I have seen it around, basically it's a small box at the bottom of showflat.php that would allow you to directly insert text and respond to the topic, of course it would be without all the features like greamlins and stuff, and it would have a link saying that if you want more posting features you should go to postreply.php. <br />see and example here: <br />here <br />at the bottom of the page. <br />I really find that one quite useful and interesting, would it be too difficult to create? <br />what do you think? <br />luke01

There is a hack on UBB.C that gives these feature - I think it is currently being used over at http://www.ubbdev.com. However in flat mode one would not know which message the box would reply to - however in threaded view I could see it working better as the visible message would be the one replied to.<br /><br />So it would be a great idea in threaded view, and would perhaps encourage that option to be used more.<br /><br />Ian <br />

in flat mode you would just be replying to the last post. Much the same as a reply icon at the top and bottom of the page does in ubbskin-type templates. <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" /> <br /> <br />I like the idea as well... very handy, decreases server load and bandwidth <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

<blockquote><font class="small">posted by AllenAyres:</font><hr /> in flat mode you would just be replying to the last post. Much the same as a reply icon at the top and bottom of the page does in ubbskin-type templates. <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" /><hr /></blockquote><br /><br />True - this would be a great asset if it is possible - sadly it is beyond my skill level at the moment...

This is what I have so far....<br /><pre><font class="small">code:</font><hr><br /><table><tr><td><br /><form method="post" enctype='multipart/form-data' action="{$config['phpurl']}/addpost.php" name="replier"><br /><input type="hidden" name="postername" value="{$user['U_Username']}" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="Board" value="$Board" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="Cat" value="$Cat" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="Reged" value="$Reged" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="page" value="$page" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="Main" value="$Main" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="Parent" value="$Number" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="view" value="$view" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="what" value="showflat" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="sb" value="$sb" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="o" value="$o" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="oldnumber" value="$oldnumber" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="fpart" value="$fpart" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="vc" value="$vc" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="replyto" value="$ResUsername" /><br /><input type="text" name="Subject" maxlength="{$config['subjectlength']}" class="formboxes" size="60" value="$Subject" /><br /><br /><textarea cols="60" rows="10" class="formboxes" name="Body"></textarea><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><input type="submit" name="textcont" value="{$ubbt_lang['TEXT_CONT']}" class="buttons" /><br /></form><br /></td></tr></table><br /></pre><hr><br /><br />It's not filling in the name to reply to correctly, tho I think it gets the rest right. If someone has time to look at it, thanks... if not, I'll work on it some more later <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

OK, slowly inching my way there <img src="/forum/images/icons/laugh.gif" alt="" /> This is my current code:<br /><br /><pre><font class="small">code:</font><hr><br />// -----------------<br />// Get the post info<br /> $Board_q = addslashes($Board);<br /> $query = " <br /> SELECT B_Username,B_Main,B_Subject,B_Body,B_Approved<br /> FROM w3t_Posts <br /> WHERE B_Number = $Number<br /> AND B_Board = '$Board_q'<br /> "; <br /> $sth = $dbh -> do_query($query);<br /><br />// ---------------<br />// Assign the stuff<br /> list($ResUsername,$Main,$Subject,$Body,$Approved) = $dbh -> fetch_array($sth);<br /> $dbh -> finish_sth($sth);<br /><br />=================================<br />that goes above the appropriate print statement<br />then this is added below where it looks best<br />=================================<br /><br /><br /><table><tr><td><br /><form method="post" enctype='multipart/form-data' action="{$config['phpurl']}/addpost.php" name="replier"><br /><input type="hidden" name="postername" value="{$user['U_Username']}" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="Board" value="$Board" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="Cat" value="$Cat" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="Reged" value="$Reged" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="page" value="$page" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="Main" value="$Main" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="Parent" value="$Number" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="view" value="$view" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="what" value="showflat" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="sb" value="$sb" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="o" value="$o" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="oldnumber" value="$oldnumber" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="fpart" value="$fpart" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="vc" value="$vc" /><br /><input type="hidden" name="replyto" value="$ResUsername" /><br /><input type="text" name="Subject" maxlength="{$config['subjectlength']}" class="formboxes" size="60" value="$Subject" /><br /><br /><textarea cols="60" rows="10" class="formboxes" name="Body"></textarea><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><input type="submit" name="textcont" value="{$ubbt_lang['TEXT_CONT']}" class="buttons" /><br /></form><br /></td></tr></table><br /></pre><hr><br /><br />The bottom part needs to be cleaned up a bit more to make it pretty, but that's the easy part <img src="/forum/images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" /> The main problem I am having now is there's no posting icon associated with the post, so it messes up the front page.

How is this one coming?<br /><br />Could be an excellent asdition for users,

I was kinda stuck at that above point. I am not sure if it was a conflict between the ubbskin forum I was testing on or not. I need to try it on some clean files and see where the problem is. Any help from the peanut gallery is appreciated <img src="/forum/images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" />

wheeee

hmmmm.. doesn't make the smilies<br /><br />:)<br /><br />:p

does it filter html?<br /><br /><table><br /><tr><br /><td align="center"><br />blah<br /></td></tr></table>

ok, just doesn't work with smilies

It also breaks the link to your post icon on the main index. <br /> <br />Does it do markup at all?? www.threadsdev.com <br /> <br />[edit]Nope..what about if I edit?[/edit]

ya... there are known bugs ;)<br /><br />I'll publish what I've done so far and see if there are fixes found.

A few buggies to work out.... but otherwise it's pretty cool. I think it would encourage those who never post to add their 2 cents every once in a while.... which would be good. Very simple.

not to mention it saves on bandwidth <img src="/forum/images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" />

did I fix the broken icon?

Yes it appears so!!!

ok, testing smilies <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" /><br /><br /><img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" /><br /><img src="/forum/images/icons/tongue.gif" alt="" /><br /><img src="/forum/images/icons/laugh.gif" alt="" /><br /><br />www.threadsdev.com

I wonder if all the UBB Code works:<br /><br /><FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.threadsdev.com/threads/php/dopoll.php"><INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="pollname" VALUE="1029058886JoshPet"><br /><p>Poll in Quick Reply<br /><input type="radio" name="option" value="1" />It worked<br /><input type="radio" name="option" value="2" />It didn't work<br /><INPUT TYPE=Submit NAME=Submit VALUE="Submit vote" class="buttons"></form>