Exclude theme background img from 1 block only?

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 4:36 pm

My theme inserts a background image into all my blocks which is exactly what it's suppose to do. Very happy with it except for my clock block is hard to see. I am trying to figure out how to disable the img in just this one block.
I have read the numerous post on inserting an img or background color into just one block but couldn't find an answer to this.
Anyone have any ideas?

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 4:45 pm

Can you post the function themesidebox from theme.php and the blocks.html file (if one exists)?

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:04 pm

Here is the themesidebox...

Code:

function themesidebox($title, $content) {
$tmpl_file = "themes/Labs/blocks.html";
$thefile = implode("", file($tmpl_file));
$thefile = addslashes($thefile);
$thefile = "\$r_file=\"".$thefile."\";";
eval($thefile);
print $r_file;
}

And here is the block.html...

Code:

<table width="10" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="10">
<tr>
<td><img src="themes/Labs/images/spacer.gif" width="7" height="7"></td>
<td background="themes/Labs/images/top_01.gif"><img src="themes/Labs/images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="10"></td>
<td><img src="themes/Labs/images/spacer.gif" width="7" height="7"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="themes/Labs/images/top_03.gif"><img src="themes/Labs/images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="10"></td>
<td>
<table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=181 border=0>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class=tabled>
<table background=themes/Labs/images/block_02.gif cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=181 border=0>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td height=24 colspan="3" align=center background="themes/Labs/images/block_01.gif"><font size="1" color="#000000" face="Verdana"><b> <font size="1" color="#000000"><b>$title</b></font> 
</b></font>
<table width="100%" height=2 border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=5 valign=top colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=7 valign=top></td>
<td valign=top width=160><span class="content">$content </span></td>
<td width=7 valign=top></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=5 valign=top colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height=24 align=center colspan="3"><img src="themes/Labs/images/block_03.gif" width="181" height="24"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td background="themes/Labs/images/top_04.gif"><img src="themes/Labs/images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="10"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="themes/Labs/images/spacer.gif" width="7" height="7"></td>
<td background="themes/Labs/images/top_02.gif"><img src="themes/Labs/images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="10"></td>
<td><img src="themes/Labs/images/spacer.gif" width="7" height="7"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:32 pm

I have no real way of testing this since i don't have the theme you use nor the block so we'll have to go by trial & error, save a copy of your theme.php then in one copy change the function themesidebox to:

Code:

If it fails we might need to duplicate the entire code which is what i'm trying to avoid with what i did.

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:39 pm

Trying now...

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:51 pm

You my man are brilliant! Thanks...it looks great! You can see the clock lower left at my site www.flygunz.us.

Hey, do you have a 33x81 banner for your site? I'd like to give you props not only for helping me but for all the time you put in here (2,700 post!)

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:57 pm

Nevermind....I found your banners. Consider it done. Cool

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 6:09 pm

Actually if we were to count my posts at nukeforums, nukeresources, nukefixes, the late phpnuke.org forums and a few other sites my posts would be around 10,000 but who's counting? I think i need to get a life Razz

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:54 am

Hey chatserv....what's a good place on the net to learn/manipulate this code? I have a similar block question but..."teach a man to fish..."