UBB.Developers Forums Community Development Design, Style and Graphics whats the name of this hack?

Sorry but i am looking for a hack quite some time now..... and i really would like to know the name of it, and where to get it for version 6.5

it is a hack that generates pictures in the tables and it looks like this:

click here to see the image

i really would like that hack on my board too... so please help me on this

What would you use it for?

well i wanna use it for getting a better design at my UBB. the better it looks the better it is... right?

Can you elaborate please?

ofcourse i can..

as you can see in the picture, the tables are being seperated by pictures.

the tables are not like in this forum, just onle black line at the top, but there is a picture at the top of it. Also at the bottom of each table you see a picture that is closing the table.


the tables also have a dubble line, normally, and also in this forum it has a single line.


i hope i can explain it correctly... coz it is hard to explain what i mean exactly..

aint the layout that is in the picture made by some JCtemplate or something?

moving this to the New Members Forum...

*just had to say that for old time's sake*

well thnx for helping me out... i am really not a newbie man...

if you knew my UBB then you wouldnt say that

i know it sounds stupid but i just wanna know how this works...

is that really a stupid question? i dont think so.

well maybe it is... but then i still would like to see an answer on my question


sorry guys for my newbie appearance...

it's not stupid, I just didn't understand

You are looking for a modification that will add graphics to the top and bottom of your tables, much like JC's site? And you want a 'double line' to surround your tables?
Am I close?

thnx AllenAyres! (i was just reply'n Stilgar, i just dont like to be called a newbie... )


but back to the question:
well yeah something like that!

i guess the only thing i want is to see a better design in my ubb,

i will send you a PM now with a login and pass to my ubb, just to let ya know what my ubb is about.

You might consider adapting Bookie's work for your site:

https://ubbdev.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=17;t=000441

hmmzz... i tried that one... but maybe i did something wrong there...

thnx... ill let ya know

you'd be most likely interested in his TBT and TBB in public_common.pl

well thnx... i installed it...

http://www.djwebpages.com/cgi-bin/2ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=1

but it seems i did something wrong... coz i still have the regular tables...

should i strart crying now?

I see 'JCTemps' at the bottom.. are you using those too? You'll most likely need to choose one

I was just funnin' with ya... sorry if I offended you. I wasn't calling you a newbie. Just thought this question might get better response in a different forum since it's more of a code thing...

again, sorry if I offended you.

np man!...

but i just cant get this right... i guess i tried almost everything...

hmmzz..

wwhhaaa

Did you use just the TBT and TBB sections of the blam templates? Blam was written for 6.3, so things are gonna need to be updated if you use more than that. It'll give you an idea of what needs to be done

aaaaahhhhh... so thats the whole problem...

haha!... hmmzz... so more work is waiting for me...

lol




any idea if it will be updated?

not sure, it's bookie's work and graphics. It's possible, but not something that can be done soon, he edited every template file I believe

hmmzz...

well thnx for all your answers to my posts...

i guess i should start thinking of installing other hacks then!



cheersz!... thnx again for the help!

I believe X was the first to do an entire "wrap around" of images around the UBB tables with one set of $TBT and $TBB tags. It was not a new concept in HTML, but it was different for the look of UBBs. Back then only the top and bottom of the UBB tables contained images. Now you'll find people using multiple $TBT and $TBB tags for different parts of their board.

Try to experiment with the concept messagedj. It takes time but once you understand how it's done, you'll never look back. Don't give up.

As Allen pointed out, generally the background images are placed in the $TBT and $TBB tags inside your "public_common.pl" file. Make sure you add the "height" and "width" when applying the background images. That way you'll have full control on how it lays out.