Banners (aka Ribbons)

[Felix2]

This is part CSS and part module hack. It produces the effect of the Ribbons mod in vB4x. I call them banners in 5x.

Before and After

In css_additional.css

/* Start Banners */
.banner-image{
    display: block;
    float:right;
    position:relative;
[COLOR=#008000]    top:-20px;
    right: -25px;[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000FF]    width: 64px;
    height: 64px;[/COLOR]
}
/* End Banners */

Then edit templates, locate display_contenttype_threadview_header

At around Line 131 look for {vb:set schemaAuthor.itemprop, name}
Place the new code below after this line and before <!-- REPLY -->

    <vb:if condition="$userInfo['usertitle'] == 'Administrator' ">
        <img class="banner-image" src="/images/banner-Administrator.gif" />
<vb:else />
    <vb:if condition="$userInfo['usertitle'] == 'Super Moderator' ">
        <img class="banner-image" src="/images/banner-supermod.gif" />
<vb:else />
    <vb:if condition="$userInfo['usertitle'] == 'Moderator' ">
        <img class="banner-image" src="/images/banner-moderator.gif" />
<vb:else />
    <vb:if condition="$userInfo['usertitle'] == 'V.I.P.' ">
        <img class="banner-image" src="/images/banner-VIP.gif" />
<vb:else />
    <vb:if condition="$userInfo['usertitle'] == 'Banned Users' ">
        <img class="banner-image" src="/images/banner-BannedUser.gif" />
</vb:if>
</vb:if>
</vb:if>
</vb:if>
</vb:if>

Save the images into the root/images folder (or change the code to the folder you prefer).

Note: This code keys off the users profile TITLE. If you change the title, such as Administrator to GOD, then the banner code must be updated too.
Note 2: Change the position values and size values to tweak the placement to fit your theme.

[rnedelkow]

I really like the idea of displaying staff banners for some of our mods and employees. I just can't get this to work in 5.2.5. The template mod for display_contenttype_threadview_header is located around line 59 for me so I pasted the code as directed, but the banner is not visible.

Do the steps differ in 5.2.5?