View or print single post in thread..

[sross]

Many of my members used this in vbulletin 3.x and it's gone in 4.x. ANyone want to take a stab at it?

[toon79]

It has been removed for SEO purposes

[sross]

I know, but someone mentioned a simple html template mod could restore it. I have a site with chemical formulas on it and members print them off, they do not want to have to print an entire thread or adjust print setup to print it.. or copy paste the data.

[lemonadesoda]

I agree fully with sross. The ability to print a single post is fundamental for any system of record. We use the forum to document instructions and how-tos etc. If a thread has hundreds of posts, but you only need to print ONE POST, then this option is required. I can't believe it was cut for "SEO purposes". Someone wasnt thinking functionality.

[Lynne]

You realize that there is a showpost.php script, right? It just needs a couple changes (edit out two areas), the addition of the $templater script to render the final template, and the creation of that final template.

[sross]

not much of a coder but with more detail I could probably implement this. so you are saying there is script related to $templar that I remove, then in the showpost template i remove something? Thanks

[Lynne]

The page showpost.php is all updated to vB4 coding and included in the vB4 download package. It has a couple of areas you need to comment out that 1) does a redirect (around line 120) and 2) prints as an xml if it does print out (at the end). So, both those areas need to be commented out. Then, just add the $templater code at the end to spit out a template, add the template name to the $globaltemplates array at the beginning of the page, and create the template and viola! You have a showpost.php page. You would then want to edit the postbit templates to link to the showpost.php page instead of the showthread.php page when you click on the post number.

[sross]

I guess ideally someone would put this together in a product. Might talk to my freelancer about it. Thanks!

[lemonadesoda]

Lynne. Thanks for answering, and pointing out that there are components knocking around to do this. Unfortunately, I am not a programmer or developer, just an end user/admin who bought the product to put it to work. Like sross, I'll have to wait until some kind soul takes your pointers and builds a product/addin to implement PRINT THIS POST.

Please note that while vbulletin.org stays on vB 3.x I will be able to print the post with the solution! LOL ;)

sross, please share any successes you have with your freelancer ::up:

[jimsflies]

I'm on 3.8 and don't see an option for printing a single post . Am I missing something...where is it?

[Mark.B]

Behold!

http://www.bowlandcentral.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1562611#post1562611

I have showpost.php working in vB4 thanks to Lynne's instructions and some template trickery.

[xirenia]

Behold!

http://www.bowlandcentral.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1562611#post1562611

I have showpost.php working in vB4 thanks to Lynne's instructions and some template trickery.

how you do that?

[Bulent Tekcan]

Behold!

http://www.bowlandcentral.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1562611#post1562611

I have showpost.php working in vB4 thanks to Lynne's instructions and some template trickery.

Can you share this modification to us ?

[BrightStar]

Behold!

http://www.bowlandcentral.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1562611#post1562611

I have showpost.php working in vB4 thanks to Lynne's instructions and some template trickery.

Would be very much interested in knowing what is the "Like" modification being used? Thanks

[lemonadesoda]

I would like to revive the original unanswered question. How to: print a single post?. While Lynne gave pointers, there is still no mod available to non-programmer admins like me (and sross) to allow "print this post". We really need it!

(Members are currently copying and pasting into Word, then printing. Now how silly is that? vB4.x needs a solution to this. Quite honestly, it should be in the core 4.x functionality and not relegated to a mod... although a mod would be better than nothing!)

[immeemz]

Agree, I am looking for this very thing. Dismayed to find it doesn't exist! I run a recipe site and need to be able to print JUST the recipe that someone posted, not the myriad of "Mmmm yummy!" replies and such. Happily would pay for a premium mod for this.

[MonkYZ]

I would definatelly like to see a "step by step guide" or a mod to enable showpost automatically in vB 4.x.
Thanks in advance!

[tbworld]

@bop5 - Bird of Prey5, has this excellent post. Please make sure you thank him.

http://www.qapla.com/mods/showthread.php/525-How-to-bring-back-showpost-in-vBulletin-4x?highlight=showpost

[Black Snow]

I found a way of making the Post ID the corrcect number instead of "#0" but it isn't the correct way.