Usergroups allowed to use it

[KingPin]

I tried to edit the postbit by adding the regular postbut using

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 2"> vbulletin postbit <else /> nulookpostbit </if>  

but that didnt work out too well for me, I think maybe an option in the CP for which groups have nulook would be awesome.(i know of the option which lets specific groups pick colors)
Also did I miss the copyright removal option for nulook or does it not exist? thank you.

[ElfMage]

Hi,

We had implemented the 'postbit template override by usergroup' feature, but left it out of the release because we were concerned that too many features would be confusing. (As it is, we have members thinking that all NuLook can do is the bubbles used here.. ).

We will add this feature to the next release. In the mean time, you can do the following.

Open nulook/nulook_plugins.php and find this line of code:

PHP Code:

$postbit->templatename = $nl_globals['postbit_templates'][ $template_ix ]; 


and change it for:

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->usergroupid != 2)
    $postbit->templatename = $nl_globals['postbit_templates'][ $template_ix ]; 


The branding free option for NuLook can be found here: http://www.nuhit.com/store/index.php...=index&cPath=3

BTW, any feedback you can provide us on NuLook? How are you using it? What you like? What you don't like? What we should add? etc.

Anything you can tell us to make it better.

Thanks.

[KingPin]

thank you for the pointer. everyone loves the balloon style but there are some quirks
the balloons dont always work out so well in staying fully under the text, sometimes they end up being just a bit shorter than the text or if you have the code tag in there sometimes(not every time) they will expand to full width of the page even though the code box isnt that wide. Maybe making them one standard width and just increasing the height as needed might be an option, e.g. daniweb ( a random link : http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread73633. html) (I know the daniweb ones arent real but rather a border using image lines but just a reference. will post anything else that comes to mind. the balloons not being exact size might just be my template but I cannot be sure at the moment...

Edit : also its only on the postbit2 i.e. the one where everything is flipped to the right side.

[ElfMage]

Originally Posted by KingPin

thank you for the pointer. everyone loves the balloon style but there are some quirks
the balloons dont always work out so well in staying fully under the text, sometimes they end up being just a bit shorter than the text or if you have the code tag in there sometimes(not every time) they will expand to full width of the page even though the code box isnt that wide.

Yes, this happens mainly when there are images (e.g. smileys). NuLook balloons are all generated at run-time on the client's browser. We "paint" them upon page load. But some times images get loaded later, and then the browser re-adjusts the page layout, and that's where that issue where the balloons are a bit shorter come up.

Originally Posted by KingPin

Maybe making them one standard width and just increasing the height as needed might be an option, e.g. daniweb ...)

It is certainly a possibility. We can add this as an option.

Originally Posted by KingPin

will post anything else that comes to mind.

Thanks, certainly appreciated.

Originally Posted by KingPin

the balloons not being exact size might just be my template but I cannot be sure at the moment...

I'll look at your site, but I don't think that your template is causing this. There is a work around, we add a little bit of 'padding' to the text inside the balloon, you could increase the one used in your forum, at least until we fiture out how to fix it 100%.

Could you check if the issue happens on FF vs. IE, or if it happens when images/smileys are not present in the post?

Originally Posted by KingPin

Edit : also its only on the postbit2 i.e. the one where everything is flipped to the right side.

Does this mean that the postbits are not alternating, like here at nuhit.com?

What's the value of the Admin CP > NuLook setting named 'Postbit template name(s)'? The default value is: nulook_postbit1,nulook_postbit2

Thanks.

[KingPin]

they are alternating, what I meant was mostly nulook_postbit2 is the one that messes up, nulook_postbit1 looks ok for the most part.

Edit : the tip you gave me didn't seem to remove the balloons for usergroup 2 unfortunately, is it only going to remove for new posts they make or for all posts they have made? thank you.

[ElfMage]

Originally Posted by KingPin

they are alternating, what I meant was mostly nulook_postbit2 is the one that messes up, nulook_postbit1 looks ok for the most part.

Oh, I see. nulook_postbit2 is right aligned, and that has its set of tricks. I'll look into this.

Originally Posted by KingPin

Edit : the tip you gave me didn't seem to remove the balloons for usergroup 2 unfortunately, is it only going to remove for new posts they make or for all posts they have made? thank you.

My apologies, I replied to that post too fast.

Change this:

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->usergroupid != 2) 


for this:

PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] != 2) 


I'll just go sit in the corner now...

[KingPin]

thank you much appreciated