Png Rounded Quotes (PRQ) v.3.10 - Valid XHTML 1.0

Png Rounded Quotes (PRQ) version 3.10 - Valid XHTML 1.0

Author: C?dric Claerhout

Thanks to : Elmer, Natch and d00d

Hack description: This hack, based on Elmer?s one, turns the traditional quotes into round quotes with PNG images as border. You can use it with light and dark backgrounds without any graphical problems. For Gif supporters, just use the adobe psd file include to create pictures yourself. Should take 5 minutes, time to open Photoshop and change .png to gif extension in the code.

Zip description : Code, PSD, Pictures ready to use, and useful information.

Time to install: 10 min

Compatible browsers : IE 6 (with png transparency patch), Firefox 1.x, Firefox 1.5x, Safari.

What's new:

20 february 2006 : version 3.10
-quotes are now included in just one table (instead of two)
-width bug for optional bbcodes in IE corrected
-works now with Safari

14 february 2006 : version 3.00
-code complitely rewritten for quotes AND bbcodes ; it shoud fix some display bugs with IE
-code patched to work with Firefox 1.5
-new option for quotes : one or two bubbles (thanks majorxp). See joined pictures to understand : citationmonobulle.jpg and citationdoublebulle.jpg

22 august 2005 : version 2.2
-code rewritten
-option bbcodes interface integrated in the zip files

17 august 2005 : version 2.1
-option : php and code tags template
-update .psd file in in quotesPNG_v2.1.zip
-put a missing png picture in quotesPNG_v2.1.zip
-Bug corrected in code template

16 august 2005 :
-Valid XHTML 1.0
-I had forgotten to join the transparency background version (70%).



Instructions:

First of all, you HAVE to install that hack.
Link : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93415 (need vB 3.5 RC)

It will allow png picture transparency work with Internet Explorer.

Then download the zip file and follow the instructions:

1. Login to your Admin Control Panel
2. In the Styles & Templates category, click on Style Manager and expand the group of templates in your prefered style, by clicking on the [<<>>] button.
3. Select the group of templates BB Code Layout. Click the 'Expand/Collapse' button, or double-click the group name to expand or collapse the BB Code Layout ? group of templates.
3. Now select the template bbcode_quote. Double-click the template name or click the 'Customize' button to edit this template.
4. Replace all the content in the template field withd the code provided in the txt file in the zip below.
5. Upload the folder "quotes" (or quotestr) containing all the images to your misc images directory of your style :

[style]/images/misc

Notes:

>You have to increase the amount of images to use in a post through your admin cp, because this mod use images and it counts as post images.
>If new png quotes pictures don?t appear immediately in your old messages, don?t panic and just wait. If you're hurry, just write a new message and it will work.
>I give you the PDF file so that you can modify if you want the quotes. Now it?s easy to do. I give you also a picture that helps you to localise where each segment of the PSD goes.
>Of course i?ve tested this hack, both in IE and Mozilla, and it works great.

Bonus
Once installed, you can make your code, html and php tags the same look if you want. Just go into the option directory included in the zip file, and replace the templates of each of this tags by the content of the text files.
N.B : For those three bbcode, the width depends on the value indicated in "All Style option" under "Code Block Width (pixels)".

[Boofo]

Ok, that's better. We almost have it. The center is off color for some reason still.

[cclaerhout]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Ok, that's better. We almost have it. The center is off color for some reason still.

Have you cheked if the png picture was missing ?
Try with mozilla to open the background picture, refresh it and see the result.

But there is a strange thing on the picture you've joined : on the top right, it seems to have a grey color. It shouldn't do that.


P.S : that's not better, but different

[Boofo]

The top is fixed now. I didn't have the transparent png mod installed yet. It still has the message background a different color. Any way to make that white?

EDIT: I don't have a 00.png image in the quotes directory and that looks like what it is looking for.

[cclaerhout]

Originally Posted by Boofo

The top is fixed now. I didn't have the transparent png mod installed yet. It still has the message background a different color. Any way to make that white?

EDIT: I don't have a 00.png image in the quotes directory and that looks like what it is looking for.

Sure there's a way. Just have to find the error ;-)
What version are you using ? The white background or transparency (70%) one ?


Edit : do i forget to put it ???

Edit bis : Oupss, yes i dit it

[Boofo]

Which one should I use? I was using the white background one.

[cclaerhout]

Tell me if it's working with this, then i will update archive.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachmen...id=33531&stc=1

[Boofo]

Bingo! That did the trick.

Thank you, sir.

Just curious, why didn't you go with GIFS withg transparent background instead of png?

And any way to make this work with PHP, CODE and HTML tags, too?

[cclaerhout]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Which one should I use? I was using the white background one.

That was the one where the 00.png picture was missing ;-) I've updated the archive. Can you confirm that it works now ?

[Boofo]

It works!

[cclaerhout]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Bingo! That did the trick.

Thank you, sir.

Just curious, why didn't you go with GIFS withg transparent background instead of png?

And any way to make this work with PHP, CODE and HTML tags, too?

Because of that :


Gif doesn't use the alpha transparency, so with dark backgrounds it's ugly.
The only problem with png is Internet Explorer. (well, it's second problem is that it cannot be animated. May be one day...).

This work cannot work with html tags, because with Internet Explorer (and with the transparency hack) the png background will come over the text and all links won't work.

I think it can work with php and code tags, but i'm not sure.