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HustlerX
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Posted - 28 September 2003 :  12:46:32  Show Profile  Visit HustlerX's Homepage
Is there any way of setting the format mode option in composing a post to always be "Prompt"

Many of the users of my forum are new to forums and the default setting (basic) confuses them

The Impact
Junior Member

Australia
398 Posts

Posted - 28 September 2003 :  14:11:44  Show Profile
Do you have quick reply on ? That is the reply composer at the bottom of each topic when a member is logged in.

Admin Options - Feature Configation - Quick Reply

Make sure that it's on.
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HustlerX
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Posted - 28 September 2003 :  15:55:53  Show Profile  Visit HustlerX's Homepage
hi - no I turned off Quick Reply as I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible for people and let them insert hyperlinks and images at will.

I may have missed your point but I thought quick reply would have been completely seperate from the format mode of the replies... I didn't explain myself properly I think.

When someone clicks on the insert image button for example I would rather have the Javascript window to pop up asking for the URL of the image by default. This is what the Format Mode = Prompt option does.

However the board always deafults this Format Mode to Basic and doesn't remember the previous settings. This basic mode inserts tags that are fairly cryptic to a computer/forum newbie:

[ i m g ] [ / i m g ]
or
[ u r l ] [ / u r l ]

If I could get it to default to stay as Prompt mode the process of inserting images, links, etc would be simpler for the average user of my forums
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The Impact
Junior Member

Australia
398 Posts

Posted - 28 September 2003 :  16:03:28  Show Profile
Sorry, my mistake. Try the changes below.

inc_post_buttons.asp look for this around line 45 :
		"                	<option selected value=""0"">Basic </option>" & vbNewLine & _
		"                	<option value=""1"">Help </option>" & vbNewLine & _
		"                	<option selected value=""2"">Prompt </option>" & vbNewLine & _
So take out the blue and add the red in.

Edited by - The Impact on 28 September 2003 16:04:44
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HustlerX
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Posted - 28 September 2003 :  16:05:06  Show Profile  Visit HustlerX's Homepage
of course... (feels stupid ;)) It's been a long day!
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HustlerX
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Posted - 28 September 2003 :  16:20:49  Show Profile  Visit HustlerX's Homepage
Actually - that didn't quite work which is suprising...

It works in the case of the mailto button but not for the other options such as img and url etc. It seems as if it could be initialised somewhere else too

As an example I've created a test account:
http://www.stevefishwick.co.uk/forums/

Username: test
Password: test
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The Impact
Junior Member

Australia
398 Posts

Posted - 28 September 2003 :  16:31:39  Show Profile
I am not sure, it works when you select it manually though. Could someone else maybe shed some light on this subject ?
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HustlerX
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Posted - 28 September 2003 :  16:52:52  Show Profile  Visit HustlerX's Homepage
Yeah, you seem to need to deselect the option then reselect it again for it to realise it should be using the prompt method.

I'm guessing that the methods are intialised to use basic somewhere and by manually changing the option it is updating those initialised values.

I've not got round to learning ASP yet but this line:
onChange=""thelp(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)""

seems to be checking for the manual update and triggering an event/function
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Shaggy
Support Moderator

Ireland
6780 Posts

Posted - 29 September 2003 :  05:08:10  Show Profile
You'll also need to change the three variables declared at the beginning of inc_code.js:
helpstat = false;
stprompt = true;
basic = false;

Search is your friend
“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the
fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had
taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.”
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HustlerX
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Posted - 29 September 2003 :  05:48:09  Show Profile  Visit HustlerX's Homepage
Thanks - I'll give it a try when I get back from work tonight

Much appreciated!
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HustlerX
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Posted - 29 September 2003 :  12:34:01  Show Profile  Visit HustlerX's Homepage
fantabbydosey

yeah that worked (a little too helpful perhaps but it's better this way as people can learn to use the tags as they improve)

Thanks again!
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Shaggy
Support Moderator

Ireland
6780 Posts

Posted - 30 September 2003 :  04:54:01  Show Profile
You're welcome, Hustler, glad to be of help.


Search is your friend
“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the
fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had
taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.”
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