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User Default Font/Color/Size hack · **Released**: 02-25-2003

First hack... please be gentle

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WHAT IT DOES:

It allows the user to specify in their profile what size, color and font that they wish to use in all their posts. This is esentially the same as surrounding stuff with SIZE, COLOR, FONT, but makes it easier.

It also uses the vbcode templates already in the system, so users can select from any of the fonts & colors you have already defined. This avoids users inputing colors that don't exist and fonts that no one else has on their systems.

INSTALLABLES

3 file mods
4 template adds
3 template mods

PROPS

Palmer ofShinra inspired the original version here, so massive props to him. I wanted to take his idea and make it more user friendly (and was tired of trying to explain to people why 'puke green' didn't work as a color).

Also, every other hacker out here (Lesane, Erwin, FireFly, Xenon, C.Birch, futureal, and a hundred others) for busting their butts and putting hacks out and for saying that if you want to do something, learn to do it. Inspiration at its finest.

BUGS

If you run TomBot, TomBot has a problem with the FONT/COLOR/SIZE tags. The fix is two posts below

Okay... let me know

FIXES

1) Fixed Spelling of 'Verdana' - Thanks Vivi!
2) Fixed for Multiple Styles - Thanks Zelda!
3) Added & fixed user ability to use default via ON/OFF - Again, Thanks Zelda!
4) Added ability to remember defaults.

Boofo · #32 02-28-2003, 06:01 PM

Zelda-King, those fonts will only work for the user if they themselves also have them installed on their machine (version of Windows). The fonts from Windows XP won't all work on Windows 95 or Windows 98 as they don't have all of the same fonts as Windows XP does.

Zelda-King · #33 02-28-2003, 06:33 PM

Yeah, these're pretty 'unspecial' fonts so I'm banking on there being no problems. I'll see how it goes. Having said that, mine doesn't even have Book Antigua! O_O

Boofo · #34 02-28-2003, 07:12 PM

I have a whole crapload too, but if they don't have a font they picked, it should just default to Arial, so you should be ok.

Zelda-King · #35 02-28-2003, 08:35 PM

Yeah, my 'Book Antigua' comes out as arial. I should get a good test run in this sunday from more people so I'll update if there're problems.

EDIT: There's a bug somewhere. I'm seeing a few people with quite big fonts. The vB code being

Code:

[color=][font=][size=]Text[/size][/font][/color]

TalkHardRandy · #36 03-03-2003, 08:08 PM

Zelda, make sure that in the database the 'default_fcs' is set to '1' as a default. I had a couple of new users that happened to also. Plus, the text file is fixed.

Zelda-King · #37 03-03-2003, 10:54 PM

My default is 1. I'll see what I can do with this updated text file.

TalkHardRandy · #38 03-05-2003, 02:51 PM

Hmmm... what are their settings in the database?

Vivi Ornitier · #39 03-06-2003, 02:15 AM

the DB queries still don't work!! ahhh!!!

ADD `post_size` VARCHAR( 1 ) DEFAULT '2' NOT NULL

MySQL said:

You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'ADD `post_size` VARCHAR( 1 ) DEFAULT '2' NOT NULL' at line 1

I get that error from phpadmin

zootsuit · #40 03-06-2003, 04:44 AM

You have to run this as one query:

ALTER TABLE `user` ADD `post_font` VARCHAR( 25 ) DEFAULT 'Verdana' NOT NULL ,
ADD `post_color` VARCHAR( 25 ) DEFAULT 'black' NOT NULL ,
ADD `post_size` VARCHAR( 1 ) DEFAULT '2' NOT NULL ;

msimplay · #41 03-06-2003, 11:20 AM

does this hack work for vbulletin 2.3 release candidate one ?

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