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New look when the forum is OFF
by BoYagoob 28 Apr 2006
Rating: (1 vote - 5.00 average)
Hello,
This is a very small modification and in the same time it is my first hack.

What it does: when you turn your forum off, the letters for what ever you write in the field for the reason of closing the forum will be moved (like typing).

Time to install: ~ 1 sec.

Demo: http://www.qataru.net/vb354/index.php.

How to install: in the field for the reason of closing the forum, just place the content with the following: (of course you can change the content reason).

PHP Code:
<span id="typing">


Sorry, the board is unavailable at the moment while we are testing some functionality.
<br>
We will be back soon...
<br>

</span>

<script type="text/javascript">

interval = 100; // Interval in milliseconds to wait between characters

if(document.getElementById) {
  t = document.getElementById("typing");
  if(t.innerHTML) {
    typingBuffer = ""; // buffer prevents some browsers stripping spaces
    it = 0;
    mytext = t.innerHTML;
    t.innerHTML = "";
    typeit();
  }
}

function typeit() {
  // mytext = mytext.replace(/<([^<])*>/, "");     // Strip HTML from text
  if(it < mytext.length) {
    typingBuffer += mytext.charAt(it);
    t.innerHTML = typingBuffer;
    it++;
    setTimeout("typeit()", interval);
  }
}
</script> 
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