Question regarding the News Fader

[firestorm]

I absolutely like the news fader.  However, I am wanting it to display on ALL my pages, instead of just my main page.  By all, I mean all my topics and threads, wherever the normal news would be displayed.

hxxp:www.tjbarnettonline.com/smf/ [nonactive]

That is the link to the forum.  It is kinda just getting started, and I am absolutely loving the SMF software.

Thanks in advance,
Firestorm

[firestorm]

Does no one know how to do this?

Firestorm

[firestorm]

...but getting this news fader on EVERY page is something I would like to do, but I am not sure how to do it.  Can someone please help me with this?

[codenaught]

In every template file you want to add the news fader box to:

Find the very first </table>';

and add after that:

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// Show the news fader?  (assuming there are things to show...)
if ($settings['show_newsfader'] && !empty($context['fader_news_lines']))
{
echo '
<div class="tborder" style="margin-bottom: 2ex;">
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4">
<tr class="titlebg" align="center">
<td>', $txt[102], '</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" align="center" height="60">';

// Prepare all the javascript settings.
echo '
<div id="smfFadeScroller" style="width: 90%; padding: 2px;"><b>', $context['news_lines'][0], '</b></div>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
// The fading delay (in ms.)
var smfFadeDelay = ', empty($settings['newsfader_time']) ? 5000 : $settings['newsfader_time'], ';
// Fade from... what text color?  To which background color?
var smfFadeFrom = {"r": 0, "g": 0, "b": 0}, smfFadeTo = {"r": 255, "g": 255, "b": 255};
// Surround each item with... anything special?
var smfFadeBefore = "<b>", smfFadeAfter = "</b>";

var foreColor, backEl, backColor;

if (typeof(document.getElementById(\'smfFadeScroller\').currentStyle) != "undefined")
{
foreColor = document.getElementById(\'smfFadeScroller\').currentStyle.color.match(/#([\da-f][\da-f])([\da-f][\da-f])([\da-f][\da-f])/);
smfFadeFrom = {"r": parseInt(foreColor[1]), "g": parseInt(foreColor[2]), "b": parseInt(foreColor[3])};

backEl = document.getElementById(\'smfFadeScroller\');
while (backEl.currentStyle.backgroundColor == "transparent" && typeof(backEl.parentNode) != "undefined")
backEl = backEl.parentNode;

backColor = backEl.currentStyle.backgroundColor.match(/#([\da-f][\da-f])([\da-f][\da-f])([\da-f][\da-f])/);
smfFadeTo = {"r": eval("0x" + backColor[1]), "g": eval("0x" + backColor[2]), "b": eval("0x" + backColor[3])};
}
else if (typeof(window.opera) == "undefined" && typeof(document.defaultView) != "undefined")
{
foreColor = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(document.getElementById(\'smfFadeScroller\'), null).color.match(/rgb\((\d+), (\d+), (\d+)\)/);
smfFadeFrom = {"r": parseInt(foreColor[1]), "g": parseInt(foreColor[2]), "b": parseInt(foreColor[3])};

backEl = document.getElementById(\'smfFadeScroller\');
while (document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(backEl, null).backgroundColor == "transparent" && typeof(backEl.parentNode) != "undefined" && typeof(backEl.parentNode.tagName) != "undefined")
backEl = backEl.parentNode;

backColor = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(backEl, null).backgroundColor.match(/rgb\((\d+), (\d+), (\d+)\)/);
smfFadeTo = {"r": parseInt(backColor[1]), "g": parseInt(backColor[2]), "b": parseInt(backColor[3])};
}

// List all the lines of the news for display.
var smfFadeContent = new Array(
"', implode('",
"', $context['fader_news_lines']), '"
);
// ]]></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="', $settings['default_theme_url'], '/fader.js"></script>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>';
}

Important template files I can think of that you would probably want to add it to: MessageIndex.template.php, Display.template.php

Most of the rest, you would probably be better off not putting it in, for example, would you really want it on the posting screen? But it all comes down to personal preference. So add it to whatever pages you would like.

[firestorm]

Thank you very much for your help.  I will try it as soon as I can, and post if it works.

Firestorm