/me vB Code

Here's a another not-very-useful-yet-fun hack.

It's very simple, it just mimics IRC's /me action. So if you type this:
/me runs fast
(note: it must be on its own line!)
It will become:
[high]* FireFly runs fast
[/high]
It parses this code in showthread.php and private.php, only.

After you install the hack, find this line in functions.php:

	  $bbcode = preg_replace('#^/me (.*)$#im', "<font color=\"{timecolor}\">* $post[username] \\1</font>", $bbcode);

And change {timecolor} to whatever color you want the line to be.

Forgot to mention, you must install this fix by smachol:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=35894
For this hack to work! (thanks Kura for reminding me)

READ:
To fix the bug where users who quote other people get the /me tag messed up, replace this code in newreply.php:

    $pagetext = preg_replace("/(\[quote])(.*)(\[\/quote])/siU", "", $pagetext);

With this:

    $pagetext = preg_replace("/(\[quote])(.*)(\[\/quote])/siU", "", $pagetext);
    $pagetext = preg_replace('#^/me(.*)$#im', "* $originalposter\\1", $pagetext);

Attached is the vbHacker install file, and a plain text file is in the next post.

Enjoy!

[FleaBag]

Upgraded to 2.2.6 and working well, and thanks for the quote fix.

[Boofo]

Has anyone figured out why it takes on the new posters name in the private reply instead of the original poster's name? I did the fix (in 2 places) in the newreply.php and it works fine in the regular messages, just not in the private ones when quoting.

[jonas]

well... here is my prob... I am running a version modded between 2.2.1 and 2.2.6... there is a little of each in it... technically, it is 2.2.6.

When I go to run the .php it's just text... it doesn't run an install... when I do everything manually and perfectly, it doesn't work...

I even fixed the errors that were shown on the other thread... any suggestions?

[Admin]

Originally posted by Boofo
Has anyone figured out why it takes on the new posters name in the private reply instead of the original poster's name? I did the fix (in 2 places) in the newreply.php and it works fine in the regular messages, just not in the private ones when quoting.

In private.php replace this:

    eval("\$message[message] = \"".gettemplate("priv_reply",1,0)."\";");

With this:

    $message['message'] = preg_replace('#^/me(.*)$#im', "* $fromuserinfo[username]\\1", $message['message']);
    eval("\$message[message] = \"".gettemplate("priv_reply",1,0)."\";");

[Boofo]

Ok, Chen, that fixed it for showing up in the private reply like it should, but I lost the color of it now. And it doesn't show up right in the private preview mode. Is that normal? (It shows up like this when I preview it.:

* likes this

instead of

* Boofo likes this.

[Admin]

Yes that's normal, but we can't fix that without a lot more hacking,.

[Boofo]

Thanks, Chen. At least I know it's not just me. How about the color? Any way to get that back?

[Admin]

Use this line:

    $message['message'] = preg_replace('#^/me(.*)$#im', "<font color=\"{timecolor}\">* $fromuserinfo[username]\\1</font>", $message['message']);

[Boofo]

That didn't work, Chen. It still doesn't have any color. Here's what I got when I tried to quote the message:

Boofo wrote on Today 2:05 am:
<font color="#FF9C58">* Boofo like this</font>

[Admin]

Try using instead of <font>.