Modification Name: [6.4 and 6.5] Signature Preview

Author(s): AllenAyres

Description: Allows you to preview your signature within your profile

Demo: http://www.ubbdev.com

Requirements: vars_wordlets_mods

Download Link: http://www.ubbdev.com/ubb/upload/00000494/sig_preview.txt

Credits: Mastermind for Original Version

Notes: Tested with 6.5 (here), should work 6.4+

Updates: 5-17-03 - updated with xhtml fixes

Is there any way you could do something like the Preview Post button for the profile, so that you could see the sig while editing, cause it doesn't update while you are editing, it shows you your sig that you are changing, so you still have to click update.

It would be awesome if you could add the button

Good job, looks great

Tho Allen not XHTMLing the hacks he ports? (the first step)

bug: if you have smilies in your signature it tries to find them in ubbcgi dir instead of noncgi... fix: you have to use base href to noncgi dir, or use: (pretty lame but the only other choice; untested in this case)[code][/code]

ARGGHH... missed the xhtml. I was working on 3 different files and missed that </font>

Your replacement would go in the ubb_profile.cgi section?

yes, I think...
btw the XHTML thing is:[code][/code]it should be <img src="$2" alt=" - " /> or something

danke, updated with your's and my fixes for xhtml

This reads your profile and shows the signature... you won't see the new one until you update your profile. I don't think your idea is possible, tho it might be with some javascript magic.

It basically is possible with javascript, but then you have to add all UBB codes to javascript

is that possible? **has no clue about anything you're talking about, just likes to use hacks**

It's possible, but would be one huge piece of javascript that probably couldn't be guaranteed to work in most, let alone all, browsers

How does the preview post button work then?

Ohh, you said you want a preview signature button, I thought you wanted it to be automatically updated when you type something.. then it's possible to do it in perl, like preview post..

sorry for the misconception, yes, I would love something like the Preview Post button, I think that would be easier cause when you update your sig, you are routed to the main forum, the you need to go through your Profile page to your edit profile page, which means you need to go through 3 pages to do something a popup could do

So can anyone do that?

anyone?
if(user == Allen){come on Allen, you know you could do it
} else if(user == LK){
come on LK, you know you could do it }

anyone? I really think it would add a lot more functionality to this hack

hey allen, would this require a port for the Colorforums hack? I can't find where it would but the pictures aren't showing up. I know I did it right cause I've checked teh code and I've gotten it to work before on a non-css board

What pictures do you mean?

I'm not skilled enough to write that code from the last page, but I'll update the code here for the color changes you mention above