[shane is my name]

hello, im just not as good at php as i thought (i never thought i was too good, but at least kind of good -lol)  because im on the message template and just can not figure this out.  how can i add the word "STICKY" before the stickied subject when viewing all post in a board?

[Sverre]

MessageIndex.template.php

Code: (find) [Select]

', $topic['is_sticky'] ? '<b>' : '' , '<span id="msg_' . $topic['first_post']['id'] . '">', $topic['first_post']['link'], '</span>', $topic['is_sticky'] ? '</b>' : '';

Code: (replace) [Select]

', $topic['is_sticky'] ? '<span class="sticky">' . $txt['sticky'] . '</span><b>' : '' , '<span id="msg_' . $topic['first_post']['id'] . '">', $topic['first_post']['link'], '</span>', $topic['is_sticky'] ? '</b>' : '';

Modifications.english.php

Code: (add) [Select]

$txt['sticky'] = 'Sticky:';

style.css

Code: (add and style to your liking) [Select]

.sticky
{
}

[shane is my name]

Thanks for the assistance.
I did all that you said, but there was no change.
I even made the CSS style font size 18 just as a test to see if the changes were even registering but nothing happenned.

Anything I could have missed?

[Sverre]

A hard refresh (Ctrl + F5) maybe? Because it seems to be working fine judging by the forum in your signature...

[shane is my name]

I never knew about CTRL + F5  (thanks for that). Is that the same as pressing Refresh on the web browser?

I did it, but still no change for me?  Do you see the word "Sticky:" before my sticky topic?

[Sverre]

You could perhaps try to delete your browser's cache in case the hard refresh didn't take properly.

[shane is my name]

hey thank you very much!! You obviously see it on your computer and thats exactly what I was looking for. 

I'll do what you said with the cache.

again, thanks for the code and for helping me out with this!

[shane is my name]

I just found out something odd....
I signed into a different screen name (non admin), and I could see it, but not only that, it had different "new.gif" icons???
I right clicked properties and the new.gif icons linked to Themes/stylized/images/english/new.gif

whereas my admin login linked to:
Themes/stylized/images/english-utf8/new.gif

I checked server settings and they were set to English, I even checked my admin profile language seting and it too was set to english,  yet my admin is using english utf8? and therefore seeing different things....
that explains why i could not see the "Sticky" text... does anyone know why this is?

[Sverre]

I've never used UTF8 and/or multiple language packs on any of my SMF installations, so I'm probably not the right person to give advice on this, but adding the new language string to Modifications.english-utf8.php should make it work when using English-UTF8 as well though.

As for why your Admin account is using English-UTF8 even if the account's language setting is set to "English", I'm pretty sure I've seen reports stating that both regular English and English-UTF8 appear as "English" in the language drop down lists, and if that's true for your site as well, just switch to the other "English" option to see what happens.

[shane is my name]

Thanks. 
I didnt have two english options in my language selection, but I went & selected a different language, and then i re-selected the english language, and now it is working.    weird, but as long as it works!  lol
Sooooo  Im finally good with this! 

Thanks again for ALL the help. I sincerely appreciate it!

[shane is my name]

LOL I give up!.   it worked that day, but today, i sign on under admin and its back to using the utf8 again... all by itself. lol  thats just crazy...

oh well, i will modify that other template you suggested. 

its just bothering me though...   lol