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Version: 1.1, by lordtopcat lordtopcat is offline
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Category: Miscellaneous Hacks - Version: 3.8.x Rating:
Released: 06-20-2009 Last Update: Never Installs: 125
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A New newthread look!

Version: 1.1
Released: 21 June 2009
Manual Template Edits: [1]
Optional Edits: [1]

This small modification changes the way your newthread template looks, and feels. It compacts the message area, with the additional options area. Sometimes I find my users don't even know those additional options are there, so this makes browsing easier from a users point of view.

[OPTIONAL]
To get the most out of this hack I suggest you install Princeton's GTSmiliebox - Move Smilies Below Editor. Once installed, find the Message Posting Interface Options in the vBulletin options and I suggest changing the Smilebox Total Smilies and Smiliebox Smilies Per Row to 25 for best viewing!

[TEMPLATE EDITS]
Open Style Manager -> xx Your Style Here xx -> Edit Templates -> New Posting Templates -> newthread

REPLACE THE ENTIRE TEMPLATE WITH THE FOLLOWING
Code:
$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
$headinclude
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - $vbphrase[post_new_thread]</title>
</head>
<body$onload>
$header
$navbar

$postpreview

<form action="newthread.php?do=postthread&amp;f=$forumid" method="post" name="vbform"<if condition="!is_browser('webtv')"> onsubmit="return vB_Editor['$editorid'].prepare_submit(this.subject.value, $vboptions[postminchars])"</if>>

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
	<td class="tcat" colspan="2">
		<span class="smallfont" style="float:$stylevar[right]"><strong>$vbphrase[forum]</strong>: <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$foruminfo[forumid]">$foruminfo[title]</a></span>
		$vbphrase[post_new_thread]
	</td>
	<tr>
		<td width="50%" class="alt2"><if condition="$show['podcasturl']">
				<!-- podcast stuff -->
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[podcast_options]</legend>

					<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
					<tr>
						<td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[podcast_url]:</td>
						<td class="smallfont">&nbsp;$vbphrase[filesize_bytes]:</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="podcasturl" value="$podcasturl" size="50" maxlength="255" tabindex="1" title="$vbphrase[podcast_url]" /></td>
						<td>&nbsp;<input type="text" class="bginput" name="podcastsize" value="$podcastsize" size="10" tabindex="1" title="$vbphrase[podcast_size]" /></td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[subtitle]:</td>
						<td class="smallfont">&nbsp;$vbphrase[explicit]:</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="podcastsubtitle" value="$podcastsubtitle" size="50" maxlength="255" tabindex="1" title="$vbphrase[subtitle]" /></td>
						<td><input type="checkbox" name="podcastexplicit" value="1" tabindex="1" $explicitchecked title="$vbphrase[explicit]" /></td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[keywords]:</td>
						<td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[author]:</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="podcastkeywords" value="$podcastkeywords" size="50" maxlength="255" tabindex="1" title="$vbphrase[keywords]" /></td>
						<td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="podcastauthor" value="$podcastauthor" size="25" maxlength="255" tabindex="1" title="$vbphrase[author]" /></td>
					</tr>
					</table>
				</fieldset>
				<!-- / podcast stuff -->
				</if>
			<if condition="$show['tag_option']">
		<fieldset class="fieldset" style="margin-top: $stylevar[cellpadding]px">
			<legend>$vbphrase[tags]</legend>
			<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
				<div>$vbphrase[separate_tags_using_comma]</div>
				<span id="tag_add"><input type="text" class="bginput" name="taglist" id="tag_add_input" value="$newpost[taglist]" size="40" tabindex="1" /></span>
				<if condition="$show['tags_remain']"><div><phrase 1="$tags_remain">$vbphrase[you_may_add_x_tags_to_thread]</phrase></div></if>
		</div>

			<if condition="$show['popups']">
				<div id="tag_add_menu" class="vbmenu_popup" style="display:none"></div>
				<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_ajax_tagsugg.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
				<script type="text/javascript">
				<!--
				vbmenu_register('tag_add', true);
				tag_add_comp = new vB_AJAX_TagSuggest('tag_add_comp', 'tag_add_input', 'tag_add');
				tag_add_comp.allow_multiple = true;
				tag_add_comp.set_delimiters('$tag_delimiters');
				//-->
				</script>
			</if>
		</fieldset>
		</if>
				
				$attachmentoption

				<if condition="$show['member']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[thread_subscription]</legend>
					<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
					<tr>
						<td>$vbphrase[notification_type]:<br /><select name="emailupdate" tabindex="1">
							<option value="9999" $emailchecked[9999]>$vbphrase[do_not_subscribe]</option>
							<option value="0" $emailchecked[0]>$vbphrase[no_email_notification]</option>
							<option value="1" $emailchecked[1]>$vbphrase[instant_email_notification]</option>
							<option value="2" $emailchecked[2]>$vbphrase[daily_email_notification]</option>
							<option value="3" $emailchecked[3]>$vbphrase[weekly_email_notification]</option>
						</select></td>
						<if condition="$show['subscribefolders']"><td>$vbphrase[folder]:<br /><select name="folderid" tabindex="1">$folderbits</select></td></if>
					</tr>
					</table>
				</fieldset>
				</if>

				<if condition="$show['poll']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[post_a_poll]</legend>
					<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
						<div><label for="cb_postpoll"><input type="checkbox" name="postpoll" value="yes" id="cb_postpoll" tabindex="1" $checked[postpoll] />$vbphrase[yes_post_a_poll_thread]</label></div>
						<div><label for="polloptnum">$vbphrase[number_of_poll_options]: <input type="text" class="bginput" size="5" name="polloptions" value="$polloptions" id="polloptnum" tabindex="1" /></label> <if condition="$vboptions['maxpolloptions']">($vbphrase[maximum]: $vboptions[maxpolloptions])</if></div>
					</div>
				</fieldset>
				</if>

<if condition="$show['misc_options']">
				<fieldset class="fieldset">
					<legend>$vbphrase[miscellaneous_options]</legend>
					<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
						<if condition="$bbuserinfo['signature'] != ''"><div><label for="cb_signature"><input type="checkbox" name="signature" value="1" id="cb_signature" tabindex="1" $checked[signature] />$vbphrase[show_your_signature]</label></div></if>
						<if condition="$show['parseurl']"><div><label for="cb_parseurl"><input type="checkbox" name="parseurl" value="1" id="cb_parseurl" tabindex="1" $checked[parseurl] />$vbphrase[automatically_parse_links_in_text]</label></div></if>
						$disablesmiliesoption
					</div>
				</fieldset>
				</if>
				
$threadmanagement
<!--- posting rules adjustment --->
<fieldset class="fieldset"><legend>Forum Rules</legend>
You <strong>may $rules[postnew]</strong> post new threads.<br /> 
You <strong>may $rules[postreply]</strong> post replies.<br /> 
You <strong>may $rules[attachment]</strong> post attachments.<br /> 
You <strong>may $rules[edit]</strong> edit your posts.<br />
<hr />
You <if condition="$foruminfo[allowbbcode]"><strong>may</strong> use <a href="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]
do=bbcode">BBCode</a><else /><strong>may not</strong> use BBCode</if> in your posts.<br />
You <if condition="$foruminfo[allowsmilies]"><strong>may</strong> use <a href="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]
do=showsmilies">smilies</a><else /><strong>may not</strong> use smilies</if> in your posts.<br />
You <if condition="$foruminfo[allowimages]"><strong>may</strong> post <a href="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]
do=bbcode#imgcode">images</a><else /><strong>may not</strong> post images</if> in your posts.<br />
You <if condition="$foruminfo[allowhtml]"><strong>may</strong> use HTML<else /><strong>may not</strong> use HTML</if> in your 
posts.<br />
<hr />
<phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showrules">$vbphrase[forum_rules_link]</phrase>
</fieldset>
<!--- / posting rules adjustment --->

				</div>
			</div>
</td>
<td align="center" width="50%" class="alt1">
	
		<div style="width:$stylevar[formwidth]" align="$stylevar[left]">

		$usernamecode
		$human_verify

		<!-- subject field -->
		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="fieldset">
		<tr>
			<if condition="$prefix_options">
				<td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[prefix]:</td>
				<td class="smallfont" colspan="3">$vbphrase[title]:</td>
			<else />
				<td class="smallfont" colspan="4">$vbphrase[title]</td>
							</if>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<if condition="$prefix_options">
				<td style="padding-right: 1px">
					<select name="prefixid" class="bginput">
						<option value="">$vbphrase[no_prefix_meta]</option>
						$prefix_options
					</select>
				</td>
			</if>
			<td>
				<input type="text" class="bginput" name="subject" value="$subject" size="40" maxlength="$vboptions[titlemaxchars]" tabindex="1" />
			</td>
			<td>		</td>
			<td><img id="display_posticon" src="$selectedicon[src]" alt="$selectedicon[alt]" /></td>
		</tr>
		</table>
		<!-- / subject field -->
		<div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[message]:</div>
		$messagearea <br/><br/>

$posticons
		<!-- message area -->
	</div>

	</td>
	</tr>
<tr>
		<td colspan="2" class="alt1" align="center" valign="middle">
	<div style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">
		<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
		<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
		<input type="hidden" name="f" value="$forumid" />
		<input type="hidden" name="do" value="postthread" />
		<input type="hidden" name="posthash" value="$posthash" />
		<input type="hidden" name="poststarttime" value="$poststarttime" />
		<input type="hidden" name="loggedinuser" value="$bbuserinfo[userid]" />
		<input type="submit" class="button" name="sbutton" id="{$editorid}_save" value="$vbphrase[submit_new_thread]" accesskey="s" tabindex="1" />
		<input type="submit" class="button" name="preview" value="$vbphrase[preview_post]" accesskey="r" tabindex="1" />
	</div></td>
	</tr>
</table>
</form>

$footer

</body>
</html>
[OPTIONAL CHANGE]
Open Style Manager -> xx Your Style Here xx -> StyleVars
CHANGE Message Area Width (pixels) to 600px

That's it! Your NEWTHREAD template now has a fresh look and feel to it! If you have a complex, custom style for a small donation of $5 I can configure this newthread template around your theme. If you would like this please private message me

Want your newreply template looking the same? Downloads JamesC70's Modification here.

Have fun, and remember if you use it please click Installed! Your support is appreciated

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Old 06-21-2009, 05:17 AM
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Thank you to Alisa Lindsay for the kind donation! It really is appreciated.
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Nice tweak, thanks for sharing.
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looks cool..thanks for sharing !
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Looks great and works great except for one small problem. Nothing big at all but makes it look a little ugly. I have the check for similar thread mod installed. So when I paste the thread title and the screen refreshes I get a big gap on top of the tags text box. Any idea on how to fix that? Thanks
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.... I get a big gap on top of the tags text box. Any idea on how to fix that? Thanks
I had this problem without the tag suggestions turned on.

I added valign="top" to the left side's table data tag, which fixed it for me (highlighted in red in the codebox below).

I also changed the width to 335 pixels, so that the right side message editing area can float as desired to fit my fluid width style (highlighed in blue below).

Code:
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
    <td class="tcat" colspan="2">
        <span class="smallfont" style="float:$stylevar[right]"><strong>$vbphrase[forum]</strong>: <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$foruminfo[forumid]">$foruminfo[title]</a></span>
        $vbphrase[post_new_thread]
    </td>
    <tr>
        <td width="335px" valign="top" class="alt2"><if condition="$show['podcasturl']">
                <!-- podcast stuff -->
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File Type: png newthread-fluid-narrow.png (72.8 KB, 0 views)
File Type: jpg newthread-fluid-wide.jpg (68.5 KB, 0 views)
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how this smiles is below the message panel?
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how this smiles is below the message panel?
By using the link provided in the first post of this thread.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=178327
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Thank you
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A few notes:

I reverted the FORUMRULES template, as the changes here affect anywhere that box appears... including SHOWTHREAD.

It shouldn't be hard to tweak this to replace the NEWREPLY template for consistency. I'm also toying with the idea of tweaking it for private messages (PM_NEWPM template), replacing the entire Control Panel left-side menu when someone's composing a PM.
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X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
  • Page Generation 0.04872 seconds
  • Memory Usage 2,343KB
  • Queries Executed 25 (?)
More Information
Template Usage:
  • (1)SHOWTHREAD
  • (1)ad_footer_end
  • (1)ad_footer_start
  • (1)ad_header_end
  • (1)ad_header_logo
  • (1)ad_navbar_below
  • (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr
  • (2)bbcode_code
  • (2)bbcode_quote
  • (1)footer
  • (1)forumjump
  • (1)forumrules
  • (1)gobutton
  • (1)header
  • (1)headinclude
  • (1)modsystem_post
  • (1)navbar
  • (4)navbar_link
  • (120)option
  • (1)pagenav
  • (1)pagenav_curpage
  • (2)pagenav_pagelink
  • (10)post_thanks_box
  • (10)post_thanks_button
  • (1)post_thanks_javascript
  • (1)post_thanks_navbar_search
  • (10)post_thanks_postbit_info
  • (9)postbit
  • (3)postbit_attachment
  • (10)postbit_onlinestatus
  • (10)postbit_wrapper
  • (1)spacer_close
  • (1)spacer_open
  • (1)tagbit_wrapper 

Phrase Groups Available:
  • global
  • inlinemod
  • postbit
  • posting
  • reputationlevel
  • showthread
Included Files:
  • ./showthread.php
  • ./global.php
  • ./includes/init.php
  • ./includes/class_core.php
  • ./includes/config.php
  • ./includes/functions.php
  • ./includes/class_hook.php
  • ./includes/modsystem_functions.php
  • ./includes/functions_bigthree.php
  • ./includes/class_postbit.php
  • ./includes/class_bbcode.php
  • ./includes/functions_reputation.php
  • ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php 

Hooks Called:
  • init_startup
  • init_startup_session_setup_start
  • init_startup_session_setup_complete
  • cache_permissions
  • fetch_threadinfo_query
  • fetch_threadinfo
  • fetch_foruminfo
  • style_fetch
  • cache_templates
  • global_start
  • parse_templates
  • global_setup_complete
  • showthread_start
  • showthread_getinfo
  • forumjump
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  • showthread_query
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  • bbcode_create
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  • postbit_factory
  • postbit_display_start
  • post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start
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  • post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start
  • post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end
  • post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start
  • post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end
  • fetch_musername
  • postbit_imicons
  • bbcode_parse_start
  • bbcode_parse_complete_precache
  • bbcode_parse_complete
  • postbit_attachment
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  • post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start
  • pagenav_page
  • pagenav_complete
  • tag_fetchbit_complete
  • forumrules
  • navbits
  • navbits_complete
  • showthread_complete