Private Message button in postbit footer

[trilOByte]

This simple mod does what is says on the tin, it adds a PM button in the postbit footer using the vBulletin 4.0.2 css convention for mouseover buttons.

Note: This mod is NOT compatible with vBulletin 4.0.1 or earlier.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/02/39.jpg

It could be argued that this is a little superfluous as there is a PM link in the dropdown under the members name, but that link requires a "click>>>scroll>>>click" to get to where you want to be. If your members use the PM system a lot, then they may appreciate a "one click" option.

There are...
1x addition to the postbit.css template
1x addition to the posbit (or postbit_legacy) template
2x images to upload

INSTRUCTIONS:
1x addition to he posbit.css template
Go to..
Styles & Templates>Stlye Manager>your skin>edit templates>CSS templates>postbit.css
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Find (search for "editpost"):
.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.editpost, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.editpost, .eventbit .eventfoot .textcontrols a.editevent {
background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/edit_40b.png) no-repeat transparent {vb:stylevar left} ;
padding-{vb:stylevar left}: 20px;
}
.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.editpost:hover, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.editpost:hover, .eventbit .eventfoot .textcontrols a.editevent:hover {
background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/edit_40b-hover.png) no-repeat transparent {vb:stylevar left};
padding-{vb:stylevar left}: 20px;
}

Under that, put:
.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit {
background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/pminpostbit_40b.png) no-repeat transparent {vb:stylevar left};
padding-{vb:stylevar left}: 20px;
}
.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit:hover, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit:hover {
background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/pminpostbit_40b-hover.png) no-repeat transparent {vb:stylevar left};
padding-{vb:stylevar left}: 20px;
}

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Click "save".

1x addition to the posbit (or postbit_legacy) template:
Go to..
Styles & Templates>Stlye Manager>your skin>edit templates>postbit templates>postbit
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Find (search for "editpost"):
<vb:if condition="$post['editlink']">
<a class="editpost" href="{vb:raw post.editlink}" name="vB::QuickEdit::{vb:raw post.postid}"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" id="editimg_{vb:raw post.postid}" alt="{vb:rawphrase edit_delete_message}" /> {vb:rawphrase edit_post}</a>
<span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span>
</vb:if>

Under that, put:
<!-- ////////start PM button in postbit////// -->
<vb:if condition="$show['pmlink']"><a class='pminpostbit' href="private.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=newpm&amp;u={vb:raw post.userid}" rel="nofollow"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" alt="{vb:rawphrase send_pm}" />PM</a><span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span></vb:if>
<!-- ////////end PM button in postbit////// -->


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Click "save".

2x images to upload:
FTP into your forum/images/buttons dir and upload these two attached images:
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pminpostbit_40b.png
pminpostbit_40b-hover.png
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That's it.

[trilOByte]

Reserved.

[RobbieZ]

Nice, This is to PM the PO their post as a quote ?

[Jabong82]

Excellent mod works perfectly with 4.0.2. Thanks again!

[trilOByte]

Nice, This is to PM the PO their post as a quote ?

No, unfortunately not, that is a much more complex mod and I dont think it can be done with just a simple template edit (I'd be happy to be corrected if someone knows different??). This is a regular old PM button to the poster, it's just a convenience thing really.

[Sancipa]

thanks i love this one

[Front Range 4x4]

Thanks for this as well as the To the Top button, these are very nice touches my members really appreciate. I've double-checked everything and can't figure out why the image isn't showing for the PM. Any tips on where to look? The other works fine. Thanks!

[trilOByte]

What version of vBulletin are you using?

[Front Range 4x4]

4.0.2

[Front Range 4x4]

My apologies trilOByte, it works perfectly fine. Instead of double checking I need to triple check - operator error. :o

Installed - 5 stars!

[trilOByte]

No worries. :)

[zeroality]

Great mod. Thanks.

[andreamarucci]

Great thanks!

[Sparrow-Sean]

Did not work on 4.0.3!

[Bounce]

Did not work on 4.0.3!

Worked perfectly on my 4.0.3.

Thanks trilOByte :up:

[Alec W]

Thanks and for the To the Top. Our users really like these.

[rizve69]

hello mate,

thanks for this nice hack but i have one problem after adding my reply with quote button coming under others button.please check it.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2l95n3l.gif

thanks for this awesome code.looking forward to you as i am new in vb4.

[trilOByte]

One of two things, either you have a modified postbit template, or you have pasted the code into the wrong place - I think the latter.

Where I say "find in postbit" you need to find the whole block of code....

<vb:if condition="$post['editlink']">
<a class="editpost" href="{vb:raw post.editlink}" name="vB::QuickEdit::{vb:raw post.postid}"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" id="editimg_{vb:raw post.postid}" alt="{vb:rawphrase edit_delete_message}" /> {vb:rawphrase edit_post}</a>
<span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span>
</vb:if>
<<<<---the new code goes here.


and paste the new bit, right after the "</vb:if>" on a new line.

You need to be very exact where you put the code. If you paste your postbit template here, I'll take a look at it.

Or.... you are using a fixed width postbit_legacy template that is too small for all the buttons and forces them to wrap onto a new line.

[Fuhrmann]

Nice one, already made this here. Thanks.

[Hippy]

what do I have to add so when you mouse over it will say send pm to the user
thanks

[Hippy]

Figured it out
Feel free to add to your mod
I added this in postbit and / postbit_legacy code
To {vb:raw post.username}

from this

<vb:if condition="$show['pmlink']">
<a class='pminpostbit' href="private.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=newpm&amp;u={vb:raw post.userid}" rel="nofollow"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" alt="{vb:rawphrase send_pm} To {vb:raw post.username}" />PM</a>
<span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span>
to this

<vb:if condition="$show['pmlink']">
<a class='pminpostbit' href="private.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=newpm&amp;u={vb:raw post.userid}" rel="nofollow"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" alt="{vb:rawphrase send_pm}" />PM</a>
<span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span></vb:if>

[gossone]

Did not work on 4.0.3!


Worked perfectly on my 4.0.3.

Thanks trilOByte

[Hippy]

Does anyone know how This can be removed from private message

[ndut]

nice.. thank you

[kabir]

Not Work to Version 4.0.5

[COL NIL SATIS]

tagged

[COL NIL SATIS]

Mate i added the go to top button ..that looks great ..but when i tried to add this one it throws the go to top one below ...any ideas...????

im certain i did the temp edits spot on too ....great mods by the way

[COL NIL SATIS]

Figured it out
Feel free to add to your mod
I added this in postbit and / postbit_legacy code
To {vb:raw post.username}

from this

<vb:if condition="$show['pmlink']">
<a class='pminpostbit' href="private.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=newpm&amp;u={vb:raw post.userid}" rel="nofollow"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" alt="{vb:rawphrase send_pm} To {vb:raw post.username}" />PM</a>
<span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span>
to this

<vb:if condition="$show['pmlink']">
<a class='pminpostbit' href="private.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=newpm&amp;u={vb:raw post.userid}" rel="nofollow"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" alt="{vb:rawphrase send_pm}" />PM</a>
<span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span></vb:if>


does that add it in the right place bud?? :)

mine pushed th goto top button way out ...but will try your solution

[Hippy]

worked well for me ..
I killed this mod because it was messing up private message

[mishb68]

Couldn't make it work in 4.0.6

[kingmotox]

any updates for 4.0.7

[markwein]

Works great in my forum and I also have the "Top" button in my postbit_legacy as well...I'm running 4.0.7 at the moment and I just followed the instructions with no modifications.

[OurCouponHome]

I added it but the image isn't showing just "pm"

[EconomicVoice]

I had the problem of it just showing pm with no picture but saw that the codes were slightly different. I replaced the stated code on the css file with:

.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit, .eventbit .eventfoot .textcontrols a.editevent {
background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/pminpostbit_40b.png) no-repeat {vb:stylevar postbit_control_background} {vb:stylevar left} ;
padding: {vb:stylevar postbit_control_padding};
padding-{vb:stylevar left}: {vb:math {vb:stylevar postbit_control_padding}+20};
border: {vb:stylevar postbit_control_border};
}
.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit:hover, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit:hover, .eventbit .eventfoot .textcontrols a.editevent:hover {
background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/pminpostbit_40b-hover.png) no-repeat {vb:stylevar postbit_control_hover_background} {vb:stylevar left};
padding: {vb:stylevar postbit_control_padding};
padding-{vb:stylevar left}: {vb:math {vb:stylevar postbit_control_padding}+20};
border: {vb:stylevar postbit_control_hover_border};
}

Worked for me.

[Xeyn]

excellent..Installed on 4.0.7

[Special Pages]

This is great! Thanks sir!

[phinphan]

I installed the mod and get no results at all. No change to the display. Any suggestions.

[nacaruncr]

tagged + installed + 5 stars :D

working excellent in 4.1.3 :D thanks :D

[LisaArnold]

Sorry, I can't get it working with v4.1.4 :(

Will try again if it gets updated. :)

[Merenguista]

thanks

[gbechtel]

Working in 4.1.4 no issues, thank you!

[TheTrust]

it is perfect hack,
but it is not working for arabic forum

thank you

[flbutterflyz]

The images aren't showing up for me, not even with EconomicVoice's suggestion.

[Successfulsteps]

Can't get this to display in 4.1.4

[LisaArnold]

Works on 4.1.5 pl1 :) Thanks.

[GeorgeB85]

Using latest version and this is not working for me.

[BlueCheri]

Installed, working fine.

The image is not showing up :(

Please guide me.

[TombstoneWarrior]

These Code Replacements Dont Match Up I Can Not Get This Installed For Anything. Anyone Help With A Exact Full Code Replacement For Each Section Please. You Can Pm Me Them If You Need Too. Someone Help Please!!!!

[TombstoneWarrior]

These Code Replacements Dont Match Up I Can Not Get This Installed For Anything. Anyone Help With A Exact Full Code Replacement For Each Section Please. You Can Pm Me Them If You Need Too. Someone Help Please!!!!All fixed with my coder BaussDesigns perfect work and made everything work out for me fine. Thanks again BaussDesigns
:up:

[1320Nation]

Mod is not updated for current vb version. Not compatible with postbit.css and who knows what else.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Great little addition to my forums! Thanks a lot trilOByte !!

[qpurser]

Mod is not updated for current vb version. Not compatible with postbit.css and who knows what else.

I installed it on my test forum (4.2) and put the code into my postbit-legacy and works fine.

[kylek]

Just installed on 4.2.0 P3 and it works fine.

[stevieb]

works fine on 4.2.0 - thanks :)

[whitewolf68]

The images are not showing in my forum for some reason. Any ideas??

[thetechgenius]

Couldn't this be done by adding a Plugin? I added a plugin to add an "Add Friend" button to the same place in the postbit.

Edit:

I just found an easier way of doing this, without editing any templates, only the Additional.css, and Creating a new plugin.


Create a new plugin:

Product: vBulletin
Hook Location: postbit_display_complete
Title: send_pm_user (could be anything you want)
Execution Order: 5


Plugin PHP Code:



$postuserinfo = fetch_userinfo($post['userid'], 128);

{
$template_hook['postbit_controls'] .= '<span class="sendpm"><a href="private.php? ' . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . 'do=newpm&u=' . $post['userid'] . '">' . construct_phrase($vbphrase['send_pm'], $post['username']) . '<img class="pmimg2" alt="Send PM" src="images/site_icons/pm.png"></a><span class="seperator"></span></span>';
}



Change the code in RED to the image location of the Send PM Image that you downloaded from the first post.



Add this to Additional.css:



/* Add Send PM to Postbit - Begin */

.pmimg2{margin:-2px;}
.sendpm{position: absolute;right: 495px;}

/* Add Send PM to Postbit - End */



You may need to change the code in RED to align the button correctly. Lower Number = Right, Bigger Number = Left.

I have an "Add Friend" button in my postbit, so I had to align my "Send PM" before that, so mine will probably be different then yours. Just mess around with the code in RED to get the button exactly were you want it.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/07/41.png


All Credit goes to the OP trilOByte (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=918), I just figured out another way to implement his addon.

Note: You must know that if you add this mod this way, all usergroups will be able to see the button, including Guests. If you only want to allow specific usergroups, then you will have to edit the "postbit" or "postbit_legacy" template(s) and add the code manually. If anyone needs the code for the template version, let me know and I will post my code I use on my forum.

[ozzy47]

Sure it could, I did it in a mod before.

[AFF648]

Works great in 4.2.1 except the hover box won't appear. Here's what's in the postbit legacy:

<!-- ////////start PM button in postbit////// -->
<vb:if condition="$show['pmlink']"><a class='pminpostbit' href="private.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=newpm&amp;u={vb:raw post.userid}" rel="nofollow"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" alt="{vb:rawphrase send_pm} To {vb:raw post.username}" />PM</a><span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span></vb:if>
<!-- ////////end PM button in postbit////// -->

Any ideas what could be wrong?

[Fields]

Great mod! :)

Works fine with vB 4.2.2.

I just have one question: the PM link is also displayed under a private message, how do I remove it there?

[Fields]

Works great in 4.2.1 except the hover box won't appear. Here's what's in the postbit legacy:

<!-- ////////start PM button in postbit////// -->
<vb:if condition="$show['pmlink']"><a class='pminpostbit' href="private.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=newpm&amp;u={vb:raw post.userid}" rel="nofollow"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" alt="{vb:rawphrase send_pm} To {vb:raw post.username}" />PM</a><span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span></vb:if>
<!-- ////////end PM button in postbit////// -->

Any ideas what could be wrong?


The hover is set in the postbit.css template, are you sure you added the code discribed in the instructions above?

[Marv]

These are those mods which would perfectly do in a xml. But it?s a 5 minute game to do this via TMS.

What I would like to suggest is, to make the pn editor coming up as a pop-up. May be as reduced editor. At least it's my feeling, that - when I see a PN button placed there - I expect a pop-up, so I don?t have to leave the page I?m looking at. So to speak: like a QuickPN ;)

Any body out there who could make this happen?

[tbworld]

I must be missing something. I try to reduce the amount of private messaging on the board and promote public messaging. I guess I can see in a gamming community that there might be a reason to have more private messaging for personal gloating. I could use some enlightenment here on how this is being used to enhance your community. Thanks :)

[Marv]

Depends on your audience, I guess. I am running vBulletin in a military and a profession related community and there are quite a few things, where publicly posting sensitive content is not only inappropriate. On sites where the audience is more likely the fun guns I´ld expect the PNs are more like a chatter. On my sites PNs are necsessary and still a core function.

[tbworld]

Depends on your audience, I guess. I am running vBulletin in a military and a profession related community and there are quite a few things, where publicly posting sensitive content is not only inappropriate. On sites where the audience is more likely the fun guns I?ld expect the PNs are more like a chatter. On my sites it?s necsessary and serious need.

I did not think of non-appropriate content. I knew I could be enlightened. Thanks :)

Professional, chatter I figured would be limited to special forums with permission or threads with special permission if you have this kind of modification set up. I could never see ultra sensitive information on a board.

[Marv]

I didn't think of inappropriate content. I knew I could be enlightened. Thanks :)

Professional, chatter I figured would be limited to special forums with permission. I could never see ultra sensitive information on a board.

Sensitive doesn?t mean confidential, tb.

Just imagine you have a board for a profesision and you want to talk with someone else about things going on in your company, you are not happy with. Fraud, mobbing, whatever you can think of. If you are posting that to a forum and you give away some informations, a person knowing you and the company could get an idea that it?s you - in that case you can bet your a** that the company will find your post sooner or later - and that?s the last thing you want to happen ;)

[tbworld]

Thank you, I originally looked at this thread as being superfluous so appreciate your time for the education. I am a little less ignorant now :)