Steve,

All installed great, I'm modifying it slightly as I wasnt it to quote random rugby laws, don't ask.

Anyway, the problem I am having is that when I view the quote list, all the quote displays fine, I am using BBcode to bold up certain parts.

When I enable the random quote on the forum home, the BBcode is shown as code, and is not doing what it's supposed to do.

See screenshots for what I mean.

I do have Enable quote BB Codes set to yes.

Stop - You should rebuild the quote counts. It's under "Quote Maintenance".

rburns - Are you sure you have all the latest files?

I beleive so, I'll reupload just in case but I only installed it yesterday.

re-uploaded all the files, still does the same thing, just ignores the line breaks and bb code. I don't particularly want to enable HTML to do it.

Also, is there a way to remove the 'added by' and the time when added?

Thanks for the help Steve.

rburns - try going into the admincp and saving the parse options again, even without changing anything. In the past, just re-saving the options is enough to get BBCode to be parsed correctly.

Yeah, try that while I take a look at it. Apparently I also broke the version number at some point :o. The user and date are in the quote_listbit template.

ummm when i try to access quotes.php it offers only to download the quotes.php file... I have no issue with any other files so what's up with this?

something is wrong. My URLs for the board are all set correctly yet this hack thinks my quotes.php is located in the site root directory and not in /forums...

When I go into the php files and replace some of the file paths with URL's the issue with it trying to download the php file stopped but now I am just getting a blank page.

Link?

That did the trick.

Thanks a lot for your prompt help on this BaconDelight & Cap'n Steve.

great Mod, Voted MotM!

Another Question,

I have edited the bb code so that instead of using [quotes] it uses [law].

but when I do it in a post, i.e. [law]1[/law] it only displays the HTML replacement? which looks something like this:

{Q1175252554:0}

Why is it doing this and not displaying the law (quote) that I chose.

Also, is there a way of adding a drop down box in reply toolbars that will allow you to select a category, as I only have one law (quote) in each.

Lastly,

Is there a way to edit the categoryid? if so am I able to use decimal points in the id so that it matches my law refs? i.e. law 1.4 would be categoryid 14, law 10.12 could be categoryid 1012

Thanks in advance for the help.

Cap'n Steve - I'd like to reduce the font size for the quote and author information to 11px and the "submitter" row information to the smallfont class if at all possible. The new version makes the quoteit section too large in appearance on our forum.

I found the css files quoteit_ie_lt_7.css and quoteit_ie_all.css and tried revising the font size parameters but it didn't change anything, they still appeared the same.

Could you point me in the right direction please.

I'll have to reinstall it. then I'll send a link. With it not working it was defacing the site.

digital3 - Well, judging by the symptoms, either something went wrong during the upload or your server is misconfigured somehow.

ChiliVB - quoteit_ie_lt_7.css is used by Internet Explorer versions 6 and lower, quoteit_ie_all.css is used by all versions of Internet Explorer, and quoteit_main.css is used by all browsers. If you want to add a class to the submitter section, you'll have to edit the quote_listbit template.

rburns - The BBCode is kind of complicated to prevent too many queries on a page. You'll have to edit includes/functions_quoteit.php. In that file, find
and replace that with
In the same file, find
and replace that with
To change the categoryid, you currently need to do it directly in the database through phpMyAdmin or something similar. If you want it to be a decimal, you'll have to add some code to convert it like you demonstrated. That might end up being a little difficult, so I'd suggest just including the number in the title. Users aren't really supposed to be paying attention to the id anyway.

I'm not sure what you mean about the reply dropdown. Are you talking about choosing a category when replying to a post?

I've tried reducing the font size in the quoteit_main.css in the section below and didn't see a change. Is this the correct place?

The openquote and closequote classes are there for the quotation mark images. You probably want the quotetext and author classes.

This is a truly excellent hack, and one which I am already re-coding much of my forum to integrate more fully, as it brings together external features we had previously been achieving by other means.

Three outstanding issues with the current release:

1: On using the quote importer-from-file in the AdminCP, there is no option to assign imported quotes to a specific category, if categories are enabled and defined. All imported quotes seem only to be importable into 'unfiled'. (The route I eventually ended up taking to assign 500+ imported quotes to a common category was to 'delete' them all [i.e. unapprove] them all in the user interface, which threw them back into the moderation queue; and from the moderation queue I could click 'Approve all', since in the queue their default was set to the first category.)

*2: (more urgent): When 'context' is enabled, and the postbit template is modified to include a 'submit quote' button on each post, the automatic convert-thread-to-context feature does not work properly. The hack properly inserts its text ("Posted in thread x..."), with appropriate link, into the 'context' field on the submission form, and it is likewise visible in the preview screen; but once the 'submit' button is pressed, the context field is truncated, so that when one views the pending quote in the moderation queue, the context field reads simply 'Posted in', with no further information (i.e. the link to the thread has been entirely lost). This is a series bug, as the end-result is bizarrely truncated quote submissions -- for the time being I've had to disable the 'context' feature altogether to prevent this. An urgent fix would be most appreciated.

3: This one is minor: in the AdminCP options for the hack, 'Moderation que' should be properly spelled 'Moderation queue'. :)

Cheers!

A few further issues have arisen:

4: When dealing with pending quotes in the moderation queue, selecting 'ignore' effectively ignores the quote for moderation purposes (i.e. leaves it in the queue, whilst other messages are either approved or deleted as per admin selections); but it is not ignored as far as PM notification goes -- i.e., Private Messages are sent out to the submitters of the 'ignored' quote reading, e.g. "Your quote (#407) has been updated". If one is holding a post in the queue while trying to decide what to do with it, whilst dealing with other quotes, this is very problematic: the member(s) with posts being ignored receive a new PM every time the queue is moderated -- which can amount to a great many. It would be a very helpful fix to ensure that the hack does NOT send out PMs to members when a quote in the queue is 'ignored' for later assessment.

5: Is there a way to disable all PM notification of moderation of quotes? I added the style template modification that adds the option setting to the user control panel; but users seem automatically to be receiving PMs on moderation changes, even without visiting their control panel.

monForum

1. You can add categoryid to the fields, but you need to know the numeric id of the category you want.

2. That's strange. Do you have bbcode enabled for quotes?

3. Oops.

4. Good point, I'll fix that soon.

5. They should be disabled by default, you can run this query to make sure (replace $TP with your table prefix): [sql]UPDATE $TPuser SET quoteitoptions = 0[/sql]

It seems there is still a bug with the language selector after installing the newest version of this hack: After installation, the language-chooser drop down list in the vB footer lists my normal language (only one), but now follows it with an option "--a" (as has been reported earlier in this thread).

Any fix on this? It's already been confusing readers!

Many thanks.

Yes, indeed. BBCode for quotes is enabled (while HTML is turned off). It seems that there is some error in passing the code through the submission form to the actualy dB; as I say, the link appears in the 'preview' screen, if used; but once you click 'submit', the link is lost (removed) on submission, and the submitted quote appears without it in the moderation queue.

I've tested this on IE6 and IE7, as well as the newest release of Firefox, and the same issue occurs - so that would seem to rule out it being a browser problem.

For information, this is on vB 3.6.5.

With thanks in advance for further assistance.

Getting the following error attempting to install this latest version of Quoteit:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.4:

Invalid SQL:

ALTER TABLE quotes
MODIFY COLUMN quoteid INT (10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;

MySQL Error : Duplicate column name 'quoteid'
Error Number : 1060

Background information:

I was previously running quoteit version 1.2 for VB 3.07. I upgraded board to 3.64. I am trying to upgrade the Quoteit system now to the latest version and I keep getting this error.

HELP!

monForum - Does the link problem happen on every thread? It's possible the title is too long to fit in the database. I still don't get the quick language chooser problem. Could you export your language and post it so I can see what's different about it?

deb0 - Try following these instructions to add each column by hand. If that doesn't work, do this instead. Any information about your database would be helpful, I'm still trying to figure out why that happens sometimes.

Tried to install this but was unable to import the plugin. Apache error log says:

[Wed Apr 04 08:44:52 2007] [error] [client 141.153.160.232] PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class fPluginServices in /home/bruset/websites/forums.njpinebarrens.com/public_html/jvb_fservices.php on line 12, referer: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/admi...?do=productadd

Cap'n,

Thanks for that, yes a drop down box with the categories on post reply (both quick and advanced) is what I was wanting.

I agree about the catids, that's a better idea.

ZippySLC - It looks like that's an error with some Joomla plugin. You'll have to ask wherever you got that addon.

rburns - So what do want to happen when they post? Do you want the quote from that category added to the post?

I am having some trouble, my quoter is not visible at all but I have the ability to submit, approve, moderate quotes through my admin cp and people can submit quotes but the actual quoter itself is not showing up anywhere. This is a recent problem and I'm not sure what to do to fix it.

What did you change when this started happening? First, it doesn't look like you have all the latest files. Make sure you do and then try re-saving your QuoteIt! Options.

ok I reinstalled it and so far it looks good except the bb codes do not show up and I have them enabled. What can I do to fix that?

Try saving the Quote Parsing Options again.

thanks so far so good!

Yes, that's exactly what I would like.

I also still have the funny {Q5263537:4} answer to my BBcode? I rechecked all the file changes you gave me all are correct.

Thanks

Try adding this in a plugin at the quoteit_bbcode_begin hook and tell me what it prints when viewing a thread with the bbcode in it. You can disable the plugin afterward.
I'm not sure how to handle the request to automatically add quotes when posting. The best way would probably be to add a the bbcode to the post before it gets processed, but you'll have to find the right hook. You can use this code to get a listbox with the categories:
You'll need to put that in another hook and then use $listbox where you want it to appear. Then when they submit the post, $_REQUEST['category'] will be an array containing the selected category id.

Did that and when the plugin is active it just gives me a white page, source is blank too.

Just to make sure I did the right thing:

1, add new plugin
2, product: quoteit!
3, choose quoteit_bbcode_begin as the hook location
4, title called it quoteithelp
5, execution order is 5 (was there so left it)
6, pasted in the PHP
7, active: yes

went to page to put in bbcode but when I selcted the thread it went to the blank page. have I done something wrong?


list box is exactly what I'd like, what hook do I put it in?

whenever I try to rate a quote I get this message

I've uploaded a new version that fixes a few small things.

thepub - Try the new files, or enable Javascript to use the AJAX voting.

rburns - Something's definitely wrong then, try redoing the edits and testing it in several places, like the post preview, the actual post, and a private message. I'm not exactly sure what hook to use for your listbox idea, the listbox just has to be generated before the new post template is shown. The one to insert bbcode needs to run before bbcode is parsed. Other than that, I'm not sure.

I love the idea and concept of the quotes sytem but I can't get it to work with the Zoints profile system without causing errors. I get the errors and problems after installing the plugin-globalquote.xml file to allow quotes to be on all pages (PhotoPost Products using VB3 Enhanced feature). I am sure it's a somewhat easy fix, I played with it for a while and could not get it to work. I would say forget Zoints but it is a nice profile system.

Better Idea:
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I managed to get the quotes showing globably by placing your code in the navbar instead of the forumhome template since I am using vb3enhanced feature with PhotoPost:

<!-- BEGIN QuoteIt! -->
$showrandomquote
<!-- END QuoteIt! -->

** I still get the same error regardless of where I put the code

Error shown in Zoints after adding the global plugin
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/allswac1/public_html/forum/z/includes/external_auth/vbulletin36.php(116) : eval()'d code on line 3

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/allswac1/public_html/forum/z/includes/external_auth/vbulletin36.php(116) : eval()'d code:3) in /z/includes/zoints.php on line 341

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/allswac1/public_html/forum/z/includes/external_auth/vbulletin36.php(116) : eval()'d code:3) in /z/includes/zoints.php on line 342

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/allswac1/public_html/forum/z/includes/external_auth/vbulletin36.php(116) : eval()'d code:3) in /z/includes/zoints.php on line 343

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/allswac1/public_html/forum/z/includes/external_auth/vbulletin36.php(116) : eval()'d code:3) in /z/includes/functions.php on line 100

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/allswac1/public_html/forum/z/includes/external_auth/vbulletin36.php(116) : eval()'d code:3) in /z/includes/functions.php on line 103

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here is the plugin-globalquote.xml code:

<plugins>
<plugin active="1" executionorder="7" product="quoteit">
<title>Global Random Quote</title>
<hookname>global_start</hookname>
<phpcode><![CDATA[if ($quoteitoptions['showrandomquote']) {
define('QUOTEIT_GLOBAL', true);
require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_quoteit.php');
}]]></phpcode>
</plugin>
</plugins>

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I tried changing the executionorder number, true to false, and some oddball ideas which didn't work.

Can someone help because I don't want to just have this on the forum. Thanks for your time and consideration.

Could you tell me what's on those lines mentioned in the Zoint's error messages?

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/allswac1/public_html/forum/z/includes/external_auth/vbulletin36.php(116) : eval()'d code on line 3

vbulletin36.php
--------------------

Here is line 3 on vbulletin36.php:
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'Zoints'); # fix for vbportal's lack of vbulletin compatibility

Here is line 116:
eval('$headinclude = "' . fetch_template('headinclude') . '";');

** Should line 116 have this? '";'); I am not a programmer but looks weird


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Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/allswac1/public_html/forum/z/includes/external_auth/vbulletin36.php(116) : eval()'d code:3) in /z/includes/zoints.php on lines (341 + 342 + 343)

zoints.php
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Line 341 header('Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT');
Line 342 header("Pragma: no-cache");
Line 343 header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");

Lines 335-350 if this helps:

if (is_a($this->_user, 'z_user') AND $this->_user->usergroup('zointsadmin') AND !$this->_config['userstyles'])
{
$this->_config['userstyles_off'] = 1;
$this->_config['userstyles'] = 1;
}

header('Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT');
header("Pragma: no-cache");
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");


if (!defined('z_install'))
{
$this->_template->_navbar->init();
}


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Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/allswac1/public_html/forum/z/includes/external_auth/vbulletin36.php(116) : eval()'d code:3) in /z/includes/functions.php on lines (100+103)

function.php
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Line 100 header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
Line 103 header("Location: $url");

This is lines 82-105 if this helps:

// check if it's a full url, ie http://
if (!preg_match('#^[a-z]+://#i',$url))
{
$dir = dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
if (substr($url,0,1) != '/' AND substr($dir,-1,1) != '/')
{
$dir .= '/';
}
$url = (($_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] == 443)?'https://':'http://') . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $dir . $url;
}

if (strpos($url, '&amp;'))
{
$url = str_replace('&amp;', '&', $url);
}

if ($threeohone)
{
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
}

header("Location: $url");
exit;
}

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I hope this helps, like I said. The quotes works perfectly on the forums page but I would like it to be on other pages too like this. It does this after adding the global plugin but it doesn't allow the zoints profile's to work anymore.

It looks like a problem with the headinclude template. Try editing and then saving it without changing anything. If it doesn't give you an error when saving, post the template here.