UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6 MultiHack Mods [6.2x] Gradient !!! Yes they are back !!!

Hello everyone, I'd like to thanks Bookie for is gradiant hack on 6.1 he got all the credits I simply ported to ubb 6.2 !!

Name: Gradient hack

Description: Put gradiant on the categorie field.

Link: TXT file

Requirement: Ubb 6.2.0

Any comments or probleme ask it here !!!

thankyou so much!
job well done, both of you

1. UBB 6.2's public files are XHTMLed, but your 'find' parts don't have XHTMLed code sometimes. You should copy & paste from 6.2's source.

2. @ cp_vars_style_core.pl, instead of:Same goes for the other regfield.

It will show a 'demo' of the current graphic

just installed, looks great.
quick question, how would I get the gradient bar to replace the "Recent Visitors" title bar, so that it fits in with everything else?

I can't seam to be able to find them. I,m off for today I,ll try to find it tonight or tomorow.

If anyone can do it go ahead. All we need is the best !!

[code][/code]

thanks alot!

on quick question, after i modify the files as instructed, nothing happen. Do i have to turn it on in control panel? if yes, under what option is that? thanks.

opps.. my bad. i upload the files in my backup folder. No wonder why. Great hack. Thanks.

cp_styles.cgi is hacked wrong. Using the install guide, the table header and category header backgrounds become required fields. However, the field should not be required as this is an optional field.

To make these fields operate properly, the install guide should read:
####################
#Open cp_styles.cgi#
####################

##########
Find:
##########
return qw(
PageBackground
);

##########
Replace With:
##########
return qw(
PageBackground CatBG TableBG
);

Can you make a Multihack file??

Is there a demo site that would show what this hack does?

Thanks!

hello in your text instructions u have
#Open public_forum_summary.pl#
look for
there are 3 separete instances of the above code which one does it replace.
just 1 or all 3

I have the Bevel hack installed, so I am encountering differences in the directions (my problem ) ... but I would like to know two things--

1. I am assuming that I can have both hacks installed. Is this a correct assumption?

2. I have found four instances of this code in the original public_forum_summary.pl file (before I even started hacking)

Weird. The first part of the code, the < and then the "td" appear as ***

As always, many thanks for the help.

The more I work on this hack, the more I wish I would've started it with a "clean" file.

In the directions for public_new_reply_form.pl is this:

Notice the extra space after the "tr"

When I searched the "clean" copy of this file, this only appeared once. When I deleted the extra space, that code appeared twice--just like it did in my hack file.

So ... either I don't need it, or my hacked file is missing some code!

Well, I had some very interesting results when I installed this hack!

Some of the gradients "took" -- others did not.

I will play around and see if I can figure things out b4 I come running w/my tail between my legs.

I do have one question and an observation.

First, does the gradient hack (potentially) slow down the board? It might be my server, or it could be my hacking mistakes, but things were moving awfully slow when I installed this hack.

Observation--I did what Corona suggested (oops, new page) on page 1, and it would NOT allow the field to be optional. I had to fill in that field with a graphic.

the background thing must go in

Well, I played around more with this hack, and I think I removed most of the bugs created by my hacking.

I'm still ending up with a mix of gradient areas and "regular" table headings, so I guess I have to put into place a lot more of the code for the gradient.

One area that is showing up as a gradient--that I don't really want to be a gradient--is the Date/Time field in the "Last Reply By" field.

The other issue is the one I addressed in my previous post--making the gradient "optional."

I followed Corona's code, and it still forced me to put in a graphic. I removed the code. Didn't make a difference. Still wanted a graphic.

I rehacked; I again tested with & without Corona's suggestion, and in both situations, it wanted the graphic to be there.

I don't know if other code is missing or what the deal is, but I will probably "unhack" the Gradient for now because I need to work on my style templates, and I can't do that if I'm "forced" to choose a gradient for every single one.

One other weird thing. In the "standard template" -- no matter what -- it kicks the color I have in the category header OUT and replaces it each time with a bright red.

After I get my regular board set up with the upgrade, I'll play around with the gradient hack on my test board.

There isnt to much worng with this

just the placments of the standard locations of where all the Bg's need to be

i dont know where to find them all in the code

but it would nice if it was simplier like the last good version

there was less hacking involved, by not having to place it at each individual table

ADWOFF, the way I have got around the problem of not being able to turn off the Gradient is by entering a graphic name that simply doesn't exist. The UBB then reads the table strip background colour and doesn't leave you with red X's.

Simple, yet effective..

Cheers,
Oblivion Knight