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.

[bexie]

It went to the top rather than the bottom for me. As nice as it is, it's rather...inconvienent to be at the top. Why is it at the top, when it said it'd be at the bottom?

[SatMan2028]

Works great just installed it! No problems! Thanks!

[Reoplex]

hello

i just installed it, but the box wont show up.

I went over the steps again, and i checked everything and it still wont show up.

i read all i could before posting, so any help is appriciated

thanks.

[dantech30]

FF,

This may have been asked already, but how do I get the reply box to show up at the bottom instead of the top? I would like it to be like on here at the bottom. Going through pages and pages and couldn't find this question, so I thought I would ask.

BTW - Very nice - I have seen this used at some of the other boards I visit and it is very conveint - I am sure my users will like this one.

Thanks

dantech30

[Reoplex]

you probably didnt read to carefully

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...&pagenumber=37

the answer it almost at the bottom of the page.

[dantech30]

Thanks - it works now - I must have skipped over that one

[legendarysk8er]

Ok, This hack still hasn't worked for me three times now. I'm just going to use that older one instead because this one is ++++ing me off.

[Boofo]

What older one?

[legendarysk8er]

Some quick reply this one dude made. I personally think FireFly's is better, but oh well..

[legendarysk8er]

Nevermind, my problem was that I was uploading showthread.php right after I got done editing it. Finally!

/me clicks install.

[Boofo]

Glad you got it working.

[gmarik]

/me wanders: can anybody make it just the way vB3 has?

[Theutus]

Some people were asking for instructions on how to place an image in the background of the quick-reply box.... You just add a line in the showthread_replybox style in the textarea for "message" like so:

<td><textarea name="message" style=" color: #CCCCCC;background-color: #021124; background-image: url('http://www.csfgames.com/forum/images/quick_rep_final.gif'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed;" rows="7" cols="$textareacols" wrap="virtual" tabindex="1"></textarea>

Notice how i did change the background color, and the text color also. Keep in mind if you do this, and you change your txt color to fit the background image... Make sure you change the background color also, because in Netscape the background image doesn't show up. And if your colors don't work together, you could have a white text on a white background, and people couldn't see their text!

You can see an example of this on my forum here:

http://www.csfgames.com/forum

Enjoy! Hope you guys are enjoying the script as much as me!

[Boofo]

I couldn't see it. Do you have to register first?

[Theutus]

Doh, didn't think about that.... Heres an attached screenshot of it in action.....