Automatic Post Coloring

This is a simple little hack taht allows users to specify a color by name or hex code in theor profile.

If they do (we'll use limegreen as the color they chose for examples) then all their posts from that point on will have
[color=limegreen ] and [/color ] surrounding them.

It does not retroactively affect previous posts. Only new ones.
If they post as limegreen for a day, then change to red, all their limegreen posts stay that way.

The hack involves adding 3 lines of code to 2 different files (same 3 lines for both files) and creating a Custom Profile field.

[TheComputerGuy]

Do you have like a screen shot of it

[Palmer ofShinra]

You can't take a meaningful screenshot of this...

All it does is make all of a user's posts show up in a certain color automatically.

That's all.

[Diva]

Does this also show the colors in the 'Whos online area?

[Reeve of shinra]

All this does is automatically place the [color=??] tag around the entire post so the user doesn't have to type it out each and every time. It becomes a default choice.

[Mike Gaidin]

Nice one.

I installed it and it works great.

[Twizted]

for some reason... i either don't understand the code or im just stupid -.-

newayz, here is the part i don't get..

STEP 3:

In newreply.php

Find:
============
} else {
if ($attachmentid and !$foruminfo[moderateattach]) {
$DB_site->query("UPDATE thread SET attach = attach + 1 WHERE threadid = '$threadid'");
}
============

And in newthread.php

Find:
============
// subscribe to thread
if ($email and $bbuserinfo['userid']!=0) {
if (!$checkid=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT subscribethreadid FROM subscribethread WHERE userid=$bbuserinfo[userid] AND threadid=$threadid")) {
$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO subscribethread (subscribethreadid,userid,threadid) VALUES (NULL,$bbuserinfo[userid],$threadid)");
}
}
============

STEP 4:

Directly underneath those, before the query, add this (same code for both files)

// attempt at auto-surround post with tags
if ($bbuserinfo[changeme]!="") {
$message = "[color=".$bbuserinfo[changeme]."]".$message."[/color]";
}
============

can someone show me an example of where to stick step 4 at?? like an exact example of where it goes... b/c im stuck...

Parse error: parse error in /home/twisteda/public_html/forum/newreply.php on line 249

that comes up when i go to new reply...

[Twizted]

btw... does this work for vbulletin 2.2.0???

that is what im tryin to install it on now

[Mike Gaidin]

Yes, it works great with 2.2.0.

[heretic]

Not for me. I have 2.2.0 and for some reason, all the tags ended up

blahblahblah

instead of (well, mine would be)

blahblahblah