Create Thread posting page modification

[jrj84105]

How would one add the name of the board into the Title Bar (I think that's where "Create Thread" is located, left aligned). It would be nice to have the board name right aligned in the same Title Bar.

[Lynx]

jrj84105,

Try this in your Global Header (Admin > Structure > Headers & Footers > Global Headers & Footers > Global Header):


<script>
   $(document).ready(function() {
       if (pb.data('route').name == "new_thread") {
           $('.title-bar').append('<span><h2> - ' + pb.data('page').board.name + '</h2></span>');
       }
   });
</script>



If you want it on the Create Thread page as well as the full Reply page (by clicking Reply in a thread), use this instead:


<script>
   $(document).ready(function() {
       if (pb.data('route').name == "new_thread" || pb.data('route').name == "new_post") {
           $('.title-bar').append('<span><h2> - ' + pb.data('page').board.name + '</h2></span>');
       }
   });
</script>



If you want to get a bit fancier, and have it tell you that the name is the board you're in, you could alter this line:

$('.title-bar').append('<span><h2> - ' + pb.data('page').board.name + '</h2></span>');


to something like this:

$('.title-bar').append('<span><h2>: You are posting in the ' + pb.data('page').board.name + ' board.</h2></span>');


[Nscalerr]

This is a great idea Lynx, only how do I stop it going in to the title area of the two sidebars I have on my forum.

[Lynx]

Nscalerr,

Try changing this line:

$('.title-bar').append('<span><h2> - ' + pb.data('page').board.name + '</h2></span>');


to this:

$('.container.new-area > .title-bar').append('<span><h2> - ' + pb.data('page').board.name + '</h2></span>');


[Nscalerr]

Thanks Lynx all working.

[jrj84105]

Thanks so much. This is really a great feature for me. I put links to Create Threads in each of my boards into my sidebar so people could create threads directly from the active threads and homepage views. Fat-fingering was causing a lot of miscategorized threads. This is a perfect fix. I really appreciate it.

[Lynx]

Jan 29, 2017 5:25:15 GMT -8 jrj84105 said:

Thanks so much. This is really a great feature for me. I put links to Create Threads in each of my boards into my sidebar so people could create threads directly from the active threads and homepage views. Fat-fingering was causing a lot of miscategorized threads. This is a perfect fix. I really appreciate it.

Glad it works for you!

[Lynx]

For those who may prefer this in plugin format, I've done so (and even added a text color option). You can find my support thread here. If the plugin is not available in the library, you can find it on my GitHub page (link is in my signature).