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.

[stator]

[Bug]
In quick reply
The advanced editor disappear and return to the normal editor interface.

[Edit]
I want to use this mod for quickreply only, How this can be done?

[Lynne]

- I have not noticed that bug at all. My editor stays in WYSIWYG mode.

- To only use it in Quick Reply, you'll have to modify the plugins and take out the options for it to work on other pages.

[Walter Ronny]

hi , how do i only can put smilies in quick reply? thx!

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by Walter Ronny

hi , how do i only can put smilies in quick reply? thx!

I already answered the question:

Originally Posted by Lynne

- To only use it in Quick Reply, you'll have to modify the plugins and take out the options for it to work on other pages.

[Walter Ronny]

how? i have not much idea about php and so!

[Walter Ronny]

i did it , it's possible only to add this to quick reply and pm reply?

http://i45.tinypic.com/2hd4qqa.png

[ComoEstaEso-com]

Just installed... followed directions, and all is good.

Thanks Lynne!!

[Wilfred1]

Ok, this is what I created:

Attachment 117701

To get this I did the following:
1. Settings -> Options -> Message Posting Interface Options ->
- Smiliebox Total Smilies = 60
2. Styles & Templates -> Style Manager ->Stylevar ->
- Smiliebox Max Avatar Display Size = 30 (px)
3. Replaced the template editor2.css with:

@charset "UTF-8";
/* editor2.css */

.editor_smiliebox {
clear:both;
height:{vb:math 5*{vb:math 21+2*2}}px;
position: relative;
float:left;
width: 100%;
}

.editor_smiliebox ul.smiliebox {
height:{vb:math 4.5*{vb:math 21+2*2}}px;
margin:0 auto;
}

.editor_textbox_smilie {
margin-right:0;
}

and that is it to get the above screen shot.

You have to play around with the numbers to get it right for the number of smilies and rows that you want to display

Hope this helps!

[Lynne]

Thank you! It's very much appreciated when people share their modified css to get something a bit different for their site.

[Sunka]

Originally Posted by arco

This mod seems to conflict with the following two mods:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=180330
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=232730

Ie they stop working when it's installed.

Lynne, any help for quoted above?
When I install your mod, and enable smilies below Quick Reply than this 2 quoted mods stop working.