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.

[JFry]

I restored my original showthread.php file, removed the new template, and reverted the modified template to the original. I then reinstalled and it still doesn't work. It doesn't show up in new threads, old threads, posts of admins, posts of regular members. The box is nowhere to be found. Any ideas what I could possibly be doing wrong to cause it to simply not appear? Thanks.

[alanvo]

so, can anybody tell me the correct info to make this hack work with 2.2.8

[Chris M]

@alanvo - Just install the hack as told...

It works on vB 2.2.8

Satan

[alanvo]

I did, it doesn't work...have you install it yet? 2.2.8 is different from 2.2.7.....

[antifanatic]

can any 1 make this work with 2.0.0 as i need it bad! thanks!

[N9ne]

antifanatic: You're running 2.0.0? You really should upgrade to 2.2.8

[JFry]

The weirdness continues. The hack is now showing up on threads in ONE forum, only. The other forums still have nothing. The weirdest part ~ I didn't make any modifications since I last installed and checked it. It just showed up out of the blue. I think my forums are possessed.

[N9ne]

Check all of your template sets, make sure you have modified them all with the code in the instructions.

[frizor]

for some weird reason my quick reply box got on top of the posts maybe someone can help me there. www.cubed5.com it's on any of the posts. I must not know how to read directions

[antifanatic]

does any 1 have any help for 2.0.0 as i dont want to upgrade

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by frizor
for some weird reason my quick reply box got on top of the posts maybe someone can help me there. www.cubed5.com it's on any of the posts. I must not know how to read directions

I expect that you haven't placed the varible in the correct place in the showthread template. Check your template edits.

[Brandon Rohde]

I am trying to use the hack to allow people to turn quick reply on/off.

When I post this line:

ALTER TABLE user ADD showquickreply tinyint(1) DEFAULT '1' not null AFTER nosessionhash

I get this error:

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `tinyint(1'

Anyone know how to fix this or what the problem may be?

[RUBiK]

Originally posted by Brandon Rohde
Anyone know how to fix this or what the problem may be?

Yes, you're not supposed to type that at the bash (shell) prompt but rather inside of mysql (i.e. at the "mysql>" prompt obtained by typing 'mysql' with the proper parameters to access the correct vBulletin database or whatnot).

[LeeCHeSSS]

Odd that noone suggested this b4, but in showthread.php find

$templatesused = 'showthread_ratingdisplay,postbit_search,postbit_buddy,postbit_ignore,postbit_useremail,icq,aim,yahoo,postbit_homepage,postbit_profile,postbit_ip_show,postbit_ip_hidden,postbit,postbit_sendpm,postbit_avatar,postbit_offline,postbit_online,postbit_editedby,postbit_signature,postbit_attachment,postbit_attachmentimage,showthread_adminoptions,showthread_threadrate,showthread_pollresults_voted,showthread_pollresults_closed,showthread_firstunread,showthread_nextnewestthread,showthread_nextoldestthread,forumrules,showthread';

and replace with:

$templatesused = 'showthread_ratingdisplay,postbit_search,postbit_buddy,postbit_ignore,postbit_useremail,icq,aim,yahoo,postbit_homepage,postbit_profile,postbit_ip_show,postbit_ip_hidden,postbit,postbit_sendpm,postbit_avatar,postbit_offline,postbit_online,postbit_editedby,postbit_signature,postbit_attachment,postbit_attachmentimage,showthread_adminoptions,showthread_threadrate,showthread_pollresults_voted,showthread_pollresults_closed,showthread_firstunread,showthread_nextnewestthread,showthread_nextoldestthread,forumrules,showthread,showthread_replybox';

It gets rid of 1 unnecessary query

Originally posted by frizor
for some weird reason my quick reply box got on top of the posts maybe someone can help me there. www.cubed5.com it's on any of the posts. I must not know how to read directions

@ otacon - the code snippet in the 'showthread' template...

<!-- first unread and next/prev -->

...shows up a total of 4 times - $replybox should be after the fourth instance of it - you have it placed after the second instance of it.

Easy mistake to make...