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Started by Kat9119, June 20, 2012, 02:07:13 PM

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Kat9119

My forum is not live, so I can't give a link, sorry, all I can do is provide an image.

I'm trying to get a banner above my forum. As you can see from the image, I've been able to add a two row table above, and where the text states I need an image, I keep posting the <img src="url"> but no image appears. Rather strange to me! Any ideas why this might not be showing up? I've tried dozens of different images on my local machine and on the web. Not working.

Here is my code:

<?php
/**
 * Simple Machines Forum (SMF)
 *
 * @package SMF
 * @author Simple Machines
 * @copyright 2011 Simple Machines
 * @license http://www.simplemachines.org/about/smf/license.php BSD
 *
 * @version 2.0
 */

/* This template is, perhaps, the most important template in the theme. It
contains the main template layer that displays the header and footer of
the forum, namely with main_above and main_below. It also contains the
menu sub template, which appropriately displays the menu; the init sub
template, which is there to set the theme up; (init can be missing.) and
the linktree sub template, which sorts out the link tree.

The init sub template should load any data and set any hardcoded options.

The main_above sub template is what is shown above the main content, and
should contain anything that should be shown up there.

The main_below sub template, conversely, is shown after the main content.
It should probably contain the copyright statement and some other things.

The linktree sub template should display the link tree, using the data
in the $context['linktree'] variable.

The menu sub template should display all the relevant buttons the user
wants and or needs.

For more information on the templating system, please see the site at:
http://www.simplemachines.org/
*/

// Initialize the template... mainly little settings.
function template_init()
{
global $context$settings$options$txt;

/* Use images from default theme when using templates from the default theme?
if this is 'always', images from the default theme will be used.
if this is 'defaults', images from the default theme will only be used with default templates.
if this is 'never' or isn't set at all, images from the default theme will not be used. */
$settings['use_default_images'] = 'never';

/* What document type definition is being used? (for font size and other issues.)
'xhtml' for an XHTML 1.0 document type definition.
'html' for an HTML 4.01 document type definition. */
$settings['doctype'] = 'xhtml';

/* The version this template/theme is for.
This should probably be the version of SMF it was created for. */
$settings['theme_version'] = '2.0';

/* Set a setting that tells the theme that it can render the tabs. */
$settings['use_tabs'] = true;

/* Use plain buttons - as opposed to text buttons? */
$settings['use_buttons'] = true;

/* Show sticky and lock status separate from topic icons? */
$settings['separate_sticky_lock'] = true;

/* Does this theme use the strict doctype? */
$settings['strict_doctype'] = false;

/* Does this theme use post previews on the message index? */
$settings['message_index_preview'] = false;

/* Set the following variable to true if this theme requires the optional theme strings file to be loaded. */
$settings['require_theme_strings'] = false;
}

// The main sub template above the content.
function template_html_above()
{
global $context$settings$options$scripturl$txt$modSettings;

// Show right to left and the character set for ease of translating.
echo '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"'
$context['right_to_left'] ? ' dir="rtl"' '''><head>';

// The ?fin20 part of this link is just here to make sure browsers don't cache it wrongly.
echo '
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="'
$settings['theme_url'], '/css/index'$context['theme_variant'], '.css?fin20" />';

// Some browsers need an extra stylesheet due to bugs/compatibility issues.
foreach (array('ie7''ie6''webkit') as $cssfix)
if ($context['browser']['is_' $cssfix])
echo '
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="'
$settings['theme_url'], '/css/'$cssfix'.css" />';

// RTL languages require an additional stylesheet.
if ($context['right_to_left'])
echo '
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="'
$settings['theme_url'], '/css/rtl.css" />';

// Here comes the JavaScript bits!
echo '
<script type="text/javascript" src="'
$settings['default_theme_url'], '/scripts/script.js?fin20"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="'
$settings['theme_url'], '/scripts/theme.js?fin20"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
var smf_theme_url = "'
$settings['theme_url'], '";
var smf_default_theme_url = "'
$settings['default_theme_url'], '";
var smf_images_url = "'
$settings['images_url'], '";
var smf_scripturl = "'
$scripturl'";
var smf_iso_case_folding = '
$context['server']['iso_case_folding'] ? 'true' 'false'';
var smf_charset = "'
$context['character_set'], '";'$context['show_pm_popup'] ? '
var fPmPopup = function ()
{
if (confirm("' 
$txt['show_personal_messages'] . '"))
window.open(smf_prepareScriptUrl(smf_scripturl) + "action=pm");
}
addLoadEvent(fPmPopup);' 
'''
var ajax_notification_text = "'
$txt['ajax_in_progress'], '";
var ajax_notification_cancel_text = "'
$txt['modify_cancel'], '";
// ]]></script>'
;

echo '
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset='
$context['character_set'], '" />
<meta name="description" content="'
$context['page_title_html_safe'], '" />', !empty($context['meta_keywords']) ? '
<meta name="keywords" content="' 
$context['meta_keywords'] . '" />' '''
<title>'
$context['page_title_html_safe'], '</title>';

// Please don't index these Mr Robot.
if (!empty($context['robot_no_index']))
echo '
<meta name="robots" content="noindex" />'
;

// Present a canonical url for search engines to prevent duplicate content in their indices.
if (!empty($context['canonical_url']))
echo '
<link rel="canonical" href="'
$context['canonical_url'], '" />';

// Show all the relative links, such as help, search, contents, and the like.
echo '
<link rel="help" href="'
$scripturl'?action=help" />
<link rel="search" href="' 
$scripturl '?action=search" />
<link rel="contents" href="'
$scripturl'" />';

// If RSS feeds are enabled, advertise the presence of one.
if (!empty($modSettings['xmlnews_enable']) && (!empty($modSettings['allow_guestAccess']) || $context['user']['is_logged']))
echo '
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="'
$context['forum_name_html_safe'], ' - '$txt['rss'], '" href="'$scripturl'?type=rss;action=.xml" />';

// If we're viewing a topic, these should be the previous and next topics, respectively.
if (!empty($context['current_topic']))
echo '
<link rel="prev" href="'
$scripturl'?topic='$context['current_topic'], '.0;prev_next=prev" />
<link rel="next" href="'
$scripturl'?topic='$context['current_topic'], '.0;prev_next=next" />';

// If we're in a board, or a topic for that matter, the index will be the board's index.
if (!empty($context['current_board']))
echo '
<link rel="index" href="'
$scripturl'?board='$context['current_board'], '.0" />';

// We'll have to use the cookie to remember the header...
if ($context['user']['is_guest'])
{
$options['collapse_header'] = !empty($_COOKIE['upshrink']);
$options['collapse_header_ic'] = !empty($_COOKIE['upshrinkIC']);
}

// Output any remaining HTML headers. (from mods, maybe?)
echo $context['html_headers'];

echo '
</head>
<body> 
<table width="1000" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#093753" bgcolor="#000000">
  <tr>
    <td width="1000"><center>IMAGE IS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE</center></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td bgcolor="#093753"><div align="center"><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /><a href="http://www.campblood.net/index2.htm">Camp Blood</a> <font color="#FFFFFF">::</font> <a href="http://www.campblood.net/films/films.htm">The Films</a> <font color="#FFFFFF">::</font> <a href="http://www.campblood.net/gallery">Photo &amp; Video Gallery</a> <font color="#FFFFFF">::</font> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Camp-Blood-The-Home-of-Jason-Voorhees/183944613874">Facebook</a> <font color="#FFFFFF">::</font> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/CampBloodDOTNet">YouTube</a> <font color="#FFFFFF">::</font> <a href="http://www.campblood.net/store/store.html">Store</a></font><br />
      <br />
    </div></td>
  </tr>
</table>'
;
}

function 
template_body_above()
{
global $context$settings$options$scripturl$txt$modSettings;

echo '
<div id="mainframe"'
, !empty($settings['forum_width']) ? ' style="width: ' $settings['forum_width'] . '"' '''>
<div class="tborder">
<div class="catbg">
</div>'
;

// Display user name and time.
echo '
<ul id="greeting_section" class="reset titlebg2">
<li id="time" class="smalltext floatright">
'
$context['current_time'], '
<img id="upshrink" src="'
$settings['images_url'], '/upshrink.gif" alt="*" title="'$txt['upshrink_description'], '" align="bottom" style="display: none;" />
</li>'
;

if ($context['user']['is_logged'])
echo '
<li id="name">'
$txt['hello_member_ndt'], ' <em>'$context['user']['name'], '</em></li>';
else
echo '
<li id="name">'
$txt['hello_guest'], ' <em>'$txt['guest'], '</em></li>';

echo '
</ul>'
;

if ($context['user']['is_logged'] || !empty($context['show_login_bar']))
echo '
<div id="user_section" class="bordercolor"'
, empty($options['collapse_header']) ? '' ' style="display: none;"''>
<div class="windowbg2 clearfix">'
;

if (!empty($context['user']['avatar']))
echo '
<div id="myavatar">'
$context['user']['avatar']['image'], '</div>';

// If the user is logged in, display stuff like their name, new messages, etc.
if ($context['user']['is_logged'])
{
echo '
<ul class="reset">
<li><a href="'
$scripturl'?action=unread">'$txt['unread_since_visit'], '</a></li>
<li><a href="'
$scripturl'?action=unreadreplies">'$txt['show_unread_replies'], '</a></li>';

// Is the forum in maintenance mode?
if ($context['in_maintenance'] && $context['user']['is_admin'])
echo '
<li class="notice">'
$txt['maintain_mode_on'], '</li>';

// Are there any members waiting for approval?
if (!empty($context['unapproved_members']))
echo '
<li>'
$context['unapproved_members'] == $txt['approve_thereis'] : $txt['approve_thereare'], ' <a href="'$scripturl'?action=admin;area=viewmembers;sa=browse;type=approve">'$context['unapproved_members'] == $txt['approve_member'] : $context['unapproved_members'] . ' ' $txt['approve_members'], '</a> '$txt['approve_members_waiting'], '</li>';

// Show the total time logged in?
if (!empty($context['user']['total_time_logged_in']))
{
echo '
<li>'
$txt['totalTimeLogged1'];

// If days is just zero, don't bother to show it.
if ($context['user']['total_time_logged_in']['days'] > 0)
echo $context['user']['total_time_logged_in']['days'] . $txt['totalTimeLogged2'];

// Same with hours - only show it if it's above zero.
if ($context['user']['total_time_logged_in']['hours'] > 0)
echo $context['user']['total_time_logged_in']['hours'] . $txt['totalTimeLogged3'];

// But, let's always show minutes - Time wasted here: 0 minutes ;).
echo $context['user']['total_time_logged_in']['minutes'], $txt['totalTimeLogged4'], '
</li>'
;
}

if (!empty($context['open_mod_reports']) && $context['show_open_reports'])
echo '
<li><a href="'
$scripturl'?action=moderate;area=reports">'sprintf($txt['mod_reports_waiting'], $context['open_mod_reports']), '</a></li>';
echo '
</ul>'
;
}
// Otherwise they're a guest - this time ask them to either register or login - lazy bums...
elseif (!empty($context['show_login_bar']))
{
echo '
<script type="text/javascript" src="'
$settings['default_theme_url'], '/scripts/sha1.js"></script>
<form class="windowbg" id="guest_form" action="'
$scripturl'?action=login2" method="post" accept-charset="'$context['character_set'], '" ', empty($context['disable_login_hashing']) ? ' onsubmit="hashLoginPassword(this, \'' $context['session_id'] . '\');"' '''>
'
$txt['login_or_register'], '<br />
<input type="text" name="user" size="10" class="input_text" />
<input type="password" name="passwrd" size="10" class="input_password" />
<select name="cookielength">
<option value="60">'
$txt['one_hour'], '</option>
<option value="1440">'
$txt['one_day'], '</option>
<option value="10080">'
$txt['one_week'], '</option>
<option value="43200">'
$txt['one_month'], '</option>
<option value="-1" selected="selected">'
$txt['forever'], '</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="'
$txt['login'], '" class="button_submit" /><br />
'
$txt['quick_login_dec'];

if (!empty($modSettings['enableOpenID']))
echo '
<br />
<input type="text" name="openid_identifier" id="openid_url" size="25" class="input_text openid_login" />'
;

echo '
<input type="hidden" name="hash_passwrd" value="" />
</form>'
;
}

if ($context['user']['is_logged'] || !empty($context['show_login_bar']))
echo '
</div>
</div>'
;

echo '
<div id="news_section" class="titlebg2 clearfix"'
, empty($options['collapse_header']) ? '' ' style="display: none;"''>
<form class="floatright" id="search_form" action="'
$scripturl'?action=search2" method="post" accept-charset="'$context['character_set'], '">
<a href="'
$scripturl'?action=search;advanced" title="'$txt['search_advanced'], '"><img id="advsearch" src="'.$settings['images_url'].'/filter.gif" align="middle" alt="'$txt['search_advanced'], '" /></a>
<input type="text" name="search" value="" style="width: 190px;" class="input_text" />&nbsp;
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="'
$txt['search'], '" style="width: 11ex;" class="button_submit" />
<input type="hidden" name="advanced" value="0" />'
;

// Search within current topic?
if (!empty($context['current_topic']))
echo '
<input type="hidden" name="topic" value="'
$context['current_topic'], '" />';
// If we're on a certain board, limit it to this board ;).
elseif (!empty($context['current_board']))
echo '
<input type="hidden" name="brd['
$context['current_board'], ']" value="'$context['current_board'], '" />';

echo '
</form>'
;

// Show a random news item? (or you could pick one from news_lines...)
if (!empty($settings['enable_news']))
echo '
<div id="random_news"><h3>'
$txt['news'], ':</h3><p>'$context['random_news_line'], '</p></div>';

echo '
</div>
</div>'
;

// Define the upper_section toggle in JavaScript.
echo '
<script type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
var oMainHeaderToggle = new smc_Toggle({
bToggleEnabled: true,
bCurrentlyCollapsed: '
, empty($options['collapse_header']) ? 'false' 'true'',
aSwappableContainers: [
\'user_section\',
\'news_section\'
],
aSwapImages: [
{
sId: \'upshrink\',
srcExpanded: smf_images_url + \'/upshrink.gif\',
altExpanded: '
JavaScriptEscape($txt['upshrink_description']), ',
srcCollapsed: smf_images_url + \'/upshrink2.gif\',
altCollapsed: '
JavaScriptEscape($txt['upshrink_description']), '
}
],
oThemeOptions: {
bUseThemeSettings: '
$context['user']['is_guest'] ? 'false' 'true'',
sOptionName: \'collapse_header\',
sSessionVar: '
JavaScriptEscape($context['session_var']), ',
sSessionId: '
JavaScriptEscape($context['session_id']), '
},
oCookieOptions: {
bUseCookie: '
$context['user']['is_guest'] ? 'true' 'false'',
sCookieName: \'upshrink\'
}
});
// ]]></script>'
;

// Show the menu here, according to the menu sub template.
template_menu();

// Show the navigation tree.
theme_linktree();

// The main content should go here.
echo '
<div id="bodyarea">'
;
}

function 
template_body_below()
{
global $context$settings$options$scripturl$txt$modSettings;

echo '
</div>'
;

// Show the "Powered by" and "Valid" logos, as well as the copyright. Remember, the copyright must be somewhere!
echo '
<div id="footerarea" class="headerpadding topmargin clearfix">
<ul class="reset smalltext">
<li class="copyright">'
theme_copyright(), '</li>
<li><a id="button_xhtml" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer" target="_blank" class="new_win" title="'
$txt['valid_xhtml'], '"><span>'$txt['xhtml'], '</span></a></li>
'
, !empty($modSettings['xmlnews_enable']) && (!empty($modSettings['allow_guestAccess']) || $context['user']['is_logged']) ? '<li><a id="button_rss" href="' $scripturl '?action=.xml;type=rss" class="new_win"><span>' $txt['rss'] . '</span></a></li>' '''
<li class="last"><a id="button_wap2" href="'
$scripturl '?wap2" class="new_win"><span>'$txt['wap2'], '</span></a></li>
</ul>'
;

// Show the load time?
if ($context['show_load_time'])
echo '
<p class="smalltext" id="show_loadtime">'
$txt['page_created'], $context['load_time'], $txt['seconds_with'], $context['load_queries'], $txt['queries'], '</p>';

echo '
</div>
</div>'
;
}

function 
template_html_below()
{
global $context$settings$options$scripturl$txt$modSettings;

echo '
</body></html>'
;
}

// Show a linktree. This is that thing that shows "My Community | General Category | General Discussion"..
function theme_linktree($force_show false)
{
global $context$settings$options$shown_linktree;

// If linktree is empty, just return - also allow an override.
if (empty($context['linktree']) || (!empty($context['dont_default_linktree']) && !$force_show))
return;

echo '
<ul class="linktree" id="linktree_'
, empty($shown_linktree) ? 'upper' 'lower''">';

// Each tree item has a URL and name. Some may have extra_before and extra_after.
foreach ($context['linktree'] as $link_num => $tree)
{
echo '
<li'
, ($link_num == count($context['linktree']) - 1) ? ' class="last"' '''>';

// Show something before the link?
if (isset($tree['extra_before']))
echo $tree['extra_before'];

// Show the link, including a URL if it should have one.
echo $settings['linktree_link'] && isset($tree['url']) ? '
<a href="' 
$tree['url'] . '"><span>' $tree['name'] . '</span></a>' '<span>' $tree['name'] . '</span>';

// Show something after the link...?
if (isset($tree['extra_after']))
echo $tree['extra_after'];

// Don't show a separator for the last one.
if ($link_num != count($context['linktree']) - 1)
echo ' &gt;';

echo '
</li>'
;
}
echo '
</ul>'
;

$shown_linktree true;
}

// Show the menu up top. Something like [home] [help] [profile] [logout]...
function template_menu()
{
global $context$settings$options$scripturl$txt;

echo '
<div class="main_menu">
<ul class="reset clearfix">'
;

foreach ($context['menu_buttons'] as $act => $button)
{
$classes = array();
if (!empty($button['active_button']))
$classes[] = 'active';
if (!empty($button['is_last']))
$classes[] = 'last';
/* IE6 can't do multiple class selectors */
if ($context['browser']['is_ie6'] && !empty($button['active_button']) && !empty($button['is_last']))
$classes[] = 'lastactive';

$classes implode(' '$classes);

echo '
<li id="button_'
$act'"', !empty($classes) ? ' class="' $classes '"' '''>
<a title="'
, !empty($button['alttitle']) ? $button['alttitle'] : $button['title'], '" href="'$button['href'], '"', isset($button['target']) ? ' target="' $button['target'] . '"' '''>
<span>'
, ($button['active_button'] ? '<em>' ''), $button['title'], ($button['active_button'] ? '</em>' ''), '</span>
</a>
</li>'
;
}

echo '
</ul>
</div>'
;
}

// Generate a strip of buttons.
function template_button_strip($button_strip$direction 'top'$strip_options = array())
{
global $settings$context$txt$scripturl;

if (!is_array($strip_options))
$strip_options = array();

// Right to left menu should be in reverse order.
if ($context['right_to_left'])
$button_strip array_reverse($button_striptrue);

// Create the buttons...
$buttons = array();
foreach ($button_strip as $key => $value)
if (!isset($value['test']) || !empty($context[$value['test']]))
$buttons[] = '
<li' 
. (isset($value['active']) ? ' class="active"' '') . '><a' . (isset($value['id']) ? ' id="button_strip_' $value['id'] . '"' '') . ' class="button_strip_' $key '" href="' $value['url'] . '"' . (isset($value['custom']) ? ' ' $value['custom'] : '') . '><span>' . (isset($value['active']) ? '<em>' $txt[$value['text']] . '</em>' $txt[$value['text']]) . '</span></a></li>';

// No buttons? No button strip either.
if (empty($buttons))
return;

// Make the last one, as easy as possible.
$list_item = array('<li>''<li class="active">');
$active_item = array('<li class="last">''<li class="active last lastactive">');

$buttons[count($buttons) - 1] = str_replace($list_item$active_item$buttons[count($buttons) - 1]);

echo '
<div class="buttonlist'
$direction != 'top' '_bottom' '''"', (empty($buttons) ? ' style="display: none;"' ''), (!empty($strip_options['id']) ? ' id="' $strip_options['id'] . '"'''), '>
<ul class="reset clearfix">'
,
implode(''$buttons), '
</ul>
</div>'
;
}

?>

TheListener

A link to the theme will help.

Why not use the image box in admin?

Admin > Configuration >  Theme settings > Current Theme


Look for:
Logo image URL:
(leave blank to show forum name or default logo.)

Kat9119

Quote from: Old Fossil on June 20, 2012, 02:13:33 PM
A link to the theme will help.

Why not use the image box in admin?

Admin > Configuration >  Theme settings > Current Theme


Look for:
Logo image URL:
(leave blank to show forum name or default logo.)


I removed all that from my index.template.php so now I can't use it. Honestly I thought it was only a box for little logos so thats why I removed it originally, plus I wanted the links above it like pictured. I could go back and put it back in I suppose and fiddle with it, but thats more work which I'll do if needed I suppose.

The theme is just the regular Core that came with the SMF forum, I just recolored it and its not uploaded, only on my computer

Kat9119

#3
I replaced index.template.php with the original one, and changed the logo in the Current Theme area, and the SMF logo with the Forum Name still show in that place no image I put in that box shows.

This is so weird to me!

EDIT: Ok, so I put everything back to how I like it in the first post, and I hit refresh with an image that works online. I see the image flash for a second and then its gone.

In some of my research I see this is because you have to "echo" in an image in a certain way. Well, I know nothing about echoing or doing anything of the sort. Can anyone help me get this image to work?

MovedGoalPosts

Syntax can be very important.  Make sure the url to your banner is exactly the same name including suffix as the file itself.  Keep the file name lower case and the path lower case.  If in doubt use the full internet url to your image i.e

<img src="http://www.domain.com/forum/themes/core/images/banner.png" alt="Site Banner" />

your <center> html is depreciated html so might also be an issue within your tables and also the transitional XHTML 1.0 format.   You might do better with <td align="center"> but even that might not work in which case you need to switch to a css style for your table.  Do you need the width statement if you have already set that on opening the table?  On the other hand you've set your table width earlier so if you you've also got </div> in your code but no opening <div> that I can see.

Kat9119

I couldn't figure it out for the life of me, so I added an iframe with my banner above it and it seems to work perfectly

kuttab1973

Hi,

I have a similar issue... I am using the following theme

http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=2576

There is a banner on the top right side as you can see... When I set a link under the "Banner Code" parameter in Admin>themes and layout...., I only get the link as is on the top right side of the forum.

I would appreciate your help... My website is

http://www.creptoforex.com/Forum [nofollow]

Thanks again

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