UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 6 V6 Modifications Archived Mods [6.2] Popup Graemlin Panel

Mod Name / Version - GraemlinPanel 6.2
Updated: Bug fixed to fix the issue of the "More >>>" appearing way below the other graemlins.
Description - Allows you to limit the number of graemlins displayed and click "more" for
a pop-up to select additional graemlins.
Pre-requisites - none
Author - JustDave - for discussions and bug reports come to www.ubbdev.com
Credits - JoshPet, AllenAyers & Astaran for bug fixes
Files Altered - admin/edittheme.php, admin/doedittheme.php, /languages/instant_markup.php, /templates/default/ubbt_instant_ubbcode.tmpl, ubbt.inc.php
Database Altered - no
New Files - graemlinpanel.php
Any other info - Essential to keep page load times down and your layout clean if you have lots of graemlins

If you have to many instant graemlins you can use this to limit the number displayed on the page and provide a link to open a popup window to display all of them.

The zip and instructions are attached. Enjoy



Edit note: Updated javascript to work on a Mac. (01/13/2003)

Edit note: Updated javascript to work on a Mac. (again) Thanks Allen/Josh (01/14/2003)

Edit note: Updated javascript with Astaran's changes. Seems to be working well on Opera 7.0, Netscape 7.0, Mozilla 1.2, IE 6.0 and on a Mac with what ever it was that Josh was using... lol (01/19/2003)

Edit note: Updated the zip to fix an issue where the "More>>>" appeared way below the other graemlins. The more graemlins you had, the further below the other graemlins it appeared. - JoshPet (4/7/2003)

Also fixed minor display bug. Read through this thread for the fix or download this zip and follow the instructions again and change what's different.

oooohhh nice

This is cool.

But - it doesn't work for me here either in IE or OmniWeb. No popup ever opens.

I didn't try installing myself, but does it work for everyone else here? Is this a PC only trick. A popup window ought to be compatible with mac?

I have a request -as if you don't already have enough on your plate

I would like to kill off the font color selection box and turn both the Graemlins and the instant ubb code into popup windows. It would really make redesigning the post windows easier since I think they both take up way too much space.

Would you do the mod?

I'll put that together sometime today.

Josh that may be because I put that "if" statement in the onclick field. I know older netscape browsers have problems with that. The mac browsers may have the same problems. I'll add a function to the instant ubb template that will do the window opening and make the link reference that instead of trying to do it all from the link. That should make it work for you.

[]I'll put that together sometime today. [/]

!!

Josh I changed a couple things with the javascript. Let me know if it's working with a Mac here at ThreadsDev. If it does I'll change the instructions on setting this up.

Yuppers.

That did it.

You da man!

Ok great!

I'll update the "how to" stuff in a moment.

you "killed" the panel generator link

Ack.. sorry

What is the link? I'll add it back if you haven't already.

its in ubbt.inc + the ubbcode template just need to add $showpanelgenerator

but it should be ok now

Nice one Dave - thanks.

[]Ok great!

I'll update the "how to" stuff in a moment. [/]

Not sure if you updated the instructions yet.

I installed this, and it's not working for me.

Also... my "More" link, ends up way down (not right below the graemlins).

I can't figure that out.... it's like it's looping throught the $graemlinlist .= "<br />"; step.

You can see what I'm talking about here.

I wonder if it's because I've got so many graemlins.

Anyway, this is awesome. Let me know if I need to update something to work with mac like you did here.

Hmmmm I may have broke something while fixing it for a Mac.

I'll take a look and see.

I see the problem. I'll post the fix in the morn. I'm headed to bed right now.


Well skip that.. here's the fix:

change this:



to this:



Night!

*bump*

Fixed.

Thanks Dave, that fixed the line break problem.

The graemlins still weren't working for me on mac. So with Allen's help, I compare the graemlinpanel.php in use here with mine.

To make it work with mac.... these three lines have to come out of graemlinpanel.php


This mod is cool.

I can't sleep. To much real world junk on my mind... LoL

I'll update the zip right now.

You know I had wondered about that function when I added it in. Guess I should have gone with my first route of not doing so... lol

Without it, there doesn't seem to be a difference.

I haven't added the change here for live yet... have you tested it elsewhere or is it just not working here?

I'll make the change shortly

No it was working here.... but when I downloaded your zip.... the file had those three lines, so it didn't work at my site.

So it works fine here, now it works fine at my site since making that change.

It's live at my site.

Ahh ok well good. (*sigh of relief*) lol

Then we are all on the same page now. Cool.

Yeah..... you should take those 3 lines out of the zip (for mac users everywhere) if you haven't already.

yep, done.

!

I'll have to try this one on my site (I have a few Mac users, so I was waiting for the fix as well).

This will also be included in an upcoming soon to be released upgrade to "quick reply".
Testing now, will probably post an update later in the week.

LoL yes don't want to get a Mac user wound up... Here's a excerpt from an article I read recently. I find it to be very true... LoL

[]
APPLE USERS TEND to be much more articulate and thoughtful in their flame mail than the typical PC user. Maybe it's that creative aura at work. They also tend to use their real names and e-mail addresses rather than hiding behind some bogus alias on Hotmail, so it's easier to give them credit for forthrightness and honesty.[/]

[]
Apple's next commercial should be "I won't give up my Mac until they pry my cold, dead fingers off the keyboard". Just try to get a Mac user to switch to a PC and hear the howling. Macs show up in television and movies in grotesque unbalanced proportions to their actual usage in the real world.[/]

LoL the full article is here: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7166

First, there is this article at Ars Technica.

In the first paragraph the word "gay" is a hyperlink to a thread in the Ars forum. Read the whole thread:

Warning: Do Not drink anything while reading the article and especially while reading the thread. Your keyboard and or monitor will thank you...

Now back to our regularly schedualed thread topic...

Any chance of making a pop up for instant UBB code (please!)?

Yes and asap.

I was working on it some earlier. I'll be including a font color selector like the attachment. (image maps are a pain)

Thanks!

I took a look at the javascripts and changed them a bit. If you use IE4+ the graemlins gets insert at the current caret. I just tweaked the existing script from threads to work with the popup.
I also enhanced the popup script to that you can define where it should be displayed on the screen (depending on the screen resolution.

Instructions:
ubbt_instant_ubbcode.tmpl
replace the function that shipped with this hack with:
[:"blue"]
myHeight --> window height
myWidth --> window width
adjust the values "+100" and "+50" to move the relative position of the windos (x and y axis).
[/]



graemlinpanel.php

replace the existing updatePost Javascript function with:


I can't test this on a mac, so any feedback is appreciated.

Thanks Astaran!

I was going to get back to working on allowing for the insertion anywhere by IE. I just couldn't get it working right when I was messing with it. LoL

Mac's insert at the end of the text.

I'll add your code into the mod if you don't mind and test it with Opera/Mozilla/Netscape/Explorer and see what happens.

Yeah, macs always insert at the end. I don't think there's any way around that. But I've gotten used to it.

Thank you very much Dave And Astaran as well! It works great, Astaran's changes worked great as well, using IE 6, Netscape 7.

Sure, put it in.
Putting smilies/text at the current carret doesn't work on all browsers cause this isn't "standard" javascript.
Unfortunatly there is no way to make this work on all browsers. It should be insterted at the end of the textfield if the functions aren't supported.

Josh I added Astaran's changes here. Would you confirm that a Mac can still use the popup panel although it may not be the same as when used with a PC. If your still able to use the popup graemlin panel then I'll get these into the main zip.

Thanks again Astaran