New Posting Features - Move smilies to below text area (and optionally add to Quick Reply)

NOTE: This will break your 4.1.4 Quick Reply if you have smilies enabled there unless you do the edit below.

This moves the smilie box to below the text area when posting within threads, blogs, groups, PMs, and cms when using the Advanced Editor (new item or advanced reply). This is done using just CSS. The plugin simply appends the new CSS file to the editor.css file link in the page. It can also make the smiliebox show on the showthread page below the text box in Quick Reply if you do the Optional Edit below.

lynne_smilies_below.png

This mod is supported for the default style only as trying to debug other's site CSS issues is not easy.

This has been tested in firefox, Safari and IE7.


Version History:
1.0 2009-12-06: initial release by Lynne at vbulletin.org (pre 4.0.1)
1.1 2010-01-13: fixed issues with 4.0.1; made it move the smilies to the bottom for sending a new PM ('blog'), and for posting a New Discussion ('group') (4.0.1)
1.2 2010-01-23: fixed it to work if you store your css in the filesystem (4.0.1)
1.3 2010-05-05: added fields so it will work with vbcms and editpost (4.0.1)
1.4 2010-10-23: Modified CSS to use new stylevars - you do NOT need to upgrade to this version if your CSS is working just fine for you! (4.0.8 - see note below for 4.1PL1)


To install:

1. Import product-lynne_smilies_below.xml

2. Go to Settings > Options > Message Posting Interface Options > Put smilie box below textarea > Yes

3. Go to Settings > Options > Message Posting Interface Options and make sure you set these two settings:
Smiliebox Total Smilies - this is the total number of smilies you want to show
Smiliebox Rows (smilies below textarea) - this is the number of rows of smilies you would like

NOTE: The Total Smilies must be evenly divisible by the Rows, ie. you can't set the Total to 17 and have 2 Rows as that won't work.

4. OPTIONAL - If you also want the smiliebox to show on the showthread page under the Quick Reply, then you must do the following:
a. Go to Settings > Options > Message Posting Interface Options > Add smiliebox below Quick Reply on showthread page > Yes (Note that the above options, Put smilie box below textarea must also be set to Yes)
b. Make the following template edit in the template "showthread_quickreply".
Find the following:

        <div class="editor_textbox quickreply">
            <vb:if condition="$show['qr_require_click']">
                <textarea name="message" id="{vb:raw editorid}_textarea" rows="10" cols="80" dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" disabled="disabled">{vb:raw click_quick_reply_icon}</textarea>
            <vb:else />
                <textarea name="message" id="{vb:raw editorid}_textarea" rows="10" cols="80" dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}"></textarea>
            </vb:if>
        </div>    
        
    </div>
</div>

Add in the following line among the bottom divs (for 4.0.8):

        </div>    
        <vb:if condition="($vbulletin->options['lynne_sb_below'] AND $vbulletin->options['lynne_sb_below_2']) AND THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread'"><div class="editor_smiliebox">{vb:raw smiliebox}</div></vb:if>
    </div>
</div>

OR Add in the following line among the bottom divs (for 4.1.0 PL1):

        </div>    
        <vb:if  condition="($vboptions['lynne_sb_below'] AND  $vboptions['lynne_sb_below_2']) AND THIS_SCRIPT ==  'showthread'"><div class="editor_smiliebox">{vb:raw  smiliebox}</div></vb:if>
    </div>
</div>

OR in 4.1.10 forward, find this code in the SHOWTHREAD template:

		<div class="blockrow">
			{vb:raw messagearea}
		</div>

Add directly below there:

        <vb:if  condition="($vboptions['lynne_sb_below'] AND  $vboptions['lynne_sb_below_2']) AND THIS_SCRIPT ==  'showthread'"><div class="editor_smiliebox">{vb:raw  smiliebox}</div></vb:if>

To get this to work with 4.1.4 (and later) Quick Reply:
Edit the plugin "Add smilies to Quick Reply also" and remove, or comment out, the line:

PHP Code:

    $editor_template_name = 'showthread_quickreply'; 


To uninstall:

1. Uninstall "Move smilies below textarea"
2. If you added the smiliebox to the showthread.php page in the Quick Reply, then remove the template edit done above.

This will not work for pre-beta 5 vB4.

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by OcR Envy

It's not a default style. Suggestions as to what to look for though?

Check the templates to make sure they are updated/reverted. My problem was my SHOWTHREAD template. However, yours won't be, so check the templates used on that page.

[TimberFloorAu]

Cannot get this to work.



Have gone over all code changes 4 times lol

We installed FRESH on 4.0.1

Is this code correct or should it be modified ?

<vb:if condition="($vbulletin->options['lynne_sb_below'] AND $vbulletin->options['lynne_sb_below_2']) AND THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread'"><div class="editor_smiliebox">{vb:raw smiliebox}</div></vb:if>

[TimberFloorAu]

This also didnt move Smilies to bottom of thread.

Have we got something amiss in posting and interface options. ?

[TimberFloorAu]

Ok got smilies to show, but ( we have editor.css and editor2.css correct ) the smileys look crap

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

Ok got smilies to show, but ( we have editor.css and editor2.css correct ) the smileys look crap

Is that a totally default style? There were changes made in the order the css files were called between vB4 and vB4.0.1 and you must upgrade/revert your main templates to put the calls in the correct order of the style will not 'cascade' down correctly.

[TimberFloorAu]

Total Default Style.

Not sure what you mean by reverting templates. As the template is default. No customizations.
In fact each time we have upgraded we have manually reverted templates, and added any edits for customization.

Mind you, we dont have the availability of widgets within the cms, so am wondering if we do indeed have a faulty install.

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

Total Default Style.

Not sure what you mean by reverting templates. As the template is default. No customizations.
In fact each time we have upgraded we have manually reverted templates, and added any edits for customization.

Mind you, we dont have the availability of widgets within the cms, so am wondering if we do indeed have a faulty install.

Do you have a test username/password I can use to logon to your forum and see what is going on? (And I assume you have a default style that is selectable also?)

[Stefanus]

Originally Posted by Lynne

There were changes made in the order the css files were called between vB4 and vB4.0.1 and you must upgrade/revert your main templates to put the calls in the correct order of the style will not 'cascade' down correctly.

Please explain this procedure.
Thanks

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by Stefanus

Please explain this procedure.
Thanks

The procedure for upgrading your style? You should go through every template that you have modified > Edit > View History > Compare and see the differences between your template and the default vBS template. Then modify yours as needed to be upgraded or revert yours.

[ndut]

thanks.. installed..

but, how to make the smilies look bigger below text area??

thank you