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.

[Huy Ho?ng]

I want to cut into two rows, then how?
Help me!

[mikem164]

Nice job lynne, works beautifully. I have some animated smilies that you can't tell what they are because they are so small... Is there a way I can jack up smilies size in this area? Thank you!

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by mikem164

Nice job lynne, works beautifully. I have some animated smilies that you can't tell what they are because they are so small... Is there a way I can jack up smilies size in this area? Thank you!

This issue is actually in the bug tracker over on vb.com. You may want to do a search over there for it and see if anyone posted a fix until they fix it in some future release.

[Aclikyano]

how do i make the smileys show regular size? and how can i make it random each time?
please help lynne >>>>>>

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by Aclikyano

how do i make the smileys show regular size? and how can i make it random each time?
please help lynne >>>>>>

Sorry, but that is not anything to do with this mod. All this mod does is move the smilies from one place to another. If you need to change the size or make them random, then that is something else - another mod or other css to change.

[cindy helmond]

great but see pic (att) my smilies are small ?
thx

[Lynne]

That has nothing to do with this mod. If you uninstall this mod, they will be small on the side of your message textbox. You need to change the css for the smilies to change it. If you wait for 4.0.2, there will be a smilie stylevar to set the size.

[pjcnlv]

This was easy and fast to install under 4.0.2. and changes how the "New Post" editor works however a "Reply to Post" shows the smilies on the right of the text box.

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by pjcnlv

This was easy and fast to install under 4.0.2. and changes how the "New Post" editor works however a "Reply to Post" shows the smilies on the right of the text box.

I've tested it with both stylesheets as files and not, and it is working on my 4.0.2 test site. You'd need to tell me more about some possible settings you may have set up in order for me to figure out why it's not working. Also, please make sure you are testing this on a totally default style.

[forte]

Just found out that the editor2.css isnt being added when using the advanced form for editting posts.