one of us one of us one of us

honestly the best coding tips i got for jcink is just. code in codepen or another mockup software and port over afterwards. use inspect element on anything you're using a script for (like a recent topics move) to get the classes. ask for help if you need it, lots of jcink coders here + on other resource sites (like cttw) are super friendly + willing to help figure out a problem. webpages + multimods + custom ubbcodes are a godsend, use them. if/else statements are still one of your best friends. javascript is still trying to kill you in your sleep.

i'm 90% sure that's done by putting a global div on it with the board id and then doing the individual boards also using the id and then using the css to show or hide them based on whether the two numbers match

so for example

<bwrap class="board-#">
<board class="board-wide">BOARD CODE</board>
<board class="board-smol">BOARD 2 CODE</board>
</bwrap>

bwrap board { display: none; }
bwrap.board-1 board.board-wide { display: block; }
bwrap.board-2 board.board-smol { display: block; }

it's basically telling the css to go "all right, no board layouts will display except for the specific board layout i said was okay to display based on the board id number". you have to put the css in that order (to establish the base rule, "no board layouts will display", before you add in the rest, "except the ones i said are okay") and you can do it either for individual boards or general board types (like if you code a wide board type that goes across the site and a small board type that goes side-by-side) or combine the base idea with other things too (like if you want to hide a board if the current user is a guest)

ah yes, time once again to try to block out that little voice telling me i must be doing something wrong + that's why we can't get big like "all the other sites"

(not that i wanna get super mega big, mind you, plz no, but it'd be nice to not be at a state where the one or two main posters going inactive basically half-kill the site)

the desire to commission a skin so you don't have to come up with visual design vs the fear of getting a skin with design elements you end up disliking in 3 months' time - fight!