Miscellaneous Hacks - Private Message button in postbit footer

This simple mod does what is says on the tin, it adds a PM button in the postbit footer using the vBulletin 4.0.2 css convention for mouseover buttons.

Note: This mod is NOT compatible with vBulletin 4.0.1 or earlier.



It could be argued that this is a little superfluous as there is a PM link in the dropdown under the members name, but that link requires a "click>>>scroll>>>click" to get to where you want to be. If your members use the PM system a lot, then they may appreciate a "one click" option.

There are...
1x addition to the postbit.css template
1x addition to the posbit (or postbit_legacy) template
2x images to upload

INSTRUCTIONS:
1x addition to he posbit.css template
Go to..
Styles & Templates>Stlye Manager>your skin>edit templates>CSS templates>postbit.css
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Find (search for "editpost"):

.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.editpost, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.editpost, .eventbit .eventfoot .textcontrols a.editevent  {
	background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/edit_40b.png) no-repeat transparent {vb:stylevar left} ;
	padding-{vb:stylevar left}: 20px;
}
.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.editpost:hover, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.editpost:hover, .eventbit .eventfoot .textcontrols a.editevent:hover  {
	background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/edit_40b-hover.png) no-repeat transparent {vb:stylevar left};
	padding-{vb:stylevar left}: 20px;
}

Under that, put:

.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit  {
	background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/pminpostbit_40b.png) no-repeat transparent {vb:stylevar left};
	padding-{vb:stylevar left}: 20px;
}
.postbitlegacy .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit:hover, .postbit .postfoot .textcontrols a.pminpostbit:hover  {
	background: url({vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/pminpostbit_40b-hover.png) no-repeat transparent {vb:stylevar left};
	padding-{vb:stylevar left}: 20px;
}

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Click "save".

1x addition to the posbit (or postbit_legacy) template:
Go to..
Styles & Templates>Stlye Manager>your skin>edit templates>postbit templates>postbit
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Find (search for "editpost"):

<vb:if condition="$post['editlink']">					
					<a class="editpost" href="{vb:raw post.editlink}" name="vB::QuickEdit::{vb:raw post.postid}"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" id="editimg_{vb:raw post.postid}" alt="{vb:rawphrase edit_delete_message}" /> {vb:rawphrase edit_post}</a>
					<span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span>
</vb:if>

Under that, put:

<!-- ////////start PM button in postbit////// -->
<vb:if condition="$show['pmlink']"><a class='pminpostbit' href="private.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=newpm&amp;u={vb:raw post.userid}" rel="nofollow"><img src="{vb:raw vboptions.cleargifurl}" alt="{vb:rawphrase send_pm}" />PM</a><span class="seperator">&nbsp;</span></vb:if>
<!-- ////////end PM button in postbit////// -->

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Click "save".

2x images to upload:
FTP into your forum/images/buttons dir and upload these two attached images:
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pminpostbit_40b.png
pminpostbit_40b-hover.png
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That's it.

[Marv]

These are those mods which would perfectly do in a xml. But it?s a 5 minute game to do this via TMS.

What I would like to suggest is, to make the pn editor coming up as a pop-up. May be as reduced editor. At least it's my feeling, that - when I see a PN button placed there - I expect a pop-up, so I don?t have to leave the page I?m looking at. So to speak: like a QuickPN

Any body out there who could make this happen?

[tbworld]

I must be missing something. I try to reduce the amount of private messaging on the board and promote public messaging. I guess I can see in a gamming community that there might be a reason to have more private messaging for personal gloating. I could use some enlightenment here on how this is being used to enhance your community. Thanks

[Marv]

Depends on your audience, I guess. I am running vBulletin in a military and a profession related community and there are quite a few things, where publicly posting sensitive content is not only inappropriate. On sites where the audience is more likely the fun guns I´ld expect the PNs are more like a chatter. On my sites PNs are necsessary and still a core function.

[tbworld]

Originally Posted by Marv

Depends on your audience, I guess. I am running vBulletin in a military and a profession related community and there are quite a few things, where publicly posting sensitive content is not only inappropriate. On sites where the audience is more likely the fun guns I?ld expect the PNs are more like a chatter. On my sites it?s necsessary and serious need.

I did not think of non-appropriate content. I knew I could be enlightened. Thanks

Professional, chatter I figured would be limited to special forums with permission or threads with special permission if you have this kind of modification set up. I could never see ultra sensitive information on a board.

[Marv]

Originally Posted by tbworld

I didn't think of inappropriate content. I knew I could be enlightened. Thanks

Professional, chatter I figured would be limited to special forums with permission. I could never see ultra sensitive information on a board.

Sensitive doesn?t mean confidential, tb.

Just imagine you have a board for a profesision and you want to talk with someone else about things going on in your company, you are not happy with. Fraud, mobbing, whatever you can think of. If you are posting that to a forum and you give away some informations, a person knowing you and the company could get an idea that it?s you - in that case you can bet your a** that the company will find your post sooner or later - and that?s the last thing you want to happen

[tbworld]

Thank you, I originally looked at this thread as being superfluous so appreciate your time for the education. I am a little less ignorant now