Alt-S to submit a post?

[SLOweather]

Since it looks like this is the new home of the forum, could we please get alt-s for submit and alt-p for preview turned on for new posts?

[SLOweather]

Bump.

The other forums I haunt allow alt-s to submit a post. Is it possible to activate that here?

Thanks!

Chris

[saratogaWX]

I'll take a look a the configs.. see what can be done.

Ken

[kray1000]

And while we're suggesting...

What's the easiest way to view the most recent posts made on this forum, not just the ones since my last visit?  I don't see a link that says "View most recent posts on this forum", or something along those lines...

[SLOweather]

That's a good one. The Avalanche Fan Club SMF powered site has one that adds "index.php?action=last24" to the base URL, but that trick doesn't work here (yet).

[kray1000]

The other forums I haunt...

... that trick doesn't work here...

Been eating too many Halloween sandwitches?

[saratogaWX]

It should be done now...

alt-p should do a preview (used to to imbed an image)
alt-s should do a submit.

At least in IE7  -- having a problem with Firefox 2.0 acting on the accesskey directive...

I used the hotkeys to preview and submit this post

Ken

[W3DRM]

And, another suggestion (MOD to add...).

I see a MOD that shows the post subject so you don't have to stop and think about what topic you were replying to. If it's what I think it is, it would be a nice addition to have. The link is as follows:

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=121524[/list]

[saratogaWX]

I've added two new search params:

http://www.wxforum.net/search.php?search_id=recent  will show the last 7 days of posts

http://www.wxforum.net/search.php?search_id=last24 will show posts in the last 24 hours

I'll add the options to the search items available on the home screen

Enjoy!

Ken

[SLOweather]

Thanks, Ken. You rock! I used alt-s to submit this! (in FF 1.5.0.7)

[saratogaWX]

Don... the show subject (topic) of post when replying mod is also installed..

When I replied to his topic, it showed the links as:

Code:

WXforum.net Forum Index  -> Bugs/General Suggestions  -> Alt-S to submit a post?

Ken

[W3DRM]

Thanks Ken that is great. It's not what I was exactly looking for though. Was thinking it would actually place the Subject contents in the Subject box. That would be even nicer!

Anyway - you do ROCK!  

[saratogaWX]

Yes, I remember that mod to auto-fill the Subject on a reply..

I'll do some trolling for it.

Ken

[saratogaWX]

Ahh... found the (ancient) mod and refitted it.  Now the subject line will automatically be 'Re: <topic>' when you do a reply to a post.

See above subject line (was automatically filled in )

Thanks for the suggestion Don!

Best regards,
Ken

[W3DRM]

Wow, I'm impressed. I've been wanting that mod for a long long time! That's something that should be a standard part of the phpBB software.

Thanks for finding it and putting into effect.      

[saratogaWX]

You're welcome Don!

Finding the mod was an exercise.. phpBB mods directory had 'rolled it off' so it couldn't be found via that path.  I did a couple of google searches and found the text of the mod cached for a site in Taiwan.

Here's the mod for all you phpBB admins (may need a touch of refitting) but is really simple and only changes posting.php:

Code:

##############################################################
## MOD Title: Automatic Subject on Reply
## MOD Author: drathbun < drathbun@forumtopics.com > (Dave Rathbun)
## MOD Description: Simple mod to add a default subject on all post replies
## MOD Version: 1.0.1
##
## Installation Level: easy
## Installation Time: 5 Minutes
## Files To Edit: posting.php
## Included Files: n/a
##############################################################
## For Security Purposes, Please Check: http://www.phpbb.com/mods/downloads/ for the
## latest version of this MOD. Downloading this MOD from other sites could cause malicious code
## to enter into your phpBB Forum. As such, phpBB will not offer support for MOD's not offered
## in our MOD-Database, located at: http://www.phpbb.com/mods/downloads/
##############################################################
## Author Notes:
## This very simple mod provides a default subject on all post replies
## It essentially duplicates the "Quote" function of a default subject.
## 2.0.4 compatible as written
## Installation Notes
## The "After, Add" operation is used in the mod notes because that's one of the
## available options. However, what you can really do is replace the line:
## $subject = '';
## with the "After, Add" code. The code will work if installed per these
## instructions, so it should be compatible with any automatic mod installers.
## But the reason for the mod instructions being written the way they are is
## there are two instances of the line
##
## $subject = '';
##
## in the code. I had to provide enough lines to be specific.
##
## 2.0.3 compatible with one additional edit, detailed here. You have to add the
## topic_title to the sql that retrieves the post info. In 2.0.4 this change has
## already been made, and therefore is not included in the standard mod install
## operations.
##
## OPEN posting.php
## FIND $sql = "SELECT f.*, t.topic_status
## IN-LINE AFTER, ADD , t.topic_title
##
##
## 1.0.1 update notes
## Changed initial subject to limit to 60 characters. MySQL does not
## require this mod, but other databases might.
##
## No language entries or template changes are required for this very simple mod.
##############################################################
## Before Adding This MOD To Your Forum, You Should Back Up All Files Related To This MOD
##############################################################

#
#-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------
#
posting.php

#
#-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------
#
else if ( $mode == 'reply' )
{
$user_sig = ( $userdata['user_sig'] != '' ) ? $userdata['user_sig'] : '';

$username = ( $userdata['session_logged_in'] ) ? $userdata['username'] : '';
$subject = '';

#
#-----[ AFTER, ADD ]------------------------------------------
#
// begin Automatic Subject on Reply mod
$subject = $post_info['topic_title'];
if ( !preg_match('/^Re:/', $subject) && strlen($subject) > 0)
{
$subject = substr('Re: ' . $subject, 0, 60);
}
// end Automatic Subject on Reply mod


#
#-----[ SAVE/CLOSE ALL FILES ]------------------------------------------
#
# EoM

Enjoy!

Ken