[BigJohnson]

Very great hack but having one problem here though. My checj message length button doesnt work and my smilies when i click on them dont work. What could be the prob? I am so lost i think it is something with the java or something i don't know so i diced to ask the professionals

Here is my Template for ReplyBox

<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="$emailbox">
<input type="hidden" name="disablesmilies" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="closethread" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="hiddenreply" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="rating" value="0">
<script language="Javascript" src="vbcode.js"></script>
<script language="Javascript" src="vbcode_language.js"></script>

<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>
        	<td nowrap valign="bottom"><smallfont>
        	  <input type="checkbox" name="email" value="yes" $emailchecked> Subscribe to thread<br>
        	  <input type="checkbox" name="signature" value="yes" $signaturechecked> Show signature<br>
        	  <br> </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">
<input type="submit" class="bginput" name="preview" value="Preview Reply" accesskey="p" tabindex="4">
	</normalfont></td>
</tr>
</table>

</form>

Please help thanks so much. I took out the smilies just for now because they were causing to much hassle. thanks.