XF 1.4 Reply button like on vbulletin

[jauburn]

Just occurred to me that for a newbie, the vbulletin way of having a big old reply button above and to the left of the first post was really good. Is there an add-on that puts a Reply button there?

Thanks.

 

[Russ]

If you check out the thread_view template there's a button that is commented out you can simply remove the <xen:comment> around it

 

[jauburn]

If you check out the thread_view template there's a button that is commented out you can simply remove the <xen:comment> around it

Thank you. This worked superbly. Was this button recently removed? Seems to me it used to be there.

 

[Russ]

Thank you. This worked superbly. Was this button recently removed? Seems to me it used to be there.

It's been commented out for as long as I remember

 

[Jeremy]

It was removed in early 1.0 development, IIRC. There's a long thread debating its merits somewhere. I recently stumbled upon the code and it never occurred to me it was ever removed. Just assumed it was there. Lol

 

[jauburn]

So another question: Now that I have the Reply to Thread button back, how do I get it to show up also to guests? This would be a way, of course, to prompt registration, so clicking the Reply button would take guests to the signup/login page. I believe there was a vbulletin feature similar to this, or maybe it was an add-on.

 

[Paul B]

Add this:

<xen:if is="!{$visitor.user_id}">
    <xen:topctrl>
        <a href="{xen:link 'register'}" class="callToAction"><span>{xen:phrase reply_to_thread}</span></a>
    </xen:topctrl>
</xen:if>

 

[jauburn]

Add this:

<xen:if is="!{$visitor.user_id}">
    <xen:topctrl>
        <a href="{xen:link 'register'}" class="callToAction"><span>{xen:phrase reply_to_thread}</span></a>
    </xen:topctrl>
</xen:if>

Hmm, where should I add that, precisely?

The current code I have is this:

<xen:if is="{$canReply}">
<xen:topctrl>
<a href="{xen:link 'threads/reply', $thread}" class="callToAction"><span>{xenhrase reply_to_thread}</span></a>
</xen:topctrl>
</xen:if>

 

[Paul B]

Add it directly below.

 

[jauburn]

Add it directly below.

Could you give me the code that would add a Post New Thread button for guests (one level up from individual threads) and do the same thing (take them to registration page)?

 

[tonmo]

If you check out the thread_view template there's a button that is commented out you can simply remove the <xen:comment> around it

Sadly, it appears this was removed in v1.5... true?