change "quote" to "reply"

[nayomie]

I've been searching these threads and can't seem to pinpoint exactly what I need. I just installed the newest version of vB and we will be running our forum in either hybrid or threaded mode.

1.)When replying to a post, what I'd like to do is change the "quote" button to "reply" (see img). What template page is that on so I can edit the path to point to the "reply" button in the images folder. Then I'd like to remove the "post reply" buttons from the top of the text editor and the bottom of the thread list.

Our old forum is a threaded forum and we are used to selecting the message from the thread list and replying to that. No one gets confused about who's replying to who. I guess our brains work differently.



2.) Next, I'd like to hinder the quoted text from appearing in the text editor. What should I comment out (or delete)?

Some of our responses are long or they are pieces of writing (it's a writers' workshop) so it's obnoxious to have to highlight and delete hunks of quoted text before we can get on with a reply. we usually use "text indent" to quote a section of writing we want to comment on. Copy/paste works just fine for us if we want to do that. This gives us more flexibility than have the entire piece force quoted.

Please send me the exact details on where to find the templates/pages and exactly what to edit. I'm slightly noobish but am good at following directions.

We're currently in the testing phase before we let everyone in so I'd like to get this polished up. So far, I like the vBulletin forum interface.

Thanks muchly, your assistance is appreciated!

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[Jake Bunce]

Edit this template:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Postbit Templates -> postbit or postbit_legacy (depending on which layout you are using)

Find this code. Change the red code to the name of your new reply image. And for #2, add the blue code to the link:

			<if condition="$post['replylink']">
				<a href="$post[replylink][color=blue]&noquote=1[/color]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />[color=red]quote[/color]</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a>
			</if>

To remove the large reply buttons, edit this template:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Show Thread Templates -> SHOWTHREAD

Add the red code, here:

<!-- controls above postbits -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="margin-bottom:3px">
<tr valign="bottom">
	<if condition="$show['largereplybutton'] [color=red]AND 0[/color]">
		<td class="smallfont"><a href="newreply.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newreply&amp;noquote=1&amp;p=$FIRSTPOSTID"><if condition="$show['closethread']"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply]" border="0" /><else /><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/threadclosed.gif" alt="$vbphrase[closed_thread]" border="0" /></if></a></td>
	<else />
		<td class="smallfont">&nbsp;</td>
	</if>
	<if condition="$show['pagenav']"><td align="$stylevar[right]">$pagenav</td></if>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / controls above postbits -->

...and here:

<!-- controls below postbits -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="top">
	<if condition="$show['largereplybutton'] [color=red]AND 0[/color]">
		<td class="smallfont"><a href="newreply.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newreply&amp;noquote=1&amp;p=$LASTPOSTID"><if condition="$show['closethread']"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply]" border="0" /><else /><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/threadclosed.gif" alt="$vbphrase[closed_thread]" border="0" /></if></a></td>
	<else />
		<td class="smallfont">&nbsp;</td>
	</if>	
	<if condition="$show['pagenav']"><td align="$stylevar[right]">$pagenav</td></if>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / controls below postbits -->

This will remove the big reply images.

[nayomie]

thanks again!

Jake, that's awesome. These changes you gave me make the page do exactly what I had imagined. I appreciate the detailed answers and the color coding.

Btw - what's the difference bewteen postbit and postbit_legacy? How do I know which one I'm using? I edited postbit and things work fine though. If they hadn't I would have made the same changes on the other template.

[Jake Bunce]

Btw - what's the difference bewteen postbit and postbit_legacy? How do I know which one I'm using? I edited postbit and things work fine though. If they hadn't I would have made the same changes on the other template.

There are two layout options for the postbit:

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> Style & Language Settings -> Use Legacy (Vertical) Postbit Template