Reply Button In Every Post

[KahneFan]

Originally I had it so that, if you had QR activated, clicking the reply button would send you to the QR box at the bottom of the page. If you do not have the QR activated, it would take you to a new page. And, if you were not registered, you would be taken to registration.

[gbsothere]

Originally I had it so that, if you had QR activated, clicking the reply button would send you to the QR box at the bottom of the page. If you do not have the QR activated, it would take you to a new page. And, if you were not registered, you would be taken to registration.

I wish I were bright enough to accomplish more than the bare bones, KahneFan, but I'm woefully inept.   

This might be regarded as a "simple" mod, but it's one of the most useful things I've ever put in a forum.  My users absolutely love it.   

[KahneFan]

This might be regarded as a "simple" mod, but it's one of the most useful things I've ever put in a forum.  My users absolutely love it.   

Agreed. I never understood why it wasn't a default feature.

[C4G-TK]

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// Can they reply? Have they turned on quick reply?

This code y itself is listed three times in Display.template.php.  Is this supposed to be added three times?

[gbsothere]

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// Can they reply? Have they turned on quick reply?

This code y itself is listed three times in Display.template.php.  Is this supposed to be added three times?

Unfortunately, my 1.1.11 Display.template.php is very heavily modded but I can tell you that it's placed before

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// So... quick reply is off, but they *can* reply?

I have it in 2.0 RC1 as

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// Simple Reply Button
        if ($context['can_reply'])
         echo '<a href="', $scripturl . '?action=post;topic=' . $context['current_topic'] . '.' . $context['start'] . ';num_replies=' . $context['num_replies'], ';m=', $message['id'], ';poster=', $message['member']['name'], '">', $respond_button, '</a>';

before that same line. 

(I'm actually using this mod to make another "sort of mod" that I monkeyed around with work so..... duct tape.)

[alphacaveman]

I wish I had the success others did with a version other than default. I'm using Classic 1.1.11 and it says it's installed but the new "reply" button is simply not showing up. Any advice?

[gbsothere]

I wish I had the success others did with a version other than default. I'm using Classic 1.1.11 and it says it's installed but the new "reply" button is simply not showing up. Any advice?

Classic?  If you installed it through the package manager, you're going to have to manually edit that theme's Display.template.php.   Let me know if you hit a snag and I'll take a shot at it.

[~DS~]

Well, DS.......   it's Duct Tape, for sure.....  *grin*......   but I have it working for 2.0 RC3.  Well, one disclaimer.... if it's supposed to work with "quick reply", then I don't have that working, but the mod never really addressed quick reply, as far as I can tell.  If you have a reply button in every post, I suppose that eliminates the need for quick reply?

Nothing blew up and there are no errors.  (I'm shocked!)   Here's what I did:

In (Default) Display.template.php, find:

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                // Can they reply? Have they turned on quick reply?

Add before:

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            // Simple Reply Button
if ($context['can_reply'] && !empty($options['display_quick_reply']))
echo '
<li class="respond_button"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=post;reply=', $message['id'], ';topic=', $context['current_topic'], '.', $context['start'], ';num_replies=', $context['num_replies'], '">', $txt['reply'], '</a></li>';



In (Default/css) index.css, find:

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ul.quickbuttons li.reply_all_button
{
background: url(../images/theme/quickbuttons.png) no-repeat 0 -180px;
}

Add before:

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ul.quickbuttons li.respond_button
{
background: url(../images/theme/quickbuttons.png) no-repeat 0 -180px;
}



(You might want to keep some "clean" copies from your server on standby, in case you smell smoke.)

I am not sure why you say quick reply is working for you but it does work for me.

[alphacaveman]

I wish I had the success others did with a version other than default. I'm using Classic 1.1.11 and it says it's installed but the new "reply" button is simply not showing up. Any advice?

There's not a list of what was changed with the mod. I looked at the modifications1 and modifications2 files that tell package manager what to do but they were referring to parts of display.template.php that I couldn't find in Classic. Is there a place listing the manual instructions?


Classic?  If you installed it through the package manager, you're going to have to manually edit that theme's Display.template.php.   Let me know if you hit a snag and I'll take a shot at it.

[alphacaveman]

Update, I found the manual instructions at http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?action=parse

BUT the second listing of "find" where it says, $reply_button is simply not there. Frustrating.

[gbsothere]

There is, alphacaveman.

Just go here:

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1755


and you'll see a pulldown just under "Manual Install Instructions for SMF"

They're pretty simple but if your Display.template.php doesn't have the "find" strings, I'll take a look at it.

[gbsothere]

Update, I found the manual instructions at http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?action=parse

BUT the second listing of "find" where it says, $reply_button is simply not there. Frustrating.

Attach it and I'll take a look at it.   

[alphacaveman]

Thanks very much. Here it is.

[gbsothere]

Thanks very much. Here it is.

Let me just go get my "old man" reading glasses and I'll stare at it for a few minutes.  *grin*

[alphacaveman]

Thanks very much. Here it is.

Let me just go get my "old man" reading glasses and I'll stare at it for a few minutes.  *grin*

Sweet thanks.

[gbsothere]

Fingers crossed.  If you smell smoke, run!   

[alphacaveman]

Thanks very much! That worked! What did you change in place of what the manual instructions said?

[gbsothere]

Thanks very much! That worked! What did you change in place of what the manual instructions said?

Well........    it's duct tape.  *grin*

I knew the code referred to "quote.gif" so I found that and studied how that bit of code was written to produce that button.  I also looked at "modify.gif" and, based on that, I added a separate block of code (using the reply_sm.gif).  If you look for

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// How about replying at any point?

that's where I started. 

[alphacaveman]

Would you be willing to do one more for another forum of mine? 

[gbsothere]

Would you be willing to do one more for another forum of mine? 

This mod?   Sure.   If it's another mod, you'd better PM me, so we don't hijack this thread.