Quote Post in PM
 

Quote Post in PM

This is an update to amykhar's original Quote Post in PM hack. Since she is busy and doesn't have the time to dedicate to supporting her version of this hack like she would like to, she has asked me to release this in place of her original hack. This is basically amy's hack with a few minor fixes so all the credit goes to her. ;)

This plugin now passes the username of the post to the PM as well as the post title (if there is one), or thread title (if there is not a post title). It is also set up for the /me code hack parsing (thanks goes out to Hellcat for that fix). And for anyone interested, Hellcat's version of the /me action code hack works 100 percent in vB3.5.4., in both posts and PMs. ;)

In the attached ZIP file there are 3 icons for the pmquote.gif. Just choose the one you want and rename it to pmquote.gif and you should be all set.

This is a plug-in and not a product, so upload it as a plug-in.

Enjoy!

A special thanks goes out to peterska2 for helping me along the way. Without her prodding and extensive testing, this might never have gotten done. ;)

But vb quotes teh PM text automaticaly....

obviously you don't get it... :speechless:

This quotes a POST in a PM, not a PM in a PM. ;)

Awesome Boofo, thanks so much. Passing a quote from a thread into a PM is very convenient. :up:

May I make a suggestion, though? I would like to integrate this into the postbit pulldown to keep things clean; then there would be no need to add an icon.

The menu option would read "Reply via PM" and then your/Amy's hack would do its magic. It could even replace the existing "Send a Private Message to <username>" menu option.

Yes, I'm aware of this hack but it doesn't quote the message, just provides a link. In a perfect world the resulting PM would have both.

Thanks again.

2 things:

1. Click install if you use this

2. Read the install file and you shall find what you seek. ;)

Thank you!

For what? ;)

Ah, yes.

/slaps head

Installed. Nice work, Boofo. I opted to not use the .gif, but the pulldown menu option is definitely nice to see.

Done! :banana:

This might sound like hyperbole, but this is the kind of great hack that has the potential to really improve the way folks interact on our forums. It makes a lot of sense and I appreciate you putting in the time.

Is there any way to have it the PM also include a link back to the original post, so the recipient could read the referring thread in context? That would be a "best of all worlds" solution, please.

Thanks again...

That is something that we meant to do before we released it, but must have forgotten. I will add that in the next day or so. ;)

Also, I have both the icon AND the drop down link as there are users that usually use one or the other most of the time. ;)