cotonti.com : section banners https://www.cotonti.com Laatste forum onderwerpen Cotonti en Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:28:32 -0000 Draeghonov

I have given it some thought,and just tried a n00bish thing: look at my current css:

#slogan		{ width:981px; height:154px; }
#slogan h2	{ display:none; }

#alogan		{ width:981px; height:154px; }
#alogan h2	{ display:none; }

.s-admin	{ background:url(img/bann/administration.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-forums	{ background:url(img/bann/forums.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-index	{ background:url(img/bann/index.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-message	{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-message-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-page		{ background:url(img/bann/downloads.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-list		{ background:url(img/bann/downloads.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.a-videos	{ background:url(img/bann/videos.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.a-tutorial	{ background:url(img/bann/tutorials.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-pfs		{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-pfs-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-polls	{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-polls-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-pm		{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-pm-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-plug		{ background:url(img/bann/plugins.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-users	{ background:url(img/bann/users.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }

Before I did this, the downloads, videos and tutorials pages had the same banner; not anymore :D

This is how I have implemented it in header.tpl:

<div id="slogan" class="s-{PHP.z}"><div id="alogan" class="a-{PHP.c}"></div>
Yes, VERY n00bish indeed, but this works :)
Now all I have to do is expand on this, to see what can be done to show sub-sections and the different plugins, like top last seen and quickstats etc :)

Added 3 hours 13 minutes later:

Ok, just a tuny question:

{PHP.z}-->sections
{PHP.c}-->page category
{PHP.?}-->plugin category
What letter should the "?" be? :)]]> Vr, 16 Okt 2009 23:19:38 -0000 Kort Draeghonov: I used {PHP.z} in the Cryo skin for a simple imitation of a banner rotate plugin. Nothing more. This way I got myself section-specific "banners" without enforcing testers to install a 3rd-party plugin. If you want to have page-category-dependent banners, you should go for {PHP.c} in the list.tpl or whatever you have. Basically, css-or-plugin choice depends on how complicated you want things to be. With your requirements however I would recommend that you use a plugin.]]> Vr, 16 Okt 2009 13:27:37 -0000 Draeghonov :-X :-X

Thanks everyone that posted in this topic!!!!
And Thank You, Kort, for providing the solution!!!
This is awesome!

I really wanted to give my website a new impuls, and the section banners was 1 way of getting the result I was longing for.

Thanks to this solution, I can host another "competition" on my website, to get the creative work flowing!
This is awesome, THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Added 2 hours 24 minutes later:

Just a hopefully tiny expansion:

On the testsite: http://lanos.la.funpic.de you can see Kort's help in action.
It all works great, but I have a question:

As you can see, we have a downloads button. When clicked, you see the downloads banner. That page has two sections. Whenever one of the sections is clicked, the banner still remains the downloads banner.
Same goes for the videos and tutorial banners.
This is how it looks in css:

.s-admin	{ background:url(img/bann/administration.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-forums	{ background:url(img/bann/forums.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-index	{ background:url(img/bann/index.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-message	{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-message-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-page		{ background:url(img/bann/downloads.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-list.php?c=downloads		{ background:url(img/bann/downloads.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-list.php?c=videos		{ background:url(img/bann/videos.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-list.php?c=tutorial		{ background:url(img/bann/tutorials.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-pfs		{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-pfs-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-polls	{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-polls-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-pm		{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-pm-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-plug		{ background:url(img/bann/plugins.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-plug.php?e=toplastseen		{ background:url(img/bann/tls.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-users	{ background:url(img/bann/users.jpg) no-repeat 0 0; }

Somehow, adding the categories doesn't seem to work.
Is it possible to make it work?]]> Vr, 16 Okt 2009 01:37:08 -0000 Kort <div id="slogan" class="s-{PHP.z}"> <h2> {PHP.cfg.subtitle} </h2> </div>in the Cryo skin to display section-specific "banners". In the .css file use
.s-admin	{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-admin-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-forums	{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-forums-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-index	{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-index-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-message	{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-message-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-page		{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-page-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-pfs		{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-pfs-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-polls	{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-polls-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-pm		{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-pm-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-plug		{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-plug-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
.s-users	{ background:url(img/blueish/slogan-users-en.png) no-repeat 0 0; }
or whatever fits your skin.
This way you can bypass custom header/footer thing]]> Thu, 15 Okt 2009 17:04:35 -0000 pieter For admin it is header.administration.tpl

Try it only with one before changing it for all.
Try nit with a copy of header.tpl without changing anything.
If that works try with the changes.]]> Thu, 15 Okt 2009 16:17:22 -0000 Draeghonov
I will try this!

Added 16 hours 10 minutes later:

Hmm...
In config.php I have set the value.
But: I have tried header.location.php, but to be honest, I have no clue as to what code should be in there...
I have tried header.location.tpl:
I have given the for example, the header.index.tpl the image source for the index banner.
BUT: When I look in the header.tpl, it says this in the file:

    <td colspan="3"><a href=https://www.cotonti.com/"index.php"><img src="skins/{PHP.skin}/img/main/banner2.gif" alt="" /></a></td>

So now my question is:
What is the code needed for let's say: header.index.tpl, and how do I activate it in the header.tpl?

thanks in advance, Dave :)

Added 5 hours 22 minutes later:

aaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!
I give up...

I have made the change in config.php,
I have made different header tpl files; each having its own banner...
I get a blanc page: fatal error: default skin not found...]]> Wo, 14 Okt 2009 07:00:12 -0000 Kilandor Wo, 14 Okt 2009 06:05:42 -0000 Draeghonov sorry if this is a repost of some sort, but I could not find it anywhere...

This is what I am looking for:
Way back, in the days of LDU, there was a way (plugin?) thet enabled different banners for different sections.
The index had one banner, the forums had their own banner, administartion had it's banner etc.
I am NOT talking about the banner rotate plugin; that changes the site banner when the page is refreshed, while I'm looking for a way to get each section it's own banner.

Any help would be great :)
reg, Dave]]> Wo, 14 Okt 2009 04:55:15 -0000