[Trick] Show board icon as "on" to guests

[Antes]

This small trick allows you to show board icons as on all the time to guests.

Open BoardIndex.template.php

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                // If the board or children is new, show an indicator.
                if ($board['new'] || $board['children_new'])
                    echo '

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                // If the board or children is new, show an indicator.
                if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
                    echo '
                            <img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/', $context['theme_variant_url'], 'on','.png" alt="', $txt['new_posts'], '" title="', $txt['new_posts'], '" />';
                elseif ($board['new'] || $board['children_new'])
                    echo '

[Matthew K.]

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                // If the board or children is new, show an indicator.
                if ($board['new'] || $board['children_new'])
                    echo '

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                // If the board or children is new, show an indicator.
                if ($board['new'] || $board['children_new'] || $user_info['is_guest'])
                    echo '

[Antes]

then you'll show on2.png or on.png based on which variable returns true.

[Antechinus]

Are you sure that will work? Does the forum track what is new for guests?

[ARG01]

I have on a few occasions upon request set the New Post "new_some" icon to be visible to guests under the boards along with the No New Post "new_none.png" and Redirect Board "new_redirect.png" icons. The only actual good I see in this is to show newbies that they must be logged in to see any new posts. It may help, it may not but just seems more practical.

[Illori]

Are you sure that will work? Does the forum track what is new for guests?

nope smf does not show the new flag to guests.

[Arantor]

The point is to show guests the 'on' icon to entice them into viewing. 2.1 already does this but like so many other things I regret making the change because conservatism is alive and well.

[Jade Elizabeth]

I use it for my site because it makes it prettier
http://www.creativeburrow.org/