Advanced BBcode mod VRN2.30 Released

Worker Joined: Oct 05, 2003 Posts: 107 Location: Illinois

MOD Description: This MOD adds lots of useful BBCode features and makes the bbcode buttons
look just like Microsoft Office 2003. It also improves the functions of
phpBB's BBCode function. It adds the bbcode exactly where the cursor is,
inserts smilies where the cursor is, and adds more ways to customize posts.
The MOD is very fast loading, and is a sleek addition to your Ravennuke v2.30 forum.

This version has been recoded from Disturbed One's version to work with the restructured forum includes directory.

FUTURE UPDATES: I WILL BE ADDED SOME MORE BBCODES TO THIS MOD LIKE THE HIDE MOD AND THE TABLE MOD
IN THE NEAR FUTURE SO KEEP MONITORING HTTP://www.nukeplanet.com FOR UPDATES.

MOD Version: RN2.30

Installation Level: Easy
Installation Time: 10 Minutes

I HAVE INCLUDED THE STOCK PRE-EDITED FILES FOR RAVENNUKE V2.30. IF YOU ARE USING
THAT VERSION THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO DO ANY EDITING OF ANY FILES. SIMPLY UPLOAD
THE INCLUDED FILES IN THE DIRECTORY STRUCTURE I HAVE THEM IN AND IT WILL AUTO UPDATE YOUR SITE.

This version adds new features compared to its last version
like BBCode insert at the cursor, and on selected text. Also some
BBCode security issues were fixed. For a complete list of BBCode
this MOD has, please read below.

- Font Type (Dropdown Shows Actual Preview of Font)
- Font Size (Dropdown Shows Actual Preview of Size)
- Font Color (Dropdown Features New Colors, and Preview)
- Justify Align
- Left Align
- Center Align
- Right Align
- Superscript
- Subscript
- Bold
- Italic
- Underline
- Strikethrough
- Text Fade (IE Only)
- Text Gradient (IE Only)
- Message Box Align Left (Traditional)
- Message Box Align Right (Arabic, etc)
- Marquee Down
- Marquee Up
- Marquee Left
- Marquee Right
- Code
- Quote
- Spoiler (User must click on link to review text within tags)
- Hyperlink Wizard
- Email Wizard
- Image Wizard
- Flash Wizard
- Streaming Video Wizard
- Streaming Audio Wizard
- Ordered List Wizard
- Unordered List Wizard
- Line Break
- Remove BBCode (Removes all BBCode tags from selected text)
- Close Tags (Closes remaining open tags)
- Google video
- Youtube Video

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registered · Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 6437

Interesting - thanks! Can you select which buttons to include?

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:46 pm

no, not without commenting them out. Would be an interesting option though.

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:23 pm

A couple of things after extracting the download:
- nice!
- you can remove the thumbs.db file in the root\mods\bbcode_box\images folder
- not as familiar with phpBB mods since "Mouse Hover Topic Boxover forums", but why the mods directory (as opposed to includes or modules/Forums/mods)?

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:55 pm

kguske wrote:

A couple of things after extracting the download:
- nice!
- you can remove the thumbs.db file in the root\mods\bbcode_box\images folder
- not as familiar with phpBB mods since "Mouse Hover Topic Boxover forums", but why the mods directory (as opposed to includes or modules/Forums/mods)?

thumbs file removed and reupped.

As for the directory structure, no real reason, that was just the way the original mod was designed prior to all the modifications. It would not be difficult to recode it for the Forums directory, but actually I dont see a reason to.

Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:38 pm

After installing and testing:
- it introduces some compliance issues, but these should be easy enough to address
- I'd remove IE-specific stuff (gradient color and fader)
- maybe remove marquee stuff, too, since it's likely to not be compliant (not to mention annoying in a forum post Smile

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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:52 pm

sounds good, I will update it.

Involved Joined: Apr 06, 2008 Posts: 484

some do like marquee (not me but some do) I wonder if a js script like sentinel's marquee could be integrated or even cough jquery

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:42 am

Loki wrote:

As for the directory structure, no real reason, that was just the way the original mod was designed prior to all the modifications. It would not be difficult to recode it for the Forums directory, but actually I don't see a reason to.

Agreed. Also, the other suggestions were just that - suggestions. As for integrating jquery, etc. with phpBB 2-based forums, I'd suggest that we look at integrating phpBB 3 first.

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:37 am

Does anyone have a copy of this package? It seems Loki's site is closed at the moment.

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:04 am

If you really need it you could just download the regular advanced bbcode mod. I do not think that Loki did anything major except provided the customized template files. I might have it on my computer at home. I'll post back later.

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:46 am

I upgraded a site for someone and the flash BBCode doesn't want to play ball. I can see the flash bbcode and the link within it which is valid but it doesn't actually display the flash file which it should.

I re-added the extra code to bbcode.php file as it moves from includes/bbcode.php to modules/Forums/includes/bbcode.php in RN2.3
Also added the extra language constants back into lang_main which got over written during the upgrade.
The bbcode_box directory is still there within the Forums directory and has the correct files (it isn't touched during an upgrade any way).

So basically I'm stumped. The original theme shows the Advanced BBCode box, all the images are present and everything seems to work fine except the flash and to be honest, it is driving me slightly nuts as I can think of no reason why it shouldn't work.
I even reverted to the pre upgrade allowed_html array (not that it has an real bearing) in desperation.

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:57 am

I have the regular bbcode mod on my computer. I will put it on a RN site I am doing and take a look. I have messed with this mod in the past so I can probably give you a hand. I'll get back to you.

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:12 am

Is it showing up in bbpost_text like this? I just want to make sure the problem is just in displaying it on the screen.

Code:

[flash width=300 height=300:e3b967479a]http://devilzdesign.com/RBC5.swf[/flash:e3b967479a]

Also what exactly does show in the post? Does it show the bbocde tags or what?

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:16 am

Also does the bbocde id in the text field match the one in the id field?

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:21 am

It shows the bbcode tages , the url etc. Here is the exact code as seen on the page but I have obfuscated the site url

Code:

[flash width=450 height=200]http://www.thewebsite.com/flash/sigs/thefile.swf[/flash]

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:23 am

I though the forum might strip something out of that but no, the post is exactly as it appears in the forum

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:28 am

Hmm, whats all that

Code:

:e3b967479a

about then?

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:42 pm

Go into phpnyadmin and look in table nuke_bbpost_text and see if it shows up with :e3b967479a in it. (You will have a different id).

The reason I am asking is that because if it does get a bbcode_id added it when it is entered into the database, it won't work.

You basically have two areas that could be causing the problem. The initial submission of the post or outputting of the post to the screen.

As for the purpose of the bbcode_id I just know that each post gets a random ID and all the bbocde in that post use the same id. I believe I remember reading something about performance when reading about it in the past, but I can't remember.

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:43 pm

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=3742

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:08 pm

That makes sense, after a fashion. I want to install the BBCode box on my test site tomorrow to see what happens and I can check the other sites database as I have a back up - so basically you are saying that if the database shows a bbocide_id for that tag then it could never have worked.

Thanks for your help Smile

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:41 pm

Guardian2003 wrote:

so basically you are saying that if the database shows a bbocide_id for that tag then it could never have worked.

If it does not show the ID then it never had a chance at displaying.

It NEEDS to have the bbcode_id in the DB

I am basically trying to make sure an ID is assigned to the flash tag. Because if an ID is not assigned it could be a reason for seeing this [flash width=450 height=200]http://www.thewebsite.com/flash/sigs/thefile.swf/flash] in your post.

So look in the DB in nuke_bbpost_text and see if you see something like this in the post text field.

Code:




.....First part of tet in post....





[flash:e3b967479a width=450 height=200]http://www.thewebsite.com/flash/sigs/thefile.swf[/flash]





...Rest of the Post....

If you only have this:

Code:




.....First part of tet in post....





[flash width=450 height=200]http://www.thewebsite.com/flash/sigs/thefile.swf[/flash]





...Rest of the Post....

You have a problem with the post submission.

If the ID shows up in the database then you have a problem with viewtopic.

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:13 pm

OK thanks. I definitely need to investigate this some more.
Because this is a signature, it shows up in the nuke_user table and it is stored there with a bbcode_id so it looks like the problem is with the theme.
The fact you have this mod working also seems to confirm it isn't an RN2.3 issue which is ultimately what I need to establish.

Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:03 pm

I set this up on a XAMPP test PC and it ran fine. But I didn't test it extensively.

Hangin' Around Joined: Dec 02, 2008 Posts: 33

Dos any one have this to php-nuke, the site is close Sad

Is this the same as they use in platinum?

damm i have miss a lot, wend i look at thise forums.

Cheers
Jimmy