[Sandwich]

Originally posted by an0n
CSS can be used to define parameters for the page. And you could get it to change the links for specific forums.

You could quite easily (albeit extremely tediously) make either the php of the boards or the css files reference some other parameter and get the boards to change the header link.

Ok, you've got me curious. Getting off the question of actually changing things, how does one use CSS to change a link on a page?

[an0n]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Ok, you've got me curious. Getting off the question of actually changing things, how does one use CSS to change a link on a page?

You get it to point to some arbitrary file full of definitions and have it reference something based on a constant in the file, such as it's forum number or some ****. Then you just change the definition within the list file thingy. You change 40 files in a one-off and afterwards only need to change and access one file to change something instead of trawling through it's own style sheet.

[an0n]

And actually, you could probably get the php of the board to do it, by having the php looks for the constant and referencing the stuff for the right html to insert/generate.

The php uses the forumid= thingy to set the style used so you could probably put in a ton of IF thingies for the id number to set which header thingy to use. Or just edit the code so it sends it to the campaigns forum thingy instead of the main index.

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by an0n

You get it to point to some arbitrary file...

That's the part I'm having problems with. AFAIK, CSS can't be used in this manner. If you know otherwise, let's see some CODE.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by an0n
And actually, you could probably get the php of the board to do it, by having the php looks for the constant and referencing the stuff for the right html to insert/generate.
 

you could definately get the PHP to do it, because it's the PHP that has the links for the banners, it's a question of whether you could get the CSS to do it, like you said you could

i'm not sure about CSS... you might be able to, you probably know more about it than me, all i've ever used CSS for is an easier way to set colors, design, etc. of pages


Yes Sandwich, you did beat me  but only this time!!!

[an0n]

Tomorrow.

*is busy installing Apache, PHP, FTP and lots of other abbreviated junk on his computer*

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Stealth


you could definately get the PHP to do it, because it's the PHP that has the links for the banners, it's a question of whether you could get the CSS to do it, like you said you could

Actually, in order to have PHP do it automatically, it would require an extra field in one of the vB MySQL databases that would store the homepage link of each sub-forum. Only then could vB assign the correct link, as the subforum pages are automatically generated by forumdislay.php and showthread.php.

[an0n]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Actually, in order to have PHP do it automatically, it would require an extra field in one of the vB MySQL databases that would store the homepage link of each sub-forum. Only then could vB assign the correct link, as the subforum pages are automatically generated by forumdislay.php and showthread.php.

Maybe. But I think you could do it with the existing fields and just change them all from like
.../aob/aobheadr.jpg
to
< a href = WHATEVER >< img src = ...aob/aobheadr.jpg >< /a >

And remove the PHP coding from forumdisplay that automatically links it to the main index.

[Stealth]

i agree with an0n... that should be the easiest and fastest way to do it

[an0n]

DISCLAIMER: an0n in no way endorses the changing of the forums from their current basic layouts and will kick and scream like a small, upset child should any changes be made to the layout or the methodology behind the links generated by the php of the boards

[Stealth]

Originally posted by an0n
DISCLAIMER: an0n in no way endorses the changing of the forums from their current basic layouts and will kick and scream like a small, upset child should any changes be made to the layout or the methodology behind the links generated by the php of the boards

they probably won't change it either... it's not serious ;0

[WMCoolmon]

The header should be stored in a single file somewhere, it doesn't make sense to have it in several different files instead of just using an include.
With that said, you should be able to use if-else statements to control the link for the header image.

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if($forumid==8) {
print("< A HREF=\"sitelink\">");
} elseif($forumid==19) {
print("< A HREF=\"othersitelink\">");
}