Adding a small newsbar like IPB

[Darkblade]

Is it possible to add the newsbar underneath the usercp link? The image below is more descriptive.

http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/2963/topbar7rk.jpg

Do not worry about the latest news because cinq has already created that as a hack. Thanks to him.

[Jake Bunce]

Where is the news coming from?

You can add that box to the HTML layout by editing this template:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates -> navbar

Add the red code between the two breaker tags:

			<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;u=$bbuserinfo[userid]" onclick="return log_out()">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>
		</if>
	</tr>
	</table>
</div>
<!-- / nav buttons bar -->

<br />

[color=red]<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="alt1" width="100%">
		YOUR CONTENT HERE
	</td>
</tr>
</table>[/color]

<br />

<if condition="$show['popups']">
<!-- NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->
	
	<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
	<!-- header quick search form -->
	<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="navbar_search_menu" style="display:none">

[Darkblade]

It's coming from my general board. http://www.forumsinsider.com/index.php

What to place in the content?

[Jake Bunce]

You can use a RSS feed to pull topics from a vBulletin forum. See this thread.

[Darkblade]

Thanks Jake. It's working fine on my test board. http://www.rpginsider.com/vb30/index.php?

One more thing. Could you give me the variable name for members username & the last visit? Also, is there a way to make it hidden for guests? There is no reason to display the box for 'em y'know.

[Jake Bunce]

Could you give me the variable name for members username & the last visit?

Use these variables:

$bbuserinfo[username]

$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]

Note that the 'lastvisit' variable will return a date in unix timestamp format.

Also, is there a way to make it hidden for guests?

Surround the code with this conditional:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid]">

</if>

[Darkblade]

Thank you very much Jake.

[Darkblade]

Jake (or anyone else), I have a problem here. I am currently running v3.5 and I coudn't find the phpinclude_start template. So where exactly is it located? Has it been renamed or moved I wonder?

[Jake Bunce]

Jake (or anyone else), I have a problem here. I am currently running v3.5 and I coudn't find the phpinclude_start template. So where exactly is it located? Has it been renamed or moved I wonder?

I haven't had a chance to look at 3.5 very closely, but I think that template was replaced with a hook location. Look in your hooks for the global scopes.

[Darkblade]

And where can I find my hook for global scopes? I am sorry but I'm completely new to 3.5. O.o

[Jake Bunce]

Probably:

Admin CP -> Plugin System -> Add New Plugin

Hook Location = global_start

[Darkblade]

I get the following error.

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/psi/public_html/forums/global.php(351) : eval()'d code on line 2

Any idea?

[Jake Bunce]

What is the code?

[Darkblade]

Oh here's the code that I've inputted...

// GET NUMBER OF NEW POSTS
$newposts = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT count(*) AS count FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post WHERE dateline > '$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]'");

// DETERMINE IF "POSTS" IS SINGULAR OR PLURAL
if ($newposts[count] == 1)
{
$newposts[plural] = "";
}
else
{
$newposts[plural] = "s";
}

// GET NUMBER OF NEW THREADS
$newthreads = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT count(*) AS count FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE dateline > '$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]'");

// DETERMINE IF "THREADS" IS SINGULAR OR PLURAL
if ($newthreads[count] == 1)
{
$newthreads[plural] = "";
}
else
{
$newthreads[plural] = "s";
}

$getnews = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT threadid, title FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."thread WHERE forumid=2 ORDER BY lastpost DESC LIMIT 1");

[Jake Bunce]

That is 3.0.x code. vB 3.5 has $DB_site within the $vbulletin class I believe. You should probably post on www.vbulletin.org for help with porting that code. I haven't yet had a chance to look at 3.5 very close.