Show Thread Enhancements - Thread Font Resize - by StarBuG

Introduction:
I am StarBuG, a clinical Physician for Children, and I am running several health Forums to support patients with medical questions. Due to the nature of my forums my visitors are mostly not very tech-savvy. Also I am attracting a lot of older people who might be visually impaired that is why I created this mod.

I know that every browser supports this feature by clicking CTRL + plus or minus but
for non tech-savvy people this browser feature might be unknown to them.

What this mod does:
This mod adds two buttons above every thread and private message which
lets your users increase or decrease the font size of a thread without reloading
the page. This increases the website accessibility.

Installation instructions:
See the readme.txt file inside the doc (do-not-upload) folder

This Product utilizes the Template Modification System. If you use the TMS no template edits are needed. If you don't use the TMS you have to edit 2 templates.

You can edit the CSS for your needs in the fontresize.css

Don't forget to Mark as Installed

Live Demo: Patientenfragen.net

Version History:
v1.0: Initial release
v1.1: Added support for Private Messages

Feedback is welcome

If you wish do Donate, feel free to use the "Support Developer" Button

StarBuG



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[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by StarBuG

Hi

Sorry but I am full time medical doctor and work on my websites in my spare time.
I am also relying on vBulletin to solve the IE 6 Display problems so I am no expert
on this field either. I just make sure my site is usable for people using IE 6 but
because this browser is 9 years old I don't really want to support it full.

Thanks ... understood .. :up:

We don't support IE6 and advise members accordingly ....

Do you think it would be difficult to have the font mod added to support vbCMS articles? It works so well with posts and the articles are esssentially the same thing.

Also, I notice the speak aloud option for posts on your site. Is that a vBulletin mod? One of yours?

Regards,
Doug

[StarBuG]

I think it is possible to add the mod to the cms

you just need to find some code (like I used <blockquote>) that is uniquely wrapped around the text you want to change size.

And then you need to create a copy of the js and replace the blockquote code with the one you found/want to use.
Then include the new js as well in the header.
Unfortunately I don't use the CMS so I can't adapt it for you.

The text-to-speech is a licensed service from ReadSpeaker.com.
I pay a lot of money for that with annual fees.

However the implementation of ReadSpeaker Enterprise into vbulletin currently
only works with a product I got written for my forum.
I am currently in a negotiation with the company about if they want to acquire the plugin.

But if you think about acquiring a readspeaker enterprise license, send me a PM

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by StarBuG

But if you think about acquiring a readspeaker enterprise license, send me a PM

Thanks, but we're a not-for-profit site and I doubt we can afford their enterprise license. We take in just enough now to pay for the hosting and some add-on work, such as your excellent mod here ... :up:

I don't know vbCMS, but the templates are similar to regular vBulletin templates, so I'm sure it can be added, but I'd screw it up for sure if I started playing in there ..

I'll have to see if I can find a coder who can adapt your code to it ...

Thanks again ..

Regards,
Doug

[hamedbia2]

Perfect

[Dr.osamA]

Perfect

installed + 5 Stars

[DerBademeister]

I've updated to vb 4.1.1 and the font resizer doesn't seem to work in PMs anymore - it still works in regular forum threads though.

Any idea how to fix it? Maybe the code / structure of private messages was changed.

[Samsine]

I used vb 4.1.1 too and it works absolutely perfekt

Thanks 4 shared this mod and nominate.

[OturanBoğa]

vb 4.1.4?

[StarBuG]

There is no reason why it should not work.

[kether1]

I notice on your site, you seem to have fixed the button to work on the first click. My site requires two clicks to make the change. What did you change to get it to work on the first click on your site, Sir?

Kether