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A new 'newreply' look · **Released**: 06-20-2009

This is a New Reply modification to accompany lordtopcat's New Thread modification. Credit for the idea goes to him. Permission to use the idea was granted in his mod's thread.

This modification moves the post reply options from below the editing area, to the left (or right) side of the screen. Smilies were moved courtesy of Princeton's GTSmiliebox - Move Smilies Below Editor mod.

newreply-fluid-narrow.png

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

For those who want the options on the left, replace your NEWREPLY template with this code:

Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
$headinclude
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - $vbphrase[reply_to_topic]</title>
</head>
<body$onload>
$header
$navbar
$postpreview
<form action="newreply.php?do=postreply&amp;t=$threadid" name="vbform" method="post"<if condition="!is_browser('webtv')"> onsubmit="return vB_Editor['$editorid'].prepare_submit(0, $vboptions[postminchars])"</if>>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
 <td class="tcat" colspan="2">
  <span class="smallfont" style="float:$stylevar[right]"><strong>$vbphrase[thread]</strong>: $threadinfo[prefix_plain_html] <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadinfo[threadid]">$threadinfo[title]</a></span>
  $vbphrase[reply_to_thread]
 </td></tr>
<tr>
 <td width="50%" class="alt2" valign="top"><!-- set options column width -->
   <if condition="$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>
  $attachmentoption
   <if condition="$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['threadrating']">
    <fieldset class="fieldset">
     <legend>$vbphrase[rate_thread]</legend>
     <div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
      <div>$vbphrase[can_add_a_score_for_thread]</div>
      <div>
       <select name="rating" tabindex="1">
        <option value="0"$rate[0]>$vbphrase[choose_a_rating]</option>
        <optgroup label="&nbsp;">
         <option value="5"$rate[5]>5 : $vbphrase[excellent]</option>
         <option value="4"$rate[4]>4 : $vbphrase[good]</option>
         <option value="3"$rate[3]>3 : $vbphrase[average]</option>
         <option value="2"$rate[2]>2 : $vbphrase[bad]</option>
         <option value="1"$rate[1]>1 : $vbphrase[terrible]</option>
        </optgroup>
       </select>
      </div>
     </div>
    </fieldset>
   </if>
  $threadmanagement
  $forumrules <!-- posting rules adjustment per ltc -->
 </td>
 <td width="50%" align="center" class="alt1"><!-- set editing column width -->
 
  <div style="width:$stylevar[formwidth]" align="$stylevar[left]">
  $usernamecode
  $human_verify
  <!-- subject field -->
  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="fieldset">
  <tr>
   <td class="smallfont" colspan="3">$vbphrase[title]:</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="title" value="$title" size="50" maxlength="$vboptions[titlemaxchars]" tabindex="1" title="$vbphrase[optional]" /></td>
   <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
   <td><img id="display_posticon" src="$selectedicon[src]" alt="$selectedicon[alt]" /></td>
  </tr>
  </table>
  <!-- / subject field -->
  <!-- message area -->
  <div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[message]:</div>
  $messagearea
  <!-- / message area -->
  <if condition="$unquoted_post_count > 0">
   <div id="unquoted_posts" class="smallfont" style="display: none">
   <if condition="$unquoted_post_count == 1">
    $vbphrase[selected_1_post_not_part_thread]
   <else />
    <phrase 1="$unquoted_post_count">$vbphrase[selected_x_posts_not_part_thread]</phrase>
   </if>
   </div>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_ajax_quote.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript">
   <!--
    if (AJAX_Compatible)
    {
     fetch_object('unquoted_posts').style.display = '';
    }
    init_unquoted_posts('$editorid', $threadinfo[threadid]);
   // -->
   </script>
  </if>
  $posticons
  </div>
 </td></tr>
 <tr><td colspan="2" align="center" class="alt1">
 <div style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">
  <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
  <input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
  <input type="hidden" name="do" value="postreply" />
  <input type="hidden" name="t" value="$threadid" />
  <input type="hidden" name="p" value="$postid" />
  <input type="hidden" name="specifiedpost" value="$specifiedpost" />
  <input type="hidden" name="posthash" value="$posthash" />
  <input type="hidden" name="poststarttime" value="$poststarttime" />
  <input type="hidden" name="loggedinuser" value="$bbuserinfo[userid]" />
  <input type="hidden" name="multiquoteempty" id="multiquote_empty_input" value="$multiquote_empty" />
  <input type="submit" class="button" name="sbutton" id="{$editorid}_save" value="$vbphrase[submit_reply]" accesskey="s" tabindex="1" />
  <input type="submit" class="button" name="preview" value="$vbphrase[preview_post]" accesskey="r" tabindex="1" />
 </div>
 </td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<br />
 
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
 <td class="tcat">
  <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('threadreview')"><img id="collapseimg_threadreview" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_threadreview].gif" alt="" border="" /></a>
  $vbphrase[topic_review_newest_first]
 </td>
</tr>
</table>
$spacer_close
$spacer_open
<div id="collapseobj_threadreview" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_threadreview]">
 <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top-width:0px">
 $threadreviewbits
 <if condition="$show['reviewmore']">
 <tr>
  <td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="2"><span class="smallfont">
   <phrase 1="$vboptions[maxposts]" 2="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid">$vbphrase[thread_has_more_than_x_review]</phrase>
  </span></td>
 </tr>
 </if>
 </table>
</div>
$spacer_close
$spacer_open
<br />
$footer
</body>
</html>

And for those who want the options on the right, replace NEWREPLY template with this code:

Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
$headinclude
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - $vbphrase[reply_to_topic]</title>
</head>
<body$onload>
$header
$navbar
$postpreview
<form action="newreply.php?do=postreply&amp;t=$threadid" name="vbform" method="post"<if condition="!is_browser('webtv')"> onsubmit="return vB_Editor['$editorid'].prepare_submit(0, $vboptions[postminchars])"</if>>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
 <td class="tcat" colspan="2">
  <span class="smallfont" style="float:$stylevar[right]"><strong>$vbphrase[thread]</strong>: $threadinfo[prefix_plain_html] <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadinfo[threadid]">$threadinfo[title]</a></span>
  $vbphrase[reply_to_thread]
 </td></tr>
<tr>
 <td width="50%" align="center" class="alt1"><!-- set editing column width -->
 
  <div style="width:$stylevar[formwidth]" align="$stylevar[left]">
  $usernamecode
  $human_verify
  <!-- subject field -->
  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="fieldset">
  <tr>
   <td class="smallfont" colspan="3">$vbphrase[title]:</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="title" value="$title" size="50" maxlength="$vboptions[titlemaxchars]" tabindex="1" title="$vbphrase[optional]" /></td>
   <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
   <td><img id="display_posticon" src="$selectedicon[src]" alt="$selectedicon[alt]" /></td>
  </tr>
  </table>
  <!-- / subject field -->
  <!-- message area -->
  <div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[message]:</div>
  $messagearea
  <!-- / message area -->
  <if condition="$unquoted_post_count > 0">
   <div id="unquoted_posts" class="smallfont" style="display: none">
   <if condition="$unquoted_post_count == 1">
    $vbphrase[selected_1_post_not_part_thread]
   <else />
    <phrase 1="$unquoted_post_count">$vbphrase[selected_x_posts_not_part_thread]</phrase>
   </if>
   </div>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_ajax_quote.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript">
   <!--
    if (AJAX_Compatible)
    {
     fetch_object('unquoted_posts').style.display = '';
    }
    init_unquoted_posts('$editorid', $threadinfo[threadid]);
   // -->
   </script>
  </if>
  $posticons
  </div>
 </td>
 <td width="50%" class="alt2" valign="top"><!-- set options column width -->
   <if condition="$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>
  $attachmentoption
   <if condition="$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['threadrating']">
    <fieldset class="fieldset">
     <legend>$vbphrase[rate_thread]</legend>
     <div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
      <div>$vbphrase[can_add_a_score_for_thread]</div>
      <div>
       <select name="rating" tabindex="1">
        <option value="0"$rate[0]>$vbphrase[choose_a_rating]</option>
        <optgroup label="&nbsp;">
         <option value="5"$rate[5]>5 : $vbphrase[excellent]</option>
         <option value="4"$rate[4]>4 : $vbphrase[good]</option>
         <option value="3"$rate[3]>3 : $vbphrase[average]</option>
         <option value="2"$rate[2]>2 : $vbphrase[bad]</option>
         <option value="1"$rate[1]>1 : $vbphrase[terrible]</option>
        </optgroup>
       </select>
      </div>
     </div>
    </fieldset>
   </if>
  $threadmanagement
  $forumrules <!-- posting rules adjustment per ltc -->
 </td></tr>
 <tr><td colspan="2" align="center" class="alt1">
 <div style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">
  <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
  <input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
  <input type="hidden" name="do" value="postreply" />
  <input type="hidden" name="t" value="$threadid" />
  <input type="hidden" name="p" value="$postid" />
  <input type="hidden" name="specifiedpost" value="$specifiedpost" />
  <input type="hidden" name="posthash" value="$posthash" />
  <input type="hidden" name="poststarttime" value="$poststarttime" />
  <input type="hidden" name="loggedinuser" value="$bbuserinfo[userid]" />
  <input type="hidden" name="multiquoteempty" id="multiquote_empty_input" value="$multiquote_empty" />
  <input type="submit" class="button" name="sbutton" id="{$editorid}_save" value="$vbphrase[submit_reply]" accesskey="s" tabindex="1" />
  <input type="submit" class="button" name="preview" value="$vbphrase[preview_post]" accesskey="r" tabindex="1" />
 </div>
 </td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<br />
 
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
 <td class="tcat">
  <a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('threadreview')"><img id="collapseimg_threadreview" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_threadreview].gif" alt="" border="" /></a>
  $vbphrase[topic_review_newest_first]
 </td>
</tr>
</table>
$spacer_close
$spacer_open
<div id="collapseobj_threadreview" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_threadreview]">
 <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top-width:0px">
 $threadreviewbits
 <if condition="$show['reviewmore']">
 <tr>
  <td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="2"><span class="smallfont">
   <phrase 1="$vboptions[maxposts]" 2="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid">$vbphrase[thread_has_more_than_x_review]</phrase>
  </span></td>
 </tr>
 </if>
 </table>
</div>
$spacer_close
$spacer_open
<br />
$footer
</body>
</html>

[OPTIONAL WIDTH ADJUSTMENT]
If you'd like to adjust the width of the options column, search for

Code:

<!-- set options column width -->

and adjust the width parameter just before it. You'll also need to search for

Code:

<!-- set editing column width -->

and adjust the width parameter before it, so that both add up to 100%.

[OPTIONAL POSTING RULES ADJUSTMENT]
Search NEWREPLY for $forumrules  and replace with the following code:

Code:

<!--- 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 --->

newreply-posting-rules.png

The same code works to adjust lordtopcat's "A new 'newthread' look", and has been posted in that modification's thread.

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

This is my first published modification. I hope you like it.

fxwoody · #32 04-02-2011, 12:23 AM

JamesC70! Any chance it could be updated to vb4.xx ???

That would be really awesome!

Cheers

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