UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6.4 - 6.7 Modifications Forum Design Integration Compact Footers - version 1.21 Final

Like Compact Headers, this is basically a mod that streamlines chunks of UBB's table layout. This one deals with (big surprise) the bottom portion of the UBB.

I would like to say that I, honestly, am not very happy with the current way I did the Forum Page and the Topic Page - it really seems like they could be streamlined more somehow. But I'm stuck. If you've got any ideas, please let me know.

Update: Version 1.21 has been released. 1.2: Changes include fixed spacing between the tables in a couple of the files. This also fixes the alignment bug with the Hop To box in forum_page. (1.21 fixes more problems with the Hop To box.)

Anyway, here are links:

INSTRUCTIONS - http://www.se7enet.com/ubb/index.shtml

DEMO - http://www.se7enet.com/site/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi
(Note: The version on my own site is significantly different than the one in the zips. Use this as a demo of the sizes only - what you see on my site isn't what you get in the hack.)

---Skorpion

[ 09-28-2001: Message edited by: Skorpion ]

maybe it is just me but if you had "New Post" in the left cell then "All Times are..." in the center cell and "No New Post" in right cell it would look better and maybe if you put the:
Powered by Infopop Corporation
Ultimate Bulletin Board 6.04a
in the left cell of the other table and the
Contact us in the center cell and then your copyright in the right cell. it is just me but i think that would go better then maybe make the 2 tables touch at the top

looks good thanks! but....
http://www.blizzardrealms.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=3

the bottem of the main page looks awsome but the bottem of the forum pages need a little work

keep up the good work!

This I know.

M2sc - thanks for the ideas. I'll keep playing around with stuff that you suggested and stuff that I come up with later, and see what I can do.

---Skorpion

thanks for considering
my ideas

Version 1.1 has been released. Check the original topic for details.

---Skorpion

w00t! looks way better! but i was thinking... any way you could put that hope to drop down menu in one of the tables?

Well, I tried that. And the problem with it is, that thing actually takes double the space you see. For some reason there is a chunk of blank space under it that can't be removed, that is about the size of another line. I've tried putting it in the table, and it adds a bunch of extra height that isn't needed, which is why the previous design looked so cluttered I think.

Also, in the initial redraw I did, I had it inside the table and had that whole thing on one big line. But it was too wide for 800x600 resolutions, so I had to shorten it. By moving the Hop To box under the table, there's a lot more space that won't cause h-scrolls in lower rez's.

Trust me - if I could get into a table and still have it look even *decent*, I would do it. But it's either outside the table or be too wide for low rez's.

---Skorpion

looks a lot better not and the editing does not take near as long as your Compact Headers

how can i get it to look like this?
http://www.m2sc.com/want.gif

You can't get it to look like that, without adding a TON of extra work.

The only way to actually connect the two rows like that, would be to remove the table closer tag in public_forum_summary.pl, and remove the table opener tag in public_common.pl. And by removing the table opener in common.pl, you would render that table completely useless to every other view of the forum. The only way to actually make the table work, from then on, is to add an extra table opener tag into every other public template file. If you felt like you absolutely needed to do that, and had the time, I suppose this would be possible. But IMHO it's really way too much unnecessary work.

As for simply moving the location of the buttons/functions in the top row: just switch the contents of the second and third cells, and make it so the second cell has the width="100%" attribute instead of the third one.

---Skorpion

[ April 16, 2001 03:13 PM: Message edited by: Skorpion ]

bummer that looks good. to bad we cant get it to look like that

i might do it when i have time

Got a question! How did you get your copyright statememnt to be like 2 lines...I pressed enter for my copyright...but it still shows it as one line...

I did this hack in about 5 mintues...very breezy! Thanks

use

Thanks man!

I have another problem....when you go into one of the forums...the "hop to" box exceeds the other ones....its like longer than all of themm

...------------...
------------------
...------------...

thats what it looks like.

Patrick, please post a link to your forums so I can see what exactly you're talking about.

---Skorpion

Very Nice!!

But I got the same thing as Patrick!

[ April 21, 2001 08:08 PM: Message edited by: d0mmy ]

Alright, I will be looking for this problem soon. Trouble is, I don't seem to be having it. What resolution are you two running at? And what browser are you viewing it in? This will help me better troubleshoot the problem. Thanks!

---Skorpion

IE 5.5, 1024x768
Ill ask other members of my board if they see it too.

1280x1024, IE6

and everybody sees it, but i temporarly deleted the `Go` part, and it looks good too!

Yeah I don't use that anyways...is there a way I can just take it out?

A man of my own heart!!! Man, I hate that Hop To box!!!

Open public_forum_page.pl, find:
And delete that.

---Skorpion

[ April 22, 2001 03:52 PM: Message edited by: Skorpion ]

Thanks...worked great!

One more question for ya....well my icon backround is black (thats what my page bg is) so on the footer....that is a differnet color...so my icons look really bad...because they are not transparent...which would be easier..trying to change the color of that strip? or make the icon transparent?

Nice hack.

yo Skorpion that Hope To Box thing is not in my public_forum_page.pl???? are you sure that is the file?

and also were do i add the text for the lower right hand corner box?

would be easier to make the images transparent this would save tons of time having to edit the files

can someone help me with my above posts?

if you already added the template the comment got taken out and was change from a table by itself to a cell next to the other stuff look for hop and it will find it

i still cant find the hope to box code any were and it is on the forum! and also were do i put the text for the bottem right hand corner box?

the new code in the public_topic_page.pl for the hop to box is

nobody uses it anyways...

that will make it look better =)

Amen to that, acidbox! I firmly stand by my conclusion that the Hop To box is evil!

---Skorpion

Any chance you could make an SHW file (Script Hack Wizard) for this hack? This is a HUGE hack, and when 6.1 comes out, we'll have to add it again ;0 ahhhhhhhh

Compact Footers is huge?! Um, it's only like three files. I suppose I'll make one, tho, just for kicks and giggles. Eventually...

Compact Headers is the huge one. That one is for all the public templates. I think that may be the one you're talking about.

---Skorpion

Ya........ i posted in the wrong thread..... I meant to post in compact headers.... an SHW file for that would be nice =)