[How To] Add a Hidden Birthday Table in the Header

[Sniper_E]

This is how you can add a hidden birthday table in the header.

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// OPEN styles/subSilver/overall_header.html

// FIND

<!-- IF not S_USER_LOGGED_IN -->
    <br clear="all" />

    <form method="post" action="<!-- IF S_LOGIN_ACTION -->{S_LOGIN_ACTION}<!-- ELSE -->{U_LOGIN_LOGOUT}<!-- ENDIF -->">
    <table class="tablebg" width="100%" cellspacing="1">
    <tr>
        <td class="cat" colspan="2"><h4><a href="{U_LOGIN_LOGOUT}">{L_LOGIN_LOGOUT}</a></h4></td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="row1">
        <td align="center"><span class="genmed">{L_USERNAME}:</span> <input class="post" type="text" name="username" size="10" />&nbsp; <span class="genmed">{L_PASSWORD}:</span> <input class="post" type="password" name="password" size="10" />&nbsp; <span class="gensmall">{L_LOG_ME_IN}</span> <input type="checkbox" checked="checked" class="radio" name="autologin" />&nbsp; <input type="submit" class="btnmain" name="login" value="{L_LOGIN}" /></td><td> &nbsp;<a href="{U_REGISTER}"><img src="{T_THEME_PATH}/images/icon_mini_register.gif" width="12" height="13" border="0" alt="{L_REGISTER}" /> {L_REGISTER}</a></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    
    </form>
<!-- ENDIF -->

// AFTER </forum> ADD

<!-- ELSEIF S_DISPLAY_BIRTHDAY_LIST and BIRTHDAY_LIST -->
<br />
<table class="tablebg" width="100%" cellspacing="1">
    <tr>
        <th><h4>{L_BIRTHDAYS}</h4></th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="row1 genmed">{L_CONGRATULATIONS}: <b>{BIRTHDAY_LIST}</b></td>
    </tr>
</table>
<br />

// CLOSE and SAVE

Anytime a registered member's birthday comes up, that table will appear at the top of your page.

Edited: And/Or, if you wanted to have your birthday list hidden in the bottom of your index_body.html page.

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// OPEN styles/subSilver/index_body.html

// FIND

<!-- IF S_DISPLAY_BIRTHDAY_LIST -->

// REPLACE WITH

<!-- IF S_DISPLAY_BIRTHDAY_LIST and BIRTHDAY_LIST -->

// CLOSE and SAVE

I just noticed angelside had this tip listed already.

[Sniper_E]

I took OUT the DISPLAY_BIRTHDAY_LIST table in the bottom of the index_body page.
I moved it into the lower table just below the Statistics section.
If you look and don't see anything there, that's because there is no new birthday today.
Let's wait until a birthday rolls around and see what happens.

I did not do this in the overall_header page for it to appear in the top of the page because Highway has something written up there already and I will not alter or move anything that Highway or Hanyman does in these pages. Well, that's a lie because I added a couple of <br />s in what he had up there.... but don't tell him cause I might get in trouble.

The test is on!

[Highway of Life]

Go ahead and remove it... it won?t apply until next year, plus a certain MOD will replace that anyways.

[Sniper_E]

Yeah! The birthday table showed up!!!

Too bad it was for Kakashi306 who joined Nov. 11th last visit Nov. 12th and has no posts.
Not a formidable member to be celebrating. We should limit this to a max # of posts also.

I love it when a plan comes together....

[Sniper_E]

Aight.... It's countdown time for that Birthday Table.... 1 Hour and 9 Minutes and it should disappear!

[Handyman]

Yep? eez gone? vanished? is no more? deleted? banish? oh, sorry.

[Highway of Life]

Looks good Sniper!
I noticed it only shows up on the index page... this is fine.

I?m going to try and move the spacing from <br /> tags to the stylesheet... much better that way.

[MikeR]

This doesn't work with RC1? I attempted to look up that text in styles/subsilver2/template/overall_header.html and couldn't find any of it.
Any ideas?

[Sniper_E]

Do you think it could be added to the top of the index_body.html instead of in the header?

I have the birthday greeting hid in the statistics below in the index so I know it can be hidden at the top.

I'll look in a little bit. It can be added where ever you want it.

[MikeR]

I tried adding it to "viewforum_body.html" to see it inside the forum itself, but never could get it to show. (I copy/pasted the regular code so it was always visable) as I only have 1 forum on that particular board, so most of my users never see the front page. They link in to viewforum instead.

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<!-- IF S_DISPLAY_BIRTHDAY_LIST -->
<br clear="all" />

<table class="tablebg" width="100%" cellspacing="1">
<tr>
<td class="cat" colspan="2"><h4>{L_BIRTHDAYS}</h4></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="row1" align="center" valign="middle"><img src="{T_THEME_PATH}/images/whosonline.gif" alt="{L_BIRTHDAYS}" /></td>
<td class="row1" width="100%"><p class="genmed"><!-- IF BIRTHDAY_LIST -->{L_CONGRATULATIONS}: <b>{BIRTHDAY_LIST}</b><!-- ELSE -->{L_NO_BIRTHDAYS}<!-- ENDIF --></p></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- ENDIF -->