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Private Message button in postbit footer

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"):

HTML Code:

.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:

HTML Code:

.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"):

HTML 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>

Under that, put:

HTML Code:

<!-- ////////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.

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

Excellent mod works perfectly with 4.0.2. Thanks again!

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobbieZ (Post 1985076)

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.

thanks i love this one

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!

What version of vBulletin are you using?

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

Installed - 5 stars!

Did not work on 4.0.3!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow-Sean (Post 2036699)

Did not work on 4.0.3!

Worked perfectly on my 4.0.3.

Thanks trilOByte :up:

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

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.

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....

Quote:

<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"> </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.

Nice one, already made this here. Thanks.

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

Figured it out
Feel free to add to your mod
I added this in postbit and / postbit_legacy code

Code:

To {vb:raw post.username}

from this

Code:

<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

Code:

<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>

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow-Sean (Post 2036699)

Did not work on 4.0.3!

Worked perfectly on my 4.0.3.

Thanks trilOByte

Does anyone know how This can be removed from private message

Not Work to Version 4.0.5

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hippy (Post 2047395)

Figured it out
Feel free to add to your mod
I added this in postbit and / postbit_legacy code

Code:

To {vb:raw post.username}

from this

Code:

<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

Code:

<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

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

Couldn't make it work in 4.0.6

any updates for 4.0.7

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.

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

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.

excellent..Installed on 4.0.7

This is great! Thanks sir!

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

tagged + installed + 5 stars :D

working excellent in 4.1.3 :D thanks :D

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

Will try again if it gets updated. :)

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