[SkyCatcher]

FAQ

Question: How can I reposition the window?

Edit the ajax_postpreview.js file.

Find this bit of code:

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x = right <-> left
y = up <-> down

You can use + or - values to adjust the position of the preview window.

Example(JUST an example):

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Question: some reason it loads the whole thread! Not just the 1st post

Answer:
This hack will NOT work with vbSEO since it doesn't use showthread.php in the URL anymore.

Question: I see the "Click Here to Close" code in the js file.
It there any way to have this shown at the top of the window instead of the bottom?

Answer:
Find in ajax_postpreview.js

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Replace with:

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Question: when I double click in the thread title to involk the AJAX title editting, instead of the title of the thread becoming editable the small mousover image is replaced with an edit window which has the html code

Answer:
If you installed v1.3 before I got to update the zip and you have this problem, follow these steps:


Find in Threadbit:

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REPLACE WITH

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Question: Many of my threads are quite long and with auto-resize the user has to scroll the entire main window as it extends far down. If I set a defined size, the window is the proper size but there are no internal scroll bars to scroll down within that window. Am I missing something or is that a limitation?

Answer:

You can define a set height and width here (in the JS file)

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Just change to

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Adding a set height to 480 in the example above. A scrollbar will show for the up/down scrolling if the post is taller than that.


And also set:

height:45%;

in the CSS file for ibox_content

Question: Anyway i can change the Click here to close to a GIF button instead?

Answer:

THANK YOU TO RMS-Chef FOR THIS:

I also made the close preview link a button image instead with this alteration (replace images/buttons/preview_close.gif with your own picture):

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Question: How do I change it to click the image in the left column than have it invoked with the mouseover?

Answer: No problem.

In THREADBIT Template find:

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and REPLACE with:

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[projectego]

Wow, this looks awesome. Thanks, SkyCatcher!

[SCRIPT3R]

Awesome!

[Paul M]

Might I suggest you change the title to "Thread Preview" rather than post, since that is what it is doing.

[SCRIPT3R]

suggestions...

• limit preview to Message BODY only in effort to conserve bandwidth as much as possible.
• resizeable (AdminCP defineable) popup preview.
• insert space prior to and edit text "Loading content preview, please wait..."

[SkyCatcher]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Might I suggest you change the title to "Thread Preview" rather than post, since that is what it is doing.

I ... I guess you're previewing the thread... but you're previewing the first post of that thread...um....

Well since you have the pitchfork I suppose I'll take that into considderation

[bashy]

great idea, will try this tomoz

I would say the title is correct as your only preview 1 post not the thread

[Terminatoronly]

Nice Work Mate Really Nice I Will Use It

[DasCool]

i am finding a couple of things, i really don't know how to fix it. For some reason i want the Preview to pop up in the middle. However it actually opens all the way to the right and i have to scroll over. I dont know if this is a bug but The time is abit off too. Some times i will get the full 8 seconds and sometimes i will only get a sec of preview. Also, it seems to be Transparent like when i select it if there is a forum name under it then it gets mixed in with the writing

[DasCool]

here is what i mean

[blogtorank]

Perfect.......... However, you should put in there Import product in the install.txt file to be more exact but overall perfect hack for the "Thread Preview" (Pitchfork Paul)

[SkyCatcher]

Originally Posted by DasCool

i am finding a couple of things, i really don't know how to fix it. For some reason i want the Preview to pop up in the middle. However it actually opens all the way to the right and i have to scroll over. I dont know if this is a bug but The time is abit off too. Some times i will get the full 8 seconds and sometimes i will only get a sec of preview. Also, it seems to be Transparent like when i select it if there is a forum name under it then it gets mixed in with the writing

I'm not sure what is happening there I can't seem to emulate the problem on any of my forums and I've double checked to make sure, and none of the windows are transparent.

The time thing can get screwy if the script loads too many times, too quickly. Then you can simply refresh the page and the timer should work again.

Like I said, JS... doesn't always want to do what I want to do :/

About the positioning, it's always going to display to the right and a little below the thread. If I include a css file you "may" be able to position it in the center of the screen, but I'm not positive on this yet so I'll play with it over the next couple of days.

[marcsmith73]

It is haveing a problem reading any thread with Polls in them.

[SkyCatcher]

Originally Posted by marcsmith73

It is haveing a problem reading any thread with Polls in them.

Mine looks like this ...