Create at Post Marker Legend

[nightfox_pc_asst]

Have you ever seen or maybe wanted to create some type of legend that shows users what icons represent your new post, old post, etc.

Well after seeing this on another forum, I played around with it until I created the very look they had done.
See the attachment for what I am talking about.


Here is how to add it your own IPB forums. Remember to change the folder(s) to where your customized images are.

1) Goto your ACP Panel
2) Goto Skin and Template> Skin Manager and choose the skin you want to edit.
3) Goto ALL Global HTML template and look for Global_Board_Footer
4) Enter once or twice to create a couple of blank lines before the code
5) Now copy and paste this code into the first blank line that you created.

<table width="100%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" valign='top'>

<tr>

<td colspan="8" class='formsubtitle' align='left' valign='middle'>Post Marker Legend</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align='center' class='row1' width='12%'><img src="style_images/1/bf_new.gif" border="0" alt=""><br>

</td>

<td align='center' class='row2' width='12%'><img src="style_images/1/bf_nonew.gif" border="0" alt=""><br>

</td>

<td align='center' class='row1' width='12%'><img src="style_images/1/bc_new.gif" border="0" alt=""><br>

</td>

<td align='center' class='row2' width='12%'><img src="style_images/1/bc_nonew.gif" border="0" alt=""><br>

</td>

<td align='center' class='row1' width='12%'><img src="style_images/1/br_new.gif" border="0" alt=""><br>

</td>

<td align='center' class='row2' width='12%'><img src="style_images/1/br_nonew.gif" border="0"alt=""><br>

</td>

<td align='center' class='row1' width='12%'><img src="style_images/1/bf_readonly.gif" border="0" alt=""><br>

</td>

<td align='center' class='row2' width='12%'><img src="style_images/1/br_redirect.gif" border="0" alt=""><br>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td align='center' class='row1' width='12%'>

New Posts</td>

<td align='center' class='row2' width='12%'>

No New Posts </td>

<td align='center' class='row1' width='12%'>

Sub-New Posts<br> </td>

<td align='center' class='row2' width='12%'>

Sub-No New Posts</td>

<td align='center' class='row1' width='12%'>

New Locked Posts</td>

<td align='center' class='row2' width='12%'>

No New Locked Posts</td>

<td align='center' class='row1' width='12%'>

Read Only Forum</td>

<td align='center' class='row2' width='12%'>

Redirect Elsewhere</td>

</tr>

</tr>

</table>




When your finished, Save and Reload the template bit and Refresh your browser. You should have yours looking like mine.

Enjoy :D

NF

[wimpie]

nice post, very usefull for a lot of members..
in the past we had the great site from Chris designs that got a great tutorial on it, showing all those tricks.
its a pitty that its lost, but you sure make things up!

[nightfox_pc_asst]

Thanks wimpie, I try, I have some 10+ tutorials on my site for viewing by guest and members.

[sunlite]

Thanks for the tutorial nightfox.

[M3NF]

Very useful great stuff there :)
Will help alot of users.

[wshinds]

I want to say thank you too for this nice little snippet of code to make my users a bit more... informed.

[nightfox_pc_asst]

Your welcome :D