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.

[OrcSlayer]

In what? Template? php file?

[Super Shadow]

In the template you have to add $replybox in

It's the third instruction.

[ruhl]

reply box in the template or the php file? I cant find it in the code you put in the template i dont see it anywhere.

[Darnell 0216]

You're not supposed to add it to the 'showthread_replybox' template. You're supposed to add it to the 'showthread' template beneath the specified line.

[Greivog]

My Quick reply box appears at the Top and also at the bottom of the threads.

How do i make it so it just appears at the bottom?

Cheers

Paul

[pdatoon]

Hi!

I would like to know if this is possible to integrate into the printthread mode ?

Any ideas?

[noyen]

i've run into a strange problem... since adding the replybox, i am unable to go to any thread that continues past 1 page to the more than one page. clicking on the 2 page, or next page button reloads the first page....? my showthread replybox template:

<script language="javascript">
<script language="Javascript" src="vbcode.js"></script>
<script language="Javascript" src="vbcode_language.js"></script>
<!--
var postmaxchars = $postmaxchars;
function validate(theform) {
	if (theform.message.value=="") {
		alert("Please complete the message field.");
		return false; }
	if (postmaxchars != 0) {
		if (theform.message.value.length > $postmaxchars) {
			alert("Your message is too long.\n\nReduce your message to $postmaxchars characters.\nIt is currently "+theform.message.value.length+" characters long.");
			return false; }
		else { return true; }
	} else { return true; }
}
function checklength(theform) {
	if (postmaxchars != 0) { message = "\nThe maximum permitted length is $postmaxchars characters."; }
	else { message = ""; }
	alert("Your message is "+theform.message.value.length+" characters long."+message);
}
//-->
</script>

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="newreply.php" name="vbform" method="post" onSubmit="return validate(this)">
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="postreply">
<input type="hidden" name="threadid" value="$threadid">
<input type="hidden" name="title" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="iconid" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="parseurl" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="email" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="disablesmilies" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="closethread" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="hiddenreply" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="signature" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="rating" value="0">

<table cellpadding="{tableouterborderwidth}" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="{tablebordercolor}" {tableouterextra} width="{contenttablewidth}" align="center"><tr><td>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="{tableinnerborderwidth}" border="0" {tableinnerextra} width="100%">
<tr>
	<td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" colspan="2"><normalfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}" class="thtcolor"><b>Post Quick Reply</b></normalfont></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" align="left" nowrap><normalfont>$clickysmilies<normalfont></td>
	<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">  
		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
		<tr valign="top">
			<td><textarea name="message" rows="10" cols="100%" wrap="virtual" tabindex="1"></textarea><br>
			<smallfont><script language="Javascript" src="vbcode.js"></script>
<script language="Javascript" src="vbcode_language.js"></script><a href="javascript:checklength(document.vbform);">[check message length]</a></smallfont></td>
		</tr></table>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr></table>

<br>

<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="{contenttablewidth}" {tableinvisibleextra} align="center">
<tr>
	<td align="center"><normalfont>
	<input type="submit" class="bginput" name="submit" value="Submit Quick Reply" accesskey="s" tabindex="2">
	<input type="reset" class="bginput" name="reset" value="Reset Form" accesskey="r" tabindex="3">
	</normalfont></td>
</tr>
</table>

</form>

[Darnell 0216]

Yesterday at 11:15 AM Greivog said this in Post #915
My Quick reply box appears at the Top and also at the bottom of the threads.

How do i make it so it just appears at the bottom?

Cheers

Paul

Are you sure you didn't add the $replybox variable more than once to the 'showthread' template?

[Darnell 0216]

Today at 06:44 PM noyen said this in Post #917
i've run into a strange problem... since adding the replybox, i am unable to go to any thread that continues past 1 page to the more than one page. clicking on the 2 page, or next page button reloads the first page....?

Are you sure you made the correct alterations to 'showthread.php'? The last line of that involves the page navigation.

PHP Code:

if ((!isset($pagenumber) or $pagenumber==0) and $pagenumber!="lastpage") {
  $pagenumber=1; 


[Oblivion Knight]

03-16-03 at 04:10 PM Skyrender said this in Post #878
Gimppy I'll help IM me at Meww2894. Robink, add this code to where you want your smilies link.
Note take out the *'s

<*a href="javascriptpensmiliewindow(240,280,'')">Get More</a*>

Thanks Chad..
I've been trying to do this for a while now..

:speechless: The only way I could do it before was my linking to misc.php?action=getsmilies