"/me action" port for vB3.5.x

Update v1.20
"/me does whatever...." now gets propperly parsed to "* Username does whatever...." as well in the Archive and subscription notification e-mails!

Update v1.10
Quick-Reply didn't work, the raw "/me" was quoted.
Now works fine as well when quoting in Quick-Reply

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To update simply uninstall the older product and re-import the updated product XML.

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Hi everyone!

Here I present you my vBulletin 3.5.x port of the famous "/me" action :up:

This plugin is based on the original /me action done back in vB2 times
The code is mainly based on the contens of this thread:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=59698
so at least 50% percent of the credits have to go there.

However I've completely rewritten it to fit into vB3.5.x's plugin system and the hooks.


Features of this plugin:

• Adds the ability to use the "/me" action in posts and PMs.
  Just type "/me waves" to get something like "[high]* Hellcat waves[/high]"
• The formatting of the /me text can easiely be customized by editing the BB tag it uses for formatting purpose
• The color of the /me text can be customized seperately for every style you have installed, so you always have a color fitting into the currently used style!
• This version is actually QUOTE SAFE!
  If you quote someone who used the /me you get "* User waves" instead of the raw "/me waves" in your quoted text!
  So there will be no messing up when quoting /me's
  
  While editing posts however, you still have the original entered "/me" (except for PMs)

Installation

Painless and easy, no files need to be edited, no files need to be uploaded!

1)
Simply download the product XML from this post, go to your AdminCP -> Product Manager -> Upload/Import Product -> Point it to the XML and hit "GO"

2)
Add the following BB tag via the BB-Code-Manager:

BB tag name:

me

BB tag replacement:

<div style="color: {mecolor};"><strong><em>{param}</em></strong></div>

This BB tag is actually used for the /me output, so edit the replacement of this tag to fit your need of the formatting of the /me text.

3)
Optional:
For every style you have installed go to Style Manager -> Add Replacement Variable

Variable name:

mecolor

Variable value: enter any HTML color you like and that fits to the color theme of the style, "#AA0000" for example for a med red.

Using this you can set a different color for the /me for every style.


If you don't want or need to do step 3 you might also want to remove the DIV tag from the HTML makeup (if you don't you have an unparsed {mecolor} in there).


What else?
1) Click "INSTALL" if you use it
2) This can easiely be edited/copied to implement even more actions
3) Post comments and problems here and we try to solve them
4) This has been develloped and tested on vBulletin 3.5.2 but should work under 3.5.0 and 3.5.1 as well.

Have fun!

[bold]

for some reason the color stays the default post color. any ideas how to make it work?

[Hellcat]

Originally Posted by bold

for some reason the color stays the default post color. any ideas how to make it work?

Did you set the replacement variables in the style manager for all styles?
And is the name the same as given in the BB code?

[bold]

oops had it '{mecolor}' for the bbcode. but just 'mecolor' as replacement variable.

[FleaBag]

Smurfin' awesome. Thanks for sharing!

[thisgeek]

Originally Posted by bold

oops had it '{mecolor}' for the bbcode. but just 'mecolor' as replacement variable.

I did the same thing - d'oh! Figured it out when I checked the output source.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by Hellcat

Yes, should be no problem.
I already posted a few posts with that where the "/me" accours somwhere in the text.
It's supposed to only parse the "/me" if it's at the very beginning of a line.

that's what I wanted to know! so many problems before with this hack case I have a lot of likes from urls with

www.SITE.com/media/file

the /me in media would fook up the url with the id busting in. :/ lol
great stuff!!


ps. important side question....do you know how a search engine spider would read it? as "/me" or as "GrendelKhan{TSU"??

[Hellcat]

The search engine would also see the "* User does something" instead of the "/me does something"

In the Searchengine friendly Archive it'll be the "/me" I'd guess....

[DaveAK]

My first install! Thanks for making it easy.

[Wolf42]

[high]* Wolf42 clicks install.
[/high]
After some troubles with the raplacement variables I got it to work.
Thx for sharing.

[bitbender]

Thx!! This fixed up the code and quote block problems we were having with the ABD version!!

HYN!