Adding a background image into the reply boxes
 

**** THIS SHOULD (DID 4 ME) ADD A BACKGROUND IMAGE TO THE QUICK REPLY BOX AS WELL ****


This is NOT a hack, its just a very simple template edit, so theres nuthing to download or install, this only been tested on IE6:
Go to>

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Main CSS (in the menu)
Edit these two sections

- WYSIWYG Editor

- Input Fields

Add the line below in the Standard CSS Attributes side, in the "background" field

Replace the "green" text with your color code & the path/filename of your background image.

example:
images/replyboxbg.gif

Then

add this into the Extra CSS Attributes box:

(see attachments)

Save CSS and your good to go....

Please Click INSTALL

Enjoy!

Woow first post and a super cool hack, thanks to share it with use :nervous:

ohh yes i was looking for that! thanks very much. one more question. how can we do this for quick reply box?

Its made for your "quick reply box"

If that didn't work.........

Try this:

Along with the changes above, do these edits to showthread_quickreply

Find:Change to:Find:Change to:Find:Change to:Remember to change the "green" text to your own values.

Let me know how it goes.

its made for both "quick reply" & "post" boxes, if your using 3.6.2 it should work without the templete edits I just mentioned.

:devious:

thanks fort this but does'nt work for me :s

probably cause he is declaring things like 6 times :lol:

I removed everything from the extra CSS fields and made

to

And all works well for me :D

oki i found doesent work with standar editor

what version of vB are you using? because when I first tried to do this, I also had nuthing in the extra CSS fields and did not include "fixed", but when I did it that way the background image kept repeating, the only way I could get it from not repeating was doing what I first posted.

Could this be a version conflict? or maybe a browser?
Like I mentioned, I have not used this with anything other then IE 6

Using IE 7 one of the beta's still :) and FireFox.

vBulletin 3.6.0. However with my method when using the quick edit of posts its the only time i've noticed it repeating itself so far.

I used your method, and the only time it showed up for me, was when the reply box would be centered on the screen :dunno: thats the great software developers for you. Im sure either way gets the job done :D

ahh ok, it could also be the size of your background image.... I've had people using backgrounds that are larger the the actual size of the reply boxes, when I created my background image I made it small enough to fit inside, like the attachment in the first post.

I do beleave if you add the "fixed" after this
#2D2D2D url(images/yourimagehere) repeat-x center

it will keep your background image center'd and also keep it static so it will not move when people create large messages, but I could be wrong.

Anyway thanks for posting, and if you can't get this to work try what Ntfu2 posted =)

(nice site btw ntfu2)

Installed!

going to give this a try looks pretty sweet..

what size are you guys saving your image at in order to get it to fill the whole box properly?

mine is 194 x 155 I'm sure you could go a tad bit bigger... but I wouldn't suggest using very large images, like 800x600 or anything like that.

:lick:

**EDIT**
heres the exact image I used.. feel free to use it if your into Counter-Strike, lol

:D thanks..

never played counter strike but I LOVE SOCOM online :D

trying it out right now!

nope not working on 3.6.0

I also looked in showthread_quickreply to change what you said and I cant even seem to find that line in there anywhere..

Even tried what NTfu2 suggested and nothing..

any other suggestions..

link to your forums?

Installed Excelent Work

Seen this on an IPB site and always thought it was a nifty little touch! Glad I can have it vB now!

Reserved for when I get my ass outta work!

How can I make the font type in BOLD?? I have users +++++ing cause that can't see what they are typing.

just add

bold

into the font style field for both WYSIWYG Editor & Input Fields

that should do the trick =)

Had to do a bit of editing to make it all fit well, it was posting in the new thread/post title etc. which was annoying.

All installed now though :)

Made no diff.

www.midirtriders.com

I tried messing with the code and I couldnt get it to work..
if you have any suggestions Id love to hear them.. it is a awsome looking mod forsure and would go GREAT with my site.

link me to your site....


ahh nice forums, from MI huh? me to... my brother owns a quad.
as for your problem, what is the image your trying to set as your background? and can you post or pm me a screen of your admincp where the code is please.

well after 2 days i wanted to give u my feed back, only problem is while typing something if u want to read back or mistyped something my .gif is blocking my view
i used a 28/88 my site linkme which i love the way it shows and since it some how transparents looks grt but like i said if u want to read back before preview or post it, my own .gif will block my view... just wanted to tell u this...

take the background code out of the INPUT field, that should help ;)

How would I do this for the postbit?

Nice and simple =) Installed, Thanks!

BUMP.. Ditto for me with 3.6.2 Fixed it perfectly.. Note if you just want the quick reply box and the body of the reply. Do not modify the input fields as this will cause the title box to also have the graphic..

mines not showing up at all in 3.6.4

is ther any way i can get this to show up in my login form i saw it done on another vbulletin site so i know its possible

edit nvm i got it

question though if u dont use the wysing and use the mormal text is thier a way not to get image imn the title

Doesn't appear to work for me on 3.6.3 with a non-standard theme, never mind...

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thx for your job !

Nice idea, thanks for the share

Installed and working nice.Thanks

Works well on 3.6.4, installed and thank you.