How to install phpBB mods?

All mod files have a read me file attached to them

Normally also with a "root" folder this folder would be uploaded to the root of the site with the forums.

Normally mods consist of editing existant files along with the files you Upload

I have done many of them, they are not for the "New" developers without prior coding experience.

If you are to go ahead and do it, I would suggest downloading all the files associated with the forum, to have them as backup incase something does not go as planned you can reupload them.

They would suggest this in the readmes also

For example one such readme file is from the mood mod is

Code:

##############################################################
##
## Before Adding This MOD To Your Forum, You Should Back Up All Files Related To This MOD
##
##############################################################
##
## Definitions:
##
## Root: Folder your config.php is located
## templates/*/: Your template folder (All template folders are suggested)
## lang_*/: Your current language folder (All lang folders are suggested)
##
##############################################################

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----[ SQL EXECUTION ]--------------
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ALTER TABLE `nuke_users` ADD `user_mood_mod` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ;
ALTER TABLE `nuke_bbposts` ADD `poster_mood` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ;

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----[ UPLOAD FILES ]---------------
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modules/Forums/mood_mod.php => Root/modules/Forums/mood_mod.php
modules/Forums/images/mood_mod_images/* => Root/modules/Forums/images/mood_mod_images/*
modules/Forums/language/lang_english/lang_mood_mod.php => Root/modules/Forums/language/lang_*/lang_mood_mod.php
themes/Your_Theme/forums/mood_mod_body.tpl => Root/themes/Your_Theme/forums/mood_mod_body.tpl

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----[ OPEN ]-----------------------
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modules/Forums/viewtopic.php

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----[ FIND ]-----------------------
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//
// Go ahead and pull all data for this topic
//
/*****[BEGIN]******************************************
[ Mod: Printer Topic v1.0.8 ]
[ Mod: Online/Offline/Hidden v2.2.7 ]
******************************************************/
$sql = "SELECT u.username,

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----[ AFTER, ADD ]-----------------
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u.user_mood_mod,

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----[ FIND ]-----------------------
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$row_color = ( !($i % 2) ) ? $theme['td_color1'] : $theme['td_color2'];
$row_class = ( !($i % 2) ) ? $theme['td_class1'] : $theme['td_class2'];

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----[ BEFORE, ADD ]----------------
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#======================================================================= |
#==== Start: == Mood Mod =============================================== |
#==== v1.0.0 =========================================================== |
#====
include_once($phpbb_root_path .'language/lang_'. $board_config['default_lang'] .'/lang_mood_mod.'. $phpEx);
$user_mood_1 = explode('.', $postrow[$i]['user_mood_mod']);
$user_mood_2 = explode('/', $user_mood_1[1]);
$mood_count = count($user_mood_2);
$user_mood = str_replace('_', ' ', $user_mood_2[($mood_count - 1)]);
$user_mood = ucwords(strtolower($user_mood));

$current_user_mood = $user_mood;

$user_mood_1 = explode('.', $postrow[$i]['poster_mood']);
$user_mood_2 = explode('/', $user_mood_1[1]);
$mood_count = count($user_mood_2);
$user_mood = str_replace('_', ' ', $user_mood_2[($mood_count - 1)]);
$user_mood = ucwords(strtolower($user_mood));

$postrow_mood = $user_mood;

$mood_display = '';
$mood_display .= ($postrow[$i]['user_mood_mod']) ? ' ' : '';
$mood_display .= ($postrow[$i]['user_mood_mod']) ? $lang['MM_current_mood'] .'  <img src="'. $postrow[$i]['user_mood_mod'] .'" border="0" alt="'. $current_user_mood .'" title="'. $current_user_mood .'">' : '';
#$mood_display .= ($postrow[$i]['poster_mood']) ? '   '. $lang['MM_post_mood'] .'  <img src="'. $postrow[$i]['poster_mood'] .'" border="0" alt="'. $postrow_mood .'" title="'. $postrow_mood .'">' : '';
$mood_display .= ( ($postrow[$i]['user_mood_mod']) && ($postrow[$i]['user_id'] == $userdata['user_id']) ) ? ' <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="window.open(\'modules.php?name=Forums&file=mood_mod&sid='. $userdata['session_id'] .'\', \'popup\', \'width=400, height=400,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,\');return false;">'. $lang['MM_profile_link'] .'</a>' : '';
$mood_display .= ($postrow[$i]['user_mood_mod']) ? '' : '';
#====
#==== Author: aUsTiN [austin@phpbb-amod.com] [http://phpbb-tweaks.com] = |
#==== End: ==== Mood Mod =============================================== |
#======================================================================= |

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----[ FIND ]-----------------------
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'EDITED_MESSAGE' => $l_edited_by,

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----[ BEFORE, ADD ]----------------
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#======================================================================= |
#==== Start: == Mood Mod =============================================== |
#==== v1.0.0 =========================================================== |
#====
'POST_MOOD' => $mood_display,
#====
#==== Author: aUsTiN [austin@phpbb-amod.com] [http://phpbb-tweaks.com] = |
#==== End: ==== Mood Mod =============================================== |
#======================================================================= |

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----[ CLOSE & SAVE ]---------------
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----[ OPEN ]-----------------------
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includes/functions_post.php

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----[ FIND ]-----------------------
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# The below should be found inside the submit_post() function.

include("includes/functions_search.php");

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----[ BEFORE, ADD ]----------------
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#======================================================================= |
#==== Start: == Mood Mod =============================================== |
#==== v1.0.0 =========================================================== |
#====
$current_mood = $userdata['user_mood_mod'];
#====
#==== Author: aUsTiN [austin@phpbb-amod.com] [http://phpbb-tweaks.com] = |
#==== End: ==== Mood Mod =============================================== |
#======================================================================= |

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----[ FIND ]-----------------------
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enable_smilies, enable_sig

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----[ AFTER, ADD ]-----------------
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, poster_mood

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----[ FIND ]-----------------------
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'$smilies_on', '$attach_sig'

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----[ AFTER, ADD ]-----------------
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, '". $current_mood ."'

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----[ CLOSE & SAVE ]---------------
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----[ OPEN ]-----------------------
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includes/usercp_register.php

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----[ FIND ]-----------------------
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$unhtml_specialchars_match = array('#>#', '#<#', '#"#', '#&#');
$unhtml_specialchars_replace = array('>', '<', '"', '&');

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----[ AFTER, ADD ]-----------------
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#======================================================================= |
#==== Start: == Mood Mod =============================================== |
#==== v1.0.0 =========================================================== |
#====
include_once($phpbb_root_path .'language/lang_'. $board_config['default_lang'] .'/lang_mood_mod.'. $phpEx);
$user_mood_1 = explode('.', $userdata['user_mood_mod']);
$user_mood_2 = explode('/', $user_mood_1[1]);
$mood_count = count($user_mood_2);
$user_mood = str_replace('_', ' ', $user_mood_2[($mood_count - 1)]);
$user_mood = ucwords(strtolower($user_mood));

#====
#==== Author: aUsTiN [austin@phpbb-amod.com] [http://phpbb-tweaks.com] = |
#==== End: ==== Mood Mod =============================================== |
#======================================================================= |

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----[ FIND ]-----------------------
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'CUR_PASSWORD' => isset($cur_password) ? $cur_password : '',
'NEW_PASSWORD' => isset($new_password) ? $new_password : '',

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----[ BEFORE, ADD ]----------------
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#======================================================================= |
#==== Start: == Mood Mod =============================================== |
#==== v1.0.0 =========================================================== |
#====
'CHANGE_MOOD' => '<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="window.open(\'modules.php?name=Forums&file=mood_mod&sid='. $userdata['session_id'] .'\', \'popup\', \'width=400, height=400,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,\');return false;">'. $lang['MM_profile_link'] .'</a>',
'CURRENT_MOOD' => (($userdata['user_mood_mod']) ? '<img alt="'. $user_mood .'" title="'. $user_mood .'" src="'. $userdata['user_mood_mod'] .'" border="0">' : $lang['MM_profile_none']),
#====
#==== Author: aUsTiN [austin@phpbb-amod.com] [http://phpbb-tweaks.com] = |
#==== End: ==== Mood Mod =============================================== |
#======================================================================= |

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----[ CLOSE & SAVE ]---------------
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----[ OPEN ]-----------------------
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includes/usercp_viewprofile.php

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----[ FIND ]-----------------------
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$template->assign_vars(array(
/*****[BEGIN]******************************************
[ Mod: Advanced Username Color v1.0.5 ]
******************************************************/
'USERNAME' => UsernameColor($profiledata['username']),
/*****[END]********************************************
[ Mod: Advanced Username Color v1.0.5 ]
******************************************************/

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----[ BEFORE, ADD ]----------------
-----------------------------------

#======================================================================= |
#==== Start: == Mood Mod =============================================== |
#==== v1.0.0 =========================================================== |
#====
include_once($phpbb_root_path .'language/lang_'. $board_config['default_lang'] .'/lang_mood_mod.'. $phpEx);
$user_mood_1 = explode('.', $profiledata['user_mood_mod']);
$user_mood_2 = explode('/', $user_mood_1[1]);
$mood_count = count($user_mood_2);
$user_mood = str_replace('_', ' ', $user_mood_2[($mood_count - 1)]);
$user_mood = ucwords(strtolower($user_mood));

$poster_rank .= ($profiledata['user_mood_mod']) ? ' '. $lang['MM_profile'] .'  <img src="'. $profiledata['user_mood_mod'] .'" border="0" alt="'. $user_mood .'" title="'. $user_mood .'">' : '';
#====
#==== Author: aUsTiN [austin@phpbb-amod.com] [http://phpbb-tweaks.com] = |
#==== End: ==== Mood Mod =============================================== |
#======================================================================= |

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----[ CLOSE & SAVE ]---------------
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----[ OPEN ]-----------------------
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themes/Your_Theme/forums/profile_add_body.tpl

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----[ FIND SIMILAR ]---------------
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<tr>
<th class="thSides" colspan="2" height="25" valign="middle">{L_PREFERENCES}</th>
</tr>

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----[ AFTER, ADD ]-----------------
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<tr>
<td class="row1">

{CHANGE_MOOD}

</td>
<td class="row2">

{CURRENT_MOOD}

</td>
</tr>


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----[ CLOSE & SAVE ]---------------
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----[ OPEN ]-----------------------
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themes/Your_Theme/forums/viewtopic_body.tpl

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----[ FIND ]-----------------------
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{postrow.POSTER_FROM} 

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{postrow.POST_MOOD} 

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----[ CLOSE & SAVE ]---------------
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Sound complicated? That is one of the "easier" mods There are several programmers that do these mods for fairly cheap prices if you decide such, then you can shoot me a pm I do know of a few

Hope this helps

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