I would like to use a differnt banner management then what comes with xoops. I found the code in header.php that 'does' the banner. At first I just used an include but that put the banner on top of everything throwing off the alignment of the first of the page.

From some looking at the original code:

and the theme.html
I figured out I need to use the if/else language and assign the selector name for the css to work. What I have figured out so far is:


It seems like in the first set of () I should have it check for the banner.php file I am using. But I don't know how to write that I am looking at the php.net manual but don't really know what I am looking for.

Another question I have is on the $xoopsTpl variable what does the Tpl stand for? Only thing I could figure out is table placement.

Thanks for your time.

This line checks, whether you activated the banners management in your XOOPS preferences or not. If so, it does the following:



The var 'xoops_banner' in your XoopsTemplate (xoopsTpl) gets the banner value. Otherwise (the else statement) a space will be displayed instead of the banner.



Don't know exactly if this is, what you wanted to know ...

you should probably do something like:

This will replace the current banner with your custom banner/code to find and display your banner.

If you want to add your own banner management scheme in _addition_ to the XOOPS one, you should do a

AFTER the closing bracket of the XOOPS code. After that, you'll need to edit the theme.html of your chosen theme to show the new banner where you want it. This is done by inserting where you want this banner to be placed.

Thanks that helps alot.

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