How to write a mod

[Jedi~]

It should use the same tags as boardmod  

[Radio]

I've never been a big fan of board mod systems. I've always preferred to just dive in the actual script, but it's probably just me.

[Chris Cromer]

Yeah it is much easier to go straight into the code then to worry about the actual mod.

[Jedi~]

Right, but for those that don't know how to edit the code (which is probably a great majority of the users) it's good to have a board mod system.

[Jack.R.Abbit]

OK, so I've been poking around in the Packages.php and I've stumbled upon this bit of code:

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 while(preg_match("/<(id|version|author|email|homepage|info|approved)>\n(.+?)\n<\\/\\1>/is", $file2, $regs))
  {
    $info["$regs[1]"] = $regs[2];
    $file = str_replace("<$regs[1]>\n$regs[2]\n</$regs[1]>", "", $file);
  }

  if($info['approved'] == "yes") echo "\n$txt[pacman1]\n";
  if($info['id'] != "")          echo "\n<br>$txt[pacman2]: $info[id]\n";
  if($info['version'] != "")     echo "\n<br>$txt[pacman3]: $info[version]\n";
  if($info['author'] != "")      echo "\n<br>$txt[pacman4]: $info[author]\n";
  if($info['email'] != "")       echo "\n<br>$txt[pacman5]: $info[email]\n";
  if($info['homepage'] != "")    echo "\n<br>$txt[pacman6]: $info[homepage]\n";
  if($info['info'] != "")        echo "\n<br>$txt[pacman7]: $info[info]\n";

This would lead me to believe that I could add these tags into my PacMan mod file much like I've seen in the BoardMod files.  However, when ever I add these to my mod file it seems to hang PacMan until my process times out.  If I remove them, the mod installs just fine.  I would like to include them since they are there for a reason and I would like to apply the proper credits to the files.  Am I doing something wrong or ar they just not working?

-Jack

[Jack.R.Abbit]

OK  so I've figured out why the PacMan hangs on these mod info tags.. it enters and endless loop because it is looping on $file2 but deleteing tags from $file.  I have put together a mod that fixes this and some other things.

http://www.yabb.info/community/index.php?board=158;action=display;threadid=14291

It should use the same tags as boardmod  

OH...   my mod makes it do that too!

-Jack

[ajk]

Hi Zeff and everyone.

This is a very good start.  But where can we find what we need to actually learn the code to create a mod itself.  Not just how to put it in boardmod or in mod form.

I need to learn the actual language for programming.  I understand the editing process to fit MY board.  But not to construct a mod from scratch.

Thanks and happy holidays,

[Jeff Lewis]

Oh to learn PHP? http://www.php.net is a good place to start

[Gobalopper]

Did all of Jack's mod changes make it into 1.5? The boardmod tags part especially.

[J-Fan Guy]

I think anyone capable of writing new code for the board in the first place will be able to figure out how to write the mod for use with boardmod. It's pretty simple.

[ajk]

I think anyone capable of writing new code for the board in the first place will be able to figure out how to write the mod for use with boardmod. It's pretty simple.

This is true.  I was talking about NON PHP programers.
For me, I'm an HTML we page designer and editor.  I'd love to learn more about it.  I've been looking at php.net.  But there is a lot to learn.

[Derek]

So can I still use boardmod and the boardmod tags for YaBBSE? Because that's what I just did for a mod that I just posted about...

[[Unknown]]

So can I still use boardmod and the boardmod tags for YaBBSE? Because that's what I just did for a mod that I just posted about...

Yes, but you should use lowercase for the tags, (ie. edit file not Edit file.) or it won't work in the package manager.

-[Unknown]

[tuntis]

Why YaBB don't create program to create Mod!?

[groundup]

look for boardmod or Yabbpak