[Dean C]

here is the template for the reply box... there are that many tags in there i dont kno which one to do... cud u help me with it plz

PHP Code:

<script language="javascript">
<!--
var postmaxchars = $postmaxchars;
function validate(theform) {
    if (theform.message.value=="") {
        alert("Please complete the message field.");
        return false; }
    if (postmaxchars != 0) {
        if (theform.message.value.length > $postmaxchars) {
            alert("Your message is too long.\n\nReduce your message to $postmaxchars characters.\nIt is currently "+theform.message.value.length+" characters long.");
            return false; }
        else { return true; }
    } else { return true; }
}
function checklength(theform) {
    if (postmaxchars != 0) { message = "\nThe maximum permitted length is $postmaxchars characters."; }
    else { message = ""; }
    alert("Your message is "+theform.message.value.length+" characters long."+message);
}
//-->
</script>

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="newreply.php" name="vbform" method="post" onSubmit="return validate(this)">
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="postreply">
<input type="hidden" name="threadid" value="$threadid">
<input type="hidden" name="title" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="iconid" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="parseurl" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="email" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="disablesmilies" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="closethread" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="hiddenreply" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="signature" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="rating" value="0">

<table cellpadding="{tableouterborderwidth}" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="{tablebordercolor}" {tableouterextra} width="{contenttablewidth}" align="center"><tr><td>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="{tableinnerborderwidth}" border="0" {tableinnerextra} width="100%">
<tr>
    <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" colspan="2"><normalfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}" class="thtcolor"><b>Post Reply</b></normalfont></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}" valign="top" nowrap><normalfont><b>Your Reply:</b></normalfont></td>
    <td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
        <tr valign="top">
            <td><textarea name="message" rows="7" cols="$textareacols" wrap="virtual" tabindex="1"></textarea><br>
            <smallfont><a href="javascript:checklength(document.vbform);">[check message length]</a></smallfont></td>
        </tr>
        </table>
    </td>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr></table>

<br>

<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="{contenttablewidth}" {tableinvisibleextra} align="center">
<tr>
    <td align="center"><normalfont>
    <input type="submit" class="bginput" name="submit" value="Submit Reply" accesskey="s" tabindex="2">
    <input type="reset" class="bginput" name="reset" value="Reset Form" accesskey="r" tabindex="3">
    </normalfont></td>
</tr>
</table>

</form> 


Thanks in Advance