User Default Font/Color/Size hack

First hack... please be gentle :

WHAT IT DOES:

It allows the user to specify in their profile what size, color and font that they wish to use in all their posts. This is esentially the same as surrounding stuff with SIZE, COLOR, FONT, but makes it easier.

It also uses the vbcode templates already in the system, so users can select from any of the fonts & colors you have already defined. This avoids users inputing colors that don't exist and fonts that no one else has on their systems.

INSTALLABLES

3 file mods
4 template adds
3 template mods

PROPS

Palmer ofShinra inspired the original version here, so massive props to him. I wanted to take his idea and make it more user friendly (and was tired of trying to explain to people why 'puke green' didn't work as a color).

Also, every other hacker out here (Lesane, Erwin, FireFly, Xenon, C.Birch, futureal, and a hundred others) for busting their butts and putting hacks out and for saying that if you want to do something, learn to do it. Inspiration at its finest.

BUGS

If you run TomBot, TomBot has a problem with the FONT/COLOR/SIZE tags. The fix is two posts below

Okay... let me know

FIXES

1) Fixed Spelling of 'Verdana' - Thanks Vivi!
2) Fixed for Multiple Styles - Thanks Zelda!
3) Added & fixed user ability to use default via ON/OFF - Again, Thanks Zelda!
4) Added ability to remember defaults.

[zootsuit]

Yesterday at 11:12 PM msimplay said this in Post #50
it works on 2.3
but theres a potential problem
what if u want to change ur font color in the post ie
not use the that u chose in user cp

for example if u picked ms sans serif and color green

but just for one post u want to change it or even for just one line
can u do that ?

Yep. Just choose your font and/or color from the reply page as you would normally.

[LangTuDaTinh]

one little idea, add an option in newthread, editpost, newreply and edit option from usercp, where use can turn on or off this hack by checkbox or radio button.

[geniuscrew]

This is all getting very confusing

If you want to only use it for some posts, then you don't need the hack since you can do that anyway.

Also I figured the CSS out - with a little help from amykhar.

So, for anyone who prefers CSS sizes to HTML sizes

replace

PHP Code:

$message = "[color=".$bbuserinfo[post_color]."][font=".$bbuserinfo[post_font]."][size=".$bbuserinfo[post_size]."]".$message."[/size][/font][/color]"; 


with

PHP Code:

$message = "<font style=\"color:".$bbuserinfo[post_color]."; font-family:".$bbuserinfo[post_font]."; font-size: ".$bbuserinfo[post_size]." px;\">".$message."</font>"; 


You will also need to change the length of default_pcs and post_fontsize [Note: has to be in pixels or whatever CSS format you're using]

[WEForums]

Nice hack and all but am I the only one who experiences a 'bug' when making quotes? It's like this:

Origina
lly posted by USERNAME

I know it's trivial but I just want to know if others have the same problem. I am sure it's easily fixable though.

[geniuscrew]

Nope - I have this problem too :/

[subu1]

it works fine on 2.2.8, quotes too.

thank you

[subu1]

hi my verdana is green, i want to have that in black. Black is verdana or not???

greetz subu1

[LangTuDaTinh]

Yesterday at 04:02 PM WEForums said this in Post #54
Nice hack and all but am I the only one who experiences a 'bug' when making quotes? It's like this:



I know it's trivial but I just want to know if others have the same problem. I am sure it's easily fixable though.

i have the same problem...i don't know because of this hack or not...

but i think it's depend on which font that i selected. because some of my users have no problem when they quote...but strangly...i got the same problem.

[gwhooooey]

This assumes three things: 1) Your default font is 'Veranda'; 2) your default color is 'black'; and 3) Your default size is '2'. If these are different, please change to reflect.

I'm using 2 styles, on one the default colour is black, on the other it's kinda silver....

So um...What do I do?

[gwhooooey]

Can anyone help?