[CB][PB4.5] Quote Multiple Posts/Selections vRC1.0

[Chris]

Updates: Nov 10, 2011 - Updated a couple links which led to a forum that no longer exists. Apr 22, 2008 - Fixed bug where the add quote link failed to be inserted if another code adds a link down where it says "Link to Post" (such as the Report to Admin code) Mar 29, 2008 - Fixed bug in Firefox that caused only the first post in a thread to get the multiquote link due to the introduction of new white spaces in the Firefox HTML source code. Jan 04, 2008 - Added Proboards 4.5 compatibility and nominated as release candidate Sept 29, 2007 - Updated to version 0.9 which includes added support for Safari (tested on win32 version) and Opera. The ability to use quotes from quick reply (which was added in version 0.8 but not released) is also present. Minor bugs in the cookie storage method for browsers with no global storage have also been addressed. Jul 23, 2007 - Updated to version 0.7 which includes fixes for correct handling of posts returned on search results pages, improved cookie handling procedures (such as the removal of arbitrary cookie limits ) as well as the incorporation of numerous prior patches. Jul 9, 2007 - added support for the [noubbc] tag, poll posts and posts returned on a board/thread search. Apr 27, 2007 - fixed Firefox error when adding quotes. The most recent update to Firefox 2 [apparently] changed the behavior of getRangeAt from returning an empty range if no selection was made to throwing an exception. Now the code checks if there is actually a selection before accessing the range collection. Apr 27,2007 - removed compressed version because the difficulties in synchronizing both versions during updates far outweight the 6K advantage. Apr 27, 2007 - fixed Firefox errors in code because of Google ad placement change.

Overview: In a nutshell, the new quoting system co-exists with (not replace) the standard Proboards quoting system. Enhancements include:

• Easily quote multiple posts before replying
  
• Quote parts of a post by simply highlighting what to quote
  
• Use any collected quote in any reply even those from other threads.
  
• Have frequently reusable quotes just a click away.
  
• All standard UBBC tags supported (code was created before youtube tag became standard so may not work with youtube)
  

see this tutorial^{(updated: 11-10-2011)} for more information on usage

Preview:

• Anubis Boards^{(forum deleted)}
  
• Happy The Fans
  

Code:

• source: etonbones.proboards100.com/index.cgi?board=multiquote
  

Installation :

• 
  Click this source link then copy the code and paste directly into your global footer. No editing necessary.
  
  

Additional Information: To use the collected quotes when writing a reply,PM or new thread look down where you normally see the Topic summary. There will be a link to view the quotes and then use them. If no topic summary exists such as when creating a new thread ,using quick reply or writing a PM then a dummy summary will be created.

FAQ:

• How do I change the color of the View Quotes link?
  
• How do I manually clear quotes if there's a problem?
  

Notes:

• The code was primarily written for Firefox 2.0 (and up) and Internet Explorer 5.0 (and up). The reason is both these browsers support a global storage mechanism which vastly increases the storage capacity compared to cookies. The code is written to fallback to using cookies if global storage is not present but limitations on the size and number of posts that can be quoted will exists.
  

Known Bugs:

• Poll posts not supported updated
  
• (Thread Quotes:n) not properly updated if quotes added/removed from the results of a search page fixed
  
• Posts returned from a search initiated from a thread or board search (the one that popups up instead of the one in the top menu) are not supported. updated
  
• Posts containing [NOUBBC] tag are not correctly handled causing the ubbc tags to be parsed by Proboards updated
  

Troubleshooting:

• This code assumes some basic Proboards generated elements exists. If a script that runs before this code modifies any of the following elements then try placing that script below this one.
  
  • The href of the clickable search icon at the top of every thread listing and search result should be present. Image to text conversions should be fine as long as the href remains untouched.
    
  • The Topic cell (contains "Topic:" or "Announcement:") should be present. In the case of search results the topic should also be hyperlinked in order to correctly obtain the threadID.
    
  • Codes that modify the miniprofile should leave the named anchor in-place.(e.g. <a name=1171234567>). In the case of version 4.5 both anchors (old-style:timestamp and new-style:incremented) should be present.
    
  • The "utilities" cell at the bottom of each post should be present and contain the "Link to Post" hyperlink. Additionally if a code modifies something in the utility cell using innerHTML means then it must run before the quote code else the quote links will do nothing when clicked since the onclick event handler gets disassociated.
    
  • If a topic summary is present but the wording has changed (no longer called "Topic Summary") then a dummy topic summary will be erroneously created.
    
  
  
• Codes that conflict with this one
  

  Name	Author	Reason	Solution
  Facebook Style Like/Dislike System v1.0	ⓦ৹₪deⓡ	loss of event handlers on multi-quote links	Apr 26, 2011 1:18:17 GMT -8 Chris said: The multiquote would need to run last since the facebook code uses innerHTML rather than DOM methods to add its links.
  Add message icons V1	CrAzY_J	Unknown	Make sure Add message icons V1 code is above this code in the global footer.

  
  
• Codes that this code conflicts with
  

  Name	Author	Reason	Solution
  Facebook Style Like/Dislike System v1.0	ⓦ৹₪deⓡ	Variable name conflict (var board)	Apr 26, 2011 1:18:17 GMT -8 Chris said: To correct that you can wrap the multiQuote code in a self-invoking function like so: <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- (function(){ MULTIQUOTE CODE MINUS THE SCRIPT TAGS AND HTML COMMENTS (<!-- AND -->) GOES HERE })() // --> </script>
  [CB] Prevent double posting	Peter	"Topic Summary" changed to a link and renamed "View Topic Summary."	Make sure [CB] Prevent double posting code is above this code in the global footer.

  
  
  

Note: this code does not support UBBC added by third party codes or the youtube UBBC which was added after the code was made and will no longer be updated since the upcoming Proboards V5 will have this feature built-in.