User Info Collapsable Postbit in Legacy

This hack was originally released by Steve St.Lauren for vb3.0.x in this thread -


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=68043

This is a port of that hack and ALL credit goes to Steve for this modification. I did nothing more then make one of the edits a plugin and add a phrase.

Please click da instally thinga magigy

O and you won't have to clear any cookies for this to work, or for it to remember your settings.

Things To Do:
1. Edit /clientscript/vbulletin_global.js (1 modification)
2. Import new product xml
3. Edit postbit_legacy template
4. Edit postbit template


Changes:

• Version 1.1.0
  • Fixes bug with code not working in private messages
  • Adds instructions for modifying the postbit (horizontal) template as well.

[Vizionz]

this is pretty cool now how can you add extra fileds to it though? like say i want to ad alot of the profile fields to it /

[Gizmo5h1t3]

u beat me to it, was gonna ask exactly the same thing...lmao

[Cyricx]

Any extra profile fields or entries you do into the signature that is under location and before the msn icons will be inside this

Just put the code in between the two edits

To summarize, the first postbit_legacy edit is the start of the box. The last edit is the end of the box. Everything between there is in the collapse.

[Steve St.Lauren]

Thanks for porting this over Chris. When I convert to 3.5 in a few months (assuming it's stable) I'll be clicking install .

[theArchitect]

Am I doing something wrong, or should this not be global.

i.e. when I collapse the postbit in one thread and then go to another thread the postbit is no longer collapsed.

[Cyricx]

Did you upload the xml into the product manager?

Without the hook in there, it won't save your setting to your cookies.

[Gizmo5h1t3]

works a treat...nice hack

[Rover416]

<font color="Lime">*Clicks install</font>

[Oblivion Knight]

As of yet, I have not been able to get this mod working in PMs so the postbit_legacy edit has an if condition to only display it in showthread or showpost. I'll continue trying to find out how to get it to work in PMs or if anyone else has any ideas, always appreciated

The fix is actually quite simple..
PMs don't use the $post[postcount] figure, so just create a false one. I used 99..

My button code:

<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapseuserinfo('postbit_legacy_userinfo<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'private'">99<else />$post[postcount]</if>')"><img id="collapseimg_postbit_legacy_userinfo<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'private'">99<else />$post[postcount]</if>" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_postbit_legacy_userinfo].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>

My tbody code:

<tbody id="collapseobj_postbit_legacy_userinfo<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'private'">99<else />$post[postcount]</if>" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_postbit_legacy_userinfo]">

It seems to work fine for me anyway!

[wieder]

I took the basic idea and crunched it down as far as I possibly could to allow readers to get an extremely small layout if they tell it to collapse everything.

Example usage: http://forums.metalparachutes.com/showthread.php?t=9

[Mr Chad]

Originally Posted by wieder

I took the basic idea and crunched it down as far as I possibly could to allow readers to get an extremely small layout if they tell it to collapse everything.

Example usage: http://forums.metalparachutes.com/showthread.php?t=9

nice, i like that.

[wieder]

Originally Posted by chatbum

nice, i like that.

Thanks. I'll try to set some time aside soonish to clean up the code in postable form (I was just experimenting like crazy so it's rather sloppy right now, heh).

And naturally the page isn't being promoted yet for public use, thus the lack of activity (and random broken things as I experiment since I'm not bothering with a test style while the forum isn't ready for use). Trying to get as many kinks worked out and all the custom changes I want in before trying to build up the community. I'm loving the crap out of vB 3.5 though. Very worth the $$$.

[Vizionz]

will this work with the latest version

[Cyricx]

I have it installed on my board and running on 3.5.1 just fine. You'll have to redo the code edit after upgrading obviously.

I haven't had a chance to test Oblivions code though but hope to do that very soon. Then I'll send out an email with an upgrade.