Convert [IMG] to [URL] in quoted text

OK, another quick one I made 'cause someone requested something like this and I didn't find it while looking for it
So, forgive me if something like this already exists.... :nervous:
(Point of reference)

This one replaces all [IMG] tags in quoted text with [URL] tags.
So, you and your users don't have to see the same image over and over again, and if you really forgot what the image was, just click the link

Installation:
Import the product .XML -> DONE


Like I said, a quick one.


Update 1.20
By request, this now also adds an option to the UserCP where users can choose if quoted images should be converted to URLs or left as images.

UserCP -> Edit Options -> At the bottom of the page

[Hellcat]

OK,here comes the update

I replaced the "plain search and replace" by a regular expression - resulting in case INsesitive replace :up:
So, [img], [IMG], [imG].... whatever, should be propperly replaced by [url] now.

To update, just re-import the new product .XML with the "allow overwrite" option enabled and you're set.

[EasyTarget]

/me installs

[S@NL - BlackBik]

Thanks for the update, Hellcat

[Hellcat]

Originally Posted by S@NL - BlackBik

Thanks for the update, Hellcat

A pleasure (as long as some1 really uses it )

[S@NL - BlackBik]

I sure am, and it's working fine

[EasyTarget]

hey if you are up for challenges hellcat, I have a good one for ya

It would be similar to this mod, but with a more general application. On my board there's lots of people that link to pictures from other sites. This is ok for awhile, but soon the original picture is deleted leaving the post with the signature x.

I was wondering if you could add to this hack or start a new one which would let the admin run a scheduled task every so often which would search all new posts for images and add when it finds posts with images it would find out if it was hosted at a remote site or not, and if it was then it would convert it to a forum attachment in that post or copy/host the image in a folder specified by the admin and relink the img tag to the new location. And if the admin can add exempt urls that'd be beneficial too I'm sure.

Anyways, just something I've had on my mind for awhile

[Julie]

Nice little thing, which is very much needed indeed! Thank you!

[Slacker]

Just what I needed! Installed, thanks!

http://boards.slackercentral.com

[Tralala]

Curious for feedback on this. Does installing this actually decrease load on the forum's server in any way, or is it more of an "aesthetic" decision?

(I realize it could speed things up for the user side rendering and display of image-heavy threads, but I'm of the mindset that it wouldn't have any effect, really, on the forum server itself. Am I wrong?)

That said, some users really don't like this. At all. Any chance it could be made a user-selectable option? That would please everyone, one would think.

[Hellcat]

This has no affect on the forum's server, except when most of the images are hosted on the forum server itself, wich usually isn't the case.

Adding an user option would be possible, yes.