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Reply to PMs without quoting them · **Released**: 10-01-2005

There was one thing that I didn't like in vB3 (and it hasn't been changed in vB3.5

): If you plan to reply to a PM you automatically quote the message you reply to. If you have a conversation with one member via PM the message often gets long and confusing.

This product allows you to reply to a message without quoting the message you reply to. I doesn't interfere with the way vBulletin handles the PM reply to your members can select themselfes what they want to do.

As said before, this is a product.. It uses 3 hooks and you need to import only 1 file to have it installed + 1 template edit in order to make it work.

The version I have installed uses a simple phrase like 'reply without quoting' instead of the default vBulletin image. This product however uses the reply_small.gif ->

.
You may change that if you want

Already installed this plugin and want to change how it looks? Read this.. If not.. Read the attached instructions

Some members pointed me to this. If you want to disable the normal link which automatically quotes the message and only use my Plugin here's the code for you:

Replace:

Code:

			<if condition="$post['replylink']">
				<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />quote</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a>
			</if>

with:

Code:

			<!--<if condition="$post['replylink']">
				<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />quote</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a>
			</if>-->

And replace everthing you've already added for this hack with this:

Code:

			<if condition="$show['replylinknoquote']">
				<a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpm&amp;pmid=$post[pmid]&amp;noquote=1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reply_small.gif" alt="reply without quoting" border="0" /></a>
			<else />
			   <if condition="$post['replylink']">
				<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />quote</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a>
			   </if>
			</if>

This way you see the link to reply without quoting and the normal link when Plugin is disabled

Instructions are updated, now with both methods

Enjoy! And please.. click install

Kirk Y · #2 10-02-2005, 01:21 PM

Your .gif is dead...

Sounds good though, I'm installing.

Sooner95 · #3 10-02-2005, 01:44 PM

good stuff, thx!

click!

Sooner95 · #4 10-02-2005, 01:45 PM

you gif points to the same gif as the quote one uses. I simply edited the templete code..but you might want to change it.

MrNase · #5 10-02-2005, 06:08 PM

Yeah as said before.. Iam was not quite sure which one to use because on my community I don't use that image

Just tell me if you've found another, better image so that I can update the instruction

Keyser S?ze · #6 10-02-2005, 09:35 PM

great hack! what i did was take out the if condition of the quote button and just have it use quote.gif, and then the other use reply_small.gif

MrNase · #7 10-04-2005, 08:47 AM

Thanks!

Sometimes even the simple things can be great. I wonder why vBulletin doesn't have something like this by default.

JagFan · #8 10-04-2005, 07:17 PM

Installed...thanks!

ajpritch · #9 10-05-2005, 03:19 AM

Is there a way to remove the old reply button that does quote?

MrNase · #10 10-05-2005, 07:55 AM

Yes there is: Just delete the code from the template and it will not be shown