vb.org Archive - Show Thread Enhancements - Postbit Legacy Change (1.0)

I've been using the legacy postbit for quite some time, and thought it'd be nice as a subject to change after having the same thing over and over for a while. So, I decided to tweak it a bit to my personal taste.

Don't mind to click install if you like it! :)

Note: the second attachment is a mere example to show some changes you can do yourself if interested. First attachment is what this mod does.

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Description:
This will change your legacy postbit to something neater (at least, in my opinion). You're only required to replace the appropriate templates and add a bit of CSS, which will be shown below.

Additional Notes:
This modification has been tested and used using the default style, as well as a modified one. Both seem to work, though I do not support any heavy modified templates.

Please do report any issues (in the code) that you may come across, and I'll be sure to fix these in the original post at once.

How to apply changes:
Navigate to your Style Manager in the AdminCP. Once there, open up the postbit_legacy template. Remove all code (or backup if you're using your own style, in-case something goes amiss in yours), and replace it with the following:

HTML Code:

$template_hook[postbit_start]

<table id="post$post[postid]" class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">

<tr>

        <if condition="$show['announcement']">

                <td class="thead" style="font-weight:normal; border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" colspan="2">

                        <img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/post_$post[statusicon].gif" alt="$post[statustitle]" border="0" />

                        <phrase 1="$post[startdate]" 2="$post[enddate]">$vbphrase[x_until_y]</phrase>

                </td>

        <else />

                <td class="thead" style="font-weight:normal; border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[right]: 0px" $post[scrolltothis]>

                <div id="postmenu_$post[postid]" style="display:inline;">

                                <if condition="$show['profile']">

                                                         <!-- Postbit Legacy changes by DataHero -->

                                <a style="font-size:15px;" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>

                                <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_$post[postid]", true); </script>

                                <else />

                                $post[musername]

                                </if>

                </div>

                </td>

                <td class="thead" style="font-weight:normal; border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[left]: 0px" align="$stylevar[right]">

                        <!-- status icon and date -->

                        <div style="display:inline; float:left;" class="smallfont">

                        <a name="post$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/post_$post[statusicon].gif" alt="$post[statustitle]" border="0" /></a>

                        $post[postdate]<if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">, $post[posttime]</if>

                        $post[firstnewinsert]

                        </div>

                        <!-- / status icon and date -->

                        <if condition="$show['messageicon'] OR $post['title']">

                        <!-- icon and title -->

                        <div class="smallfont" style="display:inline; float:left; padding-left:10px;">

                                 <if condition="$show['messageicon']"><img class="inlineimg" src="$post[iconpath]" alt="$post[icontitle]" border="0" /></if>

                                <if condition="$post['title']"><strong>$post[title]</strong></if>

                        </div>

                        <!-- / icon and title -->

                        </if>

                        &nbsp;

                        <if condition="$show['postcount']">#<a href="showpost.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]&amp;postcount=$post[postcount]" target="new" rel="nofollow" id="postcount$post[postid]" name="$post[postcount]"><strong>$post[postcount]</strong></a></if>

                        <if condition="$show['inlinemod']">

                                <input type="checkbox" name="plist[$postid]" id="plist_$postid" style="vertical-align:middle; padding:0px; margin:0px 0px 0px 5px" value="$post[checkbox_value]" />

                        </if>

                </td>

        </if>

</tr>

<tr valign="top">

        <td class="alt2" width="175" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" align="center">

                        $template_hook[postbit_userinfo_left]



                        <if condition="$show['avatar']">

                                <div class="smallfont" style="margin-top:-18px;">

                                        &nbsp;<br /><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a>

                                </div>

                        </if>



                        <div class="smallfont">

                                &nbsp;<br />

                                <if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont" style="margin-top:-8px;">$post[rank]</div></if>

                                <if condition="$post['usertitle']"><div class="userinfo-dh">$post[usertitle]</div></if>

                                <if condition="$post['joindate']"><div class="userinfo-dh"><strong>$vbphrase[join_date]:</strong> $post[joindate]</div></if>

                                <if condition="$post['field2']"><div class="userinfo-dh"><strong>$vbphrase[location_perm]:</strong> $post[field2]</div></if>

                                <if condition="$post['age']"><div class="userinfo-dh"><strong>$vbphrase[age]:</strong> $post[age]</div></if>

                                <div class="userinfo-dh">

                                        <a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=finduser&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">Posts: $post[posts]</phrase></a>

                                </div>

                                $template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts]

                                <if condition="$show['infraction']"><div class="userinfo-dh"><strong>$vbphrase[infractions]:</strong> $post[warnings]/$post[infractions] ($post[ipoints])</div></if>

                                <if condition="$show['reputation']"><if condition="$show['reppower']"><div class="userinfo-dh"><strong>$vbphrase[reppower]:</strong> <span id="reppower_$post[postid]_$post[userid]">$post[reppower]</span></div></if><div class="userinfo-dh"><span id="repdisplay_$post[postid]_$post[userid]">$post[reputationdisplay]</span></div></if>

                                $template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right]

                                <!-- Postbit Legacy changes by DataHero -->

                                <if condition="$post[icqicon] || $post[aimicon] || $post[msnicon] || $post[yahooicon] || $post[skypeicon]"><div class="userinfo-dh">$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]</div></if>

                        </div>



        </td>

        <if condition="$show['moderated']">

        <td class="alt2" id="td_post_$post[postid]" style="border-$stylevar[right]: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]">

        <else />

        <td class="alt1" id="td_post_$post[postid]" style="border-$stylevar[right]: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]">

        </if>

                $template_hook[postbit_messagearea_start]

                <!-- message -->

                <div id="post_message_$post[postid]">

                        $ad_location[ad_showthread_firstpost_start]

                        $post[message]

                </div>

                <!-- / message -->



                <if condition="$show['attachments']">

                <!-- attachments -->

                        <div style="padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">



                        <if condition="$show['thumbnailattachment']">

                                <fieldset class="fieldset">

                                        <legend>$vbphrase[attached_thumbnails]</legend>

                                        <div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">

                                        $post[thumbnailattachments]

                                        </div>

                                </fieldset>

                        </if>



                        <if condition="$show['imageattachment']">

                                <fieldset class="fieldset">

                                        <legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>

                                        <div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">

                                        $post[imageattachments]

                                        </div>

                                </fieldset>

                        </if>



                        <if condition="$show['imageattachmentlink']">

                                <fieldset class="fieldset">

                                        <legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>

                                        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">

                                        $post[imageattachmentlinks]

                                        </table>

                                        </fieldset>

                        </if>



                        <if condition="$show['otherattachment']">

                                <fieldset class="fieldset">

                                        <legend>$vbphrase[attached_files]</legend>

                                        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">

                                        $post[otherattachments]

                                        </table>

                                </fieldset>

                        </if>



                        <if condition="$show['moderatedattachment']">

                                <fieldset class="fieldset">

                                        <legend>$vbphrase[attachments_pending_approval]</legend>

                                        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">

                                        $post[moderatedattachments]

                                        </table>

                                </fieldset>

                        </if>



                        </div>

                <!-- / attachments -->

                </if>



                $template_hook[postbit_signature_start]

                $ad_location[ad_showthread_firstpost_sig]



                <if condition="$post['signature']">

                <!-- sig -->

                        <div>

                                __________________<br />

                                $post[signature]

                        </div>

                <!-- / sig -->

                </if>



                $template_hook[postbit_signature_end]

                            <!-- Postbit Legacy changes by DataHero -->

                <if condition="$show['postedited']">

                <!-- edit note -->

                        <div class="smallfont">

                                <hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; background-color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />

                                <em>

                                        <if condition="$show['postedithistory']">

                                                <phrase 1="$post[edit_username]" 2="$post[edit_date]" 3="$post[edit_time]" 4="posthistory.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]">$vbphrase[last_edited_link_by_x_on_y_at_z_postid]</phrase>

                                        <else />

                                                <phrase 1="$post[edit_username]" 2="$post[edit_date]" 3="$post[edit_time]">$vbphrase[last_edited_by_x_on_y_at_z]</phrase>

                                        </if>

                                        <if condition="$post['edit_reason']">

                                                $vbphrase[reason]: $post[edit_reason]

                                        </if>

                                </em>

                        </div>

                <!-- / edit note -->

                </if>



        </td>

</tr>

<tr>

        <td class="alt2" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top: 0px">

                $post[onlinestatus]

                <if condition="$show['reputationlink']">

                        <span id="reputationmenu_$post[postid]"><a href="reputation.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow" id="reputation_$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reputation.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_to_xs_reputation]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></span>

                        <if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbrep_register("$post[postid]")</script></if>

                </if>

                <if condition="$show['infractionlink']"><a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=report&amp;p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/infraction.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_infraction_for_x]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></if>

                <if condition="$show['reportlink']"><a href="report.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/report.gif" alt="$vbphrase[report_bad_post]" border="0" /></a></if>

                $post[iplogged]

                &nbsp;

        </td>

        <if condition="$show['moderated']">

        <td class="alt2" align="$stylevar[right]" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[left]: 0px; border-top: 0px">

        <else />

        <td class="alt1" align="$stylevar[right]" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[left]: 0px; border-top: 0px">

        </if>

                <!-- controls -->

                <if condition="$post['editlink']">

                        <img style="display: none" id="progress_$postid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/progress.gif" alt="$vbphrase[loading_editor_please_wait]" />

                        <a href="$post[editlink]" name="vB::QuickEdit::$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/edit.gif" alt="$vbphrase[edit_delete_message]" border="0" /></a>

                </if>

                <if condition="$post['forwardlink']">

                        <a href="$post[forwardlink]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/forward.gif" alt="$vbphrase[forward_message]" border="0" /></a>

                </if>

                <if condition="$post['replylink']">

                             <!-- Postbit Legacy changes by DataHero -->

                        <a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />quote</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a>

                </if>

                <if condition="$show['multiquote_post']">

                        <a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/multiquote_<if condition="$show['multiquote_selected']">on<else />off</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[multi_quote_this_message]" border="0" id="mq_$post[postid]" /></a>

                </if>

                <if condition="$show['quickreply'] AND !$show['threadedmode']">

                        <a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" id="qr_$post[postid]" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/quickreply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[quick_reply_to_this_message]" border="0" /></a>

                </if>

                <if condition="$show['moderated']">

                        <img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/moderated.gif" alt="$vbphrase[moderated_post]" border="0" />

                </if>

                <if condition="$show['spam']">

                        <img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/spam_detected.png" alt="$vbphrase[spam_post]" border="0" />

                </if>

                <if condition="$show['deletedpost']">

                        <if condition="$show['managepost']">

                                <a href="postings.php?$session[sessionurl]do=managepost&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/trashcan.gif" alt="$vbphrase[manage]" border="0" /></a>

                        <else />

                                <img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/trashcan.gif" alt="$vbphrase[deleted_post]" border="0" />

                        </if>

                </if>

                <if condition="$show['redcard']">

                        <a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/redcard.gif" alt="$vbphrase[received_infraction]" border="0" /></a>

                <else />

                        <if condition="$show['yellowcard']">

                                <a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/yellowcard.gif" alt="$vbphrase[received_warning]" border="0" /></a>

                        </if>

                </if>

                $template_hook[postbit_controls]

                <!-- / controls -->

        </td>

</tr>

</table>

$template_hook[postbit_end]



<if condition="$show['profile']">

<!-- post $post[postid] popup menu -->

<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_$post[postid]_menu" style="display:none">

        <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">

        <tr>

                <td class="thead">$post[username]</td>

        </tr>

        <if condition="$show['profile']">

                <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$vbphrase[view_public_profile]</a></td></tr>

        </if>

        <if condition="$show['pmlink']">

                <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpm&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_private_message_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>

        </if>

        <if condition="$show['emaillink']">

                <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="sendmessage.php?$session[sessionurl]do=mailmember&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_email_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>

        </if>

        <if condition="$show['homepage']">

                <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="$post[homepage]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[visit_xs_homepage]</phrase></a></td></tr>

        </if>

        <if condition="$show['search']">

                <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=finduser&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[find_more_posts_by_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>

        </if>

        <if condition="$post['userid'] AND $show['member']">

        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=addlist&amp;userlist=buddy&amp;u=$post[userid]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_x_to_contacts]</phrase></a></td></tr>

        </if>

        $template_hook[postbit_user_popup]

              <!-- Postbit Legacy changes by DataHero -->

        </table>

</div>

<!-- / post $post[postid] popup menu -->

</if>

Save the changes and open your Main CSS page of the style you're using. Add the following bit to the additional CSS field:

Code:

.userinfo-dh {

        color: #000;

        margin: 5px 0px 0px 0px;

        padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;

        border: 1px dotted #206E6E;

        background-color: #D5DAED;

}

If it doesn't look well on your forums, edit the CSS to match your colour-scheme. See attachment section for screenshots.

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Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (2)bbcode_code_printable (1)bbcode_html_printable (2)bbcode_quote_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (1)pagenav_pagelink (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (10)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
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