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Dragonwolf
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Rotating or random signatures

Post by Dragonwolf »

In some forums you can have up to five signatures that are chosen at random, somtimes more, usualy typed as normal in the signature box, but with seperators.

Are there any mods for phpbb3 that do this?
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Re: Rotating or random signatures

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*bump*
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Re: Rotating or random signatures

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Re: Rotating or random signatures

Post by Dragonwolf »

I can't download the mod, but I wouldn't be able to modify it, I have no idea how to go about learning php scripting.
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Re: Rotating or random signatures

Post by opalelement »

I made a quick JS one, it still shows everything at first but changes once the page is loaded.

First, insert the JS...
Open ACP > styles > templates > *each template you want to use this with, which should be all templates you have* > oveall_header.html

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// ]]>
Add above

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function letsGoForIt(){
var randomSpans = document.getElementsByTagName('span');
for (var i=0;i<randomSpans.length;i++) {
if(randomSpans[i].title == "randombbc"){

var splitItUp = randomSpans[i].innerHTML.split("|");
var whichToShow = Math.round(Math.random()*(splitItUp.length-1));
randomSpans[i].innerHTML=splitItUp[whichToShow];

}
}
}
Find

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<body id="phpbb" class="section-{SCRIPT_NAME} {S_CONTENT_DIRECTION}">
Replace with

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<body id="phpbb" class="section-{SCRIPT_NAME} {S_CONTENT_DIRECTION}" onload="letsGoForIt();">

Now to add the actual bbcode:

Open ACP > posting > Add new BBCode

Set BBCode usage to:

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[random]{TEXT}[/random]
Set HTML Replacement to:

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<span title="randombbc">{TEXT}</span>
Pros:
-Can use any bbcode combinations such as

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[quote][random]Hello|Hi|Howdy|Hola[/random][/quote]

[random][b]this is bold[/b]|[i]this is italic[/i]|[u]this is underlined[/u]|this is normal[/random]

[random][img]http://www.phpbb.com/community/images/smilies/icon_evil.gif[/img]|mixing images and text[/random]

[random][color=#FF0000]red[/color]|[color=#0040FF]blue[/color]|[color=#008000]green[/color][/random]

[random][url=http://phpbb.com]phpBB Home[/url]|[url=http://phpbb.com/community]phpBB Community Forums[/url]|[/random]
Cons:
-quick display of all contents before replacement
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Re: Rotating or random signatures

Post by Dragonwolf »

Thanks! I'll try that
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Re: Rotating or random signatures

Post by opalelement »

It worked on my phpbb test board so I'm sure it will work for you :) I love making bbcodes so if you ever want one just ask (preferably through PM)
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Re: Rotating or random signatures

Post by James78 »

I cannot provide any php code for this, even though I can make it, but I don't have enough time. However, if you use an apache server, you could make your own php script, that takes a variable, and inserts the strings (image URLs) into an array, then randomize the output of the array, and display the image. And, by using htaccess, you could allow your dynamic loading php script to look like an image when requested:
dynamicimage.php
would also work if you requested:
dynamicimage.png

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Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^dynamicimage\.png$ dynamicimage.php [nc]
Or if you wish to have all php scripts work when requesting an extension of png:

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Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^(.*)\.png$ $1.php [nc]
"Options +FollowSymlinks" exists to make sure this option is enabled on your server. If this script causes problems, then it probably is enabled on your server, and you should remove this line.
If you encounter what is/or you think is a bug, please report it to the phpBB Bug Tracker
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Re: Rotating or random signatures

Post by opalelement »

Hope it doesn't bother anyone if I come back to this, but here is a way to hide the contents from flashing before the page is loaded:

Replace the HTML replacement in the BBCode section with this:

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<span title="randombbc" style="display:none">{TEXT}</span>
In the function, find this line:

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randomSpans[i].innerHTML=splitItUp[whichToShow];
Add after:

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randomSpans[i].style.display='';
If anyone finds this useful and likes it please let me know.
This has been updated on my board: http://www.phpbb.crystal-core.info/
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Re: Rotating or random signatures

Post by fearfactor »

nice one!! :D

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