[Mod] Style - Login Box on Frontpage (Page 2 of 3)

Let's take an example:

Your user_avatars that goes in include/user/user_avatars.php

and requires change to  main.tpl

Would it be possible to put user_avatars.php and also a new main.tpl in an extension - do some stuff like in Reines post in manifest.xml

and like that have a one click install solution??

Just wondering:
a. Is it a bad idea to add a completely new main.tpl INSIDE the extension folder or BETTER?
b. Putting user_avatars.php INSIDE the extension (not include/user/) and running it from there is what I meant...

If I have to upload extension and a file it's technically not a pure extension anymore?

Thx.

I'd just forget about the template and output the code wherever I want.

I'd put its code in the extension, yes.

I'm a bit tired at the moment (and hungry), so I'm gona see what I can do about that (a.k.a. I'm leaving the forums to eat something and go sleep).

So... maybe tomorrow.

garciat -
does this make sens for the login mod?
as an extension

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE extension SYSTEM "ext-1.0.dtd">
 
<extension engine="1.0">
    <id>login_frontpage</id>
    <title>Login Box On Frontpage</title>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
    <description>Add The Login Boxes To Frontpage</description>
    <author>PunBB Forum</author>
 
    <minversion>1.3.2</minversion>
    <maxtestedon>1.3.2</maxtestedon>
 
    <hooks>
        <hook id="vt_pre_header_load"><![CDATA[

            require $ext_info['path'].'login.php';

        ]]></hook>

        <hook id="hd_template_loaded">
        
            str_replace('<!-- forum_announcement -->', "<!-- forum_include \"login.php\" -->\n<!-- forum_announcement -->", $tpl_main);
            
        </hook>
 
    </hooks>
 
</extension>

Question:
if I want it to appear like if I had done this in main.tpl :
<div id="brd-main">
    <!-- forum_main_title -->
HERE
    <!-- forum_crumbs_top -->

what does
str_replace  line need to look like?

btw: why am I not just including login.php ? and instead using login form?

and also
require $ext_info['path'].'login.php';
caused a fatal error on my test board....
how do I rectify a fatal error?

it should be
require $ext_info['path'].'/login.php';    ? that's what I tried and it didn't show anything on my board, but installed fine....

http://rapidshare.com/files/191135512/l … ntpage.zip (the extension as discussed - in case u wanna try)

nope... nothing showing on frontpage

....

oh just one thing on the first draft code you'd given me which caused

Fatal error: require() [function.require.php]: Failed opening required '../extensions/login_frontpagelogin.php'

how do I undo that? what do I delete?

yeah but i've uploaded the correct file to that forum but it still gives me the  fatal error
once an extension is installed - you can't even get back in to admin to uninstall it

so my question is, is there another way - rather than admin interface - to delete it? (just deleting extension folder doesn't help I believe...

yep that worked thanks.

deleted this

',
  ),
  'hd_template_loaded' => 
  array (
    0 => '$ext_info_stack[] = array(
\'id\'                => \'login_frontpage\',
\'path\'            => FORUM_ROOT.\'extensions/login_frontpage\',
\'url\'            => $GLOBALS[\'base_url\'].\'/extensions/login_frontpage\',
\'dependencies\'    => array (
)
);
$ext_info = $ext_info_stack[count($ext_info_stack) - 1];