Quick PM Reply Box

Quick PM Reply Hack Version 2.4 - by Dr. Erwin Loh
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Inspired by Firefly, Neo, Vincent "MW" Chan


Version 2.4 for vBulletin 2.3.0 - 23rd of March 2003
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This is a simple hack that puts a "Quick PM Reply" box underneath a PM that you have received, with the username, subject and message in quotes already inserted. All you need to do is to just type the reply and click send. In the new version, you also have the option of deleting the original PM when you send the reply, as well as multiple options like saving the copy, and message tracking.

Upgrading from version 1.x - just make the 2nd PHP file changes, and copy and paste the the new template changes over the old one.


Version 2 additions:
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Added options using checkboxes to:

1) Delete original: Delete original PM from PM box when you send reply
2) Automatically parse URLs.
3) Show Signature.
4) Save a copy: Also save a copy in the 'Sent Items' folder.
5) Request Read Receipt: Choose message tracking.

Version 2.1 - minor bug fix to make the icon change after a message is sent.
Version 2.2 - minor bug fix to make sure the delete tickbox works.
Version 2.3 - fixed a minor template issue
Version 2.4 - fixed the multiple RE: bug

NEW: Added minor addition to make cursor go automatically to the PM Quick Reply Box.

NOTE: To get the newest attachment, you need to clear your browser cache - otherwise you may download the previous version text file.

[John]

It'd be nice if it followed proper colour formatting though

[lordnet]

nice hack Erwin

thanks

LORD

[Erwin]

Originally posted by JohnWarwick
It'd be nice if it followed proper colour formatting though

For some reason vbulletin.org changed all my firstaltcolor and secondaltcolor variables to the ones that they use on this site.

I have updated the install text file with the generic variables - although I have uploaded the new file up, when I try to download it, the cache still shows the previous file.

Try to clear your cache and download the text file again. Make sure the file you download is quickpmreply2.txt (not quickpmreply.txt)

The color formatting should automatically reflect your own forum's style.

[TheCaver]

Thanks for the hack.

One minor issue, you have an extra <TR> in there.....near the top....

And a weird double border on the right hand side, which I haven't looked at just yet.....

I'll post the cleaned up HTML unless someone beats me to it.....wink wink....

JC

[Erwin]

Thanks - I've removed the extra <tr> tag - no idea how it got there!

[kmistry]

thanks alot erwin, nice hack.

[freeshares1]

Erwin,

Great hack simple and takes about 2 mins to install.

phil

[Erwin]

Thanks for the compliments.

Btw, you can use this hack easily as a quick forwarding function as well - I have made it so that you can change the username of the recipient easily so that instead of a quick reply, you can do a quick forward too.

[David Bott]

Hummm...Bug? Every time I use the quick reply to send a PM I get a JavaScript error saying something along the lines of "Validate is not an object", in both IE6 and Netscape 4.x. I looked at the code and the problem is that the <form> tag has a line that reads...

onSubmit="return validate(this)"

but there isn't a function anywhere called validate.

If this line is unintentional, then I think simply removing it will get rid of the problem. If it's suppose to do something I would like to know what.

PLEASE ADVISE

[pHAZE_1]

great hack, thanks.. 1 question though why is the border so thick? its not a prob, im just curious