vb.org Archive - Miscellaneous Hacks - 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.

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Page Generation 0.01118 seconds Memory Usage 1,749KB Queries Executed 10 (?)
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