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.

[Boofo]

Originally posted by darkmaninc
I've followed all the instructions here and the quick reply works fine except for i can't get the smilies to work.... don't know what's up with that....


This is where i have it installed at .....
http://www.racinglanes.com

Look through the thread here. There is a smilie add on.

[Molok]

I want when anyone posts with the Quickreply the Signature is not automatically in the thread. How I can disable it ?

[GameMania]

@ firefly: i think this is a great feature...

but it doesn't work at my board... don't know why...

i've version 2.2.8 modified all as in the installation.txt...

any idea???

[GameMania]

now it works... :banana:

[94supratt]

I installed it and everything works but my reply box is at the TOP of the page? How do I fix that? Any ideas?

I found my problem.....Its fixed :classic:

[Natch]

Originally posted by nuno
I think you guys are missing the point with Chen's hack, notice that it is called Quick Reply Box

I have never laughed so hard - thanks nuno!!! ROFL!!!!!

And thanks Chen - great hack -

[high]* Natch clicked install after page 28, and then kept reading for the next half-an-hour ...[/high]

[Richard]

I found a bug. I tested it on my board, and on vb.org as well. I'm not too sure if it can be even called a bug, but it's there. If your board's the type where you get your posters posting one smilie posts a lot (like mine), this bug will manifest itself.

To reproduce this:

In any thread, post a reply.

Go back to the thread again, post the exact same reply (under the same userlogin).

The QRB will give the usual redirect and when you go back to the thread, it takes you back to the first reply. And the new "duplicate" one you've posted won't be posted.

It only works under the same userlogin. If a different user posts the same reply, it'll work as expected.

I know it's not really an often seen thing where you get the same user posting exactly the same thing in the same thread. But for stuff like giant joke threads (let's post as much jokes as we can in one thread sorrta thread), when the reply's generally a :LOL: or something to that effect, it'll manifest itself.

[Boofo]

It's supposed to work that way. That avoids a lot of senseless spamming in the threads. the same person shouldn't be replying with the same exact message to a post one right after the other. I guess I don't get where you think this is a bug.

[Richard]

So it's a feature? Hehe.

Oh, no. I didn't mean it as in right after the other. It shows up even after a few posts down.

It's not really a problem for me, I was just pointing it out, that's all.

[Boofo]

Ok, I think I see what you are saying now. I tested it on my board. You are right, if you post the same exact message in a thread, it will only show the first instance of it. That is the way it should be. Otherwise you would have spamming galore in a thread. I personally don't want to see a thread with 100 posts from the same person with the same exact thing myself.