create a new template called boards_closed. This can be any html document you want and you can of course call some of the variables from vbulletin.

If you want the boards closed reason to appear in the page you'll need to include $vboptions[bbclosedreason] somewhere in the file.

Below is a very simple template that will include the reason on a blank page.

<html>
<body>
$vboptions[bbclosedreason]
</body>
</html>

From this model you can build up a page. Attached is a screenshot of ENWorld's closing screen using this modification.

[MrNase]

Thank you for sharing it with us

[error_22]

cool, thanks for sharing *clicks install*

[moley]

thanks a lot the vb default is so boring will be fun to make a new one.

[Boofo]

Why didn't you include this in your code replacement?

PHP Code:

        unset($shutdownqueries['lastvisit']); 

[Red Blaze]

Very cool, I'll definatly have this in my to-do list.

[Michael Morris]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Why didn't you include this in your code replacement?

PHP Code:

        unset($shutdownqueries['lastvisit']); 

The print_output function doesn't check this variable and that function terminates the script. Hence the line isn't necessary (as far as I'm aware) - though there is no harm in it's inclusion.

[The Ghost]

Hi,

I get only a white Page?

Greetz

[Michael Morris]

You have to create a new template for your custom forum closed screen named boards_closed. This can be any XML document you like - but it has to be loaded into the template boards_closed

[Dan]

I like this mod Thanks for sharing it with us