Members Custom Cursors

Lets your members have a list of different cursor images they can choose from in their usercp>>options..

Needs: 2 new profile fields and to upload the cursor images,also a small edit to the header template.

Instructions for profile fields.

Go to AdminCP => Profile Fields => Add new Profile field => Single-Selection Radio Buttons

Title > Custom Cursor

Description > Turn on the custom cursor?(May not work with firefox)
Options:
No
Yes

Set Default: Yes
Editable By User: Yes

Display Page: Edit Options:other
Write down your field# . i.e field1

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Instructions for 2nd profile field:
Go to AdminCP => Profile Fields => Add new Profile field => Single-Selection Menu
Title > Choose a cursor

Description > Which cursor would you like?
Options:
sharpblue
sword
hearts
yellow
green
red

Set Default: Yes,but no first blank option
Editable By User: Yes

Display Page: Edit Options:other
Write down your field# . i.e field2
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Upload /cursors folder to your /images folder...
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Then edit header template:
Go to AdminCP => Styles and Templates => Template Manager => Choose style to edit, and choose edit templates in drop down menu

In Template header add the following code at very top.

You must first be a registered member to view any code.

Change forum.com to your own forum url.
Take the first profile field number and replace the first # in the code with it.
Do the same with the second field..
Should look like:

You must first be a registered member to view any code.

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To add more cursors upload them into the cursor folder, and add them to the list in the second profile field you set up.The name must be the same as the image name..Ie sparkly.cur would be sparkly in the list.
Cursors always have the file name .cur as far as i know..
Works in IE 6 and above and some versions of firefox .Others not tested.

01-29-2007, 06:50 PM

Looks good. If I get a chance I'll test in Safari for you

Mikeyodesigns · 01-29-2007, 07:08 PM

Ok thanks for that. A good place to find custom cursors is on myspace resource sites.I dont use myspace by the way.....:knockedou

02-03-2007, 08:51 PM

I tried to install this so that I could test it for you on Safari but it wouldn't accept the template code (the template keep getting this error):

Quote:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting ']' in /home/domain/forum/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(3596) : eval()'d code on line 5

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement.

Using 3.6.4.

02-03-2007, 09:19 PM

The problem appears to be in the URL section of the code, not the conditional. I substituted this code and didn't get an error:

You must first be a registered member to view any code.

Also the image path in the instructions point to the wrong place. They should be pointing to the forums images, not the root of the URL

Nick R · 02-04-2007, 10:26 AM

That depends where your forums are...

Taking away the commenting should fix it though that will cause other problems..

02-04-2007, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogersnm

That depends where your forums are...

Are you talking about the images? Most vB images are located at domain.com/forum/images, and not in the root of the url (domain.com/images) ;)

Nick R · 02-04-2007, 12:50 PM

If your forums are in the root of your site then I think you'll find the images are in the root of your site ;)

02-04-2007, 12:57 PM

So your vb images are in domain/images, and not domain/forum/images? Those are two different paths :p

02-04-2007, 06:53 PM

nice smooth install, but it doesnt work with firefox

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