Miscellaneous Hacks - Private Message button in postbit footer

This simple mod does what is says on the tin, it adds a PM button in the postbit footer using the vBulletin 4.0.2 css convention for mouseover buttons.

Note: This mod is NOT compatible with vBulletin 4.0.1 or earlier.



It could be argued that this is a little superfluous as there is a PM link in the dropdown under the members name, but that link requires a "click>>>scroll>>>click" to get to where you want to be. If your members use the PM system a lot, then they may appreciate a "one click" option.

There are...
1x addition to the postbit.css template
1x addition to the posbit (or postbit_legacy) template
2x images to upload

INSTRUCTIONS:
1x addition to he posbit.css template
Go to..
Styles & Templates>Stlye Manager>your skin>edit templates>CSS templates>postbit.css
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Find (search for "editpost"):

.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.editpost, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.editpost, .eventbit .eventfoot .textcontrols a.editevent  {
	background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/edit_40b.png) no-repeat transparent {vb:stylevar left} ;
	padding-{vb:stylevar left}: 20px;
}
.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.editpost:hover, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.editpost:hover, .eventbit .eventfoot .textcontrols a.editevent:hover  {
	background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/edit_40b-hover.png) no-repeat transparent {vb:stylevar left};
	padding-{vb:stylevar left}: 20px;
}

Under that, put:

.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit  {
	background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/pminpostbit_40b.png) no-repeat transparent {vb:stylevar left};
	padding-{vb:stylevar left}: 20px;
}
.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit:hover, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit:hover  {
	background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/pminpostbit_40b-hover.png) no-repeat transparent {vb:stylevar left};
	padding-{vb:stylevar left}: 20px;
}

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Click "save".

1x addition to the posbit (or postbit_legacy) template:
Go to..
Styles & Templates>Stlye Manager>your skin>edit templates>postbit templates>postbit
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Find (search for "editpost"):

<vb:if condition="$post['editlink']">					
					<a class="editpost" href="{vb:raw post.editlink}" name="vB::QuickEdit::{vb:raw post.postid}"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" id="editimg_{vb:raw post.postid}" alt="{vb:rawphrase edit_delete_message}" /> {vb:rawphrase edit_post}</a>
					<span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span>
</vb:if>

Under that, put:

<!-- ////////start PM button in postbit////// -->
<vb:if condition="$show['pmlink']"><a class='pminpostbit' href="private.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=newpm&amp;u={vb:raw post.userid}" rel="nofollow"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" alt="{vb:rawphrase send_pm}" />PM</a><span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span></vb:if>
<!-- ////////end PM button in postbit////// -->

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Click "save".

2x images to upload:
FTP into your forum/images/buttons dir and upload these two attached images:
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pminpostbit_40b.png
pminpostbit_40b-hover.png
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That's it.

[trilOByte]

No worries.

[zeroality]

Great mod. Thanks.

[andreamarucci]

Great thanks!

[Sparrow-Sean]

Did not work on 4.0.3!

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by Sparrow-Sean

Did not work on 4.0.3!

Worked perfectly on my 4.0.3.

Thanks trilOByte :up:

[Alec W]

Thanks and for the To the Top. Our users really like these.

[rizve69]

hello mate,

thanks for this nice hack but i have one problem after adding my reply with quote button coming under others button.please check it.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2l95n3l.gif

thanks for this awesome code.looking forward to you as i am new in vb4.

[trilOByte]

One of two things, either you have a modified postbit template, or you have pasted the code into the wrong place - I think the latter.

Where I say "find in postbit" you need to find the whole block of code....

<vb:if condition="$post['editlink']">
<a class="editpost" href="{vb:raw post.editlink}" name="vB::QuickEdit::{vb:raw post.postid}"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" id="editimg_{vb:raw post.postid}" alt="{vb:rawphrase edit_delete_message}" /> {vb:rawphrase edit_post}</a>
<span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span>
</vb:if>
<<<<---the new code goes here.

and paste the new bit, right after the "</vb:if>" on a new line.

You need to be very exact where you put the code. If you paste your postbit template here, I'll take a look at it.

Or.... you are using a fixed width postbit_legacy template that is too small for all the buttons and forces them to wrap onto a new line.

[Fuhrmann]

Nice one, already made this here. Thanks.

[Hippy]

what do I have to add so when you mouse over it will say send pm to the user
thanks