I know there are things that you dont' wanted edited but it hasn't been mentioned so I'm asking.

What about a mod that requires editing of ubbc.js and yabbc.js?

Is that alright?

Personally, I would have a separate section, if you have any options, this way it's easy to tell where it is, and what mods you have installed.

Unless it's a mod which changes the way settings pages work, then it should have it's own section IMHO.

Has there been any consideration given to having some file that mod writers can modify so that it is easy for YaBB to determine which mods / versions have been applied?

I'm envisioning just a simple hash:

$installed_mods{"mod_name-version"} = "author";

Then, in all the "official" mods that are eventually released for YaBB 2, the mod author would just need to be sure and include a simple section like this:

<search for>
# append installed mods here
</search for>

<add after>
$installed_mods{"QuickSearch-1.2"} = "Eddy";
</add after>

Then, in the YaBB admin screen, it would be trivial to list the actual installed mods in alphabetical order, without having to upload the 'install.log' file from BoardMod (for example)...

foreach $mod (sort keys %installed_mods) {
  $yymain .= "$mod by $installed_mods{$mod}<br>";
}

Thoughts?

While creating a new template, I have found it necessary (upon Michael Prager's suggestion) to add a second yabb menu definition.  Currently, I have simply modified Subs.pl, to add a $yymenu2 variable into it, which is probably frowned upon.

How should I go about adding in a second yabb menu variable?

Also - how should I define a new image variable?  I know Carsten mentioned mod images should have their own subdirectory, but my new images are simply part of the template I worked on, so they have gone in the appropriate template directories.  However, I have found it desirable to add a second "profile" image variable, so that I can have two separate profile buttons (one that is simply an icon for the yabb menu, and a completely different one that will appear in a user's posts).  Where and how should I define $img{'profile2'} or whatever I should call it?

You can see the modifications I've already made by visiting this topic.  Please let me know if I'm on the right track, and, if not, then give me some suggestions.  When I originally started the template, I wasn't planning on making any modifications at all.  However, I found as I started working on it, that it required some minor modifications in order to get it to function properly.

I've just added a section to the admin-centre which lists all installed mods.

You will need to do the following to get this to work.

In ModList.pl, do the following

Search For:

### END BOARDMOD ANCHOR ### 

Add Before

 	$my_mod = "Name_of_Mod|Author|Description|Version|Date Released";
	push (@installed_mods, "$my_mod");
 

The reason why I suggest adding before, is because this then preserves the order in which the mods were installed.

The Date Released section can be in any format you want, it will be displayed "as-is"

The description section can be as long as you want, it has a relatively large area to be displayed in, so don't think you are only allowed to write a sentence - Of course, don't put the whole manual in the description, but get a happy medium between the two.

It's only in CVS at the moment - Wait for the next weekly

Carsten wrote on Jan 24^th, 2005 at 3:02pm:


Hi Carsten
I have one question. If we make Mods with add Buttons in Menu, must the in

yabbfiles/Buttons/German/
yabbfiles/Buttons/English/
yabbfiles/Buttons/Nederlands/

or

yabbfiles/ModImages/

Because there a different language Buttons for Mods.