Shrink Old Posts in Thread

Hi all,

This is a brand new addition to my own BB, so I don't even know how my own users will react to it, let alone how you guys would

Hack Description:

• Posts you have already read in a thread, will show up with their header only (a row that includes the username, post subject and date only). New posts only will appear in full.
• This is user selectable via the 'Edit Options' page: each user can decide if he wants this option on or not. (By default all existing and new users will have this turned Off).
• A link at the top of the thread offers to "expand all" posts or "contact all" posts.
• by clicking on the + sign on a shruk post, it will expand without the page reloading. By clicking on the - sign on an expanded post, it will shrink without the page reloading.
• [high]this option is available for your IE users only! Netscape users will see no difference and will not be affected anyway at all by the change[/high]

How to install:

• Please download the attached zipfile.
• Upload plus.gif and minus.gif to your images directory
• Upload install_contractposts.php to your admin directory and run that script.

Note: there are quite a few changes to make (primarily additions, not replacements) to the vb scripts and templates. The process should take you several minutes, so I recommend you close your Bulletin Board while installing the hack.

Demo:

You are welcome to visit my Bulletin Board, at http://www.atlasf1.com , to see what the additions look like. To test it in full (ie, the option of old posts being shrunk by default), you will have to register and modify your options after you have received your password.

Cheers,

Bira

[OGieBear]

Great Hack, but I have a Bug. The Images Plusimg and minimg don't see



ciao

[eva2000]

awesome hack Bira!!! ... haven't installed it yet since i'm still on a modified 2.2.0 version files for now..

[bira]

OGieBear - you'll need to open those images in an image editor, like PSP or Photoshop, and invert them or change the colours to something light.

eva2000 - thanks

[OGieBear]

*autsch*

thx...

the hack is Kewl ....

great works..

[dxb]

I'm using vb2.03 and I noticed in your install instruction in the register.php files a small difference and i think thats because it's more compatibale with 2.2.1

and this is the code

// Contract Old Posts in Thread (v1.0)
    $DB_site->query("INSERT INTO user (userid,username,password,email,".$newstylefield."parentemail,coppauser,homepage,icq,aim,yahoo,signature,adminemail,showemail,invisible,usertitle,joindate,cookieuser,daysprune,lastvisit,lastactivity,usergroupid,timezoneoffset,emailnotification,receivepm,emailonpm,options,birthday,maxposts,startofweek,ipaddress,pmpopup,referrerid,nosessionhash[high],avatarid[/high],hideposts) VALUES (NULL,'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($username))."','".addslashes([high](md5[/high]$password)[high])[/high]."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($email))."',".$newstyleval."'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($parentemail))."','$coppauser','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($homepage))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($icq))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($aim))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($yahoo))."','".addslashes($signature)."','$adminemail','$showemail','$invisible','".addslashes($usertitle)."','".time()."','$cookieuser','".addslashes($prunedays)."','".time()."','".time()."','$newusergroupid','".addslashes($timezoneoffset)."','$emailnotification','$receivepm','$emailonpm','$options','".addslashes($birthday)."','".addslashes($umaxposts)."','".addslashes($startofweek)."','".addslashes($ipaddress)."','$pmpopup','".addslashes($testreferrerid['userid'])."','$nosessionhash'[high],'$avatarid'[/high],'$hideposts')");
// Contract Old Posts in Thread (v1.0)

I changed it to this

// Contract Old Posts in Thread (v1.0)
$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO user (userid,username,password,email,".$newstylefield."parentemail,coppauser,homepage,icq,aim,yahoo,signature,adminemail,showemail,invisible,usertitle,joindate,cookieuser,daysprune,lastvisit,lastactivity,usergroupid,timezoneoffset,emailnotification,receivepm,emailonpm,options,birthday,maxposts,startofweek,ipaddress,pmpopup,referrerid,nosessionhash,hideposts) VALUES (NULL,'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($username))."','".addslashes($password)."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($email))."',".$newstyleval."'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($parentemail))."','$coppauser','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($homepage))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($icq))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($aim))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($yahoo))."','".addslashes($signature)."','$adminemail','$showemail','$invisible','".addslashes($usertitle)."','".time()."','$cookieuser','".addslashes($prunedays)."','".time()."','".time()."','$newusergroupid','".addslashes($timezoneoffset)."','$emailnotification','$receivepm','$emailonpm','$options','".addslashes($birthday)."','".addslashes($umaxposts)."','".addslashes($startofweek)."','".addslashes($ipaddress)."','$pmpopup','".addslashes($testreferrerid['userid'])."','$nosessionhash','$hideposts')");
// Contract Old Posts in Thread (v1.0)

it's working fine for me I just wanted to make sure that all what I did is right

and thank you for this lovely hack

[bira]

that looks correct to me, dxb

[FWC]

I love the way you can contract a post that has code in it and shrink the rest of the page down to size once you've read that message.

[bira]

something was annoying me about this hack, and I finally figured out what it is

If you don't put <a name="post$post[postid]"></a> in the first <div></div>, then you can't jumpt to a post directly if that post is contracted.

I now added it to my first <div></div> (it's already placed in the second one) and order is restored.

The funny thing is, I love Parker Clark's preview thread hack. And today I realized that with the preview hack and the contracted posts - I am finally able to go through all new threads/posts in my bb without losing my senses

[inetd]

Bira the best!

[FWC]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by bira
something was annoying me about this hack, and I finally figured out what it is

If you don't put <a name="post$post[postid]"></a> in the first <div></div>, then you can't jumpt to a post directly if that post is contracted.

I now added it to my first <div></div> (it's already placed in the second one) and order is restored.