Custom icons per forum - where?

[Razasharp]

Kier said there would be custom icons per forum (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1450781&postcount=19)... but I can't see where to specifiy these :confused:

Anyone know where to look?

(It's not in ACP > Post Icons)

[Mez]

ACP => Forums & Moderators -> Manage Forums -> Edit Forum -> Prefix for Forum Status Images

[Razasharp]

That's a bummer! I thought they were going to be custom post icons per forum :o

Can we use images for thread prefixes?

[Sir_Brizz]

You can for the rich text version, just put the <img> html right in there and point it to one of your post icons.

[Alfa1]

Now, I am confused. Is there a way to use this 'prefix for Forum Status Images' function to add the custom icons per forum Kier talked about in the announcement?

[Marcos2]

Now, I am confused. Is there a way to use this 'prefix for Forum Status Images' function to add the custom icons per forum Kier talked about in the announcement?

I would also like to know if this is possible?

[ESAD]

I believe that's already possible you just have to create a different folder on the server for each forum and put it's custom forum icon in there. (For every forum you want to have a custom icon). For me, and many of us, that means a bunch of folders! LOL

Or have them all in one folder and name them all differently like this:

1forum_link.gif
1forum_new.gif
1forum_new_lock.gif
1forum_old.gif
1forum_old_lock.gif

2forum_link.gif
2forum_new.gif
2forum_new_lock.gif
2forum_old.gif
2forum_old_lock.gif

[holyrhapsody]

Im' having a lot of trouble with this. It seems that it doesn't work at all. I've already done the above. Is it correct that if i put the prefix "h3" and have the files in statusicon names "h3forum_new.gif", would that be correct?

[holyrhapsody]

A little help?

[Webmist]

It wasn't mentioned you also have to goto:


ACP -> Forum Manager -> Edit Forum -> Prefix for Forum Status Images

put the prefix for the image you want.

Edit: I haven't tested it but I believe you will also have to make sure you place the same icon in all your style/statusicon folders or you may have broken images.

[mac27]

Anyone any ideas on how to get this to work? I have tried all kinds of ways.I just get a blank area where the icon is suppose to be.

[Crashys]

I'm also with same problem... :|

[Webmist]

Here are some example's on how it works.

Simply create your prefix. Try to be consistent.


Then name your status icons like below. Make sure the prefix has the / for folders.

[joomlajon]

Isn't it just possible to have different folders, and have the folder name as prefix???

[soundbarrierpro]

Here are some example's on how it works.

Simply create your prefix. Try to be consistent.


Then name your status icons like below. Make sure the prefix has the / for folders.

1. ACP>Thread Prefix>Create new. I created "custom1_"
2. I created a "custom1_" directory at forum root. I created all of the forum icons exactly as you point out in the "custom1_forum_link.gif and so on and so on
3. ACP>Forum Manager>Forum Edit>added my prefix /custom1_

Saved and checked my forum. Nothing changes

[soundbarrierpro]

Anybody has tried? Am I the only member who wants custom icons?:(

[kevinrstruck]

Anybody has tried? Am I the only member who wants custom icons?:(

I got this to work fine. I added just one prefix to test. I used an image and it worked like a charm.

[evilrage]

Anybody has tried? Am I the only member who wants custom icons?:(

I am also looking for help on this matter, have tryed every thing stated here and still nothing.

[soundbarrierpro]

I hadn't realize it would be such a pain in the neck to make them work. I use this.

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=102025&page=9

Go to page 8 and 9 to get instruction to make work. It's excellent and lets you change "ALL" of your forum/subforum status icons.

[fgforty2]

OK I'm going to try and explain this a little more in depth than it already has been to help some folks out. I too didn't get anything specific enough to make this easily understood.

Here is what you do to make this work. I'm going to explain what I did so others don't have to install unnecessary Mods to use a function that is built into Vb 3.7. ;)

First, create a folder in your /images/statusicon/ directory for your custom forum icons.
I used the forum ID# for each custom forum icon set. To get the forum Id, just hover your mouse over which ever forum you intend to have custom icons and note the # at the end of the target link.
Example highlighted in red: http://www.yoursite.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=15 (http://www.your/)
I did this because that is how it worked when I used a similar forum icon mod for SMF. You can name your folders whatever you want though.
Below is an example of what the path should look like with the new folder added.
images/statusicon/15/

Now you can just rename your custom icons exactly like the default forum icon set and upload them to your custom directory.
ie: forum_new.gif, forum_old.gif, forum_new_lock.gif, forum_old_lock.gif, etc...

After you rename your custom icons exactly like the default set and have uploaded them to the folder you created, you can now go into that forums settings and add this to the Prefix for Forum Status Images dialog box. 15/

Once you do that and hit save and your icon should now be showing on your forum.:D

Just so you know you can alternatively create your icons and just leave them within the default statusicon directory. Doing it this way would mean you would just rename your custom icons like so.

15_forum_new.gif, 15_forum_old.gif. etc..

You would then only enter the prefix of 15_ into the Prefix for Forum Status Images dialog box. I just prefer making folders as I'm used to it.


Hope this clears it up a bit more.

[TheFirm]

Thx that worked, but not on my forumhome :confused:
When i go into the category i will see it but why not on the forumhome.
I dont understand why u cant use a unc path to the image for a custom forum image.
On vb.org were good hacks who did that for older versions than 3.7

[fgforty2]

Thx that worked, but not on my forumhome :confused:
When i go into the category i will see it but why not on the forumhome.
I dont understand why u cant use a unc path to the image for a custom forum image.
On vb.org were good hacks who did that for older versions than 3.7

Can you post a screenshot? There is no reason why it shouldn't be showing up on forum home. Also, make sure you create the custom "_locked.gif" files or else when your logged out nothing will show up on your forum home. Dunno if that is what the problem is maybe?:confused:

[TimberFloorAu]

This site has custom icons, in the forum title field.

http://tronixnews.com/forum/

How did they do that ?

Im sure thats not the post icons ( forum icons ) described in this thread.

Any help greatly appreicated.


Ozzy

[consolegaming]

I was going to switch to using this but not only is this system much harder to use, (having to state it per forum- should be able to state a pattern for all forums, i.e. using variables such as forum id etc. And the code should look to see if that image exists else show the default one. That's what the custom one I use does.

And we currently use png images for out status icons, so using this feature simply isn't possible. I would have been happy to overlook the first issue but the images just look awful in gif format so can't put up with going back to using them. If there was a global setting allowed for the filetype to use for status icons that would have easily sorted that issue lol.

[sparklywater]

I was going to switch to using this but not only is this system much harder to use, (having to state it per forum- should be able to state a pattern for all forums, i.e. using variables such as forum id etc. And the code should look to see if that image exists else show the default one. That's what the custom one I use does.

And we currently use png images for out status icons, so using this feature simply isn't possible. I would have been happy to overlook the first issue but the images just look awful in gif format so can't put up with going back to using them. If there was a global setting allowed for the filetype to use for status icons that would have easily sorted that issue lol.

you can change the file format from gif to png in the templates section:

FORUMHOME Templates > forumhome_forumbit_level1_post

FORUMHOME Templates > forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

[sparklywater]

actually a better option for you would probably be to use this modification from vbulletin.org which makes the whole process a lot simpler: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=102025