forum hack - fast reply

[DSF]

Hey Martin i found an good hack.
It's easy to implement it and it's very useless. Try out !

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// ######################################## ##########
// ################ Quick Reply Box #################
// ########### Hack version 1.0 (01.29.02) ##########
// ############## for vBulletin v2.2.2 ##############
// ######################################## ##########
// ########### by Chen 'FireFly' Avinadav ###########
// ########## (chen.avinadav@vbulletin.com) #########
// ######################################## ##########

1. In showthread.php find this bit of code:
// ######################################## ##########
if (!$getperms['canviewothers'] and $thread['postuserid']!=$bbuserinfo['userid']) {
show_nopermission();
}

if ((!isset($pagenumber) or $pagenumber==0) and $pagenumber!="lastpage") {
$pagenumber=1;
}
// ######################################## ##########
And replace it with the following:
// ######################################## ##########
if (!$getperms['canviewothers'] and $thread['postuserid']!=$bbuserinfo['userid']) {
show_nopermission();
}

if (($bbuserinfo['userid']!=$thread['postuserid']) and (!$getperms['canviewothers'] or !$getperms['canreplyothers'])) {
$replybox='';
} elseif (!$getperms['canview'] or (!$getperms['canreplyown'] and $bbuserinfo['userid']==$thread['postuserid'])) {
$replybox='';
} elseif (!$thread['open'] and !ismoderator($thread['forumid'],'canopenclose')) {
$replybox='';
} else {
$textareacols = gettextareawidth();
eval("\$replybox = \"".gettemplate('showthread_replybox')." \";");
}

if ((!isset($pagenumber) or $pagenumber==0) and $pagenumber!="lastpage") {
$pagenumber=1;
}
// ######################################## ##########

2. Create a new template, with the name "showthread_replybox":
// ######################################## ##########
<script language="javascript">
<!--
var postmaxchars = $postmaxchars;
function validate(theform) {
if (theform.message.value=="") {
alert("Please complete the message field.");
return false; }
if (postmaxchars != 0) {
if (theform.message.value.length > $postmaxchars) {
alert("Your message is too long.\n\nReduce your message to $postmaxchars characters.\nIt is currently "+theform.message.value.length+" characters long.");
return false; }
else { return true; }
} else { return true; }
}
function checklength(theform) {
if (postmaxchars != 0) { message = "\nThe maximum permitted length is $postmaxchars characters."; }
else { message = ""; }
alert("Your message is "+theform.message.value.length+" characters long."+message);
}
//-->
</script>

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="newreply.php" name="vbform" method="post" onSubmit="return validate(this)">
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="postreply">
<input type="hidden" name="threadid" value="$threadid">
<input type="hidden" name="title" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="iconid" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="parseurl" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="email" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="disablesmilies" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="closethread" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="hiddenreply" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="signature" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="rating" value="0">

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#000000" width="100%" align="center"><tr><td>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#336699" colspan="2"><normalfont color="#EEEEFF" class="thtcolor"><b>Post Reply</b></normalfont></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#eeeeee" valign="top" nowrap><normalfont><b>Your Reply:</b></normalfont></td>
<td bgcolor="#eeeeee">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td><textarea name="message" rows="7" cols="$textareacols" wrap="virtual" tabindex="1"></textarea><br>
<smallfont><a href="javascript:checklength(document.vb form);">[check message length]</a></smallfont></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr></table>

<br>

<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center"><normalfont>
<input type="submit" class="bginput" name="submit" value="Submit Reply" accesskey="s" tabindex="2">
<input type="reset" class="bginput" name="reset" value="Reset Form" accesskey="r" tabindex="3">
</normalfont></td>
</tr>
</table>

</form>
// ######################################## ##########

3. In the "showthread" template add $replybox right after the following:
// ######################################## ##########
<!-- first unread and next/prev -->
<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="95%" align="center">
<tr>
<td><smallfont>$pagenav&nbsp;</smallfont></td>
<td align="right"><smallfont>
<img src="http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/images/prev.gif" alt="" border="0">
<a href="showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$threadid&goto=nextoldest">Las t Thread</a>
&nbsp;
<a href="showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$threadid&goto=nextnewest">Nex t Thread</a>
<img src="http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/images/next.gif" alt="" border="0">
</smallfont></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- first unread and next/prev -->
// ######################################## ##########

You're all done, now upload showthread.php back to your server and enjoy this hack. :-)



Chen
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[CpU MasteR]

What the hell is that?

[Martin]

DSF: Yeah, I've seen a lot of vBulletin board using that hack, and I might add it. Will think about it. Thanks