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]

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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.

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Added a simple tweak for v1.13 to get around the Page Optimizer plugin.  Personally think the edit should be done Page Optimizer plugin, but I'll stick in this basic workaround.

Looking at the plugin though, I'm surprised it's not conflicting with the Preparser Cache, which relies on a similar tactic that vB Quote uses.

[Sama34]

If I update vB Quote do I have to revert the changes on Page Optimizer? Tanks for the update

[Sama34]

Can you please tell me if this modification is right Zinga Burga? It is to show the user format name, the plugin you provided to RateU is from a old version :-/

I changed:

PHP Code:

$query = $db->simple_select('posts', '*', 'pid IN ('.implode(',',array_keys($vbquote_quotedpids)).')');

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To:

PHP Code:

$query = $db->query('SELECT p.pid,u.uid,p.dateline,u.username,u.usergroup,u.displaygroup,u.buformat,u.auformat FROM '.TABLE_PREFIX.'posts p LEFT JOIN '.TABLE_PREFIX.'users u ON p.uid=u.uid WHERE p.pid IN ('.implode(',',array_keys($vbquote_quotedpids)).')');

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And:

PHP Code:

.build_profile_link(htmlspecialchars_uni($post['username']), $post['uid']).' '.$lang->wrote.$linkback;

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To:

PHP Code:

.build_profile_link(format_name($post['username'], $post['usergroup'], $post['displaygroup'], $post['buformat'], $post['auformat']), $post['uid']).' '.$lang->wrote.$linkback;

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Thanks

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

From a quick scan, if it works, then it should be fine.
Although I don't know what "auformat" or "buformat" are.

[Sama34]

It works, "auformat" and "buformat" are for a plugin to work, sorry for not mentioning it.
Thank you.

[lucasbytegenius]

Is there a way to revert the posts modified by this plugin back to the standard MyBB system?

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Yeah, if you don't mind writing all the parsing routines.

[lucasbytegenius]

(05-25-2012 07:55 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  Yeah, if you don't mind writing all the parsing routines.

I see. How would I go about doing that?

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Figuring out how is part of the fun of doing it.

[Paradox]

Sorry to bump this topic but I seem to be having problems with this plugin on my board.

The syntax works perfectly but it seems without the single quotes around the username, it comes out as

[url=http://linkto profi.le Wrote:name[/url];123]Quoted stuff

after posting. Editing and adding the single quotes around the username fixes it, apparently. It seems it's not accepting it without the quotes.