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Minify the "Posting Rules" box · **Released**: 09-26-2007

This is a dead-simple template hack to make the "Posting rules" or forum rules box take less vertical space. A picture is worth more than 2-3k of my words:

Before & After:

To do this, you only have to change 2 lines in the forumrules template. The instructions are below, and also in the attached *.txt file.

Time to install: 18-33 seconds

Change the default template:

Code:

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="180">
<thead>
<tr>
	<td class="thead">
		<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumrules')"><img id="collapseimg_forumrules" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumrules].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
		$vbphrase[posting_rules]
	</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumrules" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumrules]">
<tr>
	<td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap"><div class="smallfont">
		<if condition="!$show['codeonly']">
		<div><phrase 1="$rules[postnew]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_post_new_threads]</phrase></div>
		<div><phrase 1="$rules[postreply]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_post_replies]</phrase></div>
		<div><phrase 1="$rules[attachment]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_post_attachments]</phrase></div>
		<div><phrase 1="$rules[edit]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_edit_your_posts]</phrase></div>
		<hr />
		</if>
		<div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=bbcode" 2="$bbcodeon">$vbphrase[vb_code_is_x]</phrase></div>
		<div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showsmilies" 2="$smilieson">$vbphrase[smilies_are_x]</phrase></div>
		<div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=bbcode#imgcode" 2="$imgcodeon">$vbphrase[img_code_is_x]</phrase></div>
		<div><phrase 1="$htmlcodeon">$vbphrase[html_code_is_x]</phrase></div>
	</div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

To this:

Code:

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="180">
<thead>
<tr>
	<td class="thead"<if condition="!$show['codeonly']"> colspan="2"</if>>
		<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumrules')"><img id="collapseimg_forumrules" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumrules].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
		$vbphrase[posting_rules]
	</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumrules" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumrules]">
<tr>
	<td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap"><div class="smallfont">
		<if condition="!$show['codeonly']">
		<div><phrase 1="$rules[postnew]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_post_new_threads]</phrase></div>
		<div><phrase 1="$rules[postreply]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_post_replies]</phrase></div>
		<div><phrase 1="$rules[attachment]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_post_attachments]</phrase></div>
		<div><phrase 1="$rules[edit]">$vbphrase[you_may_x_edit_your_posts]</phrase></div>
	</div></td><td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap"><div class="smallfont">
		</if>
		<div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=bbcode" 2="$bbcodeon">$vbphrase[vb_code_is_x]</phrase></div>
		<div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showsmilies" 2="$smilieson">$vbphrase[smilies_are_x]</phrase></div>
		<div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=bbcode#imgcode" 2="$imgcodeon">$vbphrase[img_code_is_x]</phrase></div>
		<div><phrase 1="$htmlcodeon">$vbphrase[html_code_is_x]</phrase></div>
	</div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

killerkraft · #2 09-27-2007, 05:19 PM

Thank's for the simple ideia.

Great job.

KK

Magnumutz · #3 09-27-2007, 05:35 PM

Nice one, thanks. Installed.

But i think the right title for this would be "Minimize" or "Resize"...

muratksk · #4 09-27-2007, 08:28 PM

thanks you.installed

Hornstar · #5 09-28-2007, 06:13 AM

Thanks, it works great, and saves a bit of useless white space

ps. you have an extra > in your instructions

Code:

td class="thead"<if condition="!$show['codeonly']"> colspan="2"</if>>

Analogpoint · #6 09-28-2007, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

Thanks, it works great, and saves a bit of useless white space

Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

ps. you have an extra > in your instructions

The very last > is actually the end of the <td> tag. I put the conditional inside the tag.

Magnumutz · #7 09-28-2007, 07:17 PM

Bah, vBSEO makes it look like the normal thing :P

chkdgate · #8 10-07-2007, 07:21 PM

Nice little mod. Thanks.

Wheezy · #9 10-11-2007, 05:42 AM

Thanks for sharing! Installed.

Saviour · #10 11-05-2007, 03:42 AM

Ya know...it's the simple things in life that makes one happy...

Great Mod...short, but Great! Clicks "Installed".

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