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Overview: With mobile devices becoming more and more prevalent, the average IQ of people finding your site is declining...at a shocking pace. There was a time, not too long ago, before the pestilence of mobile devices and social media, that internet users were tech savvy people using desktop computers and forming complete sentences. Those were good times. Increasingly, this new generation of internet users lacks the brain power to successfully navigate vBulletin's insuperable labyrinth consisting of "choose forum -> click forum -> click post new thread." To be honest, I don't particularly value such users or want them polluting the site with their pinhead musings, but hey, we've got to remain competitive and this requires dumbing things down a bit for the facebook junkies and iPhone users. This product allows you do display a large, nearly impossible to miss button, directly below the breadcrumbs (on selected pages) that will make it easier for your users to post new threads. The added element consists of three parts: a message to the user welcoming them and instructing them on how to use the element to start a new thread, a dropdown menu from which they can choose a forum in which they have permission to post new threads (with forum categories in bold red and non-selectable), and a large button they can click once they have selected a forum which loads the newthread form to post a new thread in the forum they selected. You have 8 pre-defined linear gradient schemes (cross-browser compatible) from which to choose for the background color of the button, or you can use your own, with a choice to define separate schemes for each style using your StyleVars. If a user has not selected a forum, then the tooltip for the button tells them they must choose a forum first. If they click the button anyway, then a popup alert repeats the fact that a forum must be chosen first. Once they select a forum, the tooltip for the button changes to tell them they may click the button to post a new thread in the selected form, and the name and description of the forum they selected is shown to help make certain they have made the correct choice. They are essentially doing the same thing as if they had gone to a forum and clicked "+ Post New Thread," but now the button isn't carefully hidden behind the curtain of the link to the forum they want. Everything is fully phrased and stylevars are used wherever applicable. Updates: Version 1.01:
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Compatibility: Tested and working on VB 4.2.x and may work on all 4.x versions of vBulletin. Backup/Warning: This product does not alter your database, however it is always good practice to make regular backups and you should make a backup before installing ANY new mod. As always, products are USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I will provide support and do my best to help but no absolute guarantee is offered. To Install:
Support for this product can be found here: Download Now Only licensed members can download files, Click Here for more information. Screenshots Show Your Support
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New Posting Features Add Pm Button, Find Post By User Button, And User To Contacts Button, To Postbit | technom8t | vBulletin 3.7 Template Modifications | 9 | 21 Aug 2013 04:18 |
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This last option, maximum posts, should that be minimum posts user have? It seems more logical to me this way.
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Update - Version 1.01:
Originally Posted by Alan_SP
Something like this would be more useful to new users than to more experienced users...and so that's why I gave an option to stop displaying it to users once they reach a certain number of posts. ![]()
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Nice work and good idea, thank you very much. Tested in v4.2.0.
How about an option to position button Left or Right ![]() markfl_newthreadbutton.png No members have liked this post.
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Please, add group permissions
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Originally Posted by Stratis
I could see that making sense if you are using a language which reads from right to left. ![]()
![]() I thought about that, but it just didn't seem worth the added complexity. ![]()
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Originally Posted by MarkFL
No I don't use language right to left, its psycho ![]()
![]() Default buttons to make a new thread are in left position, so when big button stops to show up to new members, it will continue with the small default in the same place. it depends where we have big button to show up in the first place. And something else, in "Choose A Subforum First" if there is an option to which forums we want, because when we have some forums restricted for members with less say than 5 post its better not show those forums. What you say about it ? ![]() The following members like this post: MarkFL
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I agree that would be great. I have hundreds of older subforums, but I'd only want a list of a half dozen or so for a new user to choose from.
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Update - Version 1.1:
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Thank you for the good suggestions, especially for reminding me I needed to support the restrict posting by forums product...no need to show a user a forum if they will only get the no permission page.
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I am fun of your modifications, and a MarkFL mod tester.
![]() Some times situations is how we see it that moment. Any way, your mods helps very much my community. ![]() No members have liked this post.
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Installed, but I get an error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /var/www/virtual/enworld/forum/includes/class_core.php(4715) : eval()'d code on line 231
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Originally Posted by Stratis
I am very happy to hear that my mods are useful for you and your users. ![]()
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