Quote boxes have already been improved thanks to
me by
removing the "wrote" but I also think the colon should be removed because it
looks ugly if you make the person being quoted into a hyperlink. Example:
I had to crop due to ass cleavage (although she was wearing something) but at
least I got the important part, the toucan.
It looks bad because the colon is a different font from the hyperlink. (It
doesn't look TOO bad on the default skin but it looks especially bad on skins
like HaunterBerry. Screenshot.)
pros to removing colons from quote boxes
quotes with hyperlinks in the title look less ugly
While I will agree that it looks a little off with a hyperlink, the colon
works well as a signal of it being a quote. It begins to look too much like
loose text otherwise, depending on the skin you use.
While I will agree that it looks a little off with a hyperlink, the colon
works well as a signal of it being a quote. It begins to look too much like
loose text otherwise.
If you don't put a name in the quote it automatically adds the word "quote"
Quote:
example
also
Draku:
depending on the skin you use.
I don't know what you mean exactly as long as it either has the person's name
or "quote" on the top
If you don't put a name in the quote it automatically adds the word "quote"
I know that, but on a skin like Megaman the name and quote box are separate so
you'd just have the member name floating above the quote box. It's still
discernible but it looks strange to say the least which is why this suggestion
was made in the first place.
Oh. Well is it possible to make quoteboxes behave differently on different
skins?
It might be possible with an extremely odd workaround using the skin files to
have something that scans for it, though that'd be kind of extreme.
Given that there -is- at least some distinction made with the font used for
the quote title text even on skins that have quote boxes that behave as I
said, I don't think it'd be too bad to try it and see if there are any
complaints from other users. I don't think I can edit the base bbcode stuff
without FTP access though now that I think about it, so I'll have to bother
Elyk about doing so.
here's a javascript snippit that removes the colon from all quote boxes except
when its just "Quote:" (I can remove that too, but its a bit more code fsr and
who cares)
Code:
quote_titles = document.querySelectorAll('.quotetitle');
for (var i = 0; i < quote_titles.length; ++i)
quote_titles[i].innerHTML = quote_titles[i].innerHTML.replace(/:$/,'');
add it somewhere in the html as
Code:
or in a .js file included by the skins.
Should this be done by JavaScript? not really. but w/e
tbh ideally the quotes would auto-magically link back to the original post,
which many forum softwares do.
There are some quote backlink mods for phpBB that I would like to see
implemented, myself.
By the way I implemented that javascript bit since none of the other solutions
worked and it appears to function fine. If something breaks let me know.
Need a better solution than just js replace
Sat Dec 06, 2014 06:24 PM Remove the colon from the quote box by Bitteh:
Sat Dec 06, 2014 06:26 PM Re: Remove the colon from the quote box by World'sTallestLadder:
Sat Dec 06, 2014 06:28 PM Re: Remove the colon from the quote box by Draku:
Sat Dec 06, 2014 06:29 PM Re: Remove the colon from the quote box by Bitteh:
Sat Dec 06, 2014 06:32 PM Re: Remove the colon from the quote box by Draku:
Sat Dec 06, 2014 06:34 PM Re: Remove the colon from the quote box by Bitteh:
Sat Dec 06, 2014 06:42 PM Re: Remove the colon from the quote box by Draku:
Sat Dec 06, 2014 09:44 PM Re: Remove the colon from the quote box by World'sTallestLadder:
Tue Dec 09, 2014 01:36 AM Re: Remove the colon from the quote box by Elyk:
Tue Dec 09, 2014 08:18 AM Re: Remove the colon from the quote box by Elyk:
Tue Dec 09, 2014 04:41 PM Re: Remove the colon from the quote box by Spritey:
Tue Dec 09, 2014 07:12 PM Re: Remove the colon from the quote box by World'sTallestLadder:
Tue Dec 09, 2014 07:22 PM Re: Remove the colon from the quote box by Draku: