V3 Pad

Credit for the idea goes to Chen and his VBPad for VB 2.2.
Basically, this hack does the same. You can save a certain number of notes, with a certain number of characters each. HTML, BB code, the IMG tag and smilies can be used, everything set in the Admin CP.
The only feature missing (comparing to Chen's hack) that I know of is the date when the notes were last updated, which I'll probably be adding soon.
Installation:
1. Update the product-vbpad.xml from your admin CP
2. In the USERCP template find:

<!-- ############## END NEW REPUTATION ##############  -->
</if>

Add below:

<if condition="$padactivated">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat" colspan="5">
			My VB Pad Notes
		</td>
	</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
$padoutput
</tbody>
</table>
</if>

3. In the USERCP_SHELL template find:

<tr>
	<td class="$navclass[options]" nowrap="nowrap"><a class="smallfont" href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editoptions">$vbphrase[edit_options]</a></td>
</tr>

Add below:

<tr>
	<td class="$navclass[v3pad]" nowrap="nowrap"><a class="smallfont" href="profile.php?do=editpad">Edit VB Pad</a></td>
</tr>

4. Make any changes you want in the VBPad options, in VBulletin options, and you're over

Screenshots:

[yinyang]

is it possible to have the vbPad open on a seperate page? if so, please tell me how. thanks!

i'd like to be able to add the NotePad to the navbar.

[reismarktq2]

Good hack. Two things of note though...

You need to check the v3pad_shell template for missing tags. I found a bunch that needed to be closed.

Also, that template needs to be cached. (It will result in a slight performance hit if it isn't, since a query will be necessary to get the template.)

One pet peeve of mine: Can you change it so there's only one blank notefield on the page instead of showing a notefield for each available note, regardless of whether it's filled in or not? That's how the vb2 version of the hack did it.