TIP: Make the Promo go away for logged in users

Thank you for doing this.  I was always bothered by the logged in display in Dolphin, but couldn't but my finger on why.   This is so obviously that I'm surprised it hasn't been done before - this should be part of the design of the product.

MichelSwiss is getting 5 bucks for this - you could have gotten some beer money.

Thanks Houston, its a nice solution. :)

If you were a woman (without a beard), I'd kiss you!

I HATED that "Welcome" strip.

Houston, this one line code will save a lot of people's hair pulling....thanks for sharing!

nice mod

much thank

Excellent tips! Thank you very much.

somebody is doing homework here .... 

Thank you. very much.

Would the promo block mod work if you were using a custom html page? I like the idea of have that thing disappear after you have logged in. Thanks Houtonlively!

My mod do something more than just make the Promo block to disapear (of course this is possible too)., but allow to replace the Promo block with some multi-language text/image/HTML or even with some PHP code...

I tried to set this mod free for Premium members but Paypal was still asking fo a payment of 0$... Maybe this Market issue was solved... I will try again later ;-)

Hey, I would like to show a different promo banner for non-members, standard members, and premium members.

I imagine I could just add two folder in the media/images folder promostan and promoprem.

I also imagine I could just duplicate the getPromoImagesArray to make a getStanPromoImagesArray and getPremPromoImagesArray and change:

$rDir = opendir( $dir['imagesPromo'] ); to 'imagesPromostan' and 'imagesPromoprem'

Now assuming the above is correct, how would I go about showing one array versus the other depending on the type of member? Can this be done?

where is the original post? why was it removed?

me too been looking for the original post!

Houstonlively removed a majority of his posts in response to someone's idiotic remarks towards him. If anyone, you should blame the member who tried to seek attention over nothing.

So, tantrums are a regular thing here? I dont know the story, but stuff like this makes a person question the stability of the community. If you offer help for someone, you dont give them a ladder then pull it out from underneath them when they are halfway up it. Best to just not give them a ladder at all if you know youre not going to let them climb it.

HoustonLively's promo code:

// This change will show the Promo image reloader to guests only, and it will not be displayed once a user is logged in. This will allow site owners to use the Promo image

// rotator to show guests what they can do on the site, and not annoy logged in members with what they already know.

In the file: /inc/design.inc.php

Find:

function getPromoCode() {

global $site;

$sSiteUrl = BX_DOL_URL_ROOT;

if( getParam( 'enable_flash_promo' ) != 'on' )

Change to:

function getPromoCode() {

global $site;

$sSiteUrl = BX_DOL_URL_ROOT;

if(!isMember())

if( getParam( 'enable_flash_promo' ) != 'on' )

I posted this backup because it is too useful not to have.

No one's throwing a tantrum.

Ah, I thought this was related to when you were removing your posts for that reason. But I'm glad to see the doctor's no longer questioning your mental health. It's good to see that the strikes are back. I've missed them.

(I need to edit this with something else, I'm sure.)

I didnt mean to rhile anyone up, I just made an observation- to someone coming here and browsing for the first or fifth time is disorienting to see something like this going on.

Of course it makes Boonex's boards look like a World of Warcraft forum, but the point I was trying to make is that after scanning through a few hundred posts already, I really feel most people can be beyond that. Sorry if my initial post was perhaps a bit more cryptic than it should have been. I'm new here and some of the pushing and pulling seems a bit awkward. I apologize.

Something has really changed at Boonex.  I think I can see it more clearly I think because I was inactive here for a few months.  They used to help people all the time.  My battle to get the multiple select issue fixed - or at least get the ticket opened, made me think about this more.  Why would they want such a critical database function to remain broken, when they have put such a massive amount of work into this product?   All I can think is they must have some huge custom social network development projects, and the Dolphin open source product has become secondary.  They can point to us and say that they have a 60,000 member community, but we have become more like props - I think this site is down to only 20 or so active users now.  The issue with the way the mods were done, and other critical functionality being left out of the base product entirely (Open ID/ other logins, membership level security, payment on join, etc) - things we have requested for years, plus the way they don't use all the great mods developed by this community in the product, made me realize this.   I hope this changes - and soon - the industry is not standing still at all.  I like to think that for them to be successful, we will have to be successful, but I am not sure they see it that way.

Thank you Houston & Stuard.

I'm quite happy it came through to us :-)

Any ideas how to show Promo to guests only in 7.0.9?

EDIT: See Deano's solution here: http://www.boonex.com/forums/?action=goto&search=1#topic/Remove-promo-block-for-logged-in-members-on-D7-0-8.htm