PART I

1 - Hello username after login this post

2 - Display membership type this post

3 - Go back Link for news Page this post

4 - Notify Admin of new reports this post

5 - Add cancel button to member profile this post

6 - Username in browser title bar this post

7 - Gender based no photo image this post

8 - Display Gender based ads this post

9 - How to add adsense code to your site this post

10 - Flashing chat request instead of pop-up window this post

Part II

1 - Add favicon to your site this post

2 – Add tool tips to Member images this post

3 - Display information to logged in members only this post

4 - Show all member online now this post

5 – Display gender icon next to Member name this post

6 – Display Member online / offline status indicator this post

7 – Add read / not-read by receiver marker on private messages this post

8 – Add form field hints this post

9 – Display different information for paid and non-paid members this post

10 - Navigation by page numbers in control panel this post

Part III

1 – How to add banners this post

2 – Alert members before they reach the Private messaging limit this post

3 – Allow member to add and display Zodiac signs on their profile this post

4 – Add Delete / Edit profile options to front end (accessed by Admin only) this post

5 – Make a canceled member page with feedback form this post

6 – Automatic add profile image to blog / add profile link to blog this post

7 – Add username to pictures and photos in control panel this post

8 – Add AdSense to the header (top) of your site this post

9 – Allow members to add live (links) URL's to their profile this post

10 – Embed a forum into your vld website this post

Part IV

1 – Remove message response number in messages this post

2 – Display content only if on homepage this post

3 – Display content only if NOT on homepagethis post

4 – Language dependent Terms of Service this post

5 – Change the header Graphic on Homepage this post

6 – Make welcome page with feedback form this post

7 – New columns in Control Panel to manage members this post

8 – Quick search links for search by city this post

9 – No contact until after Admin. approves uploaded photo this post

10 – Display members celebrating a birthday today this post

Part V

1 – How to change date formatting this post

2 – Add caption and link to member pictures on profile zoom image this post

3 –Member links Mod/ display friends only if the member has friends this post

4 – Add comment entry text box to your custom pages this post

5 – Display total number of events on your events calender this post

6 – Change your site email server this post

7 – How many characters left mod this post

8 – Human friendly date formatting this post

9 – YouTube embed code mod. this post

10 – Add next image link to hot or not rating page this post

Part VI

1 - Bypass required field in Control Panel edit Members this post

2 -  Show total number of Males and Females in Contorl Panel this post

3 -  Display Last members city, and thumbnails this post

4 -  Create a New Field for Marketing and / or Referral Purposes this post

5 -  AJAX Username Check - taken names AND banned names this post

6 -  Stats extension, Show count "Registered Today" this post

7 -  Adding Featured Member sorting function this post

8 -  Display Member Last Log in date this post

9 -  Minimum word-count for text areas this post

10 -  Don't show certain text on registration page this post

Step 1
Download the language pack you want from the Downloads area.
Unzip the language pack.
Upload  the language pack folder to your 'includes/languages' folder.
Note: the language pack folder is the folder with language name only.

Step 2
Activate your new language.
In the control panel:
Settings----»Languages
Select the “un-installed” icon to install your new language.

Step 3
Set your site default language
in the control panel:
Settings---» Select group---» Localizations
System language---- »select your default site Language
Override members language [No]
[submit]

Step 4
Now that you've installed the language pack, set your site default language and allowed your members to change the site language, you need a front-end interface (switch) to translate your site to the new language.

There are many ways you to allow members to translate your site.
Create a new link and place it in your header.tpl or wherever you want the link to appear.

Here are 3 examples of translation interface
Example1
for  word links:

<a href="{virtual_path}?language=english">English</a> |
<a href="{virtual_path}?language=spanish">Espanol</a>

Example 2
for image links:

<a href="{virtual_path}?language=english">
<img border="0" src="{virtual_path}templates/your_template/media/flag1.gif" width="20" height="20"></a>

 
<a href="{virtual_path}?language=spanish">
<img border="0" src="{virtual_path}templates/your_template/media/flag.2" width="20" height="20"></a>

***Please Note***
Where flag1.gif and flag2.gif are flag images uploaded to your 'templates/your_template/media' folder
Or you may use the flag images in your 'media/flags' folder

Example 3
for drop-down menu

<form name="jump">
<select name="menu" onChange="location=document.jump.menu.options[document.jump.menu.selectedIndex].value;" value="GO">
<option value="{virtual_path}">Translate</option>
<option value="{virtual_path}?language=english">English</option>
<option value="{virtual_path}?language=spanish">Espanol</option>
</select>
</form>

Now your members can translate your site with just one mouse click.

The coding is to help with spam issues. I have my site setup so new members have to upload an image when signing up, and the admin has to approve the image before it is displayed on the site or they can contact other members.

The following happens to me a lot...a spammers signs up, uploads any crappy image and immediately starts contacting members....when I finally get around to checking the site, they have already spammed some members. This coding prevents them from contacting other members until I have approved their image. If I don't like what I see, I can delete their account...if their image and profile looks legit, I approve the image.

I wrap the following coding around the form code in templates

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<!-- IF session.picture AND session.picture_active AND loggedin == "1" -->

<form>

</form>

<!-- ELSE -->
<strong>Hello {session.username}</strong>. Before you can contact other members, your picture must be approved by the admin. Please allow 24 hours for approval. If you have any questions, please
use the <strong>Contact us</strong> link at the bottom of every page to contact the admin.
<!-- ENDIF -->

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Obviously you can change the message text above to what you want to say. {session.username} will display the logged in username.

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Templates I use the above code in, but feel free to use for whatever templates on your site:

account_messages_compose.tpl
ext.guestbooks.tpl
member_blog_entry.tpl
member_guestook.tpl
member_pictures_view.tpl
news_view.tpl

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Example of how I edited a template using the above code. In this example I will edit account_message_compose.tpl

I open account_messages_compose.tpl. Do a search using form as search criteria or you can look at the code. It is easy to find the form code on the page.

I added:

<!-- IF session.picture AND session.picture_active AND loggedin == "1" -->

before:

<form method="post" name="message" action="">

I added:

<!-- ELSE -->
<strong>Hello {session.username}</strong>. Before you can contact other members, your picture must be approved by the admin. Please allow 24 hours for approval. If you have any questions, please use the <strong>Contact us</strong> link at the bottom of every page to contact the admin.
<!-- ENDIF -->

After: </form>

As you can see...all I did was wrap the opening <form> and the closing </form> with the code. You would do the same for  other templates I listed above.

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member_profile.tpl uses quick messages but it does NOT use a form. I wrapped quick messages in member_profile.tpl as follows (the code below in red is what I added):

<!-- IF quick_messages -->
    <li class="wink">
    a href="#" title="{lang:"member","send_wink"}" onclick="showhide_field('send_wink_box');return false;">{lang:"member","send_wink"}</a>
    <div id="send_wink_box" class="winkbox" style="display: none">
    <!-- IF session.picture AND session.picture_active AND loggedin == "1" -->
    <select class="select" id="quick_messages" name="quick_messages">
                                                    {dropdownlist:quick_messages,""}
<!-- ELSE -->
<strong>Hello {session.username}</strong>. Before you can contact other members, your picture must be approved by the admin. Please allow 24 hours for approval. If you have any questions, please use the <strong>Contact us</strong> link at the bottom of every page to contact the admin.
<!-- ENDIF -->
</select>

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With the above coding a new member can not contact another member, make a comment or use quick message until I have approved their image.

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Image demo of coding:

What are your tips for VLD?

NEW HOST

When you sign up for a new host, they will probably send you a Welcome Email with passwords and instructions. One of the first things you will want to do before getting started with the steps below is pointing your URLs from your old host to your new host. It is something that most can do on their own, but if not, contact your host. Here is the basic steps.

1. Log in to your old host cpanel

2. There should be an area to manage your domains. In my case, there is a tab called Name Servers.

3. For each domain I own (I have 9) I had to change the Name Server from my old host to my new host. Normally the new host's Welcome email will tell you what the Name Servers are called. You will type in the Name Servers of your new host for each domain you own in your old host's domain manger. How exactly you accomplish this on your host may be different than mine, but usually it is pretty obvious where you change the Name Servers.

4. Propagation is the process of your domain transferring from your old host to your new host. This can take anywhere from a few hours to 24 hours. If you want to check out how things are going,  here is link you can use to check your propagating process - http://www.whatsmydns.net/

What you are looking for, is the new IP address of your new host. If you check and see the IP address of your old host, than your domain is still pointing to your old server. Once you see your new host IP address, than you know your domain is pointing to your new server.

5. You can also check to see if your site is propagating for your ISP by using windows ping or lookup command.

-- In windows click Run
-- Type cmd
-- Next type ping yourdomain.com or type nslookup yourdomain.com

If you see your site propagating by using the link in step 4 above, but hours later your  ISP is still showing your old host's ISP, recommend you turn off your computer, unplug your modem and any network hub you are using to network, to clear your ISP cache.  I would leave the computer off and modem/network turned off for at least 10 minutes before turning it on and plugging things back in.

6. You may also have to create what they call a DNS Zone for each domain on your new host. Again, instructions should of been provided by your new host. If not, contact them.

When you decide to proceed with the following steps depends on rather you want to wait until your domain name has propagated to your new server or you can jump right in if you have adequate instructions from your hosts on how to access your new and old hosts cpanels, how to ftp, etc. I jumped right in. Nothing says you have to do the following in the order listed.

MOVING FILES

Moving files is not that difficult with one possible exception and that is your media folder. Before I get into the steps, let me say I'm using vldP version 2.5.3. I believe starting with 2.5.5, the file structure of the media (audio, images, video) folder changed and ftp may not be an issue. With 2.5.3 and prior, all media was saved under one folder called upload. My upload folder had tons of files. This caused  ftp issues when I would copy files from my host to my local drive. If you use a ftp programs (I use several but FileZilla at http://filezilla-project.org/ is one of the best and it is free) to copy a large media folder from your host to your local drive,  I can guarantee you that you will not move all your media with a ftp program. The following steps is what I recommend for moving files.

1. On your old host, copy (ftp) all your vldP files from your sever to your local drive. As far as the media folder (read above paragraph), if you do not have that much media, there should be no issue copying the folder to your local drive. If your media folder has a lot of files there may be an issue (later I will recommend how to solve).

2. On your new host, recommend uploading your vldP files to the same file structure you used on your old host. If you had vldP installed in the root of the old host, upload to the root of the new host. If you had vldP installed in a folder at your old host, create a folder with the same name on your new host and upload to it.

3. Config.php. Make sure you do not delete or change the config.php that you copied from your old host. Later you may have to make changes, but for now, just make sure you don't accidently delete it.

4. Media Folder. Ok, You read everything I said above about media folder. Lets assume you are having problems with copying your media folder to your local drive by ftp. Again you won't get any ftp errors, but after you upload your media folder to your new host, you discover images are missing. There is a good chance ftp didn't copy all your media files to your local drive.  Here is what I did:

-- In my old host CPANEL, I would use the backup command

-- There are several ways to backup. The important thing is to use the backup that will copy all files, including your media folder, to your local drive. By using the backup command, you will ensure that all media files have been downloaded to your local drive. In my hosts cpanel, I use the Home Directory backup (see image below). I could of used the Full Backup, but that is overkill - backs up all my files plus all cpanel files. If you are not sure, ask your old host which backup command to use to back up all your files. Also, if you have a lot of files, you may want to do the back up when you are not using your computer -- I do it before going to bed and leave it backup during the night.

Now that I have all of the media files on my local drive, I can use my ftp program to upload my media files.

NOTE: When uploading to a new host, I usually have no issues with ftp. The only time I have ftp issues is when I try to download (copy)  the content of the media folder to my local drive when the media folder is large. That is why I use my cpanel backup command to copy my files to my local drive and then use ftp to upload my media folder to my new host.

5. Permissions. Now that you have all your files, including media files, on your new host, it is time to check your permissions.  Besides my vldP files, I also made sure my ioncube folder, my htaccess and php.ini files were uploaded to my new host. The permissions you check are the same ones you checked when you installed vldP. Installation/Permission Instructions

TO ALL GURU'S WHO WILL MENTION SSH -- I agree, if you have SSH use it, but if not or you don't know what SSH is, than don't bother with it. My old host did not have SSH capability or they did not give me permission to use it.

CREATING DATABASE AND USER ON NEW HOST

1. I was lucky and was able to create the same database and username that I used on my old host to my new host including the same prefix. Many of you may be able to create the same name, but your new host's prefix may be different. It isn't a big deal if you can't create the same name as your old host, we just got to remember to change the config.php file to reflect the new name. I will discuss config.php later.

2. Exporting. We need to export the database from the old host. We are going to use phpmyadmin to export to our local drive.

The image below should help you set the settings to export your database. I highlited in green the important settings.

-- After you have selected the database (see above image), select the Export tab.
-- Make sure to click"select all" to select all tables and  check the sql format to export
-- Under Structure - be sure to select the settings you see in the image highlited in green
-- Under Data - be sure to select the settings you see in the image highlited in green
-- Be sure you have the "Save as file" selected with a check mark and "gzipped" as your format
-- When everything is set, click the Go button to export the database to your local drive.

3. Importing. Ok, now that we have exported the database from our old host to our local drive, it is time to import the old database to the new database we created in step 1 above on our new host.

CONFIG.PHP

Your config.php contains your configuration for your site. It is usually under the includes folder. In the above steps, I talked about keeping the same file structure and names from your old host on your new host, but if things did not quite work out, good chance you will need to make some changes to your config.php. Before making those changes, be sure to backup the old one and keep it in a safe place. Once you know you have a working config.php for your site, you will want to make another copy of that working copy and keep in safe place.

After you made your changes and uploaded the config.php to your new host, I would double check the config.php permission to be sure it is correrct.

READY, SET, GO

Ok we now cross our fingers, and type in the URL for our site. If all went well, we say yea, if not, we say CACHE. If you did everything correctly but something went wrong, the first I thing I would do is clear cache. Go to your includes/cache folder on your new host and clear it out and try again.

VLDP LICENSE

Even though you have a valid license, you may still see an error saying your license is not valid. I'm still not sure I have this whole licensing thing down pat. It took me a few tries to get licensing straight, but once I did, I was up and running. Here is the scoop.

You will have to log in to your vldP Client area and click the My Product link. There you should see a list of your license. Click the license you are using for the vldP you uploaded to your new host. The license number in your vldP Product area should match the license number in your config.php. You can use only one license per vldP installed. There are some exceptions I will talk about later.

In the above screen, you click the "Reissue License" button. After you click it, you must clear the includes/cache folder for the vldP you uploaded to the new host.

For whatever reason, it took me a few tries to get things straight. I was moving 3 vldP sites to the new host and it could be that I was just tired and not paying attention. But it did take me several tries to get my licenses matched up with the right vldP config file for each copy I owned. If you do have problems, check your config.php file and make sure the license you are "Reissuing" matches. If you have the right license number in your config.php for the license you are trying to reissue, all I can say is to try again by pushing the "Reissue License" button, clear the includes/cache again and keep trying until it works out. Like I said, it took me several tries.

Obviously if you tried more times than you can count and still are not getting it to work, it is time to put in a help ticket at vldP help desk.

VLDP LICENSE EXCEPTIONS

I asked vlad about using the same license more than once for testing and he said you could as long you installed the test copy of vldP in a folder called test. Here is how it works.

If I have  vldP installed under my root at asian-wife.net, I could create a folder under the root called test, install vldP in the test folder and use the same license I used for asian-wife.net  for the vldP I installed in the test folder.

Another example: Lets say I have my main vldP installed in a folder called dating. The path to my main vldP is root/dating/. In this case, if I want to install a test copy than I would have to install the test folder under the dating folder. The path for my test folder would be root/dating/test.

TESTING

Ok, you have vldP installed on your new host. There are no cache or license problems and things seem to be running ok or are they?? It is time to test. I'm not big into testing, for that matter I hate it, but it is a necessary evil.

A good example is my recent experience. I had my sites running on my new host and all seem to be working well. I created a test member (by the way, if you have a folder named test, do not create a member in vldP called test). I called my test member "asiantest", logged in and went to create a blog as asiantest and I got a fatal error message -- oh my!

This is why you have the debug=1 in your config.php file when testing. If it was set as debug=0 (default setting) and I did the blog test, I would of got a blank screen with no error message. But with debug=1 set in my config.php, I got a error message. I copied the error message and sent it to my host. They knew what the problem was and fixed it. Can you imagine if I said to my host "I get a blank screen when I create a blog". They probably would of scratched their head and told me to contact vlad which in turn vlad would of told me to change my debug to debug=1 and tell him what the error said.

So lesson learn is if you have a problem and not sure what it is, try changing your debug in your config.php file to debug=1 to see if you  get an error message to send to the experts so they can figure out what is wrong. Don't forget to change your debug back to 0 when you are done testing.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

All my sites are now on my new host and things are up and running. There were some minor tweaking but other than that, things seem to be as they should. Don't forget about your emails. If you changed hosts and got new emails addresses, you may have to update your email settings in your vldP Control Panel.

Good Luck.

I've found a simple way to add table sorting of members, newsletters etc in the CP.

Download this script and follow the instructions to implement.

1. Copy your /template folder (I do this with the server ftp, create a zip, then rename in a new folder and unzip), rename it to /mobile, change the info.php file also with the 'mobile' name
2. Create a subdomain with forward on your serversettings wich redirects to a template
example: m.mysite.eu => forward to www.mysite.eu/index.php?template=mobile
3. Adjust the template to your mobile needs (remove backgrounds, some scripts etc) You will only need to adjust some files as header.tpl, site.css, homepage.tpl etc,....

Now, I'm looking for a way to shortcut the files from the mobile template, because I don't want to do every mod on my site in double.

4. Be sure your template setting are allowed in the CP (in the groups and in the general setting Look and Feel.

Select group ---» Registration
Enable registration captcha  [Yes] or [No]

Under the “Options” menu
Member modules ---» Pictures ---» Comments
Enable picture comments captcha [Yes] or [No]

Member modules ---» Videos ---» Comments
Enable video comments captcha [Yes] or [No]

Member modules ---» Blogs ---» Comments
Enable blog comments captcha [Yes] or [No]

Member modules ---» Guestbook
Enable guestbooks captcha [Yes] or [No]

Member modules ---» Events ---» Comments
Enable event comments captcha [Yes] or [No]

Under the “Options” menu
Content modules ---» Select group ---»  News
Enable comment captcha [Yes] or [No]

Content modules ---» Select group ---» Feedback
Enable feedback captcha [Yes] or [No]

Content modules ---» Select group ---»  Friend Invites
Enable captcha [Yes] or [No]

Content modules ---» Select group ---» Custom pages
Enable comment captcha [Yes] or [No]

In other words...
If you have NOT made ANY changes to your site.......... use Method I
If you made major changes to many files  ....................... use Method II

PLEASE NOTE:
Method I- you are installing the program for the first time on a new server or domain
and your current site version number in the same as the latest vldPersonals version number. 

Method II- you are transferring your current program files and folders including your member content (pictures, music, videos,) to a new server or domain.

Method I
This method installs the program to a new server for the first time.
(NOTE: use this method if you have NOT made ANY changes to your site)
1-Back-up your database
2-Download all program files and folders to your local drive (this is your back-up site)
3-Download new program files from the downloads area
Note: When using Method I ensure, your current program version is the same as the vldPersonals latest program version downloaded from the download area.
4-Upload the (install version) of the program (downloaded from the download area)
5-Install the program to your new server
6- Set file permissions ****
7-Upload the contents of the media/uploads folder to the new site
8-Restore the database
9-Update counters

Method II
This method transfers your current program files and folders to a new server or domain.
(NOTE: use this method if you HAVE made many changes to your site)
1- Back-up your database
2-Download all program files and folders to your local drive (this is your back-up site)
3- Edit your your config.php file located in your includes folder to reflect new server paths
(edit line 16 through 22 and remove the old paths and insert the new paths)
for example:
old paths:
16 $conf['system_path'] = '/home/content/r/a/v/web_site/html/old/';
17 $conf['virtual_path'] = 'http://www.web_site.com/old/';
18 $conf['virtual_cp_path'] = 'http://www.web_site.com/old/cp/';

new paths:
16 $conf['system_path'] = '/home/content/r/a/v/web_site/html/new/';
17 $conf['virtual_path'] = 'http://www.web_site.com/new/';
18 $conf['virtual_cp_path'] = 'http://www.web_site.com/new/cp/';

4-Set file permissions ****
5-Clear all caches
5a-includes/cache/
5b-includes/templates/tmp/
5c-templates/your_template2/tmp/
6-Upload the contents of the media/uploads folder to the new site
7-Restore the database
8- Update counters

***Special Notes***
a-You will need the Ioncube in the new root folder
b-If you are using a different database do not upload the (old) config.php file from the (old) includes folder to the new includes folder
c. Ensure your file permissions are set correctly.
d. After you move your the site, to your new domain or server, completely remove the software from your old domain or server.

****Set File Permissions***
Note: If you are hosted on a Windows server you will skip this step, but you should ensure that the files and directories are writable by vldPersonals. You may need to contact your Host or server admin for this.

If you are using a Unix server (or Unix variant, like Linux, OS X, FreeBSD, etc.) you must set the following files to 666:

     includes/config.php
     sitemap.xml

You must set the following directories to 777:

      includes/cache/
      includes/templates/tmp/
      templates/your_template/tmp/
      templates/webby2/tmp/
      media/uploads/

Well do far what i have done is purchased Pay Per Click Add on website with high traffic and what happened was from 70 clicks 14 new members!
Also i have submited my domain to google now waiting for them to index my domain name!
Last thing it is my domain name,i think it is good but i would like to know other people opinion: http://need.me.uk is my domain!

Only thing i am worried about is that i have to compete with other UK dating sites and they have huge budget!
But to be honest moust of them are just horrible,fake messages,fake profiles,fake info on adds!
At the moment i dont even think of making any cash,just wanna get it started,and i found it really difficult!

You may Alter your database with one command:

UPDATE vld_members AS vld_members LEFT JOIN vld_members_data_members AS vld_members_data_members ON ( vld_members.member_id = vld_members_data_members.data_id ) SET vld_members.group_id =9,
vld_members.expirationdate =0 WHERE vld_members_data_members.data_gender1 =2;

Where 9 is my free access group; 2 is my regular group who can not send messages.

You can use this command to MASS move members from one Group to another.

This formula is Tested by myself.

I much prefer TinyMCE, and fortunately, changing from NiceEdit (not so nice I think) to TinyMCE is very easy.

Below: NiceEdit

Below: TinyMCE

Apart from familiarity, it offers more options and functionality, and functions (I believe personally) in a better way than NiceEdit.

Want to give it a try?

First, download the jQuery version of TinyMCE.
Rather than trying to find your way around the TinyMCE download area, to make it easier, you can get it here.

Unpack this archive, into your root/includes directory, so it's installed as follows:
public_html/includes/tiny_mce
(there will be further subdirectories under the tiny_mce directory, but they don't need our attention.)

Now, open the file /includes/templates/header.tpl
Around line 15, find and DELETE the entry
<script type="text/javascript" src="{virtual_path}includes/js/nicedit.js"></script>
That's right, delete it, erase it, cast it into cyber space.

Now, still in /includes/templates/header.tpl paste the following, just about where you deleted the other line.

<script type="text/javascript" src="{virtual_path}includes/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
tinyMCE.init({
    mode : "textareas",
    plugins : "inlinepopups",
    dialog_type : "modal",
    theme : "advanced",
    theme_advanced_buttons1 : "save,newdocument,|,bold,italic,underline,strikethrough,|,justifyleft,justifycenter,justifyright,justifyfull,|,styleselect,formatselect,fontselect,fontsizeselect",
    theme_advanced_buttons2 : "cut,copy,paste,pastetext,pasteword,|,search,replace,|,bullist,numlist,|,outdent,indent,blockquote,|,undo,redo,|,link,unlink,anchor,image,cleanup,help,code,|,insertdate,inserttime,preview,|,forecolor,backcolor",    
    theme_advanced_toolbar_location : "top",
    theme_advanced_toolbar_align : "left",
    theme_advanced_statusbar_location : "bottom",
    theme_advanced_resizing : true
});
</script>

You can now save and close /includes/templates/header.tpl

Now, all you need to do is modify two template files:
/includes/templates/pages_edit.tpl
and
/includes/templates/news_edit.tpl

(  if you have my vldArticles mod, then you would also have to change
/includes/templates/articles_edit.tpl  )

Towards the bottom of the files you will find an entry such as this:

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function(){
        new nicEditor({
            iconsPath: '{virtual_path}includes/js/nicicons.gif',
            buttonList: 
        }).panelInstance('field_body');
    });
</script>

Delete this entire selection, close and save your files, and voila, you should now have a much better textarea editor than NiceEdit.

Cheers

Welcome maxpower. You have 0 new messages!
You have had 3 members in total view your profile. See who's checking you out!

Go to the account_home.tpl and insert this below <!-- INCLUDE header.tpl --> at the top.

<br><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Welcome {session.username}.
<!-- IF {session.newmessages} #=="1" -->
You have 1 new message!
<!-- ELSE -->
You have {session.newmessages} new messages!
<!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- IF {member_total_visitors} #=="1" -->
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You have had 1 member in total view your profile.
<!-- ELSE -->
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You have had {member_total_visitors} members in total view your profile.
<!-- ENDIF -->
<a href="http://zone54.com.au/index.php?m=account_visitors"><font color=#ffffff><font size=2><u>See who's checking you out!</a></u></b></font></font size></li>

I think this information is newsworthy and I thank Radioact for helping me with this.

First, set up all the wink messages you want in the cp. Then, copy the ID's and subject lines somewhere for reference.

Next, open the member_profile.tpl page and insert this code in place of your ordinary winks, replacing my wink messages and ID's with your own:

<div id="send_wink_box" class="winkbox" style="display: none">

<label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_13" name="quick_messages" value="13" />
G'day, You seem nice! Would you be interested in catching up for coffee sometime?!</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_1" name="quick_messages" value="1" />
Hey there! I would really like to see your picture. Could you show me your face?</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_4" name="quick_messages" value="4" />
Hey there, Wanna Chat?! Your profile looks really cool. I'm hoping to chat soon!</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_8" name="quick_messages" value="8" />
Hi there! You have a very interesting profile! Could I please learn more about you?</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_11" name="quick_messages" value="11" />
Hi! Do you know how to cook, or should I make a dinner reservation?!</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_5" name="quick_messages" value="5" />
I'd like to be friends with you! Could you accept my request? Cheers mate...</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_2" name="quick_messages" value="2" />
Kiss For You - Muahz cutie! I like your picture!</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_17" name="quick_messages" value="17" />
Okay, I'm here now. What's your next wish?!</input></label>
<BR><BR>                                               
<a href="#" onclick="send_wink({member_id},$('input[name=quick_messages]:checked').val());return false;">{lang:"core","submit"}</a>                   

<a href="#" onclick="showhide_field('send_wink_box');return false;" class="cancel"></a>                                            </div>

OK, next, open your account_messages_view.tpl and insert a 'winks reply' link there by adding this code, changing the wink reply messages and ID's below with your own. Note, the labels should display the exact subject line as whats in the message subject for consistency:

<align=right><div class="actions">
<ul class="actions"><li class="wink">
                                            <a href="#" title="{lang:"member","send_wink"}" onclick="showhide_field('send_wink_box');return false;">
<img src="/templates/dark_yellowish/media/winkreply.PNG" input class="imageOff" type="image"  onmouseover="this.className='imageon'" onmouseout="this.className='imageOff'"></a>

<div id="send_wink_box" class="winkbox" style="display: none">

<label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_12" name="quick_messages" value="12" />
Reply: Dinner sounds great, let's get to know each other now!</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_3" name="quick_messages" value="3" />
Reply: Hey there! Yes, lets be friends! I'll accept your request. Hope to hear back from you soon.</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_10" name="quick_messages" value="10" />
Reply: Yes! You seem like a lovely person. Sure, we can get to know each other!</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_6" name="quick_messages" value="6" />
Reply: I loved the kiss! I'm interested in getting to know you. I'll email you soon!</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_7" name="quick_messages" value="7" />
Reply: I loved the kiss! I'm interested to know more. I hope to hear from you soon</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_15" name="quick_messages" value="15" />
Reply: I'm thrilled by your attention but I'm contacting someone just now. I'll tell you if anything changes</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_9" name="quick_messages" value="9" />
Reply: Thanks for your attention but I don't think we'd be suited to each other for now</input></label>
<BR><BR><label><input class="inputRadio radio" type="radio" id="quick_messages_14" name="quick_messages" value="14" />
Reply: I appreciate your interest but I'm only looking for someone local right now. Take care</input></label>
<BR><BR>                                               
<a href="#" onclick="send_wink({member_id},$('input[name=quick_messages]:checked').val());return false;">{lang:"core","submit"}</a>                   

<a href="#" onclick="showhide_field('send_wink_box');return false;" class="cancel"></a>                                            </div>
                                        </li></ul>

And there you should have it. A better communication system for free members