Custom Category Icons

[ROTPAR]

Hi,

I know there Is a custom Icon hack vor vb3.5 but I would like something more. You know the standard Icons of vbulletin, right ? They change the color, if there is a new posting available.

What about custom Icons, that change the color after a new posting was made ?
For Example: Each custom Icon of each category should appear desaturated (black/white) if there is no new posting in that forum.

Thanks in advance

[Cyricx]

Well.. you'd have to make the misc images.

I have done that on www.mmogcommunities.com and then used the vb category icons hack with a slight modification to do what I believe you are referring too.

Only downside is having to create several images , but it's pretty simple with the graphics pack and just use photoshop and the blending options - color overlay - change the color to black and select 50%

Hmmm, that sounded clearer in my head then it does typed out =/

[ROTPAR]

I am not very good with php. I can install and do some changes but about this I am not sure. Could you tell me please what I have to do ? the vb category Icons hack I have installed :

Thank you very much

[Cyricx]

well, I created a new folder off my images folder called "fhicons"

When you edit a forum, instead of putting the full url, just put like a 3 or 4 letter sequence that is unique for that forum.

For example, on my forum above all the asheron's call 1 forums I put ac1 in that box.

Then I made 5 versions of a 35x35 gif for the ac1 forums and named them

ac1_link.gif
ac1_new.gif
ac1_new_lock.gif
ac1_old.gif
ac1_old_lock.gif

Lastly, I took out the template edit he did to the forumhome_forumbit_level2_post template and instead did this edit

Find:

<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />

AND REPLACE IT WITH:

<!-- ##### START HACK - Forum Type Icons ##### -->
<if condition="$forum[forumhomeicon]"> 
<img src="images/fhicons/$forum[forumhomeicon]_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" /> 
<else /> 
<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" />
</if>
<!-- ##### END HACK - Forum Type Icons ##### -->

Done

This way, forums that you don't set an icon for, will use the regular default ones

[ROTPAR]

great thanks a lot for the nice example