Quick Reply Box

Here's an easy one, it barely took 4 minutes to do. :china:
This hack will add a quick replying box at the bottom of all threads, only if the user has permission to reply, so when you need to reply to something real quickly you don't need to click the Post Reply button and wait for the page to load.

Instructions are in the attached .txt file, and if you want a demo... just look below.

NOTE: For the vB 2.3.2 version please see this post.

Extras:

• If you want users who have the Use Email Notification option ON, to automatically subscribe to threads they reply to with this hack, see this post.
  
• If you want to add an option for each user to turn this feature on and off, please see this post.
  
• If you want smilies in your quick reply box please see this post.

[Logician]

This is really a very long thread and I dont know either if someone else posted this modification before or if anybody can find it in hundreds of other posts, but I'll post it anyway:

This modification will configure notification mail settings of the quick box according to the default settings of the poster. That is, if the poster has enabled email notification in his user cp settings, his quick reply will be configured accordingly too. On the other hand, if his default setting of the poster is to get no notification, he will not be subscribed to the thread when he used the quick reply box..

This thread is very active so I dont have subscription here, therefore if you are replying this message, I will not be able to read.. :knockedout:

[Martin CX]

Thanks, Logician. I'll use your modification in the morning.

[Boofo]

Would this also work?

PHP Code:

if ($bbuserinfo['emailnotification']) {
        $emailbox = 'yes';
    } else {
        $emailbox = '';
    } 


And

PHP Code:

<input type="hidden" name="email" value="$emailbox"> 


Originally posted by Logician
This modification will configure notification mail settings of the quick box according to the default settings of the poster. That is, if the poster has enabled email notification in his user cp settings, his quick reply will be configured accordingly too. On the other hand, if his default setting of the poster is to get no notification, he will not be subscribed to the thread when he used the quick reply box..

[GamerNext]

My quick reply box seems to be appearing at the top of the thread rather than the bottom...

[GamerNext]

Nevermind, I just switched where it goes.

[ja5es]

I can't seem to get this to work with vB 2.2.6... I can't find the code to replace. Can anyone help me out?

[GamerNext]

It's there, trust me. I am running it.

[ja5es]

Well I modified what I think is the correct code, made the new templates, etc. and it still doesn't work... at all.

[marc49]

my quick reply box shows up at the top and not the bottom like on here, how do I fix that? how did you fix that GamerNext??

[Boofo]

There are 2 parts in the code the same. Put it after the second part.

Originally posted by marc49
my quick reply box shows up at the top and not the bottom like on here, how do I fix that?

[marc49]

Originally posted by Boofo
There are 2 parts in the code the same. Put it after the second part.

ok, I am a beginner at this stuff, so please tolerate my ignorance.
but what has the two parts? is it the showthread.php?? because I went from the bottom up and then inserted it in the right area. or is it in the admin panel that I did something wrong?

[Boofo]

You need to follow the directions and insert exactly where it tells you to in the showthread template. There are 2 instances of the code there. Put $replybox after the 2nd one.

[marc49]

Thank you very, very much. I appreciate it a lot. I love this site!!! it's full of awesome hacks

[Boofo]

I know what it was like when I first started here. There are a lot of great people here and most of them will be more than willing to lend a hand. Enjoy!

[2600]

My box is not obaying the page borders, its larger than the thread area. Anyone help me with a fix for this?

2600