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.

[MAdotcom]

Gotcha. Thanks

[Kyo-dono]

Great improvement. Working fine in 4.1.1.

Can you add the code for add the "smiley button" on top of "quick reply" and "quick edit"? In quick reply/edit I find the button better as the bottom list.

Attachment 125775

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by Kyo-dono

Great improvement. Working fine in 4.1.1.

Can you add the code for add the "smiley button" on top of "quick reply" and "quick edit"? In quick reply/edit I find the button better as the bottom list.

Attachment 125775

Someone else is welcome to write that mod. This one is not meant to do that.

[horussjr]

Originally Posted by Kyo-dono

Great improvement. Working fine in 4.1.1.

Can you add the code for add the "smiley button" on top of "quick reply" and "quick edit"? In quick reply/edit I find the button better as the bottom list.

Attachment 125775

check this out [v.4.5] MARCO1 Advanced Quick Reply - Advanced Quick Edit - With Smiles!!

LE: i have founded. not compatible with [v.4.5] MARCO1 Advanced Quick Reply - Advanced Quick Edit - With Smiles!!. only if you active this mod to work even on quick reply. if not, it is well working. can you do sth?

[fxwoody]

Ok Lynne, got a question for you!
In the pm_quickreply section, your mod doesn't work in it! It does if we go in the full PM reply with out a problem but nothing for the quick reply box!
I was trying to insert the code:

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

but can't seem to get it to work!
Also, i'm using the "DBT vB Post Templates" and the MOD works fine every where except....in the PM's! It makes the full bbcode and text window disappear but works Ok in full reply! So, if i disable your MOD, the quick reply shows back in the PM's with DBT "on"

Is there a way that you take a look at this or if you have any idea how to have your mod to show in quick reply PM's???

Tks Lynne

[Lynne]

I don't have that mod and really don't have any time to troubleshoot a problem between the two mods.

[fxwoody]

!!! too bad
Will try to find something then.

[Freewings2]

really great mod, thanks!! Is there any way to have the smilies not get resized? I have a few that dont fit the norm and are barely visible.

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by Freewings2

really great mod, thanks!! Is there any way to have the smilies not get resized? I have a few that dont fit the norm and are barely visible.

that's a stylevar - just start typing smil.... in the box on the stylevars page and you will find it.

[Freewings2]

Thank you so much Lynne, that did the trick.