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1. Copy the file lmbbox-comment-quicktags.php into your wp-content/plugins directory
2. Activate this plugin in the WordPress Admin Panel

3. In your comments.php theme file add "" right above the . I put mine just above my commented out allowed_tags() call, example below.

   -- Example --

   XHTML: You can use these tags: //-->

   -- End of Example --

3.1 You need to make sure that "ID); ?>" is just after the and just before the lines at the bottom of the comments.php file in your theme's folder.

3.2 Open up your comments.php file and find the same area as you did in step 3 above. Now if you notice in my example above, the line has 'name="comment" id="comment"' settings. Now you need to make sure that both the name and id are "comment" like above (the default theme is like this).

Styling the Toolbar

1. The code added at the lmbboxcommentquicktags() function call has some CSS styling tags in place. Below is what I have for my style settings, which mimic the admin's quicktags look. There is a span with an id of commentquicktags that wraps the whole of the code. Then in the quicktags script, a link (Quicktags:) is displayed followed by a span with an id of edcommenttoolbar. The ID of the span can be used by anybody who may want to add more buttons after the hard coded buttons (eg. My plugin -> LMB^Box Smileys Plugin). All of the buttons are inputs with a class of edbutton, and all of the buttons have ids of ed%Nameofbutton%. The build in button ids are: edstrong, edem, edpre, edblock, and edlink.

/---------------------- Comment Quicktags ---------------------------/ /* Main Span */

comment_quicktags {

text-align: left;
margin-left: 1%;

} /* Button Style */

commentquicktags input.edbutton {

background: #F4F4F4;
border: 1px solid #D6D3CE;
color: #000000;
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
margin: 1px;
width: auto;

} /* Button Style on focus/click */

commentquicktags input:focus.edbutton {

background: #FFFFFF;
border: 1px solid #686868;

} /* Button Lable style */

commentquicktags #edstrong {

font-weight: bold;

} /* Button Lable style */

commentquicktags #edem {

font-style: italic;

}

Edit the Quicktag Buttons

1. If you wish to change/edit the Quicktag Buttons that are displayed, all you need to do is go to the LMB^Box Comment Quicktags Options Page. On the page you will be able to set the Minimum Level to Change LMB^Box Comment Quicktags Settings, if to display LMB^Box Comment Quicktags Toolbar in Comment Form, and add/edit/manage/remove the Quicktags Toolbar Buttons. In the default buttons, there are two that use special builting functions. Do NOT add any settings to these buttons! They are edimg and edlink. To add a new button, put in a Button ID and a Button Lable at the least. To make the button work, fill in Open and Close Tags (these are html code tags that will be used to style the output of the text between the tags). You can also add a Keyboard Shortcut key (I don't know how to use this though). The only time you need to check "Button Doesn't Need Close Tag" is if the Open Tag is all you need to show the html code tag that you want (on ed_img button, leave this box checked!). Then to display the Button, check the "Display Button" checkbox. If you want to remove a button, either just check the "Remove Button" checkbox or remove the Button ID and Button Lable. To change the order of display for the buttons, use the first column Button Display Order to move each button to where you want it to be by moving them up or down the list.

Uninstallation

1. If you want to uninstall LMB^Box Comment Quicktags, just deactivate the plugin in your Plugins Page. When you click on deactivate, you will be prompt to if to remove LMB^Box Comment Quicktags Settings. Click Ok/Yes to remove settings or Cancel/No to keep settings.