Choose RPG Character When Posting -- Salvagable?

[rbtuesday]

Hi,

I am trying to salvage a particular footer code from my v4 forum and was hoping someone could give me advice on how to convert it on the new forum.

My RPG board used Ross' Choose RPG Character when Posting code to enable users to input a character name and select a character avatar from a stored list from a dropdown menu each time they posted. This allowed them to have multiple characters without having to have multiple accounts and having to constantly log in and out.

I have seen the "Alters" set of plugins by Wormopolis, and this is my backup plan if there's nothing that can be done. But I would prefer to salvage the old code if possible because I have literally thousands of posts that no longer display their icon or character name.

Could someone please kindly advise me on what I need to do to modify the old code?

[rbtuesday]

This is the old code, for an individual board footer.

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
/* choose rpg character when posting
by ross - support.proboards.com */

var avatar = [];
avatar[0] = 'Avatar Url 1';
avatar[1] = 'Avatar Url 2';

var iRe = /\{name:(.+?)#\|#picture:(\d+)\}/;
if(location.href.match(/(action=(display|gotopost)&)/)) {
var td = document.getElementsByTagName('td');
for(i=0; i<td.length; i++) {
if(td.item(i).colSpan == '3' && td.item(i).innerHTML.match(iRe) && td.item(i-5).width == '20%') {
var iName = RegExp.$1;
var iAvatar = avatar[RegExp.$2];
var iUser = '';
if(!td.item(i-5).innerHTML.match(/Guest/))
iUser = td.item(i-5).getElementsByTagName('a').item(1).href;
var iMarker = td.item(i-5).getElementsByTagName('a').item(0).cloneNode(true);
var iHolder = document.createElement('div');
iHolder.appendChild(iMarker)
iHolder.appendChild(document.createElement('center'));
iHolder.lastChild.appendChild(document.createElement('a'));
iHolder.lastChild.lastChild.href = iUser;
iHolder.lastChild.lastChild.style.fontWeight = 'bold';
iHolder.lastChild.lastChild.appendChild(document.createTextNode(iName));
iHolder.lastChild.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
iHolder.lastChild.appendChild(document.createElement('br'));
iHolder.lastChild.appendChild(document.createElement('img'));
iHolder.lastChild.lastChild.src = iAvatar;
iHolder.lastChild.lastChild.alt = '[avatar]';
td.item(i-5).innerHTML = iHolder.innerHTML
td.item(i).innerHTML = td.item(i).innerHTML.replace(iRe,'');
if(td.item(i).parentNode.nextSibling.getElementsByTagName('hr').item(0))
td.item(i).parentNode.nextSibling.getElementsByTagName('hr').item(0).parentNode.style.display = 'none';
}
else if(td.item(i).width == '100%' && td.item(i).className == 'titlebg' && td.item(i).firstChild.innerHTML.match(/^<b>quick reply<\/b>$/i)) {
var quickReplyTable= td.item(i-1).parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;
quickReplyTable.style.display = 'none';
quickReplyTable.previousSibling.style.display = 'none';
quickReplyTable.previousSibling.previousSibling.style.display = 'none';
break;
}
}
}
else if(document.postForm) {
var iAddName = document.createElement('input');
iAddName.size = 30;
iAddName.type= 'text';
iAddName.id = 'getName';
var iAddAvatar = document.createElement('select');
iAddAvatar.id = 'getPicture';
for(o=0; o<avatar.length; o++) {
iAddAvatar.appendChild(document.createElement('option'));
iAddAvatar.lastChild.innerHTML = (avatar[o].match(/http:\/\/.+\/(.+?).(png|gif|jpe?g)/i))? RegExp.$1 : 'Avatar '+(o+1);
iAddAvatar.lastChild.value = o;
}
if(document.postForm.message.value.match(iRe)) {
iAddName.value = RegExp.$1;
iAddAvatar.value = RegExp.$2;
document.postForm.message.value = document.postForm.message.value.replace(iRe,'');
}
var target = document.postForm.icon.parentNode.parentNode;
var z = target.rowIndex;
var row1 = target.parentNode.insertRow(z);
row1.className = 'windowbg';
row1.insertCell(0).appendChild(iAddAvatar);
row1.insertCell(0).appendChild(document.createElement('font'));
row1.cells[0].lastChild.size = '2';
row1.cells[0].lastChild.appendChild(document.createTextNode('Character Image:'));
var row2 = target.parentNode.insertRow(z);
row2.className = 'windowbg';
row2.insertCell(0).appendChild(iAddName);
row2.insertCell(0).appendChild(document.createElement('font'));
row2.cells[0].lastChild.size = '2';
row2.cells[0].lastChild.appendChild(document.createTextNode('Character Name:'));
document.postForm.onsubmit = function() {
var n = document.getElementById('getName').value;
var p = document.getElementById('getPicture').value;
if(n.length > 1)
document.postForm.message.value = '{name:'+ n +'#|#picture:'+ p +'}' + document.postForm.message.value;
return true;
}
}
//-->
</script>

[Former Member]

This is probably a plugin request

[rbtuesday]

It could be?

Would a plugin be the only way to do it? Does code no longer go in the footers at all?

[Former Member]

Header/footers are generally used to globalize small tweaks of CSS or Javascript. Huge codes like this are now Plugins, and trust me it's for the best because you'll find the plugin userface is far easier to edit as an admin. =)

[Wormopolis]

if you plan on using the same names, I can probably make Alters work with this. especially if the name stored in each of the posts is just a username.