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Post and Board icons

Wouldn't it be nice to have them as separate than embedding into a single image ? Not so easy for all to figure out. Or perhaps a mod which will allow use post, board icons of our choice..

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Reply #1 –

Oh yes! +1

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Reply #2 –

I believe that this is very convenient way of doing things faster when you have a single file. It shouldn't be hard to separate this using the way I mentioned in the other post. In the CSS file you have a image-url and below this you have CSS that tells in what position the image needs to be read from.

Unfortunately as I said, there is no way I can show this before I come back from holidays.

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Reply #3 –

I think you mean this part of the CSS file:

Code: [Select]
/* $BOARDICONS */
/* ------------------------------------------------------- */
.board_icon {
display: block;
float: left;
width: 48px;
height: 48px;
}
.board_key:before {
display: block;
float: left;
height: 24px;
width: 26px;
content: "";
}
.category_boards .board_icon, .board_key:before {
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url(../../images/_light/board_icons.png);
}
.on_board {
background-position: 0 0;
}
.on2_board {
background-position: -72px 0;
}
.off_board {
background-position: -144px 0;
}
.redirect_board {
background-position: -216px 0;
}
.new_some_board:before {
background-position: -300px -14px;
}
.new_none_board:before {
background-position: -372px -14px;
}
.new_redirect_board:before {
background-position: -444px -14px;
}
So the solution can be to tell the forum that it has to use single images for on, on2, off, and the new stuff. For example:
Code: [Select]
.on_board {
background-image: url(../../images/_light/board_icon_on.png);
}
Not tested.

But what needs to be done with:

Code: [Select]
.category_boards .board_icon, .board_key:before {
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url(../../images/_light/board_icons.png);
}

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Reply #4 –

This is the exact thing that I meant.

I think that if you remove this part or use display none it should be okay.

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Reply #5 –

So a mod won't be difficult. :D

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Reply #6 –

A mod could be easily written ;)

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Reply #8 –

Quote from: CrimeS – A mod could be easily written ;)

Well, if it is - which one of you is going to write this mod? ;)

I would be very glad and grateful to use it O:-) for ever and ever and ever...

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Reply #9 –

I won't have time for it until Friday.

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Reply #10 –

Quote from: CrimeS – I won't have time for it until Friday.
Quote from: CrimeS – I won't have time for it until Friday.
Quote from: CrimeS – I won't have time for it until Friday.
Quote from: CrimeS – I won't have time for it until Friday.

We can wait will next week ;)

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Reply #11 –

A first very basic try:
https://github.com/emanuele45/BoardIcons

You should create (ooops I forgot to add it lol) a directory "boardicons" in the "images" directory of the default theme and of your "custom" theme (this last is optional).

Then you can start adding files with a certain name:
default_on.png
 default_off.png
default_on2.png
 default_redirect.png
If you add only these files then all the icons will be replaced by those ones (including keys and the end of the board).
If you want to add a different icon for each board, you can use this name scheme:
1_on.png
 1_off.png
1_on2.png
 1_redirect.png
where "1" is the id of the board.

All the boards with a "custom" icon will use that custom one, the others will use the default you set (default_*.png) or the default of the theme.

If you are using different icons for each boards the addons will hide the legend at the end of the board index.

I may have missed something, for the moment I'm too lazy to write an admin interface, in the future if anyone is interested he can poke (don't worry, I'm not going to code it unless I'm in a good mood :P) and/or code it. ;D

Quote from: CrimeS – I won't have time for it until Friday.
Arg... there was no post when I started coding!! :'(
Well, feel free to code your version! ;D
I guess something like this should end up into 1.1... O:-)
Bugs creator.
Features destroyer.
Template killer.

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Reply #12 –

Great! I will use this one too! Thank you! :)

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Reply #13 –

 emanuele has not tested it. O:-)
Bugs creator.
Features destroyer.
Template killer.

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Reply #14 –

So? Let your customer test it like all others do. ;)