Post Icons - drop down list (good for lots of icons!)

This hack will put all the post icons into a dropdown list instead, which will save lots of space especially if you have lots of post icons available (or WANT to have a lot of post icons available )

Look at attached screenshot to see how it looks like
If you have a suggestion, let me know!

Anyways, here we go

Please make sure that all your icons have a title because this title will be shown in the dropdown menu! Otherwise it will be blank; it will still work and people can select it, but it doesn't help in knowing what the icon will show

Instructions

Open up includes/functions_newpost.php and find

PHP Code:

        if ($seliconid == $iconid)
        {
            $iconchecked = HTML_CHECKED;
            $selectedicon = array('src' => $iconpath, 'alt' => $alttext);
        }
        else
        {
            $iconchecked = '';
        } 


Replace with

PHP Code:

    if ($seliconid == $iconid) 
    { 
        if ($show['dropdownicons']) 
        { 
            $iconselect = " selected"; 
        } 
        else 
        { 
            $iconchecked = HTML_CHECKED; 
            $selectedicon = array('src' => $iconpath, 'alt' => $alttext); 
        } 
    } 
    else 
    { 
        if ($show['dropdownicons']) 
        { 
            $iconselect = ''; 
        } 
        else 
        { 
            $iconchecked = ''; 
        } 
    } 


Find:

PHP Code:

    $show['posticons'] = false; 


Below, add

PHP Code:

    $show['dropdownicons'] = 1;

    if ($show['dropdownicons'])
    {
        $posticondropdown = '<option value="0">' . $vbphrase[no_icon] . '</option>';

    } 


Find:

PHP Code:

        eval('$posticonbits .= "' . fetch_template('posticonbit') . '";'); 


Below, add

PHP Code:

        eval('$posticondropdown .= "' . fetch_template('posticon_dropdown') . '";'); 


Open up posticons template and find

				<td width="12%" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="rb_iconid_0"><input type="radio" name="iconid" value="0" id="rb_iconid_0" tabindex="1" onclick="swap_posticon(null)" $iconchecked />$vbphrase[no_icon] &nbsp; &nbsp;</label></td>
				$posticonbits

Replace it with

				<if condition="$show['dropdownicons']"><td><select name="iconid" id="iconid" onchange="changeImage(this.value)">$posticondropdown</select> <img id="posticonimage" /></td><else /><td width="12%" nowrap="nowrap"><label for="rb_iconid_0"><input type="radio" name="iconid" value="0" id="rb_iconid_0" tabindex="1" onclick="swap_posticon(null)" $iconchecked />$vbphrase[no_icon] &nbsp; &nbsp;</label></td>$posticonbits</if>

Find

	// -->

Above, add

	<if condition="$show['dropdownicons']">
function changeImage(selVal)
{
if (selVal != 0)
{
 document.getElementById('posticonimage').src = selVal;
}
else
{
document.getElementById('posticonimage').src = 'clear.gif';
}
}
	</if>

Create a new template called posticon_dropdown with the following content:

<option value="$iconpath"$iconselect>$alttext</option>

All done! Now if you ever want to turn this off and use the old way of viewing post icons, then just change $show['dropdownicons'] = 1; in includes/functions_newpost.php to $show['dropdownicons'] = 0; (basically just change 1 to 0.)

I hope you enjoy this hack

[Fibe]

oh my god....

I thought everything worked fine, but when i select and icon when posting it doesn't showup !

Anyone have any clue what i could have messed up this time?

[noonespecial]

Originally Posted by Fibe

oh my god....

I thought everything worked fine, but when i select and icon when posting it doesn't showup !

Anyone have any clue what i could have messed up this time?

exact same issue ..

everything looks like it works, i can select the icon, it shows up next to it .. then i push post, and no icon appears in the forum.. ?!

[Jolten]

Originally Posted by Gary W

Find

	// -->

Above, add

	<if condition="$show['dropdownicons']">
function changeImage(selVal)
{
if (selVal != 0)
{
 document.getElementById('posticonimage').src = selVal;
}
else
{
document.getElementById('posticonimage').src = 'clear.gif';
}
}
	</if>

Where do these steps go??

[noonespecial]

Originally Posted by Jolten

Where do these steps go??

posticon template.

[Jolten]

Thanks noonespecial.

I've got the same issue as others. It appears to work. But back in thread view no icons change. They only appear to change when you select them from the menu.

[noonespecial]

Originally Posted by Jolten

Thanks noonespecial.

I've got the same issue as others. It appears to work. But back in thread view no icons change. They only appear to change when you select them from the menu.

exactly.. slightly annoyed at the moment, but i am hoping the author will be on tomorrow, and sort this all out .. so, for now this remains uninstalled with a sincere hope to get it fixed and working, because I have way too many icons on my website .. and this would save so much bandwidth, loading time ..

[Jolten]

Any chance for a fix Gary?

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by Jolten

Any chance for a fix Gary?

I'm working on it, just real busy

[noonespecial]

Originally Posted by Gary W

I'm working on it, just real busy

yay!!!.. i've been working on it too, so far no luck .. and well, i suck. so that's prolly why.

[Jolten]

This one works like a charm for me:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ght=post+icons