Print topic should include images

[diffy]

I think that the print feature in SMF is too simple

When clicking print SMF generates a text only output.
This is 2007 and images are cool to have on a printout, thus SMF should
display images when showing a print-view.

Also I have often got use for Joomla's PDF function. Can this be included in SMF as well? Print to PDF. It would be very handy, and a very moderm addon to SMF...

[tranqui69]

I think the same. I Edit myself

The solution was in the forum. This works for me.

In my theme directory. Display.template.php

Find

             $buttonArray[] = '<li class="print"><a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=printpage;topic=' . $context['current_topic'] . '.0" target="_blank">' . $txt[465] . '</a></li>';

Replace with

             $buttonArray[] = '<li class="print"><a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=printpage;topic=' . $context['current_topic'] . '.0;images" target="_blank">' . $txt[465] . '</a></li>';

So simple.

[karlbenson]

yeah you can either do that.

Or do it permanently.

OPEN Sources/Subs.php
FIND & REMOVE

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// !!! Change maybe?
if (!isset($_GET['images']))
$disabled['img'] = true;


[falguni1]

right it should include images by default.

I thought I was included by default because I never tookout printout.

I was not knowing it doesnot include images by default.

[karlbenson]

IMO print out should be text only.
But having the option to toggle images would be nice.

The functionality is there, as posted above, but a link to it on Print_only page would be nice.

eg
Text Only | With Images

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

I have to say that the print view is fine as it is, but an option to include images when needed would be cool.

[falguni1]

*falguni1 thinks now karlbenson has one more mod idea which he may like to develop.

[L'AltroWeb]

Hi!
I have maked this little mod ( smf 1.1.8 ):
In Display.template.php search:

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'print' => array('text' => 465, 'image' => 'print.gif', 'lang' => true, 'custom' => 'target="_blank"', 'url' => $scripturl . '?action=printpage;topic=' . $context['current_topic'] . '.0'),
replace with:

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'print' => array('text' => 465, 'image' => 'print.gif', 'lang' => true, 'custom' => 'target="_blank"', 'url' => $scripturl . '?action=printpage;topic=' . $context['current_topic'] . '.0'),
'printimage' => array('text' => 466, 'image' => 'print.gif', 'lang' => true, 'custom' => 'target="_blank"', 'url' => $scripturl . '?action=printpage;topic=' . $context['current_topic'] . '.0;images'),
Now open index.english.php and search:

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$txt[465] = 'Print';
replace with:

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$txt[465] = 'Print(txt)';
$txt[466] = 'Print(img)';
(466 is free) 
U can test here: http://darkwolf.altervista.org/forum/modemrouter/guida-alluso-di-ciclamab/msg61/#msg61 

[klumy]

I think that the print feature in SMF is too simple

When clicking print SMF generates a text only output.
This is 2007 and images are cool to have on a printout, thus SMF should
display images when showing a print-view.

Also I have often got use for Joomla's PDF function. Can this be included in SMF as well? Print to PDF. It would be very handy, and a very moderm addon to SMF...

I absolutely agree. This should be a default feature !!

[nax]

I would like to be able to print off a whole topic complete with images too.  I am using  SMF 1.1.11 and the string is not the same.  I think it is now :-

   'print' => array('text' => 465, 'image' => 'print.gif', 'lang' => true, 'custom' => 'target="_blank"', 'url' => $scripturl . '?action=printpage;topic=' . $context['current_topic'] . '.0'),

I am no PHP programmer so don't know how to alter this string to include the images as per the advice in the quoted post.  Can anyone help?

I think the same. I Edit myself

The solution was in the forum. This works for me.

In my theme directory. Display.template.php

Find

             $buttonArray[] = '<li class="print"><a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=printpage;topic=' . $context['current_topic'] . '.0" target="_blank">' . $txt[465] . '</a></li>';

Replace with

             $buttonArray[] = '<li class="print"><a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=printpage;topic=' . $context['current_topic'] . '.0;images" target="_blank">' . $txt[465] . '</a></li>';

So simple.

[Arantor]

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2340 perhaps?

[nax]

Well found! I'll give it a try, I'm trying to print a whole topic to a PDF so that we can remove it from the database but still have a reference copy of the contents.


Thanks.

[nax]

this works on small topics but not on some of my larger ones.  Also I really would like to have a copy of the posters avatar included.

[Arantor]

Well found? I originally wrote it...

It should work on all topics, if it doesn't it's actually an SMF bug since it uses an internal SMF feature.

So in reality what you're after ISN'T the printable view, but actually a low-fat theme.

[nax]

Well the owner of the site doesn't want to lose any of the posts but the DB is getting quite large.  I was trying to print out/export an entire archived topic as seen on the screen to a pdf so we still had a record but we could happily delete the topic/records from the DB.

I think several people are looking for this sort of feature.

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Well the owner of the site doesn't want to lose any of the posts but the DB is getting quite large.  I was trying to print out/export an entire archived topic as seen on the screen to a pdf so we still had a record but we could happily delete the topic/records from the DB.

I think several people are looking for this sort of feature.

You could just get your self a pdf printer, and print the actual topic view....

[nax]

errr I can print to PDF but the mod will not work with large threads.

Well the owner of the site doesn't want to lose any of the posts but the DB is getting quite large.  I was trying to print out/export an entire archived topic as seen on the screen to a pdf so we still had a record but we could happily delete the topic/records from the DB.

I think several people are looking for this sort of feature.

You could just get your self a pdf printer, and print the actual topic view....

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

errr I can print to PDF but the mod will not work with large threads.

No, I mean no mod at all - just a PDF fileprinter, and then print the topic like it's actually shown.

[nax]

If you print the topic this way it is without images which is not what we want - the default print thread is text only.

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

No you still didn't understand. Don't use the print view, use the normal topic view, and your browsers print function to print to a pdf file. So print what you see normally....