Show Thread Enhancements - Nested Quotes

UPDATE 12/7/06: The hack is updated with CoreIssue's code edit mentioned in the posts. It's more simple and you only add one line to it. Tested on vb3.6.4 so it now works fine!

Difficulty: Extremely Easy
Time take to install: 15 seconds

Version Info
v1.01 Hack updated with CoreIssue simple file edit. Should work with all version of vb now.
v1.0 Initial Release

I made a suggestion on vb.com but it seems like the developers are not interested. But then a nice member rossco2005 helped me out since we both like the idea to have nested quote feature in our boards WHEN we click on the Quote button. Nested quotes are used in phpbb and IB forums. Nested quotes are used in VB's private message area, but for some reason they wont work for the forums.

So let me show you an example on how this works. Let say i made this post.

------Post #1------
There are 11 planets in our solar system
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And if someone (let say Bot) click on the Quote button and submit a new post it should turn out like this

------Post #2------

Originally Posted by XtAzY

There are 11 planets in our solar system

Welcome!
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But if another person (let say Bot1) hit the quote button for that previous post it will return this

------Post #3------

Originally Posted by Bot

No there are 20

You guys are both rong idiots!
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But instead we want it to turn like this when we click on the quote button

------Post #3-------

Originally Posted by Bot

No there are 20

You guys are both wrong idiots!
--------------------

Get the picture?

So here is the code modification on how to put nested quotes on your forums.

Files to edit: functions.php

In file functions.php, find:

function strip_quotes($text)
{
        $lowertext = strtolower($text);

Replace with:

function strip_quotes($text)
{
        return $text;
        $lowertext = strtolower($text);

Easy as cake! Go thank CoreIssue for this easy hack =]

Upgrading from 1.0 to 1.01
Replace the original functions.php from vb and then perform the edits.

Anyways i hope this is useful for peeps who need nest quotes. If someone can make it more advanced, like into a product or plugin, go ahead =]. I was hoping this can be built into the vb admin panel and lets u control how many nested quotes are allow per post, so that u dunt need to edit the file every upgrade or edit the file whenever u want to change the amount of nested quotes.

[pauloo]

Nice thank you !

[CoreIssue]

I had this in before. Worked find.

But it doesn't work on 3.6.1.

And I really would like it back.

What is with the developers not giving us an option to set our own depths? I have run phpBB and have an SMF on. Both nest, and SMF has the option of not allowing nested.

Gee. Paying for vB you would think we can have an option included in a feebie.

[rezapci]

some screenshots please

[silurius]

Will install when it's a product. Looks great.

[Noonster]

Originally Posted by Coldhands

This didn't seem to do the trick for me. It still only quotes 2 as oppose to 4. What gives?

Having the same problem here!!!

[pauloo]

Very nice ! thanks

[Avalon111]

anyone of you noticed that nested quotes are working in pm's in 3.6.1?

without that modification

[pauloo]

yes fine with 3.6.1

[kash2k]

Originally Posted by Avalon111

anyone of you noticed that nested quotes are working in pm's in 3.6.1?

without that modification

Worked in older versions too.

Shame this thing is limited to 2 quotes and not the value you set in that one line of code

XtAzY, you wanna take a look see and tell us what's wrong?

[CoreIssue]

Now make them work in the posts. Grrrr!

I need that function for my members. We use it 3 or 4 deep on many topics.

Make it able to turn off, for those who don't want it, like they do in SMF.

My comments are really aimed at the vB developers. I don't know what they are thinking to not have it in place.