Quick Reply Flasher

This little mod will "flash" the quick reply postbit upon posting of the user message.

[Qualia]

I just installed it, awww...ooooo....purdy.

One thing though, my test buddy and I noticed the post count for all previous posts don't refresh until we reload the page. Not a problem, I don't keep track of mine, but it's something we noticed.

[FD929]

Here's the bottom code for a dark grey fade in.

Thanks for the mod freddie.

 var color = new Array('#EEEEEE', '#DDDDDD', '#CCCCCC', '#BBBBBB', '#AAAAAA', '#999999', '#888888', '#777777', '#666666', '#555555', '#444444', '#333333', '#222222');
 function highlightpost(index, style)
 {
	 // style = 1 yellow fade -- add more colors to the color array above to increase the color range
	 // style = 2 alternate alt 1 / alt 2 change this 4 below to an even number to increase the flashes
	 index = (index == -1) ? (style == 1 ? color.length : 8) : index;
	 obj = fetch_object('qrpost');
	 if (obj)
	 {
		tds = fetch_tags(obj, 'td');
		cells = new Array();
		for (var i = 0; i < tds.length; i++)
		{
		      cell = tds[i];
		      if (cell.className == 'alt1' || cell.className == 'alt2')
		      {
			   cells[cells.length] = tds[i];
		      }
		}

		index -= 1;
		if (cells.length > 0 && index >= 0)
		{
		      for (var i = 0; i < cells.length; i++)
		      {
			   if (style == 1)
			   {
			       cells[i].style.backgroundColor = color[index];
			   }
			   else
			   {
			       cells[i].className = (cells[i].className == 'alt1') ? 'alt2' : 'alt1';
			   }
		      }       

		      // increase 200 to lengthen the color change cycle
		      setTimeout('highlightpost(' + index + ', ' + style + ')', 75);
		}
		else
		{
		      if (cells.length > 0 && style == 1)
		      {
			   for (var i = 0; i < cells.length; i++)
			   {
			       cells[i].style.backgroundColor = '';       
			   }
		      }
		      obj.id = '';         
		}
	 }
 }

[Chris M]

Well this did work for me in Beta 1, and I'm sure that I am able to follow a simple find and add after instruction...

This simply will not fade the post once it has been submitted - Either that or it's doing it at breakneck speed...

Yes, I'm running Beta 2 - Yes all the templates have been updated to Beta 2, and Yes, I have edited vbulletin_quick_reply.js, added the specified code, uploaded it and hard-refreshed just to be sure...

Any explanations?

Satan

[MrNase]

Working fine here.. It's a bit slow but I can modify it

[Wordplay]

does it work for rc2 just as well? thanks alot i'll install it later today.

[GilbertZ]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

Well a lot of teh current vB developers have been active as hackers first.

Like Freddie.

[Brinnie]

Originally Posted by mholtum

I checked this out and it flashes the reply after you post. Whats the point of that? Now if it would flash the Quick Reply button before it is clicked, that might be worth something.

it should flash as it's being posted, no?