Miscellaneous Hacks - Smilie Space

This hack will add a space after a smilie.

By default when you click on many smilie emoticons they are put next to each other like this:



After this hack each smilie would have a space between them like this:



To make this modification, open the following file: clientscript/vbulletin_textedit.js

		/**
		* Insert Smilie
		*/
		this.insert_smilie = function(e, smilietext)
		{
			this.check_focus();
			
add this -->		smilietext = smilietext + ' ';

			return this.insert_text(smilietext, smilietext.length, 0);
		};

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Fungsten

I keep getting a script error when I try to edit the file. Yes I am editing it locally and not on the server.

On Edit:

I was able to open it in Wordpad.

First you have to make sure you download the uncompressed version of vBulletin v3.70. That way you can edit the .js file.

I use Dreamweaver to edit my .js files. I suppose you could use notepad or similar program, but you cannot use wordpad as far as I know.

[Fungsten]

Originally Posted by Andy

First you have to make sure you download the uncompressed version of vBulletin v3.70. That way you can edit the .js file.

I use Dreamweaver to edit my .js files. I suppose you could use notepad or similar program, but you cannot use wordpad as far as I know.

Funny. It worked on my test board but not on my live board.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Fungsten

Funny. It worked on my test board but not on my live board.

There are several places where this code can be entered and is dependent on the editor you allow. For example I only allow the use of the standard editor on my forum so I entered the code only once in the appropriate place. If you allow WYSIWYG and the standard editor you will need to add the code in several places.

[Fungsten]

Originally Posted by Andy

There are several places where this code can be entered and is dependent on the editor you allow. For example I only allow the use of the standard editor on my forum so I entered the code only once in the appropriate place. If you allow WYSIWYG and the standard editor you will need to add the code in several places.

I used Wordpad for both. I even copied over the file from my test board to my live board and it still did not work. I'll get back to you.

[sdavis2702]

LoL this IS a funny one but could be very useful. I've had to sit and tap the spacebar when I went crazy with smilies in the past. This would have come in handy!

[khb1st]

for those who laugh at this, all I can say is

installed

[rulezde]

A space before and after

smilietext = ' ' + smilietext + ' ';

[Ohiosweetheart]

Originally Posted by khb1st

for those who laugh at this, all I can say is

installed

LOL!! I love it.

I really like people like Andy who think of the 'small' things that most don't consider.

Thanks Andy :up::up::up::up:

[Dream]

I actually like being able to choose if I want spaces or not between smilies as in this example

:up:

instead

:up:

[kurti]

hm.. it doesnt seem to work in 3.7.4
anyone else with this vBulletin version having problems?