Greetings message

[nscalerr]

Forum URL: support.proboards.com/


Just noticed a greetings message next to my username in Scott's(?) 'Life's a beach" theme and was wondering if it was a plugin or just a simple script and how it was done??

[ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ᴄᴜᴘɪᴅ]

hey nscalerr , it looks like he's just gone admin > themes > layout templates > forum wrapper and edited lines 44-51ish (on the default skin at least). i imagine line 50 looks something like:

<span>jhgdfjskh welcome message here $[current_user.name].</span> $[logout_link]
the same sort of idea applies for the welcome guest part, which would be line 45-47 on default.

[nscalerr]

Only the message changes depending on the time of day. We will see when he comes in to the office.

[ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ᴄᴜᴘɪᴅ]

ahh didn't know that. honestly not sure in that case, probably uses script of some sort (i'm not aware of a time variable although it could exist?)

[Scott]

nscalerr , lol was wondering if anyone was using my theme and noticed this. It's a script I added to the Forum Wrapper layout template. It changes the message based on the time (hourly). 

Look for this line:
<span>Welcome $[current_user.name].</span> $[logout_link]

Remove the Welcome but leave the "space" so it looks like this:

<span> $[current_user.name].</span> $[logout_link]


And literally right before the opening <span> tag, add this script:

<script type="text/javascript">
document.write("<span>");
var day = new Date();
var hr = day.getHours();
if (hr == 1) {document.write("Do you ever sleep");}
if (hr == 2) {document.write("Do you ever sleep");}
if (hr == 3) {document.write("Are you a vampire");}
if (hr == 4) {document.write("So you up early or late");}
if (hr == 5) {document.write("You know the sun ain't up yet");}
if (hr == 6) {document.write("You're up early");}
if ((hr == 7) || (hr == 8) || (hr == 9)) {document.write("Good Morning!");}
if (hr == 10) {document.write("Time for a morning break");}
if (hr == 11) {document.write("Good Morning!");}
if (hr == 12) {document.write("Don't forget to grab lunch");}
if (hr == 13) {document.write("Good afternoon");}
if (hr == 14) {document.write("Take a break and stretch");}
if ((hr == 15) || (hr == 16)) {document.write("Good Afternoon!");}
if ((hr == 17) || (hr == 18) || (hr == 19) || (hr == 20) || (hr == 21) || (hr == 22)) {document.write("Good Evening");}
if (hr == 23) {document.write("Wow you're up late");}
if (hr == 0) {document.write("Psst, it's past midnight");}
document.write("</span>");
</script>
The script is pretty straightforward so you should be able to adjust the message and times as desired.

Let me know if you have any questions.  Enjoy! 

[nscalerr]

Installed and working well. Changed two of the messages.