"Attach Picture" add-on for quick reply box...

This template mod lets you attach images in the "quick reply box".

This one has been bugging me for a long time so I did it this morning. It doesn't qualify as a hack since it's only a template modification but it's a highly functional template mod and your users will love you for it.

You must have already installed Chen's Quicky Reply Box to utilize this template mod. Look here for his hack: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=34597

Below is the code that get's inserted into the "showthread_replybox" template that you add for the quick reply box...

this one is real simple...

look for this line:

PHP Code:

<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF"  valign="top" nowrap><normalfont><b>Your Reply:</b></normalfont></td> 


and replace it with this line:

PHP Code:

<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF"  valign="top" nowrap><normalfont><b>Your Reply:</b></normalfont><BR>
<smallfont>Attach file:&nbsp;<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="$maxattachsize_temp">
<input type="file" class="bginput" name="attachment"><br>
Max size: $maxattachsize bytes&nbsp | &nbsp;Valid types: $attachextensions</smallfont></td> 


ps: #DFDFDF should be replaced by 'secondaltcolor' in curly braces


viola! - you're done!

[jjj0923]

Lod Dexter...your argument is without merit because they are "features" of the quick reply box, not requirements.

The entire idea for the box to begin with (read original post) is to save people from having to click through to another screen, load another php module, etc.

The quick reply box with or without lots of extra features is still a quick reply box. If you choose to limit your forum members to not being able to access additional features in the quick reply box then that's your business. You should do what I do on my forums and conduct polls to see what features the members like and and they don't like. I have taken features off my forum because my forum members "poo poo'd " them. To summarily decide what's best for your forum members without asking them...the people that make your forum what it is; is a disservice to your forum members.




ps: maybe new reply - SHOULD be useless.

[Brad]

I limit mine to smilies cause i think all the options on the quick reply box look ugly. heres what mine currently looks like (scroll to the bottom )

http://www.kousetsu.net/forums/showt...&threadid=1465

[Smoothie]

Originally posted by jjj0923
Lod Dexter...your argument is without merit because they are "features" of the quick reply box, not requirements.

The entire idea for the box to begin with (read original post) is to save people from having to click through to another screen, load another php module, etc.

The quick reply box with or without lots of extra features is still a quick reply box. If you choose to limit your forum members to not being able to access additional features in the quick reply box then that's your business. You should do what I do on my forums and conduct polls to see what features the members like and and they don't like. I have taken features off my forum because my forum members "poo poo'd " them. To summarily decide what's best for your forum members without asking them...the people that make your forum what it is; is a disservice to your forum members.




ps: maybe new reply - SHOULD be useless.

Exactly my opinion. Here's a screen of my QRB

[Tony G]

It doesn't look attractive. Thats why a whole new page was made for replies. Something simple like whats here on vB.org doesn't look half bad but clogging up your topic pages with all those features on the same page doesn't look right.

Thats why I simplify it as much as possible, and make users use reply when they want to see extra features. Don't like to see a default page go to waste. And forums looking good is a top priority for me.

[jjj0923]

I thought some of you might to look at the results of my efforts. I added code to showthread and I cycle through 10 different backgrounds in the quick reply box...

[Boofo]

Originally posted by jjj0923
I thought some of you might to look at the results of my efforts. I added code to showthread and I cycle through 10 different backgrounds in the quick reply box...

I have to know how you did the background cycling (love the backgrounds, by the way ). Also, how do you limit the dimensions of the uploads (600x400)?

[Dean C]

For the background in the replybox read the template faq in my sig

- miSt

[Boofo]

I already know how to do the background, I was doing that 6 months ago. I'm interested in the cycling of the backgrounds.

[jjj0923]

Originally posted by Boofo


I have to know how you did the background cycling (love the backgrounds, by the way ). Also, how do you limit the dimensions of the uploads (600x400)?

to limit the dimensions of the uploads is right on the vbulletin admin panel.

look in the section entitled "attachments".

next to see how I cycle through the attachments take a look at the attached text file that show's the code snippet from my showthread.php and some other stuff.

[Boofo]

Excellent, thank you. Now all I have to do is come up with some backgrounds.

You might want to change this:

PHP Code:

$imgnumber = rand(1,10); 


To this, though:

PHP Code:

$imgnumber = RAND(NOW(1,10)); 


It seems the new version of MySQL (.54) needs a seed to make it more randomized. Otherwise, it will return a string CLOSE to what the last one was.