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Lioness
Junior WebHelper
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
Posts: 6
Location: Gtr Manchester,NW England
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 7:08 pm (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hi everyone.
My second post on the site and I'm asking questions already.
I was rudely brushed off when asked for simple help and advice concerning mods just because my site was originally set up by someone other than myself(even though he has his own graphics and hosting business)on the phpbb forum.
Not only that,they said they will not offer support because the software my site uses is phpbb 2.0.3 so there are no mods avilable.
I'll try and make it to the point now Is there anywhere that offers mods for out of date phpBB software?
I really want to have a 'location' line added in as mine doesn't have it.
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Darren
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Joined: 05 Feb 2002
Posts: 549
Location: London
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 7:25 pm (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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The 'Location' field is part of vanilla phpBB, has it maybe been removed from the template? |
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Lioness
Junior WebHelper
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
Posts: 6
Location: Gtr Manchester,NW England
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 7:37 pm (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Darren wrote: | The 'Location' field is part of vanilla phpBB, has it maybe been removed from the template? |
I'm not sure,I don't know the whereabouts of the person who set up my site anymore so I
can't get in touch.
I think maybe because I'm sure there is also something else missing as well.
Is there anyway to rectify this without upgrading?
Thanks again! |
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adam
Forum Moderator & Developer
Joined: 26 Jul 2002
Posts: 704
Location: UK
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 7:56 pm (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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hi lioness, and welcome!
I'm not entirely sure how to add a location line, as I'm not all that familiar with modifying phpBB.
To be honest, you should probably upgrade your installation even if there is a way to do what you need - the version you have is quite old, and I would bet there are more than a few security problems / bugs with it If you need help upgrading, I'm sure the people here (especially Daniel) will be able to help you. |
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Daniel
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Joined: 06 Jan 2002
Posts: 2564
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 8:20 pm (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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The reason why it's not there is that you appear not to be using the default theme. The author of your theme probably removed the Location field for some strange reason.
To add it in again:
Open http://www.rumongo.co.uk/forums/templates/Coldsteel/viewtopic_body.tpl.
Find Code: | <table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#000000" width="90%" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<span class="postdetails"> {postrow.POSTER_JOINED}<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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After, add: Code: | <table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#000000" width="90%" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<span class="postdetails"> {postrow.POSTER_FROM}<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br /> |
That should do it |
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Lioness
Junior WebHelper
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
Posts: 6
Location: Gtr Manchester,NW England
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:06 pm (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thankyou both Odhinn and Daniel I really want this even though it's minor-i've never touched any of the design before because knowing me i'd wreck it.
I'll have a go at that though-cheers Daniel.
Odhinn-In a couple of months someone will be upgrading it for me,I didn't understand uploading the phpBB files the first time,let alone second so am glad I have been spared the total embarassment of doing it myself.
[edit]
Thankyou Daniel,job done.
[edit n02]
I was wondering,is there a way to add another line to the info?
I wanted to add something like:
Musical Preference:
Have wanted to do it for ages but was told you need a mod to do it.
Thankyou again guys-the help was much appreciated. |
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Daniel
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Thu Oct 30, 2003 7:49 am (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Darren
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Location: London
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Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:18 am (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Or if you don't need the 'Interests' field you could utilise that for musical prefernce - just a quick change in the language file.. |
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Daniel
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Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:23 am (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yes, if you want to do that, just open /language/lang_english/lang_main.php and replace Code: | $lang['Interests'] = 'Interests'; | with Code: | $lang['Interests'] = 'Musical Preference'; |
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Darren
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Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:29 am (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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I guess they will need the extra code to display this under the Location, presumably this will need more than just a template change though? |
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Daniel
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Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:37 am (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Lioness
Junior WebHelper
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
Posts: 6
Location: Gtr Manchester,NW England
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Thu Oct 30, 2003 5:12 pm (20 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thankyou Darren and Daniel
The help has been much appreciated |
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