[vB4] Custom Forum Icons

[Mike Silvertree]

I would like to put a different custom icon in each forumbit in between the status icon and the title/description.

What code do I need? Where?

What variable do I test to decide which icon to use?

Which folder do the icons go in?

What are the names of the templates I need to modify and where/how do I access the correct part of the css?

How do I keep from getting these modifications wiped out in upgrades?

I know that is a lot of questions, but I am new at this and have never worked on a vBulletin forum before.

JFTR: It is vB4.1.5

Thanks

[Lynne]

I'd suggest doing a search over on vbulletin.org, the modification site, because I believe there is a modification that does this. It has also been discussed several times over there.

[Mike Silvertree]

Thanks.

I did some searching there before I post a question. I came across this thread.

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=232232&highlight=forum+icons

In the last post, Hoffi, a German vB staff member, says there is a way to do it using the standard features, but does not describe how.

Do you have any idea what he is talking about?

In this thread I detail how I screwed up the Forum manager last night trying to figure out a way by manipulating the editable fields.

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/386981-I-Screwed-Up-The-Forum-Manager

I now know one way that doesn't work.

[Lynne]

There is a way to use the standard features and set a unique status icon per forum, but you said you still wanted to use the regular status icons. What he is talking about is in Forum Manager > edit forum > Prefix for Forum Status Images . That allows you to have different status icons for a forum.

[Mike Silvertree]

Thanks. That will do. Much appreciated.

I am just trying to find something that will work. I am reluctant to mess with the code or css and prefer a solution that preserves the factory software. I can have the artist put markers on the icons to make a new message version of the forum icon and do it that way.

[racersimage]

There is a way to use the standard features and set a unique status icon per forum.

How would this be done?

[Lynne]

Forums & Moderators > Forum Manager > Prefix for Forum Status Images