Allow BB code in sticky thread titles

[Zzed]

Sticky threads have a tendency to be overlooked by the users. So I came up with the idea of allowing BB tags and smilies to be used in the sticky thread titles to make them more noticeable. I made this hack for VB2 about a year or 2 ago, but I neglected to publish it. Another reason why this hack is limited to sticky thread titles is because there are less sticky threads in a forum than there are regular threads, and if this were to be expanded to include regular threads it would be nothing but a can of worms. And also due to the fact that it can only be used in sticky threads, it allows only admins and moderators to use this feature.

This hack is such a simple hack that I am actually embarassed to call it a hack since it actually takes 2 lines of code to do it. :D

The instructions and a screen shot of the hack are attached to this post. :)

[kall]

allows only admins and moderators to use this feature.


Unless you have uShop, or some other means for regs to make stickies. :)

Regardless, I'm checking this out.

[Bryan Ex]

I can use it regardless of how simple it is. Thanks.

[Johnny]

pretty cool, but is it possible to have BB codes be used other then stickes, but only limited to a certain group can use bb codes in titles.

[SnowBot]

yer i had this added to my forum months ago but lost it on upgrade and never bothered adding it again. It wasnt yours but something very much alike. Anyway i have clicked install as its worth adding and will remind me to install it again when a new version comes out. :)

[kall]

pretty cool, but is it possible to have BB codes be used other then stickes, but only limited to a certain group can use bb codes in titles.

*edit* Damn. I seem to have messed that up.

[Johnny]

thx kall but is their any way to hide the bbcode from being seen in the title since it displays fine in forumdisplay you can see the actuall code in showthread.

second when someone puts a url in the title field it wont go to the actuall thread it will go to that url, just so everyone knows that if your going to use this mod consider who you give access to use this mod as you never know what can happen especially when they have the ability to use almost any of the bbcodes and it will work as regular html.

[Bryan Ex]

A bit of an issue with it on my board unfortunately. Works great for thread titles but the BB code is displayed in both the breadcrumb and thread titles within each post. Attached screen cap....

[kall]

thx kall but is their any way to hide the bbcode from being seen in the title since it displays fine in forumdisplay you can see the actuall code in showthread.

second when someone puts a url in the title field it wont go to the actuall thread it will go to that url, just so everyone knows that if your going to use this mod consider who you give access to use this mod as you never know what can happen especially when they have the ability to use almost any of the bbcodes and it will work as regular html.
Oh dear, so you can.

[HiDeo]

Nice hack, Thanks

[SnowBot]

A bit of an issue with it on my board unfortunately. Works great for thread titles but the BB code is displayed in both the breadcrumb and thread titles within each post. Attached screen cap....
Yes same here, on my old version i had this fixed but i nolonger have the code.

Can we sort this?

[Zzed]

pretty cool, but is it possible to have BB codes be used other then stickes, but only limited to a certain group can use bb codes in titles.

That would require additional logic to determine whether to call parse_bbcode() or not per usergroup. :)

thx kall but is their any way to hide the bbcode from being seen in the title since it displays fine in forumdisplay you can see the actuall code in showthread.

second when someone puts a url in the title field it wont go to the actuall thread it will go to that url, just so everyone knows that if your going to use this mod consider who you give access to use this mod as you never know what can happen especially when they have the ability to use almost any of the bbcodes and it will work as regular html.

At the risk of sounding naive, moderators are usually the more responsible group of users on a board. So this shouldn't really be a problem.

A bit of an issue with it on my board unfortunately. Works great for thread titles but the BB code is displayed in both the breadcrumb and thread titles within each post. Attached screen cap....

Yes same here, on my old version i had this fixed but i nolonger have the code.

Can we sort this?

I can look into trying to fix this. I'll see what I can come up with over the weekend.

[Phalynx]

Thanks for sharing.

[Johnny]

That would require additional logic to determine whether to call parse_bbcode() or not per usergroup. :)



At the risk of sounding naive, moderators are usually the more responsible group of users on a board. So this shouldn't really be a problem.





I can look into trying to fix this. I'll see what I can come up with over the weekend.

you never know anyone can turn their back on you and try to be funny.

[Zzed]

you never know anyone can turn their back on you and try to be funny.

I've had that happen, but on a different matter. That person was demoted and banned for a month. :D

[Johnny]

only a month?, they would have to pay me to get unban

[Zzed]

only a month?, they would have to pay me to get unban

Believe me, I wanted this guy gone. But this particular site that I admin for, has 3 other admins and I got outvoted by them. :D

[maddawg138]

* maddawg138 installs :)


but find out how to get the forum title in the thread to change?

[Borgs8472]

Thanks loads for this hack! :D

Is there a simple extra hack to parse the bb code with seach.php when searching for new posts?

Cause people use newposts a lot at my forum. That would be great. :D

[Borgs8472]

would love these images/smileys/code to display on a search and not just forum view! :D

[neocorteqz]

does this restrict the url tags??? cause if you use it, just like the old 2.x hack, it will go to the url instead of the thread. This can be misused.

[Borgs8472]

^ ^
it's a mods only feature, no problem. :)

[cinq]

Zzed, great idea! :D
But it doesn't show the bbcode parsed titles in many places, like the search, who's online, title in the threaddisplay page, the title on forumhome , print page etc etc.

It only shows on forumdisplay ( which figures since the only code change was there ).

Any plans to cover the rest as well ?
Would be a more complete hack that way :D

Hope to see updates soon ! :D

[dutchbb]

I can look into trying to fix this. I'll see what I can come up with over the weekend.
Still would like this Zzed, but don't know how...

It isn't very professional to have these code brackets in a thread...

[Watson]

This been done for 3.0.3 yet, cause I keep getting the code showing up in the topic title within the actual post, and it dont actually work in the topic title

[dcarr]

It's certainly a great idea, but on my forumhome page...the title is coded for all to see:)...anybody figure this yet? It'd be a shame to have to dump it.

[ZombieAndy]

so has a fix been made yet to show this on threads and in posts aswell as in the forum?

[kompakt]

I'm waiting on a fix for showing on the rest of the forum too. I have it installed now and its only showing in the forum display like eveyrone else.

Thanks...

[EscortCossie]

Has the fix been published yet?

[kompakt]

I fixed it in a few places where I felt it was needed mostly.
To display in the search results
in /search.php find// get info from thread
$thread = process_thread_array($thread, $lastread["$thread[forumid]"]);and replace with// get info from thread
require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');
$thread['threadtitle'] = parse_bbcode($thread['threadtitle']);
$thread = process_thread_array($thread, $lastread["$thread[forumid]"]);
To display on the top navigating bit of the thread
in /showthread.php find$navbits[''] = $thread['title']; and add above itrequire_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');
$thread['title'] = parse_bbcode($thread['title']);
I couldn't figure out how to add it to the post titles :devious: This worked fine for the others though. Not bad for 1st timer :)

note: this would allow nonsticky's to show in the search results and the navbit but not in the forum dislpay

[cyt0plas]

*thanks*

[yoyoyoyo]

I fixed it in a few places where I felt it was needed mostly.
...This worked fine for the others though. Not bad for 1st timer :)Thanks much!

[jamesyfx]

I added those fixes.. and it got rid of the bbcode on showthread. :/

Did I add it wrong or something? Hehe.

[yoyoyoyo]

This hack does not like quotes in thread titles.... it displays them as "SO- a title that said:
Say "HI" to the new guests!
now reads:
Say "HI" to the new guests!

[FFZoneXtreme]

how can I add this to the index and showthread too?? O.o

[StangLuverJ]

how can I add this to the index and showthread too?? O.o


for the index...

Edit: functions_forumlist.php

Find:
$lastpostinfo['trimthread'] = fetch_trimmed_title($lastpostinfo['lastthread']);

Under it Add:

require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');
$lastpostinfo['trimthread'] = parse_bbcode($lastpostinfo['trimthread']);

[bigmonay2k]

mine did not show up??

[stumparoooo]

'Just installed it..makes those stickied threads stand out even more! ;)

Thanks!

[stumparoooo]

I just tried editing the functions_forumlist.php and it still doesn't show up for the index. :(

[red_baron2000]

A bit of an issue with it on my board unfortunately. Works great for thread titles but the BB code is displayed in both the breadcrumb and thread titles within each post. Attached screen cap....
having the same problem here ..anyone can help fixing this? thank you :o

[stumparoooo]

I tried editing forumlist.php so that the BB codes show up on the forum index, but it didn't work. :(

[dutchbb]

having the same problem here ..anyone can help fixing this? thank you :o
Yo Zzed

can you fix this? I pay 2$ on you paypal lol ;)

[CosmicBlend]

great hack, just a few things not covered, but overall its a absolute great idea. If anyone has anymore fixes for the showthread title problem, or the index problem please post them up!

[stumparoooo]

great hack, just a few things not covered, but overall its a absolute great idea. If anyone has anymore fixes for the showthread title problem, or the index problem please post them up!
Does anyone know how to get the colored threads to appear on the forum index and in "Similar Threads". I love the hack and having stickies colored, but I don't like the brackets on the forum index. :(

[Watson]

for the index...

Edit: functions_forumlist.php

Find:
$lastpostinfo['trimthread'] = fetch_trimmed_title($lastpostinfo['lastthread']);

Under it Add:

require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');
$lastpostinfo['trimthread'] = parse_bbcode($lastpostinfo['trimthread']);


that didnt work mate

[v3by]

I need that the bbcode sees each other in Last Post Info of ChildForum (forumdisplay) and in the Titles of posts (ShowThread).

Thanks ^^

[dutchbb]

Zzed, do you have any plans to release this one for vb 3.5 ??

[dutchbb]

if possible a plugin?

[Chris M]

Here you go Triple_T :)

@Zzed - Feel free to use this for a 3.5 release - I began to work on getting the navbits to display the parsed text as well, but there is still the thread-title aspect of the postbit to consider and of course the lastposter info from forumdisplay and in a user's profile ;)

Edit: I noticed my attempt to get the navbits to parse has destroyed the structure of the navigation tree - That will need some additional work :)

I've also posted some screenshots - You can parse smilies and basic BBCode functions within your sticky titles:

Beware: If you allow user's to post stickies you may risk causing layout damage to your board if they are over-enthusiastic with their BBCodes... ;)

Chris

[dutchbb]

Wow thanks Chris, and fast too :)

I'm going to wait for the bug in the navbar tree to get fixed though and would be nice to have the bb code parsed in showthread as well :)

[stan111]

this is wat i have been looking for a long time ago
thanks a ton

[lucky64]

Here you go Triple_T :)

@Zzed - Feel free to use this for a 3.5 release - I began to work on getting the navbits to display the parsed text as well, but there is still the thread-title aspect of the postbit to consider and of course the lastposter info from forumdisplay and in a user's profile ;)

Edit: I noticed my attempt to get the navbits to parse has destroyed the structure of the navigation tree - That will need some additional work :)

I've also posted some screenshots - You can parse smilies and basic BBCode functions within your sticky titles:

Beware: If you allow user's to post stickies you may risk causing layout damage to your board if they are over-enthusiastic with their BBCodes... ;)

Chris

Just what I was looking for.

Any way to avoid the raw code from appearing on the forum home (latest posts)?

[PamelaE]

This is great and I am using it but would love the above issues to be addressed.

[BrandiDup]

I am using the product on 3.5.2 and it works great! The only problem I have is the raw code showing, as mentioned above. Other than that though, working like a charm.

Very much appreciated! :)

[Borgs8472]

Can't get it to parse everywhere :(

[Alviker]

Er... And... How can I use BBCode in all threads titles in my vB 3.5.1? :( :( Help me please :(. Very thanks.

Atte. Alviker

[Red787]

I cant get it to work in 3.5.3 I have uploaded and installed the xml file. Can you please help. Thanks.

[Alviker]

And... How can I use BBCode in all threads titles in my vB 3.5.1? :( :( Help please me :( :(. Bye.

Atte. Alviker

[Hawk7173]

Any ideas about when there will be a show thread script for parsing bbcode???

[Xplorer4x4]

Warning: main(./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /forumdisplay.php on line 931

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /mounted-storage/home14/sub001/sc15807-PIUZ/domsforums.net/forumdisplay.php on line 931
I get this problem when installing.

[Xplorer4x4]

Here you go Triple_T :)

@Zzed - Feel free to use this for a 3.5 release - I began to work on getting the navbits to display the parsed text as well, but there is still the thread-title aspect of the postbit to consider and of course the lastposter info from forumdisplay and in a user's profile ;)

Edit: I noticed my attempt to get the navbits to parse has destroyed the structure of the navigation tree - That will need some additional work :)

I've also posted some screenshots - You can parse smilies and basic BBCode functions within your sticky titles:

Beware: If you allow user's to post stickies you may risk causing layout damage to your board if they are over-enthusiastic with their BBCodes... ;)

Chris
Any luck upgrading this?! :)

[Alviker]

Yes yes!!! Upgrading this! ^^ Er... Anybode knows how can I use de BBCode in all title threads? :( Help me please :(. Sorry for my bad english ^^U.

Atte. Alviker

[aspen1018]

Yes yes!!! Upgrading this! ^^ Er... Anybode knows how can I use de BBCode in all title threads? :( Help me please :(. Sorry for my bad english ^^U.

Atte. Alviker



yes I'm interested in this also


thanks

[Mythotical]

Old news but I have upgraded this to 3.7, I am waiting for the original author to respond to me so that I can release or give him the updated file.

[Mythotical]

UPDATE: I am adding one more feature to this and releasing as Zzed has replied to my email giving me permission.

[Mythotical]

UPDATE: I have officially released v2.0 of BBCode in Sticky Thread Titles mod.

3.7 BBCode in Sticky Thread Title (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=180842)