One of my favorite template edits that would make a great add-on. Got it from here: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/adding-user-avatars-to-lastpost-node.16262/ Forum Last Post User Avatar example here http://www.the8thlegion.com/board/ Thread Last Post User Avatar example here http://www.the8thlegion.com/forums/the-public-forum.14/ thread_list_info Find: Code: <dl class="lastPostInfo"> <dt><xen:username user="$thread.lastPostInfo" /></dt> <dd class="muted"><a{xen:if '{$visitor.user_id}', ' href="{xen:link posts, $thread.lastPostInfo}" title="{xen:phrase go_to_last_message}"'} class="dateTime"><xen:datetime time="$thread.lastPostInfo.post_date" /></a></dd> </dl> Replace: Code: <dl class="lastPostInfo"> <xen:set var="$avatarGroup">{xen:if '{$thread.lastPostInfo.user_id} < 1000', '0', '{xen:helper snippet, $thread.lastPostInfo.user_id, 1}'}</xen:set> <img src="data/avatars/s/{$avatarGroup}/{$thread.lastPostInfo.user_id}.jpg" alt="{$thread.lastPostInfo.username}" /> <dt><xen:username user="$thread.lastPostInfo" /></dt> <dd class="muted"><a{xen:if '{$visitor.user_id}', ' href="{xen:link posts, $thread.lastPostInfo}" title="{xen:phrase go_to_last_message}"'} class="dateTime"><xen:datetime time="$thread.lastPostInfo.post_date" /></a></dd> </dl> CSS Code: .lastPostInfo img { border: 1px solid #c4c4c4 !important; border-radius: 1px !important; padding: 1px; float: left; width: 28px; height: 28px; margin-right: 1px; } ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- node_forum_level_2 Find: Code: <xen:if is="{$forum.lastPost.date}"> {xen:phrase latest}: <a href="{xen:link posts, $forum.lastPost}" title="{$forum.lastPost.title}">{xen:helper wordTrim, $forum.lastPost.title, 30}</a> <span class="lastThreadMeta"><xen:username user="$forum.lastPost" />, <xen:datetime time="$forum.lastPost.date" class="muted" /></span> <xen:else /> Replace: Code: <xen:if is="{$forum.lastPost.date}"> <xen:set var="$avatarGroup">{xen:if '{$forum.lastPost.user_id} < 1000', '0', '{xen:helper snippet, $forum.lastPost.user_id, 1}'}</xen:set> <img src="data/avatars/s/{$avatarGroup}/{$forum.lastPost.user_id}.jpg?{$forum.lastPost.date}" alt="{$forum.lastPost.username}" /> {xen:phrase latest}: <a href="{xen:link posts, $forum.lastPost}" title="{$forum.lastPost.title}">{xen:helper wordTrim, $forum.lastPost.title, 30}</a> <span class="lastThreadMeta"><xen:username user="$forum.lastPost" />, <xen:datetime time="$forum.lastPost.date" class="muted" /></span> <xen:else /> CSS Code: .nodeLastPost img { border: 1px solid #c4c4c4 !important; border-radius: 3px !important; padding: 2px; float: left; width: 23px; height: 23px; margin-right: 9px; }
Not everything is replaceable with Template Modifications I'm afraid. We can only add things where hooks are available, we can't replace code in templates from an add-on
Oh okay. At least this thread will come in handy anyway then for peeps wanting to know how to do that template edit.
Actually we can and I often do. It requires me to parse the template into the DOM and find where I want to add the modifications and insert my code. You will find this happens often in my mods so I have made it easier to do it for me with XenPlus. However using DOM every request isn't a good idea. I will need to add some form of caching for it.