New Posting Features - Quick Nick & Quote in QR

I no longer support my hacks. Please feel free to update them and release new versions elsewhere as long as I get the credit for the original modification.

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|| Quick Nick & Quote in QR
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|| Author : Anton Kanevsky
|| Works on : vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x
|| Released : Jun 05, 2009
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|| Time required to install: 1 minute
|| Difficulty: easy
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DESCRIPTION

This product gives you an opportunity to quickly insert a post owner's nickname or a quote of some on-screen selection into your quick reply. Works properly in Opera, Internet Explorer and Mozilla, both in WYSIWYG and regular editor, and under Windows 9x, ME and XP platforms.

STATISTICS

File Uploads: 1
File Changes: 1
Products to Install: 1


FEATURES
[list][*]Insert Name Link in Posts (in Dropdown)[*]Insert Quote of Selection Button in Posts (next to the Quote Button)[*]Auto-Detection of Quote Format (between 3.5.x & 3.8.x)[*]

VERSION HISTORY

1.1.0
[+] Eliminated template edits.
[+] The hack is now compatible with vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x.
[+] Added support for the new quote format first introduced in vBulletin 3.6.x.

1.0.2
[F] Fixed the empty-textarea-newline bug.

1.0.1
[F] Added compatibility with older browsers and platforms.
[+] One less file edit (but one more template edit

1.0.0
First Release

The installation manual is contained within the attached file.

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[akanevsky]

First Post Reserved.

[CrazyProgrammer]

Thanks GJ Trying it out now

[Almotmaiz.Net]

Thanks
Installed

[TheInsaneManiac]

Excuse me for not fully understanding this, but I don't. It looks like all it does is add the users name in bold, however the built in quote feature of VBulletin already will quote the users name for you.

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by TheInsaneManiac

Excuse me for not fully understanding this, but I don't. It looks like all it does is add the users name in bold, however the built in quote feature of VBulletin already will quote the users name for you.

This is all a question of usability and preference. Some people - like myself, for example - like to quote parts of posts right in the quick reply, as opposed to quoting whole posts in the advanced editor. Sometimes they also want to write address someone quickly in the quick reply without quoting anything and without having to type the username manually, hence there is another link just for that. Of course, there are a lot of people who do not think that this is useful, but I am not making anyone install this hack.

[nohuhu]

Psionic Vision,

there's something i cannot understand in readme for this mod. it says, in file /clientscript/vbulletin_textedit.js find "// vB_Text_Editor methods" and append some text after this line. but in my 3.8.2 the vbulletin_textedit.js is "compressed", there are no comments in there. where do i insert your additional text? ain't it possible not to change vanilla vbulletin_textedit.js but add your script as separate file instead?

[akanevsky]

You can always download the uncompressed vBulletin from the vBulletin client area.

[nohuhu]

Psionic Vision,

that's what i did exactly. but you see, "compressed" javascript means it has no comments, no extra whitespace except bare minimum, it's stripped of all unnecessary characters to save bandwidth. effectively it's one line of code and the only comment box it has is its header stating it's vBulletin 3.8.2, copyrights blah-blah-blah. so where do i insert your code?

[akanevsky]

You have to download the uncompressed version first, so that you can edit the files.