QuoteIt! - Quote Database

QuoteIt! version 3.0

QuoteIt! allows you to have a database of quotes integrated with your forum. Users submit quotes that can then be voted on by the other users, using your choice of two rating systems. The average installation will show a random quote on the forum home page, but you can include it on any vBulletin page or on your portal home page.

If you'd like to see a demo, go to forums.monkeycrap.com.

Features:

Random Quote
- a random quote can be shown on any vBulletin powered page
- the administrator can set a default rating threshold that quotes must meet before showing up as the random quote
- a new random quote can be chosen at a specific interval of time, to reduce server load

Quote Database
- quotes can be searched, filtered, and sorted by many different criteria
- quotes have a "context" field that can be turned on or off to include more information about the quote
- quotes can be embedded in posts with bbcode
- each post and private message now has a "Submit to Quotes" link that allows users to quote things said on your forum more easily

Quote Ratings System
- quotes can be rated either plus/minus or on a scale from 1 to 5
- quotes below a certain total score or average score can be filtered out

Quote Management
- quotes can either be automatically approved or moderated
- the quote moderation que is like the que for posts, enabling the moderation of several quotes at once
- usergroup permissions are used for adding, editing, deleting, rating and viewing quotes
- most actions use AJAX to avoid page reloads

Don't forget to click install!

Currently known problems are listed here.

The files needed to edit the included images are attached to this post.

This hack is based on QuoteIt! 1.2, originally by magnus. The "submit post" feature was inspired by an addon by CtrlAltDel.

Other versions (development will continue for the 3.6 version only): QuoteIt! 3 for vBulletin 3.6.x | QuoteIt! 2.03 for vBulletin 3.0.x

[thepub]

ok by some stroke of something, the quoter I installed magically appeared and started working! I'm so happy! I have a couple questions about it though. In the cp it asks about average threshold? What does that mean? I left both of those numbers at 0 until I find out what to do from here. Also, the quoter is under my shoutbox, is there a way to bring it higher up on the forum index, like maybe under the banner or something? And last question (for now), i there any way to remove the bars and box that surround the quot itself, so that it's just the text on the screen instead of a box? Like the words are floating (sort of)? Thanks! If you would like to take a look check it out at www.theneighborhoodpub.com

[Cap'n Steve]

The average and total threshold are the minimum average and total rating that a quote must have to show up as the random quote. To move the random quote, just move the $showrandomquote variable in your FORUMHOME template. If you want it to look different, you have to edit the quote_randomquote template.

[thepub]

Originally Posted by Cap'n Steve

If you want it to look different, you have to edit the quote_randomquote template.

thank you for your response. I embarrassingly admit that I have no clue how to change templates or any of the like. I only find the text specified and then paste whatever text is required lol. I don't venture on my own in the templates at all simply because I have no clue. What specifically would I need to edit or delete to make the quoter look like I want?

[Cap'n Steve]

Well $randomquote[quote] contains the quote and $randomquote[author] contains the author, so you could use just those two things. I suggest you find an HTML tutorial somewhere on the Internet and then you can adjust it better.

[Kat-Sybermoms]

For this being my very first hack I installed all on my own, it worked great!!!

I even managed to make the quoter visible to only certain usergroups and in one specific forum as well.

THANK YOU!!!

[BaconDelight]

I'm itching to install this. Any idea when it might be ported to 3.6.4?

[dobbs]

just install it, it'll work

[BaconDelight]

Originally Posted by dobbs

just install it, it'll work

According to the Cap'n himself, it only works on 3.6 if you installed it on 3.5 before upgrading (see the previous page...)

[Cap'n Steve]

That's just what I've heard. I don't have 3.6 installed anywhere yet.

[thepub]

I installed it on 3.6.2 and t's working beautifully for me. I do have a question about moderating quotes. How do you do it? I don't understand what the threshold and average threshold are and how to set them, I don't know how to moderate the quotes in that is there a que somewhere that I can view to decide what gets used and what doesn't? Sorry to sound so lame, but can someone teach me how to use this LOL!

thanks!