Support for this particular thread has been dropped by me. I have created a new thread which you can find here
You can still use this template mod for it works as a stand alone.
[HowTo] Make your boards highlight with onMouseOver (template) hack
What does this one do?
On the index page of your forum, the boards are listed (below each category) and now when you move your mouse over a board, it highlights, giving a very cool effect!
Why did you make it?
Because I wanted to
When I just got the forum, I searched other forums too, and found a few of them applied this hack; and they just looked the coolest! So I wanted it to I contacted smoothie from macfora.com and he provided me with the hints. Since I have applied it on my board, I have been getting E-mails and private messages from users requesting how I have done it.. well: here it is
The Code
Walkthrough
[UPDATE]
As requested by many, both through PM system, E-mail and this thread: Here the code to also highlight the threads list page and the announcements (if any) on top. All template hacks! No code-hacking required (woot)
Goto the Admin Control Panel,
find the template: forumdisplaybit and from it find:
and replace that with:
then save the template.
Note, this doesn't highlight announcements. (which are different template)
To also highlight the annoucements with onmouseover, find the template forumdisplay_announcement and in it find:
and replace that with:
Version?
Tested with vBulletin 2.2.5 and works just great
The Result
You can goto creations.nl and see how it looks!
You can still use this template mod for it works as a stand alone.
[HowTo] Make your boards highlight with onMouseOver (template) hack
What does this one do?
On the index page of your forum, the boards are listed (below each category) and now when you move your mouse over a board, it highlights, giving a very cool effect!
Why did you make it?
Because I wanted to
When I just got the forum, I searched other forums too, and found a few of them applied this hack; and they just looked the coolest! So I wanted it to I contacted smoothie from macfora.com and he provided me with the hints. Since I have applied it on my board, I have been getting E-mails and private messages from users requesting how I have done it.. well: here it is
The Code
Walkthrough
- Goto the Admin Control Panel and login as an administrator
- From the left menu, browse down to the "Template"-section and select 'Modify'
- Click on 'Expand' and browse down to the "Forum Home Page Templates" and click 'Expand' again
- Click on 'edit' from "forumhome_forumbit_level2_post"
- Search for this line:
Code:<td bgcolor="{[i][/i]firstaltcolor}" align="left">
- And replace that with:
Code:<td bgcolor="{[i][/i]firstaltcolor}" align="left" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='{[i][/i]secondaltcolor}'; this.style.cursor='hand';" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor='{[i][/i]firstaltcolor}';" onClick="window.location.href='forumdisplay.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&forumid=$forum[forumid]'">
- Click on 'Save'
[UPDATE]
As requested by many, both through PM system, E-mail and this thread: Here the code to also highlight the threads list page and the announcements (if any) on top. All template hacks! No code-hacking required (woot)
Goto the Admin Control Panel,
find the template: forumdisplaybit and from it find:
Code:
<td bgcolor="{[I][/I]firstaltcolor}" align="left" width="70%">
Code:
<td bgcolor="{[I][/I]firstaltcolor}" align="left" width="70%" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='{[I][/I]secondaltcolor}'; this.style.cursor='hand';" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor='{[I][/I]firstaltcolor}';" onClick="window.location.href='showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$thread[threadid]'">
Note, this doesn't highlight announcements. (which are different template)
To also highlight the annoucements with onmouseover, find the template forumdisplay_announcement and in it find:
Code:
<td bgcolor="{[I][/I]firstaltcolor}" align="left">
Code:
<td bgcolor="{[I][/I]firstaltcolor}" align="left" onMouseOver="this.style.backgroundColor='{[I][/I]secondaltcolor}'; this.style.cursor='hand';" onMouseOut="this.style.backgroundColor='{[I][/I]firstaltcolor}';" onClick="window.location.href='announcement.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&forumid=$foruminfo[forumid]'">
Tested with vBulletin 2.2.5 and works just great
The Result
You can goto creations.nl and see how it looks!
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