[HowTo] Quote Multiple Posts At Once

[HowTo] Quote Multiple Posts At Once

v1.0.1 [build for vBulletin 2.2.8 Final] last update: 29/10/2002

_____ Introduction:
This was originally my idea and FireFly has been so cool to help me out and code it. I have been wanting this for a damn long time on my forums, and finally it has been realized!

The beta release has been beta a long time and no bugs have been found. After 450+ downloads here is the final 1.0 version for vBulletin 2.2.8 and it works 100% on a clean install.

This code modification works on vBulletin 2.2.x for sure!

_____ What to expect:
The code/template modification allows your users to check a checkbox next to each post in a thread. And when clicked on the 'post reply'-button, takes them to newreply.php with all quotes from all checked messages in the textarea.
This saves you a lot of time if you want to reply to more then one post in a thread, without having to go back and forward and make several posts or copy/paste all the time and get confused.

_____ What will happen when:
If you check one quote [ ] checkbox or more, it will quote those posts.
If no quote: [ ] checkbox is checked, then the 'post reply'-button acts like a normal postreply, nothing is quoted.
And if you click on the quote button in a post, it will just quote that post (even if any of the checkboxs are checked).

_____ Support:
Sure, but it depends on my knowledge and my free time. No alternation to the code modification / postbit / otherwise will be provided. All support goes through his thread, so please do not PM or E-mail me about it, thank you.

_____ Screenshots:
For screenshots, I have put some in the .zip file.

_____ Installation:
You have to apply a few template changes and a file change in order to get this to work. Download the attachment from this post and follow the installation steps. In about 10 minutes your board is tweaked and ready for more coolness.

_____ Update:
I just uploaded version 1.0.1 which is the same version, no bug fixes, but with the little tweaks and addons from N9ne. For those who installed 1.0.0, just upgrade from the .txt file from N9ne (see few posts up this thread).

Enjoy!

[InnerSelf]

if i replace this in my template

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| (3a) In the "showthread" template, replace both! instances of code:                             |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
<a href="newreply.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=newreply&threadid=$threadid"><img src="$replyclose" border="0" alt="Post A Reply"></a>
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| (3b) With this code:                                                                            |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
<input type="image" src="$replyclose" border="0" alt="Post A Reply" name="submit" class="bginput">
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

then my "post a reply is weird.

if i click it without checked boxes i get (please fill smth in the subject field and texteares.

and if i check boxes then it direclty post all those boxes without seeing a newreply field.

any suggestions?

[Mathiau]

alot more forums need this haak!

[drumsy]

One of my styles doesn't use images so the post reply button would be out. How do I replace it instead with a text link "Post Reply"?

[futuredood]

03-29-03 at 01:59 AM InnerSelf said this in Post #61
if i replace this in my template

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| (3a) In the "showthread" template, replace both! instances of code:                             |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
<a href="newreply.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=newreply&threadid=$threadid"><img src="$replyclose" border="0" alt="Post A Reply"></a>
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| (3b) With this code:                                                                            |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
<input type="image" src="$replyclose" border="0" alt="Post A Reply" name="submit" class="bginput">
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

then my "post a reply is weird.

if i click it without checked boxes i get (please fill smth in the subject field and texteares.

and if i check boxes then it direclty post all those boxes without seeing a newreply field.

any suggestions?

same problem here, anyone??

[Lethal]

03-24-03 at 08:10 PM Lethal said this in Post #58
I have 2 styles on my board at the moment, I installed this hack and it works perfectly on the 1 style but the other one, when I click the the check box or just click quote it gives me this parse error:


Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in /htdocs/www/forums/newreply.php(68) : eval()'d code on line 2


It gives me that error for every check box I have checked also. I don't understand because it don't give me this error on my other style. So is it from a template?

The error seems to be pointing to this

eval("\$message = \"".gettemplate("quotereply",1,0)."\";");

and this if I have multiple check boxes

eval("\$message .= \"".gettemplate("quotereply",1,0)."\n\n\n\";");

HELP PLZ!!

[212rikanmofo]

ok i installed this hack but when i check mark the messages i wanna quote and then hick the reply button, nothing happens at all... im in 2.3.0, whats goin on... i checked it over so many times, i cant figure out why when i hit the button nothing happens at all...

[212rikanmofo]

nm, i fixed it, forgot to skip a line when editing newreply.php, stupid me

[Floris]

It just came to my attention that when I released this hack that I totally overlooked to provide the right credits to a section of this hack.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...109#post246109

Here b-b00gie explains to us of how to integrate the "multiple quotes" and the "submit reply" functions into one.

I changed it a little bit while I was working on this version, and just forgot about it. And first couldn't find the post in the beta thread no more. But anyway. Credits ofcourse goto him.

The first post is updated, no code has changed, only credits added.

[Floris]

It just came to my attention that when I released this hack that I totally overlooked to provide the right credits to a section of this hack.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...109#post246109

Here b-b00gie explains to us of how to integrate the "multiple quotes" and the "submit reply" functions into one.

I changed it a little bit while I was working on this version, and just forgot about it. And first couldn't find the post in the beta thread no more. But anyway. Credits ofcourse goto him.

The first post is updated, no code has changed, only credits added.

[trafix]

oh well i tried to install but the section of code in the newreply.php is different to what is in the instructions