vB Quote

I believe that tagging syntax on forums should generally be as simple as possible, as most people aren't really coders.
MyBB generally conforms well to this (tags are generally quite simple), except the new quote tag introduced in MyBB 1.4.

Personally, something like this is a bit too much code IMO:

Code:

[quote='Joe' pid='13892' dateline='1239871234987' some_other_crap='98j2983j4ad']

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...and the user probably doesn't really know the reasoning behind everything.
This plugin turns something like the above to something similar to vB quoting, like:

Code:

[quote=Joe;13892]

---

which, IMO, is much simpler and nicer.

This plugin also has a few other features:

• [ and ] characters in usernames don't break up the quote
• username will automatically be updated if a user's username gets changed
• user profile link in quote
  

The package includes a MyBB 1.4 and a MyBB 1.6/1.8 version.  Ensure you upload the correct .php file to your inc/plugins/ folder.
Note that the MyBB 1.4 version doesn't handle [ and ] characters completely right, whereas the 1.6 version does.


Update on 19th May, 2010: Also note: it may be possible for users to gain some information about posts in hidden forums/threads/posts by playing around with the pid in the quote.  I haven't implemented any protection against this in this plugin, but I don't really think this is really that big of an issue as they can only really get the timestamp and user who made the post but not the content.

Update on 4th Jan, 2011: This plugin won't modify existing quotes in any way, eg, it won't change the syntax or style of quotes made before this plugin was activated.

[RocketFoot]

(01-04-2011 05:13 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  The plugin won't modify existing quotes in any way.

Yeah, I figured it wouldn't but it didn't give me a linked username in any new posts with quotes...it just showed: rocketfoot;7166 Wrote:  I turned the plugin off for now.

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Funny that it's effectively not parsing anything.
Are you able to reproduce on a clean board?

[RocketFoot]

(01-05-2011 10:13 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  Funny that it's effectively not parsing anything.
Are you able to reproduce on a clean board?

I don't have a fresh board to try on at the moment...

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Update the 1.6 version to v1.12:
- fix MyBB parser craziness in 1.6.1

Maybe that's your issue RocketFoot.

[RocketFoot]

I do believe that fixed it!  Everything looks good now!

Thanks, Zinga!

[Sama34]

Doesn't work at quick reply, if i clicked the +- quote button it shows mybb default quote system

[Gypaete]

The plugin works only in quote button..

[RateU]

It works for me in multi quote (using quick reply) and quote button (MyBB 1.6.3)?

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(05-19-2011 03:24 PM)Sama34 Wrote:  Doesn't work at quick reply, if i clicked the +- quote button it shows mybb default quote system

Install a test clean forum, put the plugin on, and verify it works.  If it does, apply your modifications one by one to determine what's the conflict.

[Sama34]

(05-20-2011 08:12 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  

(05-19-2011 03:24 PM)Sama34 Wrote:  Doesn't work at quick reply, if i clicked the +- quote button it shows mybb default quote system

Install a test clean forum, put the plugin on, and verify it works.  If it does, apply your modifications one by one to determine what's the conflict.

I will do that and report back here.