 | Online since, fairly easy mod, but i need help |  |
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I am installing this mod
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##############################################################
## MOD Title: Online Since
## MOD Author: 3Di < N/A > (Marco) http://you3d.net/ip2/index.php
## MOD Author: Dicky < > (Richard Foote) http://dicky.askmaggymae.com
## MOD Description: Displays on overall header a string that shows in Years, Months, Days the length of time your board has been online.
## MOD Version: 1.0.0
##
## Installation Level: (Easy)
## Installation Time: 10 Minutes
## Files To Edit:
## includes/functions.php
## includes/page_header.php
## language/lang_english/lang_main.php
## templates/subSilver/overall_header.tpl
##
## Included Files:
## online_since_100.mod
## License: http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU General Public License v2
##############################################################
## For security purposes, please check: http://www.phpbb.com/mods/
## for the latest version of this MOD. Although MODs are checked
## before being allowed in the MODs Database there is no guarantee
## that there are no security problems within the MOD. No support
## will be given for MODs not found within the MODs Database which
## can be found at http://www.phpbb.com/mods/
##############################################################
## Author Notes:
##
## tested on a fresh phpBB 2.0.21 (localhost)
## Can be installed with EasyMOD 0.3.0 into a fresh 2.0.21
##
##############################################################
## MOD History:
##
## 2006-12-06 - Version 1.0.0
## - MOD script checked for phpBB 2.0.21
## - passed the pre-validation process
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## 2005-10-22 - Version 0.5.1
## - fixed grammatical errors (thx Dicky)
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## 2005-10-22 - Version 0.5.0
## - this project has been joined by Dicky
## - code re-written (thx Dicky)
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## 2005-10-18 - Version 0.3.1
## - single/multiple year,month,day statement reviewed (thx Graham)
## - code re-written
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## 2005-10-18 - Version 0.3.0
## - added single/multiple year, month, day .. statement
## - code re-written
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## 2005-10-17 - Version 0.1.0
## - beta
## - code written
## - made the script
## - removed hardcoded text
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## 2005-10-16 - Version 0.0.1
## - alpha version
##
## 2005-10-15 - Version 0.0.0
## - converting a JavaScript to PHP ..o_O
##
##############################################################
## Before Adding This MOD To Your Forum, You Should Back Up All Files Related To This MOD
##############################################################
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
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includes/functions.php
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
?>
#
#-----[ BEFORE, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
//-- START MOD : online since ----------------------------------------------
function board_online_time()
{
global $board_config, $online_for, $lang;
$days_of_month = array(
array(0, 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31
),
array(0, 31, 29, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31
)
);
$start_date = create_date('Y-m-d', $board_config['board_startdate'], $board_config['board_timezone'] );
$today_date = create_date('Y-m-d', time(), $board_config['board_timezone']);
list($year1, $month1, $day1) = split('-', $start_date);
list($year2, $month2, $day2) = split('-', $today_date);
$diff_year = $year2 - $year1;
$diff_month = $month2 - $month1;
$diff_day = $day2 - $day1;
$is_leap = ((($year2)%4 == 0 && ($year2)%100 != 0 || ($year2)%400 == 0) ? 1 : 0);
/* Do obvious corrections (days before months!)
*
* This is a loop in case the previous month is
* February, and days < -28.
*/
$prev_month_days = $days_of_month[$is_leap][$month2 - 1];
while ($diff_day < 0)
{
/* Borrow from the previous month */
if ($prev_month_days == 0)
{
$prev_month_days = 31;
}
--$diff_month;
$diff_day += $prev_month_days;
}
if ($diff_month < 0)
{
/* Borrow from the previous year */
--$diff_year;
$diff_month += 12;
}
/* if statements as tertiary operators for single/multiples lang output */
$lang_year = ($diff_year == 1) ? $lang['Online_Year'] : $lang['Online_Years'];
$lang_month = ($diff_month == 1) ? $lang['Online_Month'] : $lang['Online_Months'];
$lang_day = ($diff_day == 1) ? $lang['Online_Day'] : $lang['Online_Days'];
$online_for = "$diff_year $lang_year $diff_month $lang_month $diff_day $lang_day";
return $online_for;
}
//-- END MOD : online since ----------------------------------------------
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#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
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includes/page_header.php
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#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
$s_privmsg_new = 0;
}
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
//-- START MOD : online since --------------------------------------------
// -- Calculate length of time the board has been online
board_online_time ();
//-- END MOD : online since ----------------------------------------------
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------------
#
//
// The following assigns all _common_ variables that may be used at any point
#
#-----[ BEFORE, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
//-- START MOD : online since --------------------------------------
// add
$boarddatetrue = date("d-M-Y", $board_config['board_startdate'] );
//-- END MOD : online since ----------------------------------------
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------------
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'PRIVATE_MESSAGE_NEW_FLAG' => $s_privmsg_new,
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
//-- START MOD : online since --------------------------------------
// add
'BOARD_STARTS' => $boarddatetrue,
'ONLINE_FOR' => $online_for,
//-- END MOD : online since --------------------------------------------
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------------
#
# the line is longer, this is a partial match..
#
'L_WHOSONLINE_MOD' =>
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]-----------------------------------------
#
//-- START MOD : online since --------------------------------------
// add
'L_BOARD_STARTS' => $lang['Online_Start'],
'L_ONLINE_SINCE' => $lang['Online_Since'],
//-- END MOD : online since --------------------------------------------
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
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language/lang_english/lang_main.php
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#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
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//
// That's all, Folks!
// -------------------------------------------------
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
//-- START MOD : online since -------------------------------------------
$lang['Online_Start'] = 'Online since ';
$lang['Online_Since'] = 'for';
$lang['Online_Year'] = 'year';
$lang['Online_Years'] = 'years';
$lang['Online_Month'] = 'month';
$lang['Online_Months'] = 'months';
$lang['Online_Day'] = 'day';
$lang['Online_Days'] = 'days';
$lang['Online_For'] = $online_for;
//-- END MOD : online since ----------------------------------------------
#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
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templates/subSilver/overall_header.tpl
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#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
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# this is a partial search because the line it is longer..
#
<td height="25" align="center" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
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</tr>
#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
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<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"><span class="gensmall">{L_BOARD_STARTS}{BOARD_STARTS} {L_ONLINE_SINCE} {ONLINE_FOR} </span></td>
</tr>
#
#-----[ SAVE/CLOSE ALL FILES ]--------------------------------
#
# EoM
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One part of the mod is not working, and that is {ONLINE_FOR} I am thinking the problem is in the includes/function edits, but I can't find what is causing it. Any idea's? |
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| Re: Online since, fairly easy mod, but i need help | |
| Posted: 05/04/2007 11:39 PM |
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What is it doing? Is it displaying the wrong value or not displaying anything at all, or are you getting an error message? Which forum are you installing this into???
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| Re: Online since, fairly easy mod, but i need help | |
| Posted: 05/05/2007 6:04 AM |
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Joined: Nov 01, 2006
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It's just not displaying anything at all for that value no matter where I put it,(it should be counting the years, months, days with that variable, and I double checked every edit a coupe times.
I have it on both FT and DM right now. |
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| Re: Online since, fairly easy mod, but i need help | |
| Posted: 05/05/2007 5:21 PM |
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Joined: Sep 25, 2004
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Why didn't you use EM to install the MOD? The code was missing from your overall_header.tpl files. I imagine that it may be missing from some of the other files too since it still isn't displaying properly...
The best option is to restore the backups that you made and install this using EM. That way you can be sure that the code was added to all of the phpBB files as specified by the MOD author...
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| Re: Online since, fairly easy mod, but i need help | |
| Posted: 05/05/2007 6:04 PM |
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Joined: Nov 01, 2006
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Location: Denver, PA
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I'm sorry, I should have told you that. I put it in the bottom of the index_body.tpl file instead of the overall header because I didn't want it up top, I am kind of anal about how much stuff is up top of my forums. Although when I saw it wasn't working fully, I did put it where they asked and it still wasn't showing, so I took it back out of the overall_header, but it's still on the index_body. I also have the same variables on the portal_body.tpl and just that one is not working.
I started getting really frustrated with the amount of mods that were not EM friendly, and also once I started working with templates it just got to be more work fixing the EM install errors than just doing the mod myself. I do still use easyMOD but with this one, it was a small mod and easier to do by hand for me. |
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| Re: Online since, fairly easy mod, but i need help | |
| Posted: 05/05/2007 6:20 PM |
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The problem with installing the MODs by hand is that you introduce a human component and when the MOD isn't working correctly, you can't tell whether there is a problem with the MOD script or with the way it was installed. When you use EM, it takes human error out of the picture and allows you to focus on the MOD code instead. Now there is no way of knowing whether the MOD was installed incorrectly or whether it just doesn't work as advertised, so finding and fixing the problem could take much more time then if you had used EM...
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| Re: Online since, fairly easy mod, but i need help | |
| Posted: 05/05/2007 8:15 PM |
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| I understand, I am sure it's my error. You don't have to spend time trying to fix it for me, I will put my back-ups on and install with easyMOD and see how that works. |
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| Re: Online since, fairly easy mod, but i need help | |
| Posted: 05/05/2007 10:26 PM |
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Have you made any progress with this???
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| Re: Online since, fairly easy mod, but i need help | |
| Posted: 05/06/2007 7:38 AM |
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Not yet, I was gone most of the day yesterday, and will be gone most of the day today as well, so it will have to wait but I as soon as I have some free time to sit down again, I will go back over the edits and let you know how it goes.  |
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| Re: Online since, fairly easy mod, but i need help | |
| Posted: 05/06/2007 3:50 PM |
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Ok, I stripped the MOD code from your Flocking Together phpBB files and installed the MOD using EM. I set it to display in your overall_footer.tpl file, rather than the overall_header.tpl file. This seems to be working correctly now:
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