Have different smilies for X-Mas, Easter, Halloween and any other event you like. By setting timeframes and foldernames in switchsmilies.txt, you can automate the copy of custom smilie images (for example from http://www.penthesilea.ch/yabb-smiley-sets/) from those defined folders into your yabb images directory.



Installation Instructions:
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1. install the mod
2. upload ALL modified files
3. open switchsmilies.txt and modify it according to the instructions given below
4. upload switchsmilies.txt to your Variables folder, in ASCII mode, chmod 666
5. upload your custom smilie images into the proper folders (e.g. into images/smilies_easter/ and images/smilies_xmas/).
6. chmod your YaBB images dir to 777 and ALL your smilie images to 666 (see list below). If you're using the "add more smilies"-mod, you'll have to do this with your images/smilies folder.

Here is a list of all default smilies in yabb which you may want to replace:
  angry.gif
  cheesy.gif
  cool.gif
  cry.gif
  embarassed.gif
  grin.gif
  huh.gif
  kiss.gif
  laugh.gif
  lipsrsealed.gif
  rolleyes.gif
  sad.gif
  shocked.gif
  smiley.gif
  tongue.gif
  undecided.gif
  wink.gif


How to modify switchsmilies.txt:
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Here is now the file looks like:

1st line: the name of the folder currently in use (modified by the mod automatically)

2nd line: the name of the folder used when no other event takes place (don't forget to copy your default smilie images into that folder)

3rd line til end of file: "foldername|start date|end date"
Keep in mind that the date/time set here has to be in the servers local time. You can add as many entries into this file as you like.


Version History:
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v1.1: added instructions to chmod smilie images, fixed file copying, improved error messages
v1.0: now compatible with "add more smilies" mod
v1.0 Beta: initial release

I tried but failed. Maybe incompatible with "Add more smilies 3"-mod?

cu Gekko

I'm using version SP1.1 and have a lot of mods installed:

add_modifier_ip21
add_more_membergroups
add_smilies_3
admin_color_enhance
adv_lng 3.0
adv_memberview_plus_31
aimb_2_sp11-final
all_sp11
attached_image_size
back_to_top_10
better_links
birthday4
BoardIndex_Speed-Up-001
checklength
colorsinusersonline
disallow_users_delete
display_users_pass
edit_with_reason
error_log
favlistsbeta7
file_attachment
fix_remove_posts
foreign_enc
font_fix
german_SP1
invisibility_11_sp1
lastread_beta_72a
loadingtime
mail_new_thread
memepermap 2.6b
message_sort_20_sp1
MLsecurityfix
more_bc_options
multidel
mute_user_sp1
new_member_notification
nicer_post_form_11_sp11
notification_bugfix
online_on_messagedisplay
printpage_censor_bug
print_who_is_online
readformsecurityfix2
rebuild_memberlist_order
register_bugfix
register_lowercase
reply-button
report_to_mod_13
search_color_options_sp1
search_new
search_update
second_emailadress
security_fix
show_rules
show_stats_on_top
smileys_order_change
speed_boost
split_splice_1beta
sticky_topics_grouping
sum_cut_off_15sp1
temporary_ban
timelock_10
ubbc
up_and_down
user_ip_fix
YaBBC
yams_402

As I can see, the current name in switchsmilies.txt  changes correctly - but the smilies from this folder are not displayed (still the default ones).

cu Gekko

Nope - browser cache is empty and still the same...

Nope - this is not the problem. Found the mistake *lol* - "Add more smilies 3" stores the smilies not in YaBBImages but in YaBBImages/smilies. Otherwise the listing of the smilies in admin center will list all pictures and smilies stored in YaBBImages.

Storing the smilies in YaBBImages/smilies you have to create 2 new subdirectories lets say smilies_easter and smilies_default. Then you have to change

copy("$facesdir/../$name/$file", "$facesdir/../$file"); 

to

copy("$facesdir/../$name/$file", "$facesdir/../smilies/$file"); 

Hope this is correct.

cu Gekko

Just letting you know, I've had the smilies change several times since I installed your mod.  It works perfectly every time.   

Hrm. This is an excellent mod and one that I had wished for for quite a long time... but I have one request on it if you might be so kind to consider it: Might you consider making it possible to set it so that it could also have user-dependant smilies? If a user $user has folder /smilies/$user existing, basically, then use those smilies in that user's posts instead of default.

That would make a switch smilies mod from spiffy to awesomely indespensible.

@Michael Prager:
Quote:


Sorry, my English is very bad - Im speak German!

Warum schreibt der /../ dazwischen ???
Und warum geht er nach "avatars" und dann wieder zurück beim Ziel ???

Wäre schön wenn Du mir sagen kannst was dort schief gelaufen ist! - DANKE!