Prefix Selection on Thread Title

[Wormopolis]

Browser Tested: IE and FF
placement: board footer

Lets you create a selection list of possible prefixes/meanings that will be appended to the beginning of the thread title on submit. selection list only appears when creating the thread and not when modifying. admins can still see the selection list if it needs to be changed to a different prefix.

code:


<style type="text/css">
.prfx {background-color: EEEEEE; border: #000000 1px solid;}
</style>

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
// Prefix on posts using checkboxes
// v 2.251
// By Wormopolis - Request by Kami
// keep header intact

var chkBxArray = [
["[CD]","Code"], //format: PREFIX , checkbox label, (optional: color of prefix)
["[GR]","Graphic"],
["[SG]","Signature","FFFF00"],
["[BN]","Banner"],
["[QU]","Question","00AAFF"],
["[CM]","Complaint"],
["[<3]","I love wormo","FF0000"]     //no comma last entry
];

var disableSubmitButton=true;  //set false if you dont want prefixes mandatory
var explanationOFsubmitdisabled="Submit button disabled until request reason is chosen";
var additionalInstruction="Please read the board rules before posting! You must choose a reason for starting this thread";
var leftSideLabel="Request Reason:";

// no need to edit below unless you know what you are doing

adminCheck=false;
for (adm=document.getElementsByTagName('a'), i=0; i<adm.length; i++) {
if (adm[i].href.match(/action=admin/)) adminCheck=true;
}


if (location.href.match(/board=/) && !location.href.match(/action=display/)) {
for (tbar=document.getElementsByTagName('td'), pr=0; pr<tbar.length; pr++) {
if (tbar[pr].className=='windowbg' && tbar[pr].width.match(/(48|43)%/)) {

ttl=tbar[pr].getElementsByTagName('font')[0];
for (pf=0; pf<chkBxArray.length; pf++) {
if (escape(ttl.innerHTML).match(escape(chkBxArray[pf][0]))) {
tmp="<font class='prfx' "+(chkBxArray[pf][2] ? "color='"+chkBxArray[pf][2]+"'" : "")+">"+chkBxArray[pf][0]+"</font>";
ttl.innerHTML=ttl.innerHTML.replace(chkBxArray[pf][0], tmp)
break;
}
}
}
}
}
if (document.postForm && !location.href.match(/createpoll/)) {
frm=document.postForm.subject;

frmTbl=frm.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;

chkbxCell=document.postForm.subject.parentNode.cloneNode(true);
descCell=document.postForm.subject.parentNode.previousSibling.cloneNode(true);
descCell.firstChild.innerHTML=leftSideLabel;
chkbxCell.colSpan=frmTbl.rows[1].cells.length-1;
chkbxCell.innerHTML="";
chkbxCell.id="prefixes";
keepchk=false;
nwchkbx=additionalInstruction +"<br>";
for (k=0; k<chkBxArray.length; k++) {
if (postForm.subject.value.match(chkBxArray[k][0])) {
postForm.subject.value=postForm.subject.value.replace(chkBxArray[k][0]+' ','');
if (document.getElementById('rfSub')) document.getElementById('rfSub').value=document.getElementById('rfSub').value.replace(chkBxArray[k][0]+' ','');
defchk="checked='checked'";
keepchk=true;
} else {
defchk="";
}
nwchkbx+="<input name='prfix' type='radio' style='background-color=\"transparent\"' onclick='document.getElementById(\"sbmit\").disabled=\"\"; document.getElementById(\"distext\").style.display=\"none\"' "+defchk+" value='"+chkBxArray[k][0]+"'><font size='2' "+(chkBxArray[k][2] ? "color='"+chkBxArray[k][2]+"'" : "")+">"+chkBxArray[k][1]+"</font><br>";
}
chkbxCell.innerHTML=nwchkbx;
rowIwant=frmTbl.insertRow(2);
rowIwant.appendChild(descCell);
rowIwant.appendChild(chkbxCell);
for (inp=document.getElementsByTagName('input'), j=0; j<inp.length; j++) {
if (inp[j].type=='submit' && (inp[j].tabIndex==3 || inp[j].tabIndex==5)) {
if (!keepchk && disableSubmitButton) {
inp[j].disabled=true;
inp[j].id="sbmit";
inp[j].parentNode.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
distext=document.createElement('font');
distext.id="distext";
distext.innerHTML=explanationOFsubmitdisabled;
inp[j].parentNode.appendChild(distext);
}
}
}
function addin() {
choices=document.getElementById('prefixes').getElementsByTagName('input');
for ( i=0; i<choices.length; i++) {
if (choices[i].checked) postForm.subject.value=choices[i].value+" "+postForm.subject.value;
if (choices[i].checked && document.getElementById('rfSub')) document.getElementById('rfSub').value=choices[i].value+" "+document.getElementById('rfSub').value;
}
}

if (document.addEventListener) {
document.postForm.addEventListener('submit',addin,false);
} else {
document.postForm.attachEvent('onsubmit',addin);
}

}


// -->
</script>



Preview: I might put something in the graphics request section if my moderator is willing.

[Wormopolis]

updated to have colored prefixes in list and on thread titles as a request.

[Wormopolis]

updated to v2.01: support for use on Cali's predefined template as well as fix for guest posting.

[Wormopolis]

updated to v 2.2: fixed a few bugs from that last update and made the color part work again. if no color chosen, prefix defaults to normal text color.

NOTE: this code must now run AFTER the predefined template code in order to work.

[victory1]

May 27, 2010 23:06:15 GMT -8 Wormopolis said:

updated to v 2.2: fixed a few bugs from that last update and made the color part work again. if no color chosen, prefix defaults to normal text color.

NOTE: this code must now run AFTER the predefined template code in order to work.

I tried to update to the new version on my Classified Board since the colors are no longer working and nothing happened. It's not showing up at all for me to even choose a prefix when I start a new thread. So I had to revert back to 2.0.

The only thing I changed in your new code was this:

var chkBxArray = [
["SELL","Want to sale a product (SELL)","004F00”], //format: PREFIX , checkbox label, (optional: color of prefix)
["BUY","Want to buy a product (BUY)","CD0000"],
["TRADE","Want to trade a product (TRADE)","303030"],
["ENDED","Item no longer available (ENDED)","191970"]     //no comma last entry
];


var explanationOFsubmitdisabled="Post Message button disabled until Request Type chosen!";
var additionalInstruction="Please read 'When the deal is SEALED' sticky before posting! A prefix will be added to your subject line depending on Request Type!";
var leftSideLabel="Request Type:";


[Wormopolis]

look aT THIS LINE:

["SELL","Want to sale a product (SELL)","004F00”],


notice those quote marks at the end?

[victory1]

Jul 18, 2010 17:09:09 GMT -8 Wormopolis said:

look aT THIS LINE:

["SELL","Want to sale a product (SELL)","004F00”],


notice those quote marks at the end?

What about them? I took them out same result. I copied the BUY line and deleted SELL Line and then retyped the SELL stuff in the copied 2nd BUY Line without deleting the quotes and same result. I even copied it from the one that's working on the board and still nothing. What am I doing wrong?

[Wormopolis]

They werent regular quote marks. they were rich text quote marks that you usually get when you edit codes with a word processor like Word or something.

var chkBxArray = [
["SELL","Want to sale a product (SELL)","004F00"], //format: PREFIX , checkbox label, (optional: color of prefix)
["BUY","Want to buy a product (BUY)","CD0000"],
["TRADE","Want to trade a product (TRADE)","303030"],
["ENDED","Item no longer available (ENDED)","191970"] //no comma last entry
];


var explanationOFsubmitdisabled="Post Message button disabled until Request Type chosen!";
var additionalInstruction="Please read 'When the deal is SEALED' sticky before posting! A prefix will be added to your subject line depending on Request Type!";
var leftSideLabel="Request Type:";

[victory1]

Thanks but there is definitely something wrong with the new code. I made the changes and the code is not working. It does not even showing up.

[Wormopolis]

link to the board so I can see the whole code?

[victory1]

I had to revert to the old one because I could not get the new one to work so I will now change it to the new one that don't work until later on today.
sonyreaderboards.com/

[Wormopolis]

I see whats happening.

The new feature PB added that lets you preview a thread's first post contents when you over over the thread title has killed this code. if you hover, you will notice its trying to put the color info in THERE.

Im going to write in a fix and I want you to try it out.
get new version above.

[victory1]

Still don't work. Not showing up at all like the other one. The one I have on the board now works (version 2.0), except that the colors only show in the var leftSideLabel="Request Reason:" when you are choosing a prefix and not the actual thread. I went back to it.

[Wormopolis]

dammit. ok. I have to pull this back into a testing board to see if I can hash out whats going on. I could have sworn that would work...

[Wormopolis]

This code is conflicting.
/* Title on Image/Link Hover by SubDevo */


Im trying to find a way to make them work together. you COULD try reversing the order and see what happens..