Custom Post Template

[tg5102]

Is there a way to set default test if a field is not filled in?

[Tiffy-Bean]

Sept 1, 2018 16:43:33 GMT -8 JD said:

Dec 20, 2012 23:24:37 GMT -8 Shorty said:

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Custom Post Template

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This plugin allows you to have custom posting templates. If you have any issues let me know and I'll fix it.

Hey Shorty!

Is there any way I can use these templates in the normal posting template? I'd like to amalgamate the custom template elements and the normal preview/bbcode windows?

At the moment, this is what I see when I go to post a message (using your code:



I'd like for it to be something like this...



((sorry for the cruddy copy and paste job there...))

I'm hoping I've just missed some instructions somewhere to do this and it's fairly simply - I'm sorry if it's not!!! >.<
I am very new to using Plugins - and specifically new to this one - so simple terms for explaining are best >.<


Any help anyone can provide would be amazing...


URL: aeipathy.proboards.com/thread/981/

There is no way to get rid of the normal posting page html.  So the preview/bbcode will not disappear like you'd like.  I'm sorry.  The only way to do this is to do some complicated javascript.

[Tiffy-Bean]

Dec 3, 2019 22:05:48 GMT -8 tg5102 said:

Is there a way to set default test if a field is not filled in?

No.  Sorry.  You can't do this in bbcode because you can't use if/else scripts.

[liza]

When creating options for drop down selection, is there any way to use return or something to separate the options, rather than commas? I am trying to use commas within each option. Thanks!

[Tiffy-Bean]

Feature Request: Is there any way we can have a setting for "OP" versus "general population" replies? Like if you're the original poster, you get this custom post template for posting. If you're anyone other then the original poster, then you have a different custom post template?

[Doc Ock]

Hello. IS there a way to add coding to this? Like if someone posts an affiliate code it will automatically come up between the code and /code tags?

[Lynx]

Sept 3, 2020 7:57:47 GMT -8 Doc Ock said:

Hello. IS there a way to add coding to this? Like if someone posts an affiliate code it will automatically come up between the code and /code tags?

In the plugin's settings, there is a tab named Customize Post (or something similar - I don't have the plugin readily available while doing this reply). On there, you can set how the post gets displayed. Since it's a post, you can use BBCode. Since you mentioned affiliate code, that tab could go something like this:

Forum Name: $[input.value-1]

Affiliate Code: [code]$[input.value-2][/code]

where you ask for Forum Name first and the Affiliate Code second in your other tab. If you need further help, just ask.

[Doc Ock]

Sept 3, 2020 10:52:20 GMT -8 Lynx said:

Sept 3, 2020 7:57:47 GMT -8 Doc Ock said:

Hello. IS there a way to add coding to this? Like if someone posts an affiliate code it will automatically come up between the code and /code tags?

In the plugin's settings, there is a tab named Customize Post (or something similar - I don't have the plugin readily available while doing this reply). On there, you can set how the post gets displayed. Since it's a post, you can use BBCode. Since you mentioned affiliate code, that tab could go something like this:

Forum Name: $[input.value-1]

Affiliate Code: [code]$[input.value-2][/code]

where you ask for Forum Name first and the Affiliate Code second in your other tab. If you need further help, just ask.

Thanks that worked! Is there a code to add an image between the tags?

[Lynx]

Sept 3, 2020 12:47:19 GMT -8 Doc Ock said:

Sept 3, 2020 10:52:20 GMT -8 Lynx said:

In the plugin's settings, there is a tab named Customize Post (or something similar - I don't have the plugin readily available while doing this reply). On there, you can set how the post gets displayed. Since it's a post, you can use BBCode. Since you mentioned affiliate code, that tab could go something like this:

where you ask for Forum Name first and the Affiliate Code second in your other tab. If you need further help, just ask.

Thanks that worked! Is there a code to add an image between the tags?

I'd suggest that for a separate entity, as the code tags won't parse the image tag if it's inside the code tags. An example:

Forum Name: $[input.value-1]

Affiliate Code: [code]$[input.value-2][/code]
Affiliate Image: $[input.value-3]

EDIT: Found some issues with my last edit, so I removed them. For $[input.value-3], you need to make sure that they enter the full BBCode - and NOT HTML - as this will be going into a post, and HTML doesn't work in posts.

IF $[input.value-2] is already in BBCode format, then you can just leave out $[input.value-3] and re-use $[input.value-2] on that 3rd line. You still need that 3rd line, because the 2nd line won't parse it due to it being inside code tags. So, an alternate 3rd line - provided value-2 is in BBCode - could be this:

Forum Name: $[input.value-1]

Affiliate Code: [code]$[input.value-2][/code]
Affiliate Image: $[input.value-2]

Which means, the affiliate code has to be in BBCode, like so:

$[input.value-2] =

[a href="https://YOUR_FORUM_URL/"][img src="LINK_TO_AFFILIATE_IMAGE" title="TITLE"][/a]

replacing YOUR_FORUM_URL, LINK_TO_AFFILIATE_IMAGE and TITLE to their appropriate values.

[Doc Ock]

Thanks that worked!

[Lynx]

Sept 3, 2020 17:13:12 GMT -8 Doc Ock said:

Thanks that worked!

Glad you got it working!

[Tiffamu]

Is there a way to exclude groups from this? For example, I'm using this for my affiliates thread so I have it set for new replies in my advertisement board, but since guests aren't a group I can't set the "require for group" and was wondering if there was a way to exclude groups instead so if a staff member replies they just get the normal reply.

[Lynx]

Dec 10, 2020 16:07:40 GMT -8 Tiffamu said:

Is there a way to exclude groups from this? For example, I'm using this for my affiliates thread so I have it set for new replies in my advertisement board, but since guests aren't a group I can't set the "require for group" and was wondering if there was a way to exclude groups instead so if a staff member replies they just get the normal reply.

Not sure if this will do what you want, but you could try going to Admin > Plugins > Manage and click on the EDIT button for the plugin. Then, in the Except members in the groups, set which group(s) you want excluded. Take note, though, that will will have that affect forum-wide - so if there are other boards you use the plugin in, those boards will be affected too.

[Doc Ock]

Question. The forum i'm on wants to use a complicated application template. So im looking to make it easier to fill in for new members. Is there a way to use this to fill in the blanks and input the data into the template?


Thanks!

[Lynx]

Feb 7, 2021 21:46:11 GMT -8 Doc Ock said:

Question. The forum i'm on wants to use a complicated application template. So im looking to make it easier to fill in for new members. Is there a way to use this to fill in the blanks and input the data into the template?


Thanks!

If the entire application can be done with Input, Selection and Textarea fields, then yes. Here's a post I did quite awhile ago that explains the top and bottom halves: support.proboards.com/post/6951449/thread

If you need further assistance, feel free to reply here or send me a PM (I use this plugin for an application and for our signup threads on one of my forums).