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.

[cvalk]

I must be missing something here. I am running 4.1.12. The first time I installed this, somehow it broke my quick reply and I had to reinstall the forum. On both the previous and current installation, I do not have a "showthread_quickreply" template under the default or any modified themes. I'm looking under the "SHOWTHREAD" heading in the Style Manager and it's not there. The mod works great for the advanced reply; I was able to get 47 icons in a single row and it really streamlines things, but I'm hung up on this quick reply issue. Any ideas?

[cvalk]

Just found this page that states the showthread_quickreply template has been removed in 4.1.10. I guess that explains it.

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by cvalk

Just found this page that states the showthread_quickreply template has been removed in 4.1.10. I guess that explains it.

The code for 4.1.10 forward is in the first post. I just haven't had time to write it into some notes and post the text file yet.

[cvalk]

Originally Posted by Lynne

The code for 4.1.10 forward is in the first post. I just haven't had time to write it into some notes and post the text file yet.

Thanks for the quick response. I read over the first post a dozen time yet still managed to miss it.

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by cvalk

Thanks for the quick response. I read over the first post a dozen time yet still managed to miss it.

That's because I didn't add it until I saw your post.

[cvalk]

Originally Posted by Lynne

That's because I didn't add it until I saw your post.

That explains it. I also had to delete

   $editor_template_name = 'showthread_quickreply';

as specified for 4.1.4. After doing that, it is working great! Thanks again.

[se7o]

i install it

but the quick reply box disappear after install it

[edytwinky]

any way to move the smilie box under the post new thread box in any template?

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by edytwinky

any way to move the smilie box under the post new thread box in any template?

I can't picture what you want. Can you post an image?

[edytwinky]

This is what i'm trying to get it to look like.



this is what it looks like now.




The instructions say it only works with the default template