IE6 No More

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IE6 No More

Postby MOD Robot » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:57 am

Modification name: IE6 No More
Author: VSE
Modification description: Displays the IE6 No More banner on your forum's index page, to encourage users of Internet Explorer 6 to upgrade to a modern browser. This banner is visible only to IE6 users.
Modification version: 1.0.2
Tested on phpBB version: See below

Download file: ie6nomore_v1-0-2.zip
File size: 119630 Bytes

Modification overview page: View


Selected tags:
  1. Category
    1. Add-Ons
  2. Complexity
    1. Template Changes
  3. Time
    1. ~ 1 Minute
  4. phpBB
    1. 3.0.5

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IE6 No More

Postby DavidIQ » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:57 am

Modification validated/released

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IE6 No More

Postby VSE » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:57 am

Thanks Mod Team!

The purpose of this mod is to encourage your IE6 visitors to upgrade their browser to something modern, including Safari 4, Firefox 3, Chrome, Opera and IE 8.

Features:
  • Visible only to Internet Explorer 6 browsers
  • Displays only on the board's index page
  • Prosilver and Subsilver2 themes
  • Multilingual support (English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish)
  • Incredibly simple installation, and Automod compatible.
  • Encourages your visitors to upgrade to a modern browser for a better experience at your web site. Each browser icon is a direct link to download the latest version.

Screenshots:
Prosilver:
ie6nomore_prosilver_1.jpg


Subsilver2
ie6nomore_subsilver2_1.jpg


For more info on the movement to kill Internet Explorer 6, check out http://www.ie6nomore.com

"As any web developer will tell you, working with IE 6 is one of the most difficult and frustrating things they have to deal with on a daily basis, taking up a disproportionate amount of their time. Beyond that, IE 6's support for modern web standards is very lacking, restricting what developers can create and holding the web back."
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Re: IE6 No More

Postby RottNKorpse » Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:07 am

sounds great...can we get a demo?

I would like to see what type of banner it is...like if it is placed inside the design of a style or if it works as a frame kind of like the DiggBar.
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Re: IE6 No More

Postby statm » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:18 am

Its just a div that appears like the one that appears when you turn your board off, in between the breadcrumbs and forumlist body. From what I can see in the ModX file it blends in with your style. You might have to adjust the width a bit depending on what style your using..
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Re: IE6 No More

Postby RottNKorpse » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:27 am

thanks for looking into it and providing the answer allowing me to stay lazy. :) very much appreciated. :)
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Re: IE6 No More

Postby VSE » Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:23 pm

Screenshots added above...

Since this banner will only be available to people using IE6, it is not possible to directly test it if you have upgraded already to IE7 or IE8.

But you can actually visit a really cool site to run a virtual-version of IE6 in your current browser, and you can see how it looks, here http://www.xenocode.com/Browsers/
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Re: IE6 No More

Postby eman80 » Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:40 pm

Fantastic and it works fine :D

Thank you for this nice mod :)
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Re: IE6 No More

Postby fasko » Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:05 pm

Thank nice mod :)


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Re: IE6 No More

Postby VSE » Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:25 am

Thanks for the Slovak translation...

More languages will be added as they become available.
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Re: IE6 No More

Postby internet_nobody » Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:28 pm

Possible dumb question...Does the little X at the corner close the banner? As much as i'd love everyone to stop using IE6 I do have members who use office machines (or rely on grandchildren coming round to help them update their computers!!) and cannot update and don't want to annoy them too much.
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Re: IE6 No More

Postby Nekstati » Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:53 pm

Does the little X at the corner close the banner?

Yes. But when you reload index page, banner appears again.

If you want banner that appears only once at first opening of page, try JS method used in "CA Vintage" style.
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Re: IE6 No More

Postby jake_ie8team » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:31 pm

You guys should also encourage your users to upgrade to IE 8 if the have IE 6, but to install the new version from http://www.browserforthebetter.com in order to donate to charity. 8 meals are donated to Feeding America for every complete download of Internet Explorer 8 from http://www.browserforthebetter.com through September 30th, 2009. However, for every user that updates IE 6 to IE 8 from http://www.browserforthebetter.com, 16 meals are donated! So download, install, and spread the word!

- Jake

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Re: IE6 No More

Postby VSE » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:57 am

The IE8 download link is to http://www.browserforthebetter.com
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Re: IE6 No More

Postby EidolonHades » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:20 am

internet_nobody wrote:Possible dumb question...Does the little X at the corner close the banner? As much as i'd love everyone to stop using IE6 I do have members who use office machines (or rely on grandchildren coming round to help them update their computers!!) and cannot update and don't want to annoy them too much.


You can avoid annoying registered members by replacing this:
Code: Select all
<!--[if lt IE 7]>
  <div style='border: 1px solid #F7941D; background: #FEEFDA; text-align: center; clear: both; height: 75px; position: relative;'>
    <div style='position: absolute; right: 3px; top: 3px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;'><a href='#' onclick='javascript:this.parentNode.parentNode.style.display="none"; return false;'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-cornerx.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_CLOSE}' /></a></div>
    <div style='width: 713px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: left; padding: 0; overflow: hidden; color: black;'>
      <div style='width: 75px; float: left;'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-warning.jpg' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_WARNING}' /></div>
      <div style='width: 275px; float: left; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;'>
        <div style='font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 12px;'>{L_IE6NOMORE_TITLE}</div>
        <div style='font-size: 12px; margin-top: 6px; line-height: 12px;'>{L_IE6NOMORE_MESSAGE}</div>
      </div>
      <div style='width: 75px; float: left;'><a href='{L_IE6NOMORE_FIREFOX}'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-firefox.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_FIREFOX_ALT}' /></a></div>
      <div style='width: 75px; float: left;'><a href='{L_IE6NOMORE_IE}'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-ie8.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_IE_ALT}' /></a></div>
      <div style='width: 73px; float: left;'><a href='{L_IE6NOMORE_SAFARI}'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-safari.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_SAFARI_ALT}' /></a></div>
      <div style='width: 73px; float: left;'><a href='{L_IE6NOMORE_CHROME}'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-chrome.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_CHROME_ALT}' /></a></div>
      <div style='float: left;'><a href='{L_IE6NOMORE_OPERA}'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-opera.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_OPERA_ALT}' /></a></div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <![endif]-->


with this:
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<!-- IF not S_USER_LOGGED_IN -->
  <!--[if lt IE 7]>
    <div style='border: 1px solid #F7941D; background: #FEEFDA; text-align: center; clear: both; height: 75px; position: relative;'>
      <div style='position: absolute; right: 3px; top: 3px; font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;'><a href='#' onclick='javascript:this.parentNode.parentNode.style.display="none"; return false;'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-cornerx.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_CLOSE}' /></a></div>
      <div style='width: 713px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: left; padding: 0; overflow: hidden; color: black;'>
        <div style='width: 75px; float: left;'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-warning.jpg' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_WARNING}' /></div>
        <div style='width: 275px; float: left; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;'>
          <div style='font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 12px;'>{L_IE6NOMORE_TITLE}</div>
          <div style='font-size: 12px; margin-top: 6px; line-height: 12px;'>{L_IE6NOMORE_MESSAGE}</div>
        </div>
        <div style='width: 75px; float: left;'><a href='{L_IE6NOMORE_FIREFOX}'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-firefox.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_FIREFOX_ALT}' /></a></div>
        <div style='width: 75px; float: left;'><a href='{L_IE6NOMORE_IE}'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-ie8.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_IE_ALT}' /></a></div>
        <div style='width: 73px; float: left;'><a href='{L_IE6NOMORE_SAFARI}'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-safari.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_SAFARI_ALT}' /></a></div>
        <div style='width: 73px; float: left;'><a href='{L_IE6NOMORE_CHROME}'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-chrome.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_CHROME_ALT}' /></a></div>
        <div style='float: left;'><a href='{L_IE6NOMORE_OPERA}'><img src='{T_THEME_PATH}/images/ie6nomore/ie6nomore-opera.jpg' style='border: none;' alt='{L_IE6NOMORE_OPERA_ALT}' /></a></div>
      </div>
    </div>
  <![endif]-->
<!-- ENDIF -->

It now checks if the user is logged in or not, so it only displays to guest status users.
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