Welcome new member & show total thread & post count

[Former Member]

Here you can show the latest post on your forum
The newest member to join your forum
A link to show today's birthdays on your forum
Show your total Thread count & Post count
All at The Top Of You Forum

Go > admin > Layout Templates > Home

And place the code above or below $[news]

Screenshot



if you wish Threads - Posts to say something else you could always use the switch it plugin

Code:



<!-- Template welcome new member & show total thread & post count by xsteveuk -->
<center><div class="container">
   <div class="title-bar"><center><h2>Welcome To The Forum</h2></center></div>
   <div class="content">
       <br /><center>Our Latest Posting $[last_updated_thread.recent_link]<br>
Please Welcome Our Newest Member To The Forum: $[newest_user]<br>        
$[birthdays_today_link]<br>
Total Threads: $[total_threads] - Total Posts: $[total_posts]</center><br /></div></div><br /></center>

[emaeye]

I really like this template, however I can't seem to get any of the variables to show up on the Home page, but it all shows up just fine on the Forum page.

I managed to get the text minus variables on the Home page by putting it into an html container, but of course not having the variables just makes it look sort of silly.

Any tips? I'm not really sure what's going wrong...

Also the board is here: magicqueers.proboards.com for reference.

[Former Member]

Dec 8, 2013 13:14:41 GMT -8 emaeye said:

I really like this template, however I can't seem to get any of the variables to show up on the Home page, but it all shows up just fine on the Forum page.

I managed to get the text minus variables on the Home page by putting it into an html container, but of course not having the variables just makes it look sort of silly.

Any tips? I'm not really sure what's going wrong...

Also the board is here: magicqueers.proboards.com for reference.

I'm having no problem with the code showing

Do you have the code added only on the HOME TEMPLATE

[emaeye]

I just double checked and it was definitely only put on the Home Template.

I removed the code from the Structure > Custom Page > HTML so now you can see that it doesn't show on the front page at all.

With your test forum, however, you have the actual boards showing up on the front page, whereas mine are only located in /forum. I guess I'm trying to get this template to work on a custom page (which I've got set as my default home page), and whether or not that's possible I have no idea.

[Former Member]

Ah yes as far as I'm aware
it will only pickup/read and show the info from the homepage template - not custom pages

[emaeye]

Ah, alright then, thank you! And sorry for all the confusion!

[Former Member]

Dec 8, 2013 14:56:07 GMT -8 emaeye said:

Ah, alright then, thank you! And sorry for all the confusion!

No problem

Steve

[matt16289]

How would I add this to a side bar like the redux sidebar?

[Former Member]

Nov 11, 2015 18:41:11 GMT -8 matt16289 said:

How would I add this to a side bar like the redux sidebar?

Hi, matt16289

I'm not sure about the redux sidebar as I haven't got that plugin
As far as I'm aware the (Show your total Thread count & Post count) will only work on the home template

you could perhaps wait to see if Brian can help with using His plugin

Steve

[matt16289]

Ok Cool. Thank you ill shoot him a message and see what he recommends.

[Former Member]

If you wish to show the number of Likes
The latest post has received
And what board the last post was posted into

Screenshot is how it looks on my forum

Go > admin > Layout Templates > Home

And place the code above or below $[news]



<!-- Template welcome new member & show total thread & post count by xsteveuk -->
<center><div class="container">
<div class="title-bar"><center><h2>Welcome To The Forum</h2></center></div>
<div class="content">
<br /><center>Our Latest Posting $[last_updated_thread.recent_link]<br>
Posted into $[last_updated_thread.board]<br>Has received {if $[last_updated_thread.first_post.likes.total]} <b>$[last_updated_thread.first_post.likes.total]</b> Like{if $[last_updated_thread.first_post.likes.total] != 1}s{/if}{else}0 Likes {/if}
<br>Please Welcome Our Newest Member To The Forum: $[newest_user]<br>
$[birthdays_today_link]<br>
Total Threads: $[total_threads] - Total Posts: $[total_posts]</center><br /></div></div><br /></center>



Steve

[JR]

How do you change the "Welcome to the forum" to "Welcome to [insert forum name]" ?

[ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ᴄᴜᴘɪᴅ]

JR go admin > layout templates >home, scroll down to the code you pasted in and change it to "welcome to $[forum.name]"

[unicornism]

This is perfect. Thanks for sharing.

[Former Member]

i liek this, i have one question, how do I take the birthday out? many thanks for this template. makes my forum look more polished.