Birthdays 2.0.2: Changing the Interface

The interface that users encounter when entering their birthday can be changed to better suit your needs simply by editing lang_main.php and birthday_interface.tpl. Examples of how it might be changed follow:

• Default (Yahoo!-inspired):
  

  Date of Birth:

  [ Select a Month ] January February March April May June July August September October November December , (Optional)

  
  
• PayPal-inspired:
  

  Date of Birth:

  /     /   Month Day Year (Optional)

  
  
• vBulletin-inspired:
  

  Date of Birth:

  Month: Day: Year (Optional): January February March April May June July August September October November December   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

  
  
• Year Dropdown:
  

  Date of Birth:

  Month January February March April May June July August September October November December   Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31   , (Optional) Year 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905

The actual modifications that need to be made are as follows:

• Default (Yahoo!-inspired):
  

  # no changes necessary

  
  
• PayPal-inspired:
  

  # #-----[ COPY ]------------------------------------------ # copy contrib/templates/subSilver/paypal.tpl to templates/subSilver/birthday_interface.tpl # #-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------ # language/lang_english/lang_main.php # #-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------ # $lang['Default_Month'] = '[ Select a Month ]'; $lang['Default_Day'] = 'dd'; $lang['Default_Year'] = 'yyyy'; # #-----[ REPLACE WITH ]---------------------------------- # $lang['Default_Month'] = ''; $lang['Default_Day'] = ''; $lang['Default_Year'] = '';

  
  
• vBulletin-inspired:
  

  # #-----[ COPY ]------------------------------------------ # copy contrib/templates/subSilver/vbulletin.tpl to templates/subSilver/birthday_interface.tpl # #-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------ # language/lang_english/lang_main.php # #-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------ # $lang['Year_Optional'] = 'Year <i>(Optional)</i>'; # #-----[ REPLACE WITH ]---------------------------------- # $lang['Year_Optional'] = 'Year (Optional)'; # #-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------ # $lang['Default_Month'] = '[ Select a Month ]'; $lang['Default_Day'] = 'dd'; $lang['Default_Year'] = 'yyyy'; # #-----[ REPLACE WITH ]---------------------------------- # $lang['Default_Month'] = ''; $lang['Default_Day'] = ''; $lang['Default_Year'] = '';

  
  
• Year Dropdown:
  As a final note, if you wish to change the order in which the month, date, and year inputs show up, simply open lang_main.php and change $lang['DATE_FORMAT'] as appropriate. This document uses F j, Y.

  # #-----[ COPY ]------------------------------------------ # copy contrib/templates/subSilver/year_dropdown.tpl to templates/subSilver/birthday_interface.tpl # #-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------ # language/lang_english/lang_main.php # #-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------ # $lang['Default_Month'] = '[ Select a Month ]'; $lang['Default_Day'] = 'dd'; $lang['Default_Year'] = 'yyyy'; # #-----[ REPLACE WITH ]---------------------------------- # $lang['Default_Month'] = 'Month'; $lang['Default_Day'] = 'Day'; $lang['Default_Year'] = 'Year';