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[DONE] Set Template in URL 1.0 for YaBB 2.0/2.1
Nov 2nd, 2005 at 12:01am
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Current version: 1.0

It works 2.1 without a problem. Wink

This mod allows users and guests to set their template by editing the URL with the template=templatename URL argument. To set the template "fkpblue" at http://fkp.jkcsi.com/YaBB.pl, you'd use the URL http://fkp.jkcsi.com/YaBB.pl?template=fkpblue. Logged in users with a valid session have their template option in their profile changed. Guests have a cookie set, which can be deleted by setting the template to _default.

You can see this mod in action at http://fkp.jkcsi.com/YaBB.pl . My templates there are 'fkpblue' and 'conforums' (no quotes in the actual names Wink).

Version History:
1.0 (YaBB 2.0/2.1): 1.0 works just fine with YaBB 2.1. (No changes) (November 11, 2005)
1.0 (YaBB 2 Final): Mod package made available on BoardMod. (November 1, 2005)
« Last Edit: Apr 14th, 2007 at 6:57pm by AK108 »  

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Re: Set Template in URL 1.0 for YaBB 2 Final
Reply #1 - Nov 2nd, 2005 at 1:18am
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Great Mod just one thing in the modlist you are missing some " on the second line and you ned to fix the ' to a " in the top line
  
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Re: Set Template in URL 1.0 for YaBB 2 Final
Reply #2 - Nov 2nd, 2005 at 2:47am
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Nope, the single quotes and no quotes should work fine if you know when to use and not use them. I make an effort to use no quotes or single quotes when possible -- it makes my code more efficient.

Good catch though!
  

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Re: Set Template in URL 1.0 for YaBB 2 Final
Reply #3 - Nov 2nd, 2005 at 1:18pm
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How hard would it be to modify the board index so that people visiting one of the boards would see a specific template?
  
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Re: Set Template in URL 1.0 for YaBB 2 Final
Reply #4 - Nov 2nd, 2005 at 1:43pm
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That'd be a job for another mod, but it's doable. You would need to look into how to store information into a board data file, which is the hardest part. From there, just edit the WhatTemplate subroutine like I did here.
  

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Re: Set Template in URL 1.0 for YaBB 2 Final
Reply #5 - Nov 2nd, 2005 at 2:52pm
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Ok, I tried it, but it doesn't seem to work. 

I put itin my 2.0 mods directory. 
Ran board mod.
Selected the mod.
Uplaoded the two files documented in the mod.
created a test second template in the default templates directory.

Called it using
http://www.yumabassman.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi

This loaded the default template just fine.

Then I tried it using:
http://www.yumabassman.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?template=siebler.html

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http://www.yumabassman.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?template=siebler

Both of those just loaded it with the default template. 
  

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Re: Set Template in URL 1.0 for YaBB 2 Final
Reply #6 - Nov 2nd, 2005 at 3:11pm
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The name of my test template is siebler.html

The only other mod I am running is the one to insert ythe image shack uploader module in the posts page.
  

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Reply #7 - Nov 2nd, 2005 at 11:16pm
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It looks like one of your template's name is "new1". It works for me when using http://www.yumabassman.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?template=new1 . I temporarily registered an account to check these, and it worked both logged in and out.
  

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Re: Set Template in URL 1.0 for YaBB 2 Final
Reply #8 - Nov 3rd, 2005 at 3:25am
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Got it.  I have to create a whole file set in order to get a template to work.  Not just the .html file. 


  

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Reply #9 - Nov 3rd, 2005 at 4:21am
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Yep, this just uses an existing Y2 template.
  

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Re: Set Template in URL 1.0 for YaBB 2 Final
Reply #10 - Nov 4th, 2005 at 1:00am
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I got it working now, and I'm learning the file structure and how to manipulate it.
  

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Reply #11 - Nov 4th, 2005 at 1:13am
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Glad to hear it. Grin
  

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Re: Set Template in URL 1.0 for YaBB 2 Final
Reply #12 - Nov 4th, 2005 at 9:07pm
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I've been running this for over a day witth no hickups that I see.  I can see where some users of this mod may want to request some tweeks, and a documentation file explaining the process and how it does the job might be in order. 

Over all it looks like a relatively bug free first release. 

Some options that might be nice would be to have the option to have the default template always load unless the url is called with the template variable.  Selectable use by forum administrator.  I like it just the way it is, but others might want to do it differently.  Basically on or off selection by admin. 

Use default template if variable not passed YES / NO

An option to lock the template setting so the user can not change it in their profile.  It can only be changed by the forum administrator or by calling the url with the variable.  Of course this would proably need to be a selectable on/off feature. 

Allow user to manually select template in profile YES / NO 

Like I said, for my intended use it works perfectly.  For me no changes or additional features are needed.  Its a clean simple hack that does the job.
  

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Re: Set Template in URL 1.0 for YaBB 2 Final
Reply #13 - Nov 4th, 2005 at 11:32pm
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Bob_La_Londe wrote on Nov 4th, 2005 at 9:07pm:
I've been running this for over a day witth no hickups that I see.  I can see where some users of this mod may want to request some tweeks, and a documentation file explaining the process and how it does the job might be in order.

Over all it looks like a relatively bug free first release.


Glad to hear it.

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Some options that might be nice would be to have the option to have the default template always load unless the url is called with the template variable.  Selectable use by forum administrator.  I like it just the way it is, but others might want to do it differently.  Basically on or off selection by admin.

Use default template if variable not passed YES / NO


The problem with this is that the template variable won't stay in the URL, so a guest would have to re-enter it in the URL to keep using the same template. That's the reason I used a cookie instead of using the URL completely. Unless your idea is to make it so Guests cannot keep the template set, I see no reason for this.

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An option to lock the template setting so the user can not change it in their profile.  It can only be changed by the forum administrator or by calling the url with the variable.  Of course this would proably need to be a selectable on/off feature. 

Allow user to manually select template in profile YES / NO


This sounds like a job for a more general purpose profile-locking system that would allow the admin to control what to allow users to set.

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Like I said, for my intended use it works perfectly.  For me no changes or additional features are needed.  Its a clean simple hack that does the job.


You might like to hear that I am working on adding a new feature that I think is useful all around: a template selector. I haven't decided how I'm going to implement it, but this would allow users and guests to quickly switch templates on the board index even if they don't know the template name. This might be implemented by way of <yabb> template tag, or another method.
  

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Re: Set Template in URL 1.0 for YaBB 2 Final
Reply #14 - Nov 6th, 2005 at 9:11am
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AK108 wrote on Nov 4th, 2005 at 11:32pm:
You might like to hear that I am working on adding a new feature that I think is useful all around: a template selector. I haven't decided how I'm going to implement it, but this would allow users and guests to quickly switch templates on the board index even if they don't know the template name. This might be implemented by way of <yabb> template tag, or another method.

How hard would it be to make the admin able to select the template used for each forum?  Seriously, someone please do this.
  
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