[RC] Multi-Race Rank Themes mod AKA Ranking Sets (1.3.6)

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Re: [RC2] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.0RC2)

Post by IBBoard »

Yeah, permissions for which groups are/aren't allowed to pick their rank themes would probably make sense for a lot of other forums where you'd want to allow it for "senior" groups. I'll have to investigate how the permissions work, though.

I've added some extras to the initial list of "proposed features".

[edit] One thing I forgot to ask - how accurate was the timing? I tried to re-apply the mod to Gold from the instructions and I think I had it about right, but then I knew what I was doing.


[edit 2] Just to correct my self, this version of the mod (as opposed to previous versions for phpBB2) doesn't let you pick your theme when you have a special rank. It kinda makes sense, since that rank has a particular reason for being there, but I forgot I'd set it up like that. Once I'm done then I might make a smaller mod that requires this mod that lets you have both special and regular rank images so that you can have a special rank and still pick a rank theme to go with a special rank.
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Re: [RC2] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.0RC2)

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IBBoard wrote:One thing I forgot to ask - how accurate was the timing? I tried to re-apply the mod to Gold from the instructions and I think I had it about right, but then I knew what I was doing.

OK... I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about... or then it might just be me :oops:
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Re: [RC2] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.0RC2)

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All mods have an "install time" on them. I just wondered whether I had it accurate or whether it took longer to install than the mod file said :)
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Re: [RC2] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.0RC2)

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OK, now I'm on the same side of the map with you... :o

Well I didn't actually time my self but there are quite few edit to be done so I would say that is about right what it says in the install guide...

There is allways the possibility that one might offer premodded files for standard phpBB3 installation.

In that case it might be done in 5 mins. And if ppl have modded forum they can alway do it manually...
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Re: [RC2] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.0RC2)

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Just realised that this had been lost amongst my other projects. I'm assuming no-one has had any problems with it, so I'll submit it to the database and get the next version released soon. People can give me a prod if I don't get anything out soon.
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Re: [RC2] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.0RC2)

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Based on a PM I've received I've added a new feature (which makes sense): Selection of the rank scheme on registration. It has now been added to the first page.

I've also updated the first post to sort out the lists a bit and am working on the mod again. v1.0 is currently in the validation process and should hopefully be okay this time. v1.1 has the rank themes page added and will get some more features before I post it for testing.
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Re: [DEV] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.1b2)

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Multi-race Rank Themes v1.1b2 is now available. It includes the rank theme page that I've had on my site for a while now so that users can see the themes and the number of posts. It also includes the ability for users to select their rank theme at registration time. There are also a couple of minor fixes to the code (mainly coding standards and making the SQL compatible with databases other than MySQL) that got picked while trying to release 1.0 via the ModDB.

If anyone has any problems then give me a shout. If anyone installs it without a problem and has it running then I'd appreciate feedback on that as well.

Enjoy!

[edit] Quick update: Multi-race Rank Themes v1.1b3 is now available after I realised that I hadn't included the new templating for the registration theme selection!
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Re: [Beta] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.1b4)

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Multi-race Rank Themes v1.1b4 is now out.

The new version re-orders one instruction where a required comma could easily have been missed and adds sorting to the rank theme pages so that it doesn't rely on the ranks in the database naturally being in order.

Thanks to ccole513 for trying the mod and finding the mistakes/unclear instructions.
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Re: [Beta] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.1b5)

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Multi-race Rank Themes v1.1b5 is now out.

There's a minor fix in this one that I thought I'd caught before. The validation for the user's rank theme should now work correctly for Admins as it checks for SPECIAL_RANK_THEME_ID (-1) and above rather than DEFAULT_RANK_THEME_ID and above (1).
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Re: [Beta] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.1b5)

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really nice!
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Re: [Beta] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.1b5)

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Glad you like it. Is there a specific forum you installed it on, were the instructions okay and which version did you install?
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Re: [Beta] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.1b5)

Post by gergokee »

Hi is there any hope that you'll do it for subsilver themes as well?
i installed it here: http://forum.thevotenation.com
there are two styles on my forum, on prosilver-like (eliteblue) it shows the rank themes button and everything but the other things needs to be changed for the subsilver-like theme, which is my main theme..
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Re: [Beta] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.1b5)

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I'll see what I can do, but it is only a small amount of skinning that it would require for the core functionality. The subsilver skin would need its own rank scheme page work, but I've never touched the subsilver skin (I've hacked the hell out of the Prosilver skin on my forum because it contained too much cruft, so it was a bit of a job to work out how to make a Prosilver template for the page).

If I do get a chance to make a subsilver version of the HTML changes then it will be the only other theme I will support (i.e. the two official themes). I'll try to help where I can, but there are so many different things that people can do to their templates that I can't really support them all.

Alternatively, if someone wants to beat me to a subsilver version then feel free and I'll include it in the mod. From what I can remember of the Prosilver version I think I basically copied the Memberlist format for the actual rank theme page and something like the FAQs for the rank theme list.
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Re: [Beta] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.1b5)

Post by gergokee »

i managed to do something...

In Stylesheet.css add after last line:

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<!--
/* Multy Ranks */
.icon-ranks {
	background-position: 0 50%;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-image: none;
	padding: 1px 0 0 17px;
}

.icon-ranks					{ background-image: url("./images/icon_ranks.gif"); }

.rtl .icon-ranks {

	background-position: 100% 50%;
	padding: 1px 17px 0 0;
}
in overall_header.html find:

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&nbsp;<img src="{T_THEME_PATH}/images/menu_sep.png" alt="" />&nbsp;<!-- ENDIF -->
		<!-- ENDIF -->
Add before:

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<a href="{U_RANKS}" title="{L_RANKS_EXPLAIN}" class="icon-ranks">{L_RANKS}</a>
now it should show "Rank Theme" in the header...
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Re: [Beta] Multi-race rank set mod AKA Ranking Themes (1.1b5)

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Thanks, I'll include that when I get round to that part.

I'm tinkering with the template a bit at the moment before I log off for the night and while I'm not a crazy HTML purist, I must say that the subsilver template has some hellish ugly HTML. <span> and <br /> to make a list in the FAQ? That's what a <ul> tag is for! Hopefully I'll get it looking reasonable soon.

[edit] I've fought my way around the ugly HTML and now have a reasonable looking rank themes list and ranks page. I'll try to add the extra bits for the header and UCP at some point over the weekend.

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