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

[Bubble #5]

Why doesn't this hack work in the header?

Does anyone understand why this doesn't show up in the header? It will show up everyplace else, just not in the header area... :ermm:

[Cap'n Steve]

I don't know, could you attach the html page or post a link to your site?

[Bubble #5]

Originally Posted by Cap'n Steve

could you attach the html page

Steve do you mean from view source? :ermm:

[Scooterpig]

Great hack and working fine for me but just wondering how do you add a heap of quotes so that each time a page is reloaded a new random quote shows up please?

Thank you..

[Bubble #5]

Originally Posted by Intrepid

how do you add a heap of quotes

You add them in one by one...

[Scooterpig]

Originally Posted by Bubble #5

You add them in one by one...

Bugga! Thanks.

[Bubble #5]

Originally Posted by Intrepid

Bugga!

:nervous:

Maybe the good Cap'n will add it in as a (much needed) feature (hint, hint) :surprised:

[Cap'n Steve]

Originally Posted by Bubble #5

Steve do you mean from view source? :ermm:

Either that or use File->Save.

I didn't think there was much demand for batch adding, but I could probably whip up some add-on to do it.

[Bubble #5]

This is what we are using. The 3 images are just background images.

<table width="90%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"><tr>
<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/left_quote.gif" alt="" border="0" /></td><td width="50%" align="center" class="quotebar">$vbphrase[quote_of_the_day]:&nbsp;$randomquote[quote]
</td>
<td width="50%" align="center" class="quotebar"></td>
<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/right_quote.gif" alt="" border="0" /></td>
</tr>
</table>

We're just trying to get the quote itself to appear. No table. No links for add/edit/delete ECT.

$randomquote[quote] seemed to work well anyplace else we put it, but unfortunately we only need it in the header... :ermm: Why doesn't it work there?

[Cap'n Steve]

Well I guess the best thing to do would be to change your quote_randomquote template to what you just posted, then follow the instructions for moving the Random Quote plugin to the Global Start hook and then just put $showrandomquote in the header template.