HOW TO: Making some changes

[MindBuster]

How to make some changes people have been asking about.

Changing thread preview.
Adding thread starter column and remove threadstarter from below actual threadlink.
Removing "Threads in forum: blablabla" text.

All changes to be applied from admin control panel in the templates.
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Changing thread preview (java popup) from threadview to only show when hovering over the actual threadlink, not when pointing anywhere on the screen:

Edit threadbit template:

Find and REMOVE the text in red:

<td class="alt1Active" id="t$thread[threadid]" title="$thread[preview]">

Find and ADD the text in red (also in threadbit):

<a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$thread[threadid]$thread" title="$thread[preview]">

An example can be seen here...
http://forums.hitman2.net/forumdisplay.php?f=14
(Just hover the mouse over the threadlinks and the preview popup shows, not when pointing anywhere else)
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Removing the "Threads in forum" and "Thread starter" and adding a thread starter column:

Removing the "Threads in forum" text:
Edit the FORUMDISPLAY template and REMOVE the code in red. It may be beneficial to add the code in blue.

<td class="tcat" width="100%">$vbphrase[threads_in_forum]<span class="normal">: $foruminfo[title]</span>&nbsp;</td>

Removing the "thread starter" text:
Edit the FORUMDISPLAY template, find and REMOVE the code in red:

<a href="$sorturl&amp;order=asc&amp;sort=title">$vbphrase[thread]</a>$sortarrow[title] /<a href="$sorturl&amp;order=asc&amp;sort=postusername">$vbphrase[thread_starter]</a>$sortarrow[postusername]
</td>

Adding a thread starter column and remove the thread starter from below actual thread link:
Read this thread over at vbulletin.com, read Jake Bunce's second post in this thread...
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97655

An example can be seen here:
http://forums.hitman2.net/forumdisplay.php?f=14

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[FrgMstr]

That was already taken care of, but thanks.