Horizontal Postbit

Worker Joined: Nov 09, 2012 Posts: 127

I asked at ClanThemes a few days ago on how they get their horizontal postbit, but got no answer of it.

I've read on Codezwiz that Telli never planned on releasing his horizontal postbit, either... So can I have some help with this? I want a horizontal postbit similar to ClanThemes' and Codezwiz's.

Site Admin Joined: Aug 22, 2007 Posts: 1772

coRpSE wrote:

That is just a matter of knowing tables and modifying the viewtopic_body.tpl. All themes are different so there is no basic was of just saying do this and that's it.

He is right. Its not hard but you must compare the tables of your theme. This only a example and its simple html code. In other themes can it be different but it should help to find the right way.

For example i will use the RavenIce theme:

open themes/RavenIce/forums/viewtopic_body.tpl and find:

Code:

<table class="forumline" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0">


<tr>


<th width="150" height="28">{L_AUTHOR}</th>


<th width="100%">{L_MESSAGE}</th>


</tr>


<!-- BEGIN postrow -->


<tr>


<td valign="top" class="{postrow.ROW_CLASS}" rowspan="2"><span class="name"><a name="{postrow.U_POST_ID}"></a><strong>{postrow.POSTER_NAME}</strong></span><br />


<span class="postdetails">{postrow.POSTER_RANK}<br />


{postrow.RANK_IMAGE}<br />


{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}<br /><br />


{postrow.POSTER_JOINED}<br />


{postrow.POSTER_POSTS}<br />


{postrow.POSTER_FROM}</span><br />


<img src="themes/RavenIce/forums/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="150" height="1" />


</td>

Change it to:

Code:

<table class="forumline" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0">


<tr>


<th width="100%" height="28">{L_AUTHOR}</th>


</tr>


<!-- BEGIN postrow -->


<tr>


<td valign="top" class="{postrow.ROW_CLASS}">


<span class="name"><a name="{postrow.U_POST_ID}"></a><strong>{postrow.POSTER_NAME}</strong></span><br />


<span class="postdetails">{postrow.POSTER_RANK}<br />


{postrow.RANK_IMAGE}<br />


{postrow.POSTER_AVATAR}<br /><br />


{postrow.POSTER_JOINED}<br />


{postrow.POSTER_POSTS}<br />


{postrow.POSTER_FROM}</span><br />


<img src="themes/RavenIce/forums/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="150" height="1" />


</td>


</tr>


<tr>


<td width="100%" height="28">{L_MESSAGE}</td>


</tr>


<tr>

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 3:33 pm

Thanks for the reply, neralex.

I know how to do that, but I'd have to make a table, and that's what I need help with. Here is what I'd like:

I want a two-column table like that. I've tried by myself. I've read a lot about tables and creating and adjusting columns, but I don't know what to do. I know that I could change the percentage of the column, to make it how big / where I want it, but I'm still not sure what to do.

Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 3:43 pm

You have only seen the top of the mountain. Why don't you play with the html code. Try it out. You can find so much things on the net to create html and tables. This is basic stuff. You should find a lot of them. But how i have it written. Its in every theme different. You can't find a perfect solution because the perfect solution is only based on your own preferences and on the files of the theme what you are using. Compare it with the themes in the RN package or with other themes. Building a own theme could costs more than 100 hours.

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 5:11 pm

Well, I was able to achieve something like this:

But I have decided to migrate to Nuke Evolution Xtreme.
Thanks for all of your guys' help.