End-User Options - Personal Notepad for 3.7

Basically the Personal Notepad hack for 3.6 with a security token to make it work for 3.7 and a couple of additions.

This hack will add a personal notepad for your members - a feature you may know from for example Invision Power Board, and which existed for vBulletin 2 as vBPad. For short, members will be able to edit the content of their notepad as they want, storing in it whatever they might feel like.

1 product to install

FEATURES

- A notepad in members' main user CP area where they can type in whatever notes they may want to take down and save them
- Notepad can be resized
- Javascript for allowing users to see when they have exceeded the character limit
- Admin CP options (turn on/off, maximum input length, liquid/fixed width, width of fixed-width notepad, usergroups allowed to use notepad, notepad location)
- No manual template edits
- Fully phrased for easy translation

INSTALLATION

1. Import product-personal_notepad.xml through the Admin CP.
2. Edit the Personal Notepad options in the vBulletin options if desired. (It is automatically turned on upon installation, so if you want to start using it right away without worrying about the options, you can.)
3. If desired, edit the default message that appears for members who have not put anything into their personal notepads - search for the phrase personal_notepad_explanation in the Admin CP and edit the language of your choice.
4. There is no 4. You're done. Go inform your members of the addition.

VERSION HISTORY

4.1: Fixed a bug that caused the notepad to be resized horizontally as well as vertically, potentially stretching the page.
4.0: Added notepad location option in the Admin CP and a default message for members who have not yet edited their personal notepads. Fixed compatibility with 3.7.
3.1: Saved space in liquid-width notepad by putting character counter and textbox size changers in the same line, phrased some stuff that was forgotten and added usergroup limitations in the admin options.
3.0: Tweaks for fitting better with the look of vBulletin, cached template, Javascript counter for character limit, made notepad collapsible, added version history.
2.0: Ported to 3.6, added resizing function and admin CP options.
1.0: Initial release.

[RedGTiVR6]

I take it that when you install this mod, it over writes the other one for 3.6, correct?

[Mike-D]

Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

I take it that when you install this mod, ...

Installing Codes is easier as you think. You can do it yourself

Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

it over writes the other one for 3.6, correct?

The Product Code is being overwritten from its old version. This means the Settings and all Plugins. The Template Code too. Unless you have changed the Template. If so you have to revert the Template "personal_notepad". That's it -Mike

[RedGTiVR6]

Originally Posted by Mike-D

Installing Codes is easier as you think. You can do it yourself

Not sure I understand this comment as I've been administering vBulletin forums for nearly 2 years now. I've installed well over 100 plug-ins...

The Product Code is being overwritten from its old version. This means the Settings and all Plugins. The Template Code too. Unless you have changed the Template. If so you have to revert the Template "personal_notepad". That's it -Mike

Thanks. That's the information I was looking for. I had already installed it, but I wanted to make sure it was overwriting the old code completely since it's technically a different mod from the 3.6 one.

[Mike-D]

Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

Not sure I understand this comment as I've been administering vBulletin forums for nearly 2 years now. I've installed well over 100 plug-ins...

That's it what I didn't understand. Because you wrote this...

Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

I take it that when you install this mod, ...

So I thought you need someone who can install this Modification for you. Probably I've messed up something, just because English isnt my first Language

[RedGTiVR6]

Ahhh....

That's not meaning when you as in 'YOU', but rather when 'you' as in the person installing the modification...me, or the next person that comes along to install it on their own forum.

You as in 'someone'...

[Mike-D]

Aha. Learn something new every day. Never thought that this one is so complex. Thanks for clarifying, Jan

[Scandal]

Thank you very much for the updated version!!!!
Now, the members of my site will not lose the notepad's data after vbulletin upgrade




-petros

[PoetJA-1975]

[high]* PoetJA-1975 likes very much and clicks INSTALL
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Thanx for the sharing

Jacquii.

[PoetJA-1975]

Question... Is there anyway I can get the initial greeting text to parse html?
Kinda like the simple code below... Perhaps even a fancy image of the text below...? Please say yes

<strong>Welcome to your Personal Notepad.  You can store whatever text you like up to the 1,000,000 allowed character limit.
<br /><br />
Inspired after reading an interesting piece?  Make a note in your Personal Notepad, perhaps it shall help develop your own writing.
<br /><br />
You are the only person who can see what's in your Personal Notepad, so go wild and enjoy!
<br /><br />
Jacquii Cooke.
<br />JPiC Administrator

[PoetJA-1975]

Ooops DUH! Can't use html in textarea.... hmm.... Is there a way? I don't think so....
OK - I stop talking to myself now. LOL

Thanx again for share.

Jacquii.