Greeting Block

[Bobbyplant]

Hi thanks for the reply. The docs page offers examples but the links dont work??

Im struggling to get anything to appear :laugh:

[JPDeni]

Do you have TinyPortal installed? If not, install it before going any further.

Go to your admin interface. Look for a section labeled TinyPortal. Under that will be a link labeled Block Manager. Click it.

From there, you can create a new block. You'll want a php block. Paste the code into the block. Save it. Then, on the main list of blocks be sure to activate it -- click the green button by the block.

If you have problems with any of this, you can ask questions, but you will need to be specific with what you have done and what the problem is.

[lOOmis]

I can't seem to find the file...

"It can, but you have to edit the TPortalBlocks.template.php file."

Is it accessable from the Current Theme?

Thanks,
lOOmis

[Bobbyplant]

Do you have TinyPortal installed? If not, install it before going any further.

Go to your admin interface. Look for a section labeled TinyPortal. Under that will be a link labeled Block Manager. Click it.

From there, you can create a new block. You'll want a php block. Paste the code into the block. Save it. Then, on the main list of blocks be sure to activate it -- click the green button by the block.

If you have problems with any of this, you can ask questions, but you will need to be specific with what you have done and what the problem is.

Thanks for your help, got it sorted!

[JPDeni]

lOOmis, what file are you talking about? You don't need to find a file to create a block. You just create it.

Bobbyplant, Cool!!

[lOOmis]

This is what I was asking about. Is it part of the Template CSS? I got the origianl code inserted into a php block. Worked great. I would like to add the code below.

It can, but you have to edit the TPortalBlocks.template.php file.

Here's what I did. Down at the bottom of the file, I added

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function greeting()
{
  global $user_info;
  $return = '';
  $hour = date('G') + $user_info['time_offset'];
  if ($hour > 23) { $hour = $hour - 24; }
  elseif ($hour < 0) { $hour = $hour + 24; }
  $name = $user_info['username'];
  if($hour >= 0 && $hour <= 7)
  {
        $return = "Very early, isnt it, <b>$name</b>?";
  }
  else if($hour <= 8 && $hour <= 12)
  {
        $return =  "Good morning, <b>$name</b>!";
  }
  else if($hour >= 13 && $hour <= 16)
  {
        $return =  "Good afternoon, <b>$name</b>!";
  }
  else if($hour >= 17 && $hour <= 23)
  {
        $return =  "Good evening, <b>$name</b>!";
  }
  return $return;
}

Then under function userbox(), find

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                echo '<span class="normaltext">
                                                        ', $txt['hello_member'], ' <b>', $context['user']['name'], '</b></span>';

Change it to

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                echo '<span class="normaltext">
                                                        ', greeting(), '</b></span>';


It works for me.

[ApplianceJunk]

Cool!

Works great for us, thanks!

[JPDeni]

lOOmis, you'll have to edit the TPortalBlocks.template.php in a text editor.

[lOOmis]

OK, Thankyou. I was looking everywhere in the Admin Section to get to it....oh well. Not ready to tackle that.

Thanks again for the help.

lOOmis

[Solomon]

JPDeni
Thanks, this is a neat and friendly piece of coding