Note - not all mods and addons provided here are installed via the admin package manager. Be sure to carefully read the instructions for each mod or addon.

This addon mod creates a new profile field that allows members to add a music playlist from MixTape.me to their profile.

Download : field_mixtape-1.00.zip

Refer to the Etano Wiki Documentation on how to install custom profile field addons.

Once this addon has been installed go to the "Profile Fields" section in your admin panel and you'll see a new field type (Mixtape Playlist) in the list for creating a new profile field. If you want you can also also create a special profile category for this field, named something like "My Music Playlist".

Instructions for changing the default color theme in which the player will be displayed on your site, as well as determining if the playlist automatically plays when users view a playist on a profile page.

Click Here for instructions

The actual Playlist.com Mod can be downloaded from the Etano Download Repository

This addon mod creates a new profile field that allows members to add a YouTube Video to their profile.

Download : field_youtube-1.0.zip

Refer to the Etano Wiki Documentation on how to install custom profile field addons.

Once this addon has been installed go to the "Profile Fields" section in your admin panel and you'll see a new field type (YouTube) in the list for creating a new profile field. If you want you can also also create a special profile category for this field, named something like "My Video".

Note - The mod allows users to simply include either the "SHARE" code or the "URL Link" for the video and the mod will take care of creating the required embed code. They can also include the "EMBED" code as well but they must select "Use old embed code" when fetching the code from YouTube. When you create the profile field for YouTube you should include Help Text for Users: that says something like .... Include either your YouTube "SHARE" code or the "URL Link" here. If you want to include "EMBED" code you must select "Use old embed code" when copying embed from YouTube.

NOTE - if it won't install via the package manager, it's a very simple mod to manually install by unzipping the file on your computer and upload the 09field_youtube.class file to this folder location on your on server ... /includes/classes/fields/

This mod disables the required email confirmation with activation at sign up. After signing up the user will not be sent a confirmation email that includes a link required to activate their account, instead their account will be instantly auto activated allowing them to login and use their account immediately after signing up.


WARNING - by using this mod to disable the email confirmation and activation allows people to sign up using fake or inactive email addresses which makes your site more susceptible to spammers. It also decreases the odds of user's receiving emails regarding site notifications or email alerts such as when they have new messages, etc. Use at your own discretion!

Download : auto_activate_mod.zip

NOTE - this mod is manually installed, instructions included in zip file.

A collection of over 50 images that can be used as flirt messages for your Etano site.

Download : flirts.zip

Unzip the file and upload the images you want to use to your /images/custom/ folder.

When you add a flirt in the admin, click the image icon located at the bottom of the editor and include the URL in the popup window to the image you want to use http://www.yoursite.com/images/custom/flirt.jpg

You only need to include the URL in the popup window, all other fields are optional.

This mod creates more of true 2 column layout for the main index page making it easier to add additional content below the search box, much the same as you would add additional content to the left menu in the other sections of the site. You can also easily change the position of the columns so you can have the column with the search box on either the left or right side of the page.

Download : alt_index.zip

NOTE - this mod is manually installed, a "readme.txt" file is included for the instructions.

Allows you to easily create a clone of your site's default skin which will allow you to redesign and create a new template skin without messing with your default skin or causing any interruptions to your visitors.

Download : 14clone_skin1.3.zip

For instructions on installing and setting up the clone tool, go to Clone Installation Guide

When users make search criteria selections which does not produce any results, they can click a "Go Back" link and return to the search page and broaden their selections while still retaining their previous selections. Works in all major modern browsers.


Open your search.html file located in the "/skins_site/def/" folder.

replace the following line of code ...

No results found matching your search criteria. Please refine your search and try again.

with this ...

No results found that match your search criteria. <a class="content-link simple" href="#" onclick="history.go(-1);return false">Go Back</a> and broaden your criteria selections and try again.

This mod creates a unique login form in the header which includes icons in the input fields that distinguishes which field is for the username and password, and also allows you to change the background color of the input fields to whatever you want.



Download : login_mod.zip

NOTE - this mod is manually installed, a "readme.txt" file is included for the instructions.

The Twitter Widget allows you to easily target specific news feeds from the media source of your choice, such as CNN, FOX, TIME, the daily beast, espn, or even the latest celebrity gossip from STAR magazine, popeater, OKMagazine, and more. The instructions includes over 30 of the most popular media sources.

Download : twitter_news_feed_widget.rtf

The rtf file provides detailed instructions on how to add a twiiter news feed, the RTF file format is best viewed with Windows Wordpad (use TextEdit if you have a Mac).

Allows you to have all the thumbnails of your Etano photos appear square and even.


Here's How:
Open the img_functions.inc.php file located in your "includes" folder.

On line #68 replace the following line of code ...

imagefilledrectangle($mynewimg,0,0,$size[0],$size[1],0xFFFFFF);

with this ...

$bgColor = imagecolorallocate($mynewimg, 0,0,0);
imagefilledrectangle($mynewimg,0,0,$size[0],$size[1],$bgColor);

Important - in your Etano admin, go to "Features and Options" and then scroll down and expand the "Photo Album" section, and be sure that the box for "Use round corners for user photos?" is unchecked. Any thumbs that we're previously created before making this modification will not be changed, they will still have the rounded corners, or a square white background if you weren't using the rounded corners. There's no way to alter the appearance of thumbs that have already been created by the system as this is done during the photo upload process.

This mod is for when the admin sends online messages to members. When member's read the messages it changes the "Message from: SYSTEM" to "Message from: ADMIN". It also allows you to display a custom image for the ADMIN instead of using the system's default "no photo" image.

Follow These 3 Steps:

1. In your Etano admin panel go to "Skin Settings" and then click the "Translate" link next to your skin. In the "Key" column scroll down to #135 and change the text from SYSTEM to ADMIN (if you prefer to have the message still show that it's from SYSTEM and are only interested in including a custom image, you can skip this step).

2. Create an image for the admin that is *100px by 100px (*must be this size), then save it as "admin.gif and upload it to this folder on your server ... /media/pics/t1/

3. Open the message_read.php file located in your root directory (where index.php is located).

Locate the following code which starts at around line #94.

case MESS_SYSTEM:
// check_login_member('auth'); this check was made at the begining
if (empty($output['_user_other'])) {
$output['_user_other']=$GLOBALS['_lang'][135];
}
$tpl->set_var('spam_controls',false);
break;

And change it to this ...

case MESS_SYSTEM:
// check_login_member('auth'); this check was made at the begining
if (empty($output['_user_other'])) {
$output['_user_other']=$GLOBALS['_lang'][135];
}
if (empty($output['photo'])) {
$output['photo']='admin.gif';
}
$tpl->set_var('spam_controls',false);
break;

Do you find when editing profiles that the Textarea boxes are too small? Here's a simple modifictaion that will make them much wider.

Open the profile_edit.css file located in your "/skins_site/def/styles/" folder.

Add the following code just below @import url('bbcode.css');

form.edit_form dd {
float: left;
width: 400px;
padding: 0px;
}