Coders Refuge Tutorials http://www.codersrefuge.com/index.php?app=tutorials Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:22:36 +0000 1800 Tutorials from all available categories. Hiding the latest visitors block http://www.codersrefuge.com/tutorials/article/65-hiding-the-latest-visitors-block/
This is easy to achieve with a small skin edit.

ACP > Look / Feel > Skin Manager > (choose skin) > Manage Templates / CSS > Profiles > ProfileModern

Find (about 3/4 the way down)...
<if test="latest_visitors:|:$member['pp_setting_count_visitors']">


Change to 
<!--<if test="latest_visitors:|:$member['pp_setting_count_visitors']">


Scroll down a bit, find...
					<p class='no_messages'>{$this->lang->words['no_latest_visitors']}</p>
				</if>
			</div>
		</if>


Change to...
					<p class='no_messages'>{$this->lang->words['no_latest_visitors']}</p>
				</if>
			</div>
		</if>-->


That will hide it neatly. :)]]> Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:26:43 +0000 65 AndyF 1 <![CDATA[Adjusting Today's Top Posters]]> http://www.codersrefuge.com/tutorials/article/64-adjusting-todays-top-posters/
A small file edit is required. Connect via FTP.

Open /hooks/boardIndexTopPosters_**number**.php

Find...(around line 61)
'limit'	   => array( 0, 9 ),


Adjust the 9 there, taking care not to disturb the rest of the syntax or any other lines.

Save.

I would recommend you stay with a multiple of 3 to keep it tidy, the most common value here to replace the default of 9 is typically 6 or 3.

You will need to re-perform this edit if the hook is recached (such as an upgrade) but it will only take a moment to do so.]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:33:09 +0000 64 AndyF 1 Adusting the number of Recently Added Topics http://www.codersrefuge.com/tutorials/article/63-adusting-the-number-of-recently-added-topics/
To adjust the number of Recently Added Topics, a small file edit is required.

Connect via FTP.

Look in \admin\applications\forums\sources\classes\forums\

Edit class_forums.php, around line 2495, find...
$_topics = array_slice( $topicIDs, 0, 5 );


Adjust the 5 there to what you require (3 or 10 seems to be popular choices, although setting this too high can cause performance issues) and save, taking care not to disturb any other lines or the syntax.]]> Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:59:06 +0000 63 AndyF 1 <![CDATA[Restoring the 'About Me' tab as default]]> http://www.codersrefuge.com/tutorials/article/61-restoring-the-about-me-tab-as-default/
Two small files edits are needed.

Connect via FTP

Open /admin/applications/members/extensions/profileTabs/status.conf.php

Find...(about line 50)
$CONFIG['plugin_order'] = 1;


Change to...
$CONFIG['plugin_order'] = 2;


Save.


Open /admin/applications/members/extensions/profileTabs/aboutme.conf.php

Find...(about line 50)
$CONFIG['plugin_order'] = 2;


Change to...
$CONFIG['plugin_order'] = 1;


Save.


You are done. :) , two quick screenshots of before and after:

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Posted Image]]> Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:25:47 +0000 61 AndyF 1 Hiding board stats from guests http://www.codersrefuge.com/tutorials/article/60-hiding-board-stats-from-guests/
ACP > Look / Feel > Skin Manager > (choose skin) > Click grey button on right > Manage Templates / CSS >

Board Index > BoardIndexTemplate

About 3/4 the way down, find...
<div id='board_statistics' class='statistics general_box clearfix'>


Change to...
<if test="$this->memberData['member_id']"><div id='board_statistics' class='statistics general_box clearfix'>


Scroll to the end of that template, find...
</if>


Change to...
</if></if>
]]> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:14:35 +0000 60 AndyF 1 Adjusting the number of status updates http://www.codersrefuge.com/tutorials/article/59-adjusting-the-number-of-status-updates/
Connect via FTP.

Look in /admin/applications/members/sources/classes/hooks/gateway.php

Find (near the end of the file, around line 84)...
$statuses = $statuses = $this->registry->getClass('memberStatus')->fetch( $this->memberData, array( 'limit' => 10, 'status_is_latest' => 1 ) );


Change the 10 there to what you require, taking care not to disturb any of the syntax and save.]]> Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:50:14 +0000 59 AndyF 1 Adding custom avatars http://www.codersrefuge.com/tutorials/article/58-adding-custom-avatars/
Firstly, collect the avatars you wish to add (.gif, .jpg and .png are suitable, do not use .bmp) and put them into a folder each on your desktop. Name each folder appropriately. It's best not to put more than about 20 to 30 into each folder. You can name the avatars numerically or however you wish. Obviously you cannot have two with the same name in the same folder.

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Remember you cannot use a space in the folder name. If you wish to have a space use an underscore, so for example "cats and dogs" becomes "cats_and_dogs", the underscore will not show on your board.

Connect via FTP. Look inside /public/style_avatars. By default it will look something like this:

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The images that are just in that directory are the ones in the "Base Gallery" , you can also see the two default avatar directories present here too. You can remove those if you wish to.

Download the index.htm file you see and place a copy of it into each folder you have created on your desktop. You can see here I have added the index.htm file into the the 'dice' folder I made. Adding this file will prevent the directory being listed if someone visits it directly, and is a sensible measure to take.

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Simply upload your newly created folders into /public/style_avatars now. The permissions should be OK, but if in doubt ensure the directories you uploaded are 755 and the avatars themselves are 644.

You can see from my example, I have simply added my new folders to the existing ones:

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Which results in the folders being listed:

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And finally the avatars themselves:

Posted Image]]> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:12:37 +0000 58 AndyF 1 <![CDATA[[IP.Board 3.1.X] Show emoticons in members status]]> http://www.codersrefuge.com/tutorials/article/56-ipboard-31x-show-emoticons-in-members-status/ admin/sources/classes/member/status.php and find:

			$statuses[ $row['status_id'] ] = $row;

Add above:

			$row['status_content'] = IPSText::getTextClass( 'bbcode' )->preDisplayParse( IPSText::getTextClass( 'bbcode' )->preDbParse( $row['status_content'] ) );


Shows in hooks sidebar, profile and member card:


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:)]]> Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:57:15 +0000 56 Adriano 1 Add Volume Control to MP3 Player http://www.codersrefuge.com/tutorials/article/54-add-volume-control-to-mp3-player/ Editing the bbcode
Once in the ACP go to Look&feel, under post content click on Manage Media BBCode

Replace the Media Replacement HTML with:
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="{board_url}/public/mp3player.swf" width="300" height="40"><param name="movie" value="{board_url}/public/mp3player.swf" /><param name="FlashVars" value="mp3=$1.mp3&autoplay=0&loop=0&showvolume=1&showstop=1&showinfo=1" /></object>


Download: Attached File  mp3player.zip (6.64K)
Number of downloads: 649
Add to: Forum Dir/Public/

[b]Result:
Attached Image: mp3player.png

Note: You Will Need To Rebuild Post Content to update the bbcode for currently posted content]]> Sat, 01 May 2010 04:33:25 +0000 54 atsaunier 1 Tabbed Categories http://www.codersrefuge.com/tutorials/article/53-tabbed-categories/
Click Here to see it in action!

If you want buy me a redbull! - (for the tutorial not the tab script) Posted Image

Dependencies:
  • jQuery
  • jwTabs (attached)


A brief note: Jeffrey-Way.com is under construction. If me attaching the script to the record please contact me and I will remove it asap!



Lets Get Started!

First Upload: jwTabs.js (attached) to /public/js
Second: Go to ACP > Look & Feel > {YourSkin} > Global Templates > globalTemplate
Find: 
</head>

Add Before:
		<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="{$this->settings['public_dir']}/js/jwTabs.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
		 jQuery.noConflict();
		jQuery(document).ready(function(){
			jQuery('#categories').jwTabs({
				fade : 200,
				tabTitleReference : 'h3 a:eq(1)',
			});
		});
		</script>


Thats It!

Optional: Press the CSS Tab - ipb_styles.css
Add to the bottom:
ul#tab-items li { display:inline; margin-right:10px; }
ul#tab-items li.tab-selected a { text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold; }
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