Better postbit Legacy

OK by request here is how to make your postbit legacy look like the attachment I included.

I have only tried this for vb 3.7 and with postbit legacy. So I can not say if it will work on 3.6 or earlier. If you want to try it on 3.6 and let me know if it works or not then great. If it does not work then give me access to a 3.6 version of VB and I will have a play with it to get it working.

A link to the users homepage will show up in their postbit. It will be labeled "View My Homepage" and will have a rel="nofollow" tag on it so the serps will not follow it. If the user does not fill in the Homepage option in their profile then a link will not show up in the postbit.



You have 2 options to do this.

Option 1:

Step 1:

AdminCP> Styles & Templates> Style Manager> Edit Templates> Postbit Templates> postbit_legacy

Now Find:

<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]</div>
</div>
Add this above it:

<if condition="$show['homepage']"><div class="pbit" align="center">
<a href="$post[homepage]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]"><strong>View My Homepage</strong></phrase></a></div>
</if>
Now for each line of info you want to be in a table layout in the postbit just change the <div> to <div class="pbit" align="center">

Step 2:

Now you need to goto:

AdminCP> Styles & Templates> Style Manager> Main CSS

Scroll to the very bottom and add the following in the last box:

.pbit {
padding-left: 1px;
padding-right: 3px;
padding-top: 1px;
padding-bottom: 1px;
background-color: #ffffff;
border-top: 1px solid #5B7691;
border-right: 2px solid #5B7691;
border-left: 1px solid #5B7691;
border-bottom: 2px solid #5B7691;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}


You can change the colors to your liking.


Option 2:

AdminCP> Styles & Templates> Style Manager> Edit Templates> Postbit Templates> postbit_legacy

Copy the code below:

$template_hook[postbit_start]
<table id="post$post[postid]" class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<if condition="$show['announcement']">
<td class="thead" style="font-weight:normal; border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" colspan="2">
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/post_$post[statusicon].gif" alt="$post[statustitle]" border="0" />
<phrase 1="$post[startdate]" 2="$post[enddate]">$vbphrase[x_until_y]</phrase>
</td>
<else />
<td class="thead" style="font-weight:normal; border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[right]: 0px" $post[scrolltothis]>
<!-- status icon and date -->
<a name="post$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/post_$post[statusicon].gif" alt="$post[statustitle]" border="0" /></a>
$post[postdate]<if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">, $post[posttime]</if>
$post[firstnewinsert]
<!-- / status icon and date -->
</td>
<td class="thead" style="font-weight:normal; border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[left]: 0px" align="$stylevar[right]">
&nbsp;
<if condition="$show['postcount']">#<a href="showpost.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]&amp;postcount=$post[postcount]" target="new" rel="nofollow" id="postcount$post[postid]" name="$post[postcount]"><strong>$post[postcount]</strong></a></if>
<if condition="$show['inlinemod']">
<input type="checkbox" name="plist[$postid]" id="plist_$postid" style="vertical-align:middle; padding:0px; margin:0px 0px 0px 5px" value="$post[checkbox_value]" />
</if>
</td>
</if>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td class="alt2" width="175" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px">

<div id="postmenu_$post[postid]">
<if condition="$show['profile']">
<a class="bigusername" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><center>$post[musername]</center></a>
<script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_$post[postid]", true); </script>
<else />
$post[musername]
</if>
</div>

<if condition="$post['usertitle']"><div class="smallfont"><center>$post[usertitle]</center></div></if>
<center><if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if></center>
$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_left]

<center><if condition="$show['avatar']">
<div class="smallfont">
&nbsp;<br /><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></center>
</div>
</if>

<div class="smallfont">
&nbsp;<br />
<if condition="$post['joindate']"><div class="pbit" align="center">$vbphrase[join_date]: $post[joindate]</div></if>
<if condition="$post['field2']"><div class="pbit" align="center">$vbphrase[location_perm]: $post[field2]</div></if>
<if condition="$post['age']"><div class="pbit" align="center">$vbphrase[age]: $post[age]</div></if>

<div class="pbit" align="center">
$vbphrase[posts]: $post[posts]
</div>
$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts]
<if condition="$show['infraction']"><div class="pbit" align="center">$vbphrase[infractions]: $post[warnings]/$post[infractions] ($post[ipoints])</div></if>
<if condition="$show['reputation']"><div class="pbit" align="center"><if condition="$show['reppower']">$vbphrase[reppower]: <span id="reppower_$post[postid]_$post[userid]">$post[reppower]</span> </if><span id="repdisplay_$post[postid]_$post[userid]">$post[reputationdisplay]</span></div></if>
$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right]
<if condition="$show['album']"><div class="pbit" align="center">
<a href="album.php?u=$post[userid]" title="View $userinfo[username]'s Album" rel="nofollow"><strong>Member's Gallery</strong></a></div></if>
<if condition="$show['homepage']"><div class="pbit" align="center">
<a href="$post[homepage]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]"><strong>View My Homepage</strong></phrase></a></div>
</if>
<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]</div>
</div>

</td>
<if condition="$show['moderated']">
<td class="alt2" id="td_post_$post[postid]" style="border-$stylevar[right]: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]">
<else />
<td class="alt1" id="td_post_$post[postid]" style="border-$stylevar[right]: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]">
</if>
$template_hook[postbit_messagearea_start]
<if condition="$show['messageicon'] OR $post['title']">
<!-- icon and title -->
<div class="smallfont">
<if condition="$show['messageicon']"><img class="inlineimg" src="$post[iconpath]" alt="$post[icontitle]" border="0" /></if>
<if condition="$post['title']"><strong>$post[title]</strong></if>
</div>
<hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
<!-- / icon and title -->
</if>

<!-- message -->
<div id="post_message_$post[postid]">$post[message]</div>
<!-- / message -->

<if condition="$show['attachments']">
<!-- attachments -->
<div style="padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">

<if condition="$show['thumbnailattachment']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attached_thumbnails]</legend>
<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[thumbnailattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>
</if>

<if condition="$show['imageattachment']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>
<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[imageattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>
</if>

<if condition="$show['imageattachmentlink']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
$post[imageattachmentlinks]
</table>
</fieldset>
</if>

<if condition="$show['otherattachment']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attached_files]</legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
$post[otherattachments]
</table>
</fieldset>
</if>

<if condition="$show['moderatedattachment']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attachments_pending_approval]</legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
$post[moderatedattachments]
</table>
</fieldset>
</if>

</div>
<!-- / attachments -->
</if>

$template_hook[postbit_signature_start]

<if condition="$post['signature']">
<!-- sig -->
<div>
__________________<br />
$post[signature]
</div>
<!-- / sig -->
</if>

$template_hook[postbit_signature_end]

<if condition="$show['postedited']">
<!-- edit note -->
<div class="smallfont">
<hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
<em>
<if condition="$post['editlink'] AND $show['postedithistory']">
<phrase 1="$post[edit_username]" 2="$post[edit_date]" 3="$post[edit_time]" 4="posthistory.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]">$vbphrase[last_edited_link_by_x_on_y_at_z_postid]</phrase>.
<else />
<phrase 1="$post[edit_username]" 2="$post[edit_date]" 3="$post[edit_time]">$vbphrase[last_edited_by_x_on_y_at_z]</phrase>.
</if>
<if condition="$post['edit_reason']">
$vbphrase[reason]: $post[edit_reason]
</if>
</em>
</div>
<!-- / edit note -->
</if>

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top: 0px">
$post[onlinestatus]
<if condition="$show['reputationlink']">
<span id="reputationmenu_$post[postid]"><a href="reputation.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow" id="reputation_$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reputation.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_to_xs_reputation]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></span>
<if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbrep_register("$post[postid]")</script></if>
</if>
<if condition="$show['infractionlink']"><a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=report&amp;p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/infraction.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_infraction_for_x]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></if>
<if condition="$show['reportlink']"><a href="report.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/report.gif" alt="$vbphrase[report_bad_post]" border="0" /></a></if>
$post[iplogged]
&nbsp;
</td>
<if condition="$show['moderated']">
<td class="alt2" align="$stylevar[right]" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[left]: 0px; border-top: 0px">
<else />
<td class="alt1" align="$stylevar[right]" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[left]: 0px; border-top: 0px">
</if>
<!-- controls -->
<if condition="$post['editlink']">
<img style="display: none" id="progress_$postid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/progress.gif" alt="$vbphrase[loading_editor_please_wait]" />
<a href="$post[editlink]" name="vB::QuickEdit::$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/edit.gif" alt="$vbphrase[edit_delete_message]" border="0" /></a>
</if>
<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">
<a href="$post[forwardlink]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/forward.gif" alt="$vbphrase[forward_message]" border="0" /></a>
</if>
<if condition="$post['replylink']">
<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />quote</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a>
</if>
<if condition="$show['multiquote_post']">
<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/multiquote_<if condition="$show['multiquote_selected']">on<else />off</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[multi_quote_this_message]" border="0" id="mq_$post[postid]" /></a>
</if>
<if condition="$show['quickreply'] AND !$show['threadedmode']">
<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" id="qr_$post[postid]" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/quickreply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[quick_reply_to_this_message]" border="0" /></a>
</if>
<if condition="$show['moderated']">
<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/moderated.gif" alt="$vbphrase[moderated_post]" border="0" />
</if>
<if condition="$show['spam']">
<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/spam_detected.png" alt="$vbphrase[spam_post]" border="0" />
</if>
<if condition="$show['deletedpost']">
<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/trashcan.gif" alt="$vbphrase[deleted_post]" border="0" />
</if>
<if condition="$show['redcard']">
<a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/redcard.gif" alt="$vbphrase[received_infraction]" border="0" /></a>
<else />
<if condition="$show['yellowcard']">
<a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/yellowcard.gif" alt="$vbphrase[received_warning]" border="0" /></a>
</if>
</if>
$template_hook[postbit_controls]
<!-- / controls -->
</td>
</tr>
</table>
$template_hook[postbit_end]

<!-- post $post[postid] popup menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_$post[postid]_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="thead">$post[username]</td>
</tr>
<if condition="$show['profile']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$vbphrase[view_public_profile]</a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$show['pmlink']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpm&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_private_message_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$show['emaillink']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="sendmessage.php?$session[sessionurl]do=mailmember&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_email_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$show['homepage']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="$post[homepage]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[visit_xs_homepage]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$show['search']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=finduser&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[find_more_posts_by_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$post['userid'] AND $show['member']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=addlist&amp;userlist=buddy&amp;u=$post[userid]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_x_to_contacts]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
$template_hook[postbit_user_popup]
</table>
</div>
<!-- / post $post[postid] popup menu -->
and replace all the code in your postbit_legacy template with the above code.

Now do Step 2 above.

BE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR TEMPLATES BEFORE DOING ANY OF THIS. YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!!!

Installed, Big big thanks.

I love it :-)

Well let us see it!

At the moment it looks exactly the same as the screen shot, i am attending to add a couple things to it that i think are relevant to my site, then I'll post here.

good, I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Installed, Big big thanks.

I love it :-)

Glad to be of help to you. That is what TbD is here for. Look forward to seeing what you have done with it.

Oh i just realized! Some where in the code you need to change this: quickreply.png to this: quickreply.gif (default name is quickreply.gif not quickreply.png)

When i installed Option 2 the icon did not show, only the text showed, so i had to change the button name in FTP to quickreply.png to view the button.

Also i would like to add Total Reply's below Posts.
How do i do this?
And if possible, what is the code?

Thanks

That's something that would have to be coded. Not up my alley. Perhaps Chris will have some idea when he logs on tonight.

Thanks Peggy

Oh i just realized! Some where in the code you need to change this: quickreply.png to this: quickreply.png (default name is quickreply.gif not quickreply.png)

When i installed Option 2 the icon did not show, only the text showed, so i had to change the button name in FTP to quickreply.png to view the button.

Ah yes. I forgot they changed the button image over to .gif format. Thanks for the heads up. It has been fixed above.

Also i would like to add Total Reply's below Posts.
How do i do this?
And if possible, what is the code?

Thanks

Now are you wanting it to show how many replies each user has on the forum?

No, total reply's that user has posted.
Or me, for example.

Thanks

I think that's what he meant Anthony. The total replies that each user has made on the forum.

You there?

Anthony I will not be able to look into this right now. I will place it on my to do list but can't guarantee anything soon. Sorry.

Ok, i understand. No rush. Thanks

Anthony you may be able to get an answer to this at vbulletin.org quicker than here.
We're not really into coding here, just styles and simple modifications.

thanks ... but i wish if there is a code for the Postbit ... Horizontal type ...
and i glad 2 be in this great forum ..

I can make one for the postbit but do not know how soon I can do this. Just keep me reminded if this thread goes a while unanswered about it.