ACP Login Background Chooser by IPS Themes

[Tom Christian]

File Name: ACP Login Background Chooser by IPS Themes

File Submitter: Tom Christian

File Submitted: 12 Nov 2012

File Category: Look and Feel

Supported Versions: IP.Board 3.2.x, IP.Board 3.3.x, IP.Board 3.4.x

This simple script allows you to add a custom background image to the admin login page. Your choice is saved in a cookie and will display on all future visits.

Installation
Refer to 'readme.html' for installation instructions. Upload the contents of the 'upload' folder and then to install the hook, simply import the acpLoginBg.xml file.

Configuration
Edit the included javascript file to configure the script to your needs.

Custom logo
Within the javascript configuration, enable the 'enableTitleText' option which will remove the IPS logo and allow you to add a custom title to the admin login page.

Copyright Removal
Purchase a copyright removal license here in order to remove the 'By Tom Christian' copyright.

Support
As this is a free file, I will not be offering my usual level of support like with my premium themes. I will however, fix any reported bugs.

here to download this file

[Tom Christian]

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[Dmacleo]

just fyi lot of ds_store files in the zip, including in the upload and admin folder.

also readme does not mention uploading anything.

this is a nice touch too, thanks.

[Tom Christian]

just fyi lot of ds_store files in the zip, including in the upload and admin folder.

also readme does not mention uploading anything.

this is a nice touch too, thanks.

Thanks, I've fixed those issues but there's an issue with the marketplace so can't submit it just yet.

[Dmacleo]

fwiw it works very well, super easy :)

[Tom Christian]

fwiw it works very well, super easy :smile:

Thanks :)

If you have any suggestions for features / improvements, let me know.

[Dmacleo]

will do :)

[Dmacleo]

is this cookie driven?

swapping computers leads to it using the default image.

while thats nice image I would like to see it maintaining an image across all acp users/computers.

[DocBatman]

Dmacleo,

Why not just make that image the default image in the settings. I removed every image, uploaded a custom image, and set that as the default image. Seems to be working across different browsers, users, and computers for me.

Tom,

What were the updates today?

[Tom Christian]

is this cookie driven?

swapping computers leads to it using the default image.

while thats nice image I would like to see it maintaining an image across all acp users/computers.

Yep, says in the description :smile:

Dmacleo,

Why not just make that image the default image in the settings. I removed every image, uploaded a custom image, and set that as the default image. Seems to be working across different browsers, users, and computers for me.

Tom,

What were the updates today?

This would be best way of making the choice cross browser.

The update just removed the ds_store files from the download package and updated the readme.

[Nevo]

I just checked this out and I gotta say, this is amazing. Thank you for making this. :)


I think my favorite part is it doesn't conflict with the acp.css that I already have (or the default one if I used it) and you mentioned in the file description of a copyright however I couldn't find that anywhere. :P

[Tom Christian]

I just checked this out and I gotta say, this is amazing. Thank you for making this. :smile:


I think my favorite part is it doesn't conflict with the acp.css that I already have (or the default one if I used it) and you mentioned in the file description of a copyright however I couldn't find that anywhere. :tongue:

Thanks!

(Look on the far right when the menu is open :P)

[Nevo]

Thanks!

(Look on the far right when the menu is open :tongue:)

Oh! That is such a perfect place to have it that I didn't even notice it! :P

Thanks again.

[Dmacleo]

I missed the cookie in description, sorry.

I did set as default but when I moved pc it did not hold, but I like the images you included too so I left them LOL

however that easily could have been error on my end as I was hurrying.

[Tom Christian]

I missed the cookie in description, sorry.

I did set as default but when I moved pc it did not hold, but I like the images you included too so I left them LOL

however that easily could have been error on my end as I was hurrying.

Make sure you type the exact file name (with the file extension) when setting a default image.

[Dmacleo]

thinking it may have been a jpg vs jpeg issue

pretty sure its completely my fault.

[Dmacleo]

the only 2.issues (and I hesitate to even call them issues) I see is any messages (like ip changed, timed out, etc) are hidden and the pic names are dark on dark, hard to see. I suspect that last one is easy to fix in the config file but have not looked yet.

this really is a sweet setup and I like the waterfall pic :)

[PatrickRQ]

there is no support for custom admin folder name, paths must be changed manually.. <img src="../admin/js/3rd_party/tctc91_custom/bg/'.$f.'" alt="'.$f.'" id="'.$f.'" /></li>'; :tongue:

Changing the line to

$bgFinal .= '<li><img src="../'.CP_DIRECTORY.'/js/3rd_party/tctc91_custom/bg/'.$f.'" alt="'.$f.'" id="'.$f.'" /></li>';

will solve the problem

[Dmacleo]

there is no support for custom admin folder name, paths must be changed manually.. <img src="../admin/js/3rd_party/tctc91_custom/bg/'.$f.'" alt="'.$f.'" id="'.$f.'" /></li>'; :tongue:

Changing the line to

$bgFinal .= '<li><img src="../'.CP_DIRECTORY.'/js/3rd_party/tctc91_custom/bg/'.$f.'" alt="'.$f.'" id="'.$f.'" /></li>';

will solve the problem

I am using a renamed admin folder w/o doing this.

just renamed the folder in the mod and uploaded and it worked fine.

[PatrickRQ]

yes, however if you will change you admin folder name you won't have to edit paths again using line above.

[Dmacleo]

you lost me.

I never edited any pathings to begin with.

I renamed the admin folder to what I call mine before uploading but I easily could have just uploaded its contents w/o renaming.

and it all works fine.

[Tripp★]

The images aren't exactly filling up the screen, smaller images tile and larger images get cut off. Is there anyway to fill the screen? I used a similar technique with my skins by making the background and body tags like this:

body {
	background: #164269 url({style_images_url}/background.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;
        -webkit-background-size: cover;
        -moz-background-size: cover;
        -o-background-size: cover;
        background-size: cover;
	color: #5a5a5a;
	font: normal 11px calibri,tahoma,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;
	padding-bottom: 20px;
}

Is there anyway of putting this same functionality (from "no-repeat center center fixed;" to "background-size: cover;") into the ACP login page, so it fits the image to window/resolution size?

[PatrickRQ]

you lost me.

I never edited any pathings to begin with.

I renamed the admin folder to what I call mine before uploading but I easily could have just uploaded its contents w/o renaming.

and it all works fine.

You lost me too.

If you are using A C P folder name =! default_name then using official version of this hook causes the thumbnails in the top-left corner not getting loaded. Edit in hook required then. This is why the little change is required to have the official hook updated with ;) So you do not have to bother about changing paths anymore if you will go to change your A C P directory name again.

[Dmacleo]

ahh the thumbnails, I think I know what you mean now. never saw them to begin with even with unchanged admin folder so I never missed them.

wonder if app can look at the constants.php to pull the admin folder name/path.

seems like the code you wrote does that

[Dmacleo]

there is no support for custom admin folder name, paths must be changed manually.. <img src="../admin/js/3rd_party/tctc91_custom/bg/'.$f.'" alt="'.$f.'" id="'.$f.'" /></li>'; :tongue:

Changing the line to

$bgFinal .= '<li><img src="../'.CP_DIRECTORY.'/js/3rd_party/tctc91_custom/bg/'.$f.'" alt="'.$f.'" id="'.$f.'" /></li>';

will solve the problem

what file needs to be edited?

I looked through them all and could not find this /admin/js/3rd_party/ line