Are you using a custom icon for that forum – uploaded and set in the edit forum admin panel?
The icon I’m attempting to change is the group icon. The forum in question (the forum with the new topic) is using a custom icon that has been uploaded and set (and working) for some time.
Ah understood.
The current position is that if you use a custom icon then that will be used regardless of state. The problem here is that to do this this with unique, custom icons (and most users will define a different icon for each forum) is going to require a second custom icon, a second field on the forum table and select list and ui on the create/edit forum admin panels. All of which were out of scope for such a late change to what is an almost released version.
That is planned however.
To anyone that was using the SPTHEMEICONS constant to point to the dir/url of the used images: This constant no longer exists in the latest build. You’ve now got to use either SPTHEMEICONSURL or SPTHEMEICONSDIR.
Just sharing, because this change broke our in-house solution for showing custom ‘topic/forum with new post(s)’ icons.
Sorry about that – I am amazed you are using it!
Once we get to the ‘gold’ release (soon I really hope) then we will nail these down of course.
Yellow Swordfish said
Ah understood.
The current position is that if you use a custom icon then that will be used regardless of state. The problem here is that to do this this with unique, custom icons (and most users will define a different icon for each forum) is going to require a second custom icon, a second field on the forum table and select list and ui on the create/edit forum admin panels. All of which were out of scope for such a late change to what is an almost released version.
That is planned however.
So using a custom icon for the forum prevents using separate read/unread icons for the group? Just making sure I understand.
yes, as it currently stands… as Andy indicates, we have a ticket open to support multiple there too… just may not make 5.0…
So because I have a custom Icon the following will not work in Group view and I will have to modify the core again after the svn up last night?
# Start the Forum Loop
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
if (sp_has_forums()) : while (sp_loop_forums()) : sp_the_forum();
# Start the 'forum' section
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sp_SectionStart('tagClass=spGroupForumSection', 'forum');
# Column 1 of the forum row
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
sp_ColumnStart('tagClass=spColumnSection spLeft spColumnGuideR&width=6%&height=55px');
sp_ForumIndexIcon('tagClass=spRowIcon spLeft&iconUnread=sp_ForumIcon_new_post.png');
sp_ColumnEnd();
# Column 2 of the forum row
It’s back in sp-group-view-functions.php now.
This works for me.
if ($spThisForum->unread) {
$icon = $iconUnread;
$icon = SPTHEMEICONS.sanitize_file_name($icon);
}
else if (!empty($spThisForum->forum_icon)) {
$icon = SFCUSTOMURL.$spThisForum->forum_icon;
}
else {
$icon = SPTHEMEICONS.sanitize_file_name($icon);
}
if ($get) {
return $icon;
Does anyone have some code that allows the use of separate read/unread icons for the group when using a custom icon? My code above no longer works. I have changed SPTHEMEICONs to SPTHEMEICONSUR.
I know that it needs to be done in sp-group-view-functions. I have declared iconUnread on line 30 in the array immediately after icon is declared.
Once I get this working I will be uprading my live site to SP5.0
Patience dear boy – I will get to it. I am all alone and can only type with one hand (my inferior left at that!)
Yes but my code was working fine until this latest version. Something has changed methinks. It’s driving me up the wall quite frankly 