Better Looking Postbit

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|| Better Looking Postbit
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|| Brought to you by:
|| vBCoderz.com
|| ShazzDesigns.com
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|| Author : Shawn
|| Works on : vBulletin 3.5
|| Released : 17. Aug 2006
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|| Time required to install: ~1 minutes
|| Difficulty: easy
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Install:

Admin CP> Styles and Templates>Edit Templates>Edit Postbit_Legacy
Copy the notepad file and replace it with yours.

The preview pic has the edited parts out marked in black...
It looks better once its actually on your site
The bottom one is Reputation
Feel free to edit it the way to match your profile fields etc.
Also the preview of it has my user title as the marquee , so it was moving when i took the screen shot.
Be sure to click install


*Note
If you have the vPlaza Store you are going to have to repeat the steps on the postbit
Current sites which use this and you can view...
vBCoderz.com

[realgoldtalk]

Where is the download file dude

[Breathex]

if postbit_legacy had some edits before? than this one does not work, am i right?

i would prefer to see a product with an editable admin cp menu

[eNforce]

Hi there, great mod.

I have a question!

The posts on my forum alternate between two colours. Would it be possible to have the background color of the 'pbit' alternate colors as well? So that if the post is a light color, the pbit background would be a dark color and vice versa?

[Shazz]

Originally Posted by eNforce

Hi there, great mod.

I have a question!

The posts on my forum alternate between two colours. Would it be possible to have the background color of the 'pbit' alternate colors as well? So that if the post is a light color, the pbit background would be a dark color and vice versa?

Yes, That I could make a custom one for you if you want
Contact me on a instant messenger or PM for more details. The zip i have attached might cause errors, Im really trying to get a Working updated one on..

[TJs]

how do i get the online status light in the postbit?? you know the circle image thats green when the user is online and plain when they're offline.

[TJs]

dont worry i have done it.

[TJs]

ok i solved my issues yesterday however i didnt notice until this morning that i have lost the multiquote and quick reply buttons from the postbit. i can get them backbut when you clcik them nothing happens.....help please.

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

Originally Posted by TJs

ok i solved my issues yesterday however i didnt notice until this morning that i have lost the multiquote and quick reply buttons from the postbit. i can get them backbut when you clcik them nothing happens.....help please.

+1.

Just setting up a board and I found the same thing... had to turf it until I figure out what's causing the problem.

I also found that with this at the top:

PHP Code:

<!-- post #$post[postid] -->
<if condition="$show['spacer']">
    $spacer_open
    <div id="edit$post[postid]" style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px">
    <if condition="!$post['islastshown']"><!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --></if>    
</if> 


The postbit and message columns shrunk to <100%.

Any ideas would be great as the postbit does look a lot better w/this template. I'm new to vbulletin and while I've figured out how to move some stuff around its hard to decipher everything the template is doing.

Thanks!


Edit to add: upgraded to 3.6.2 this morning... dunno if that's helping/harming things at all but everything else is working spiffy.

[DaNIEL MeNTED]

Think I figured it out - there's a duplicate bit of code @ the bottom of the template:

PHP Code:

<if condition="$show['spacer']">
    </div>
    $spacer_close
</if>
<!-- / post #$post[postid] -->

<if condition="$show['spacer']">
    </div>
    $spacer_close
</if> 


But there's only 1 instance opening a div at the top:

PHP Code:

<!-- post #$post[postid] -->
<if condition="$show['spacer']">
    $spacer_open
    <div id="edit$post[postid]" style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px">
    <if condition="!$post['islastshown']"><!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --></if>    
</if> 


So... removing the duplicate from the bottom fixes the inability to multi-quote beyond the first post, and also fixes the quick reply button.

I'm not 100% sure what the $spacer_open part of the code is supposed to accomplish - I find if its there at all the size of the postbit+post - shrinks.

I'm guessing maybe there's a spacer variable defined somewhere?

In any case... this is a great starting point.

Thanks Shazz!

[Stromba]

Have problems with the size (see attachment )..
Can you please help me with this :ermm: