vb.org Archive - Mini Mods - Minify the "Posting Rules" box

This is a dead-simple template hack to make the "Posting rules" or forum rules box take less vertical space. A picture is worth more than 2-3k of my words:

Before & After:
http://www.analogpoint.com/static/im...screenshot.png

To do this, you only have to change 2 lines in the forumrules template. The instructions are below, and also in the attached *.txt file.

Time to install: 18-33 seconds :)

Change the default template:

Code:

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="180">

<thead>

<tr>

        <td class="thead">

                <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumrules')"><img id="collapseimg_forumrules" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumrules].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

                $vbphrase[posting_rules]

        </td>

</tr>

</thead>

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumrules" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumrules]">

<tr>

        <td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap"><div class="smallfont">

                <if condition="!$show['codeonly']">

                <div><phrase 1="$rules[postnew]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_post_new_threads]</phrase></div>

                <div><phrase 1="$rules[postreply]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_post_replies]</phrase></div>

                <div><phrase 1="$rules[attachment]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_post_attachments]</phrase></div>

                <div><phrase 1="$rules[edit]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_edit_your_posts]</phrase></div>

                <hr />

                </if>

                <div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=bbcode" 2="$bbcodeon">$vbphrase[vb_code_is_x]</phrase></div>

                <div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showsmilies" 2="$smilieson">$vbphrase[smilies_are_x]</phrase></div>

                <div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=bbcode#imgcode" 2="$imgcodeon">$vbphrase[img_code_is_x]</phrase></div>

                <div><phrase 1="$htmlcodeon">$vbphrase[html_code_is_x]</phrase></div>

        </div></td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

To this:

Code:

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="180">

<thead>

<tr>

        <td class="thead"<if condition="!$show['codeonly']"> colspan="2"</if>>

                <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumrules')"><img id="collapseimg_forumrules" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumrules].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

                $vbphrase[posting_rules]

        </td>

</tr>

</thead>

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumrules" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumrules]">

<tr>

        <td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap"><div class="smallfont">

                <if condition="!$show['codeonly']">

                <div><phrase 1="$rules[postnew]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_post_new_threads]</phrase></div>

                <div><phrase 1="$rules[postreply]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_post_replies]</phrase></div>

                <div><phrase 1="$rules[attachment]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_post_attachments]</phrase></div>

                <div><phrase 1="$rules[edit]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_edit_your_posts]</phrase></div>

        </div></td><td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap"><div class="smallfont">

                </if>

                <div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=bbcode" 2="$bbcodeon">$vbphrase[vb_code_is_x]</phrase></div>

                <div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showsmilies" 2="$smilieson">$vbphrase[smilies_are_x]</phrase></div>

                <div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=bbcode#imgcode" 2="$imgcodeon">$vbphrase[img_code_is_x]</phrase></div>

                <div><phrase 1="$htmlcodeon">$vbphrase[html_code_is_x]</phrase></div>

        </div></td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

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