ColorizeBoards

[Bulakbol]

Link to Mod

Optional colors for the parent board and child board's name and description. 

[falguni1]

good mod

[Bulakbol]

Thanks falguni1.

[binal0072003]

how to change the colors

[Bulakbol]

Edit/modify your board and you will see the color input box under the board's name and one under the description. Check the attached pic.

[qtime]

thanks nice found, now I did that job with some code settings. this will make life much easier... .

[karlbenson]

Very nice indeed.

But maybe it would be good for a future version to make it choose css classes.
That way you can do a different color for each theme.

[Indy74]

Great Mod indeed!

I have a question: when i set diferent colors it show changes correctly in a manage board settings window but nothing is changed when on forum index. I guess something is overiding those settings but cant manage what. Any idea?

Thanks!

[Fallen Angel]

Think the problem is in Themes.. Like Dilber MC i cant change colors with this mod..

As you see, it changes in Admin panel BUT not on the board..


But a great idea/mod btw.....

[Bulakbol]

@karlbenson
   Thanks. You are right. The css will work on all theme but for me, css is not user friendly.

@qtime
    Sorry, I didn't get what you mean by code settings.

@Indy74
   The mod will only work with the default theme. You are probably using different theme. If so, you have to do the manual modification to BoardIndex.template.php and MessageIndex.template.php. 

[Bulakbol]

Think the problem is in Themes.. Like Dilber MC i cant change colors with this mod..


But a great idea/mod btw.....

Try doing the modification manually on  BoardIndex.template.php and MessageIndex.template.php.  It should work.

[Fallen Angel]

Think the problem is in Themes.. Like Dilber MC i cant change colors with this mod..


But a great idea/mod btw.....

Try doing the modification manually on  BoardIndex.template.php and MessageIndex.template.php.  It should work.

Can u show me the codes for those two files? Then I'll try it right now.....

[Bulakbol]

It's in the package. Read the install.xml under BoardIndex.template.php and MessageIndex.template.php. Anyway, here's the code.

BoardIndex.template.php, look for similar codes.

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echo '</a>
</td>
<td class="windowbg2">
<b><a href="', $board['href'], '" name="b', $board['id'], '">', $board['name'], '</a></b><br />
', $board['description'];


and replace with

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// Colorize board mod start
echo '</a>
</td>
<td class="windowbg2">
<strong><a href="', $board['href'], '" name="b', $board['id'], '">';
if (!empty($board['bcolor']))
echo '<span style="color: ', $board['bcolor'], ';">', $board['name'], '</span>';
else
echo $board['name'];
echo '</a></strong>';
if (!empty($board['description']))
{
echo '<br />';
if (!empty($board['dcolor']))
echo '<span style="color: ', $board['dcolor'], ';">', $board['description'], '</span>';
else
echo $board['description'];
}
// Colorize board mod ends


and in MessageIndex.template.php, look for

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echo '</a>
</td>
<td class="windowbg2">
<b><a href="', $board['href'], '" name="b', $board['id'], '">', $board['name'], '</a></b><br />
', $board['description'];


and replace with

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// Colorize board mod start
echo '</a>
</td>
<td class="windowbg2">
<strong><a href="', $board['href'], '" name="b', $board['id'], '">';
if (!empty($board['bcolor']))
echo '<span style="color: ', $board['bcolor'], ';">', $board['name'], '</span>';
else
echo $board['name'];
echo '</a></strong>';
if (!empty($board['description']))
{
echo '<br />';
if (!empty($board['dcolor']))
echo '<span style="color: ', $board['dcolor'], ';">', $board['description'], '</span>';
else
echo $board['description'];
}
// Colorize board mod ends


. Hope that helps.

[Fallen Angel]

That worked! Thanx a million!

[Bulakbol]

You're welcome. 'Glad you made it work.

[Eliana Tamerin]

Wow. This is an ingenious mod, thanks JohnyB! Works like a charm, and a great way to organize the forums for the different groups I have on my board. Thanks!

EDIT: Just a suggestion, would it be possible to apply the forum title colorization to the section that says "Child Boards: Forum One, Forum Two"? I noticed that wasn't getting affected by the mod. 

[Bulakbol]

Thanks Eliana. If you want to colorize the number of posts and number of topics, edit BoardIndex.template.php and MessageIndex.template.php. They are the same.

find

// Show some basic information about the number of posts, etc.
               echo '
            </td>
            <td class="windowbg" valign="middle" align="center" style="width: 12ex;"><span class="smalltext">
               ', $board['posts'], ' ', $txt[21], ' <br />
               ', $board['topics'],' ', $txt[330], '
            </span></td>
            <td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" width="22%">
               <span class="smalltext">';

and replace with

// Show some basic information about the number of posts, etc.
            // Colorize board start
               echo '
            </td>
            <td class="windowbg" valign="middle" align="center" style="width: 12ex;">';
            if (!empty($board['bcolor']))
               echo '<span style="color: ', $board['bcolor'], ';" class="smalltext">';
            else
               echo '<span class="smalltext">';
            echo '
               ', $board['posts'], ' ', $txt[21], ' <br />
               ', $board['topics'],' ', $txt[330], '
            </span></td>
            <td class="windowbg2" valign="middle" width="22%">
               <span class="smalltext">';
            // Colorize board ends

It will looks like this (except for the colorized category and child boards).

[Bulakbol]

EDIT: Just a suggestion, would it be possible to apply the forum title colorization to the section that says "Child Boards: Forum One, Forum Two"? I noticed that wasn't getting affected by the mod. 

Thanks for the suggestion. I appreciated it. It will be in version 2.0 tho. Everything will be colorized.

[Eliana Tamerin]

Sounds great, JohnyB. I look forward to 2.0.

[Bulakbol]

Sure. I will release it sometimes next week.  Thanks.