Thread Icons [v0.1.17 Updated on 15-Feb 2020]

[Newby]

After that latest update its working now Brilliant!

As it was suggested before my another member, I would like the option to make the images much bigger The only problem I can see it when the image appears in the title line when your viewing in the thread, but could the image be removed from there completely? so they just show BIG in the thread list.

That would be amazing! Thanks very much

[Chris]

Aug 22, 2014 6:03:32 GMT -8 Newby said:

After that latest update its working now Brilliant!

As it was suggested before my another member, I would like the option to make the images much bigger The only problem I can see it when the image appears in the title line when your viewing in the thread, but could the image be removed from there completely? so they just show BIG in the thread list.

That would be amazing! Thanks very much

Wasn't the hover solution given to that other member for bigger images not satisfactory?


an option for whether to include in title bar would be possible

[Newby]

The hover thing is good, but the images are so small in that column I would be looking to make them maybe 200 or 300 across in size.

Pleeeaassseeeee!

[Chris]

You can control that by using pure CSS, something like .icon .avatar_size_small img {
width:auto;
max-width:none;
max-height:none;
}
at the bottom of your theme's stylesheet

But as I mentioned before that would pretty much destroy the page layout...

[Newby]

Aug 22, 2014 7:25:17 GMT -8 Chris said:

You can control that by using pure CSS, something like .icon .avatar_size_small img {
width:auto;
max-width:none;
max-height:none;
}
at the bottom of your theme's stylesheet

But as I mentioned before that would pretty much destroy the page layout...

mmmm yeah that does change the sizes but the layout doesn't seem to move to accommodate the images.
Looks like its possible but will just take a lot of adjustments.
I hoped that the layout would just automatically stretch and move to fit the larger icon images.

[Newby]

"If no image has been designated then search post for an image and use the first one found"

Would be great if that worked for all past threads its early days for me using this, but I guess it only works with newly created threads? would it be possible to add an option for it to automatically add icon images for all past threads using the first image appearing in that thread?

Thanks again

[Chris]

OK, I made a few changes and fixes to this plugin

Download: version 0.0.9
(the version in the first post remains unchanged at v0.0.2 for now until further testing proves this newer version is stable enough for a production forum)

• switched to the pbapi image preview dialog in order to to show an enlarged image instead of using the tipTip tooltip when hovering over the chosen icon on the selection menu
  
  
• automatically calculate elbow room needed to fit menu next to subject
  
  
• added support for file attachments. Upload a file and if it's a valid image it automatically gets added to the menu of available images (provided the force users to use only the list you created is not set)
  
  
• added "enlarge on hover" option for thread listing view
  
  
• added option to place the icon in title bar when reading a thread
  
  
• if "use first image found" option is set and thread has no icon set then the plugin will search first post in thread viewing mode when anybody looks at the thread, previously it only looked for images if in editing mode.
  
  
• Fixed a bug where the "threadimage" input always appeared as checked to the plugin even when left unchecked by the user. This was because only "border" can be a true boolean in the internal wysiwyg _prompt() function. This was causing images to be applied to the thread ever since the name was changed from the misleading "border" to the more applicable "threadimage" without realizing/remembering the true need for the "border" name
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• added some forgotten page routes such as threads started by a user and search results returned as threads
  
  

[Newby]

Sounds good excited to try this out when it's ready.

[Chris]

It's ready to try

[aRMY83]

Hello Chris

When importing, I get this:

[Chris]

Could you try downloading it again aRMY83, I just re-upped it

[aRMY83]

Hello again Chris

Downloaded it again and everything went just fine on this end.

[Newby]

The new update seems fine

The only things I really need are the options to -

1. automatically add the icon image to all past threads as the first posted image in that thread.

2. have adjustable size for the icon images, and the menu around it do move and adjust to that size changes.

Thanks

[Chris]

Aug 24, 2014 5:03:03 GMT -8 Newby said:

The new update seems fine

The only things I really need are the options to -

1. automatically add the icon image to all past threads as the first posted image in that thread.

That would be impossible for a plugin to do since it cannot know what is inside a thread until someone opens that thread either by reading or editing it. A plugin cannot, on its own volition , send a request to the server to see what is inside a thread because that is expressly forbidden. This means the action has to be initiated by a user and in older versions of the plugin this meant a user had to edit the thread (specifically the first post of the thread) for the plugin to be able to look and see if there were any usable images present within that first post. The last update I posted basically expanded the search opportunities to also include simply reading the first page of a thread by anyone on the forum not just someone capable of editing the first post. Once the plugin identifies a viable image it can then associate that image with the given thread.
One possible improvement however would be to even further expand image search opportunities by identifying first-born posts in forum search results and associate images in that way as well and I'll make sure to include that in the next release.

Aug 24, 2014 5:03:03 GMT -8 Newby said:

2. have adjustable size for the icon images, and the menu around it do move and adjust to that size changes.

Thanks

Perhaps I am misunderstanding but if this is in regards to the previous discussion about the size of the image on pages that lists threads then the situation has not shown much measurable improvement since that time. Some browser have no problem with table metrics after the fact (e.g. Firefox flows almost fluidly) while other browsers have a long history of bugs regarding tables especially in the area of determining and recalculating cell dimensions. It is because of this why the hover to enlarge solution was proposed and serves to keep the plugin operable across finicky browser platforms.

If this is about something else then please elaborate since I do suspect it is with the mention of "menu" but cannot be sure since  the menu created by this plugin for assigning an icon to a thread while editing/creating already has the ability to show enlarged images. If there is an image shown on the face of the menu button then hover over it and you'll see the tooltip: "Click image to see enlarged, use arrow at right to get menu."

[Newby]

Thanks very much

Yeah this is what Im looking for -


Making that first column bigger and resize to fit larger icon images.
I guess with the plugin as it is now the size must be set some how? can that not just be changed or made adjustable?

Thanks again Im so excited if this can be made to work coz I think it would become a giant improvement on the forums I have built.