How to make the postbit layout an user option

[Chroder]

vBulletin Options -> Thread Display Options (showthread) -> Use Legacy (Vertical) Postbit Template

[MadMikey]

This is sweet, I was looking for something just like this, but I'm having a CSS problem with it.

When I move the userinfo to the left, I lose the black lines that are around the posts. See the attached screenshots:

[Mephisteus]

Mikey, if they are custom you might want to check the postbit and postbit_legacy templates (also if it isn't custom )

[Tungsten]

Freddie -- is this perchance something that will be incorporated into the next release? It looks like an excellent addition for the default template set.

[cka]

This is sweet, I was looking for something just like this, but I'm having a CSS problem with it.

When I move the userinfo to the left, I lose the black lines that are around the posts. See the attached screenshots:

Modify postbit_legacy, set the table so that cellspacing is 1 and not 0.

[MadMikey]

Modify postbit_legacy, set the table so that cellspacing is 1 and not 0.

cka, your r0xx0r!

That did it!

[Frugal]

Actually, that's a good point, but it does render the Admin CP option useless...

Well only if you want to give your users the choice, if you want your users to stick with the legacy style whether they like it or not then the Admin CP option is perfect . Theoretically you can do the same with pretty much every option in the CP. My next aim will be to do the same with the Quick reply box, I'm just hoping the CP setting does not overide it because it's not possible to leave the option blank in the CP you have to set yes or no as opposed to the postbit which is either selected or nothing.

Frugal

[Freddie Bingham]

Yes you could do the same thing with any option in the admin cp.

[CarlosC]

didn't know that, thanks!

Yes you could do the same thing with any option in the admin cp.

[Gio Takahashi]

I will take advantaage of that option, Freddie.

Yes you could do the same thing with any option in the admin cp.

By the way I got it to work now.

[Gio Takahashi]

Okay I don't get this. I have the postbit layout on the phpinclude_start template. It works. I have another option, the date layout (normal, yesterday/today and detailed) added to it, and neither of them works. Appearently I need to separate both fields. How might I do that?

Thanks.

[marcjd]

That was almost too easy. I copied and pasted it into my first style, took the extra 6 off and tested it out and it worked flawlessly. Pasted into all of my other styles and it didn't work. Well, forget to get rid of that extra 6. Works great. Thanks!

[InfiniteWebby]

Is it possible to incorprate vbulletins liquid style into this sort of option, instead of having to set up a child style for those threes stylevars?

[Gio Takahashi]

Hmmm, That would probably require a more advanced coding...

[InfiniteWebby]

if ($bbuserinfo['field6'] == 'Expanded')
{
$stylevar['outertablewidth'] = "100%";
$stylevar['outerdivwidth'] = "100%";
$stylevar['formwidth'] = "auto";
$stylevar['formwidth_usercp'] = "auto"; 
} 
else
{
$stylevar['outertablewidth'] = "760";
$stylevar['outerdivwidth'] = "760px";
$stylevar['formwidth'] = "640px";
$stylevar['formwidth_usercp'] = "480px";
} 

That code is working on my localhost board so I am pretty confident it will work elsewhere, I am stumped as to wheere the 'outerdivwidth' is set but that seems to be the anser to any problems.

BTW I used the same drop-down box as before only with 'Expanded' and 'Fixed' as options.

EDIT: Has anyone fixed the alignment of the option boxes in the cp yet?