Invision Modding - Tutorials

Center Replies and Posts Automatically

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:20:06 +0000

Center Replies and Posts Automatically

make any post in the center simple

log in ur acp :

and go to look and feel

chose ur style

open style css and find :

.postcolor{

add Below :

text-align: center;

save and reload ur css ...

and any new posts or replies will be centerd

Dr.Ahmed

Add Basmalah's to each new topic

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:26:36 +0000

Add Basmalah's to each new topic

اضافة البسملة اعلى الموضوع في كل موضوع جديد

open file :

sources/classes/post/class_post.php

search in compile_post()

Find :

$this->ipsclass->input['Post'] = $this->han_editor->process_raw_post( 'Post' );

add below :

if ($this->ipsclass->input['CODE'] == '01')
        {
           
           $basmala = "  

";
           $basmala .= $this->ipsclass->input['Post'];
           $this->ipsclass->input['Post'] = $basmala;
        }

you can change the image height and width by changing this section

width=\"254\" height=\"154\"

and you can add any image you want by changing this section

img src=\"bismillah.gif\

screen shot

enjoy ....

Dr.Ahmed

Animated snow in forum

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:31:25 +0000

If you want animated snow in all of your forum (useful for north globe hemisphere in this season) , download this javascript:
http://www.schillman...ects/snowstorm/
unzip it.

rename the main downloaded folder in "snow"

upload this folder via FTP in your skin folder (public/style_images/master or other skin)

ACP > Look & Feel > Manage Skin Sets & Templates > select your skin > Global Templates > globalTemplate

and add just before the close of tag /head this code

Live preview for 1 month http://www.invisionita.it/forum

Add one or more custom block in sidebar

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:44:50 +0000

As you all know you can add some automatic or custom content in the sidebar of the board index of IPB 3.2
To insert new custom blocks you can use the classical (e32)Custom Sidebar Blocks 1.5.0 http://community.inv...sidebar-blocks/ that allows you to insert one or more custom blocks in sidebar, but all these will be displayed next to each other, and not interspaced with other automatic blocks.
With a manual edit of template you can put at least another 2 blocks, one or more blocks in the sidebar above all, and one or more below all.

Look&Feel - Manage Skin Sets & Templates - your skin - boardindexTemplate

Find this:

	           
				{$block}

and add BEFORE and or AFTER:

<!-- SIDEBAR BLOCK MANUAL BEGIN -->

	TITLE
	
		MESSAGGIO HTML  MESSAGGIO HTML MESSAGGIO HTML
	

<!-- SIDEBAR BLOCK MANUAL END -->

Adjust the log pruning schedule

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:27:52 +0000

IP.Board provides options (System Settings > Advanced > Log Pruning) to enable / disable pruning various logs such as spider logs, database error logs, spam logs etc.

The only issue some administrators may have is that thirty days may be too long, or in some rare cases not enough but again not enough to justify not pruning them.

A simple tweak is possible to adjust the pruning schedule.

Connect via FTP or your hosts file manager and open admin/applications/core/tasks/logprune.php

Around line 34, find...

protected $deleteTime = 2592000;

Replace that line with one of the following, depending on what you require.

14 days

protected $deleteTime = 1209600;

7 days

protected $deleteTime = 604800;

3 days

protected $deleteTime = 259200;

Save the change. The settings description will still indicate 30 days but the actual pruning will take place at the days interval you have specified. , remember this change will effect them all so you may wish to disable any pruning you do not want to occur at that interval.

Public polls by default

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:53:48 +0000

Here is a quick, simple tutorial on how to have "Make votes public?" checked by default. This may eliminate the problem of members who do wish to have a public poll but are unable to change it after submitting it.

A small skin edit is required.

ACP > Look / Feel > Skin Manager > (choose skin) > Manage Templates / CSS > Post Screen > Poll Box >

Find...


						checked='checked' />
						{$this->lang->words['poll_fs_public']}

Change to...


						checked='checked' />
						{$this->lang->words['poll_fs_public']}

Save the change. Repeat for other skins if required. Quick pic:

Adding joined date to topic view

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:22:30 +0000

Its very easy with a small skin edit to add the joined date back to topic view on 3.2 if you require it.

ACP > Look / Feel > Skin Manager > (choose skin) > Manage Templates / CSS > Global Templates > UserInfoPane

Find...

		
			{parse expression="$this->registry->getClass('class_localization')->formatNumber( intval( $author['posts'] ) )"} {$this->lang->words['m_posts']}

Add this after the tag but before the tag...

{$this->lang->words['m_joined']} {parse date="$author['joined']" format="joined"}

So you end up with this:

		
			{parse expression="$this->registry->getClass('class_localization')->formatNumber( intval( $author['posts'] ) )"} {$this->lang->words['m_posts']}
		
		
{$this->lang->words['m_joined']} {parse date="$author['joined']" format="joined"}

Save. Quick pic:

You might want to add a
tag or suchlike to space it out, but that's essentially it.

How to Translate protected Language Packs IPB 3.2

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:35:42 +0000

Sometimes you want to translate a word in the english (ID = 1) language pack.
But you get the "This is a protected language pack" error.

In this tutorial i will let you see how to remove this.

Its very simple.

1. Login to your ACP
2. Click on the Support Tab
3. On the left side: SQL Management > SQL Toolbox
4. Scroll to the bottom and put the next query in the "Run Query" Textarea

UPDATE YOURPREFIX_core_sys_lang SET lang_protected = 0 WHERE lang_protected = 1

replace "YOURPREFIX" with your own prefix.
if you haven't a database prefix you can just run

UPDATE core_sys_lang SET lang_protected = 0 WHERE lang_protected = 1

Now you can translate protected language packages. So you're Done!

Cookie Settings

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:48:52 +0000

I see a fair few topics where people are having issues staying logged into their board. I thought I would write a very quick tutorial explaining a recommended settings.

This is not a "one size fits all" tutorial, but I think most boards will be OK with these settings, although there will always be exceptions.

Navigate here > ACP > System > Tools / Settings > "System" > Server Environment > Cookies section

Cookie Domain ... Just put your URL into here with a . prefix, regardless of whether your board is at www.site.com or www.site.com/forum, it does not matter. Don't forget the leading . , Example:

.site.com

Cookie Name Prefix ... You can normally leave blank unless you have multiple IPB's installed on this domain. I would suggest you put in something to identify your board simply to help if you decide to install any other applications to your domain. Something like

-forum-

is ideal to enter here.

Cookie Path ... Typically you can leave this blank.

Change the sidebar to the left side

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:11:51 +0000

Result:

ACP > Look & Feel > Your Skin > board index > boardIndexTemplate

find:


		style='display: none'>
			
				{$block}

copy and remove this code and paste it before

now change




to










find:



>templateVars['sidebar_enabled']">ipsLayout_withright ipsLayout_largeright clearfix 


change to:



>templateVars['sidebar_enabled']">ipsLayout_withleft ipsLayout_largeleft clearfix 


now open ACP > Look & Feel > Your skin > CSS > Styles.css



find:



#toggle_sidebar {
	position: absolute;
	right: -5px;
	top: -13px;
	z-index: 8000;
	background: #333333;
	padding: 3px 7px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
	-moz-border-radius: 4px;
	border-radius: 4px;
	color: #fff;
	opacity: 0;
	-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out;
	-moz-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out;
}



to:



#toggle_sidebar {
	position: absolute;
	left: -5px;
	top: -13px;
	z-index: 8000;
	background: #333333;
	padding: 3px 7px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
	-moz-border-radius: 4px;
	border-radius: 4px;
	color: #fff;
	opacity: 0;
	-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out;
	-moz-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out;
}



now find:



#board_index { position: relative; }
	#board_index.no_sidebar { padding-right: 0px; }
		#board_index.force_sidebar { padding-right: 290px; }



change to



#board_index { position: relative; }
	#board_index.no_sidebar { padding-left: 0px; }
		#board_index.force_sidebar { padding-left: 290px; }



and you're done!



tutorial created by Paradiizee