A NewThread Look

MobileHacks · Jun 22, 2009

A NewThread Look

Version: 1.0
Released: 21 June 2009
Manual Template Edits: [2]
Optional Edits: [1]

This small modification changes the way your newthread template looks, and feels. It compacts the message area, with the additional options area. Sometimes find users don't even know those additional options are there, so this makes browsing easier from a users point of view.

[OPTIONAL]
To get the most out of this hack suggest you install Move Smilies Below Editor. Once installed, find the Message Posting Interface Options in the vBulletin options and suggest changing the Smilebox Total Smilies and Smiliebox Smilies Per Row to 25 for best viewing!

[TEMPLATE EDITS]
Open Style Manager -> xx Your Style Here xx -> Edit Templates -> New Posting Templates -> newthread

REPLACE THE ENTIRE TEMPLATE WITH THE FOLLOWING

PHP:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
$headinclude
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - $vbphrase[post_new_thread]</title>
</head>
<body$onload>
$header
$navbar

$postpreview

<form action="newthread.php?do=postthread&f=$forumid" method="post" name="vbform"<if condition="!is_browser('webtv')"> onsubmit="return vB_Editor['$editorid'].prepare_submit(this.subject.value, $vboptions[postminchars])"</if>>

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
    <td class="tcat" colspan="2">
        <span class="smallfont" style="float:$stylevar[align=right]"><strong>$vbphrase[forum]</strong>: <a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]f=$foruminfo[forumid]">$foruminfo[title]</a></span>
        $vbphrase[post_new_thread]
    </td>
    <tr>
        <td width="50%" class="alt2"><if condition="$show['podcasturl']">
                <!-- podcast stuff -->
                <fieldset class="fieldset">
                    <legend>$vbphrase[podcast_options]</legend>

                    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
                    <tr>
                        <td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[podcast_url]:</td>
                        <td class="smallfont">&nbsp;$vbphrase[filesize_bytes]:</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="podcasturl" value="$podcasturl" size="50" maxlength="255" tabindex="1" title="$vbphrase[podcast_url]" /></td>
                        <td>&nbsp;<input type="text" class="bginput" name="podcastsize" value="$podcastsize" size="10" tabindex="1" title="$vbphrase[podcast_size]" /></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[subtitle]:</td>
                        <td class="smallfont">&nbsp;$vbphrase[explicit]:</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="podcastsubtitle" value="$podcastsubtitle" size="50" maxlength="255" tabindex="1" title="$vbphrase[subtitle]" /></td>
                        <td><input type="checkbox" name="podcastexplicit" value="1" tabindex="1" $explicitchecked title="$vbphrase[explicit]" /></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[keywords]:</td>
                        <td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[author]:</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="podcastkeywords" value="$podcastkeywords" size="50" maxlength="255" tabindex="1" title="$vbphrase[keywords]" /></td>
                        <td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="podcastauthor" value="$podcastauthor" size="25" maxlength="255" tabindex="1" title="$vbphrase[author]" /></td>
                    </tr>
                    </table>
                </fieldset>
                <!-- / podcast stuff -->
                </if>
            <if condition="$show['tag_option']">
        <fieldset class="fieldset" style="margin-top: $stylevar[cellpadding]px">
            <legend>$vbphrase[tags]</legend>
            <div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
                <div>$vbphrase[separate_tags_using_comma]</div>
                <span id="tag_add"><input type="text" class="bginput" name="taglist" id="tag_add_input" value="$newpost[taglist]" size="40" tabindex="1" /></span>
                <if condition="$show['tags_remain']"><div><phrase 1="$tags_remain">$vbphrase[you_may_add_x_tags_to_thread]</phrase></div></if>
        </div>

            <if condition="$show['popups']">
                <div id="tag_add_menu" class="vbmenu_popup" style="display:none"></div>
                <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_ajax_tagsugg.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
                <script type="text/javascript">
                <!--
                vbmenu_register('tag_add', true);
                tag_add_comp = new vB_AJAX_TagSuggest('tag_add_comp', 'tag_add_input', 'tag_add');
                tag_add_comp.allow_multiple = true;
                tag_add_comp.set_delimiters('$tag_delimiters');
                //-->
                </script>
            </if>
        </fieldset>
        </if>
                
                $attachmentoption

                <if condition="$show['member']">
                <fieldset class="fieldset">
                    <legend>$vbphrase[thread_subscription]</legend>
                    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
                    <tr>
                        <td>$vbphrase[notification_type]:<br /><select name="emailupdate" tabindex="1">
                            <option value="9999" $emailchecked[9999]>$vbphrase[do_not_subscribe]</option>
                            <option value="0" $emailchecked[0]>$vbphrase[no_email_notification]</option>
                            <option value="1" $emailchecked[1]>$vbphrase[instant_email_notification]</option>
                            <option value="2" $emailchecked[2]>$vbphrase[daily_email_notification]</option>
                            <option value="3" $emailchecked[3]>$vbphrase[weekly_email_notification]</option>
                        </select></td>
                        <if condition="$show['subscribefolders']"><td>$vbphrase[folder]:<br /><select name="folderid" tabindex="1">$folderbits</select></td></if>
                    </tr>
                    </table>
                </fieldset>
                </if>

                <if condition="$show['poll']">
                <fieldset class="fieldset">
                    <legend>$vbphrase[post_a_poll]</legend>
                    <div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
                        <div><label for="cb_postpoll"><input type="checkbox" name="postpoll" value="yes" id="cb_postpoll" tabindex="1" $checked[postpoll] />$vbphrase[yes_post_a_poll_thread]</label></div>
                        <div><label for="polloptnum">$vbphrase[number_of_poll_options]: <input type="text" class="bginput" size="5" name="polloptions" value="$polloptions" id="polloptnum" tabindex="1" /></label> <if condition="$vboptions['maxpolloptions']">($vbphrase[maximum]: $vboptions[maxpolloptions])</if></div>
                    </div>
                </fieldset>
                </if>

<if condition="$show['misc_options']">
                <fieldset class="fieldset">
                    <legend>$vbphrase[miscellaneous_options]</legend>
                    <div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
                        <if condition="$bbuserinfo['signature'] != ''"><div><label for="cb_signature"><input type="checkbox" name="signature" value="1" id="cb_signature" tabindex="1" $checked[signature] />$vbphrase[show_your_signature]</label></div></if>
                        <if condition="$show['parseurl']"><div><label for="cb_parseurl"><input type="checkbox" name="parseurl" value="1" id="cb_parseurl" tabindex="1" $checked[parseurl] />$vbphrase[automatically_parse_links_in_text]</label></div></if>
                        $disablesmiliesoption
                    </div>
                </fieldset>
                </if>
                
$threadmanagement
$forumrules

                </div>
            </div>
</td>
<td align="center" width="50%" class="alt1">
    
        <div style="width:$stylevar[formwidth]" align="$stylevar[align=left]">

        $usernamecode
        $human_verify

        <!-- subject field -->
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="fieldset">
        <tr>
            <if condition="$prefix_options">
                <td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[prefix]:</td>
                <td class="smallfont" colspan="3">$vbphrase[title]:</td>
            <else />
                <td class="smallfont" colspan="4">$vbphrase[title]</td>
                            </if>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <if condition="$prefix_options">
                <td style="padding-right: 1px">
                    <select name="prefixid" class="bginput">
                        <option value="">$vbphrase[no_prefix_meta]</option>
                        $prefix_options
                    </select>
                </td>
            </if>
            <td>
                <input type="text" class="bginput" name="subject" value="$subject" size="40" maxlength="$vboptions[titlemaxchars]" tabindex="1" />
            </td>
            <td>        </td>
            <td><img id="display_posticon" src="$selectedicon[src]" alt="$selectedicon[alt]" /></td>
        </tr>
        </table>
        <!-- / subject field -->
        <div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[message]:</div>
        $messagearea <br/><br/>

$posticons
        <!-- message area -->
    </div>

    </td>
    </tr>
<tr>
        <td colspan="2" class="alt1" align="center" valign="middle">
    <div style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">
        <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
        <input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
        <input type="hidden" name="f" value="$forumid" />
        <input type="hidden" name="do" value="postthread" />
        <input type="hidden" name="posthash" value="$posthash" />
        <input type="hidden" name="poststarttime" value="$poststarttime" />
        <input type="hidden" name="loggedinuser" value="$bbuserinfo[userid]" />
        <input type="submit" class="button" name="sbutton" id="{$editorid}_save" value="$vbphrase[submit_new_thread]" accesskey="s" tabindex="1" />
        <input type="submit" class="button" name="preview" value="$vbphrase[preview_post]" accesskey="r" tabindex="1" />
    </div></td>
    </tr>
</table>
</form>

$footer

</body>
</html>

Open Style Manager -> xx Your Style Here xx -> Edit Templates -> forumrules

REPLACE THE ENTIRE TEMPLATE WITH THE FOLLOWING

PHP:

<fieldset class="fieldset" style="margin-top: $stylevar[cellpadding]px">
            <legend>$vbphrase[posting_rules]</legend>

        <if condition="!$show['codeonly']">
        <div><if condition="$can['postnew']">$vbphrase[you_may_post_new_threads]<else />$vbphrase[you_may_not_post_new_threads]</if></div>
        <div><if condition="$can['reply']">$vbphrase[you_may_post_replies]<else />$vbphrase[you_may_not_post_replies]</if></div>
        <div><if condition="$can['attachment']">$vbphrase[you_may_post_attachments]<else />$vbphrase[you_may_not_post_attachments]</if></div>
        <div><if condition="$can['editpost']">$vbphrase[you_may_edit_your_posts]<else />$vbphrase[you_may_not_edit_your_posts]</if></div>
        <hr />
        </if>
        <div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=bbcode" 2="$bbcodeon">$vbphrase[bb_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>
        <hr />
        <div><phrase 1="misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=showrules">$vbphrase[forum_rules_link]</phrase></div>
    </div></fieldset>

[OPTIONAL CHANGE]
Open Style Manager -> xx Your Style Here xx -> StyleVars
CHANGE Message Area Width (pixels) to 600px

That's it! Your NEWTHREAD template now has a fresh look

Error 404 · Jun 22, 2009

thatz dope.. cheers.

akaSoFresh · Jun 22, 2009

That's legit. Thanks.

rajjana · Jun 22, 2009

i can't edit my newthread template please help me........

SDMaster · Jun 22, 2009

Thanks..looks good.

kiran_n444 · Jun 22, 2009

propz for this, it looks soo tight

res · Jun 29, 2009

Thank you!

How can i make quick reply and advanced editor appear the same comapt way?

Donrulezzz · Jul 5, 2009

very very thanxx...

KodeBurner · Jul 5, 2009

great .. thanks

A NewThread Look

MobileHacks

New Member

Error 404

New Member

akaSoFresh

New Member

rajjana

New Member

SDMaster

New Member

kiran_n444

New Member

res

New Member

Donrulezzz

New Member

KodeBurner

New Member