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tpearl5
01-10-2010, 10:00 PM
This template modification will allow you to display a different posbit based on a prefix. So, for example, if you have a 'news' thread, you could display the first post in a news layout.

Included below is the modified postbit that I use on my forum for an example. The original template comes from the Article Forums mod (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=211638) I've taken out a couple icons at the top and removed the attachment thumbnail box for images. I've added Facebook, Tweetmeme, and Digg buttons to the upper right.

Here is a live example of the this mod in action: http://cellphoneforums.net/att/t306319-t-getting-raw-end-deal-commercials.html (example also has helpful posts, tweet poster, and vbseo installed)

To install:

Open your postbit template
Copy the existing template into an editor
Copy the below into an editor
Replace 'YOUR ORIGINAL POSTBIT HERE' with your postbit
Replace 'news' (in the first line) with the ID of the prefix you would like this template to display with. You can find this by going to 'Thread Prefixes > Prefix manager > click on the prefix you want' It'll be at the top.
Copy everything into your postbit template and save


This will only work on 3.x


<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND $post[postid] == $GLOBALS['qrfirstpostid'] AND $thread['prefixid'] == news">

$template_hook[postbit_start]
<table class="tborder" id="post$post[postid]" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr style="display: none;">
<td class="thead" $post[scrolltothis]>
<div class="normal" style="float:$stylevar[right]">
&nbsp;
<if condition="$show['postcount']">#<a href="showpost.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]&amp;postcount=$post[postcount]" target="new" rel="nofollow" id="postcount$post[postid]" name="$post[postcount]"><strong>$post[postcount]</strong></a> &nbsp;</if>

<if condition="$show['infractionlink']"><a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=report&amp;p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar/infraction.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_infraction_for_x]</phrase>" border="0" /></a> &nbsp;</if>

<if condition="$show['inlinemod']">
<input type="checkbox" name="plist[$postid]" id="plist_$postid" style="vertical-align:middle; padding:0px; margin:0px 0px 0px 5px" value="$post[checkbox_value]" />
</if>
</div>

<div class="normal">
<!-- status icon and date -->
<a name="post$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/post_$post[statusicon].gif" alt="$post[statustitle]" border="0" /></a>
<if condition="!$show['announcement']">

<else />
<phrase 1="$post[startdate]" 2="$post[enddate]">$vbphrase[x_until_y]</phrase>
</if>
$post[firstnewinsert]
<!-- / status icon and date -->
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2" style="padding:0px">

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<if condition="$show['moderated']">
<td class="alt2" id="td_post_$post[postid]">
<else />
<td class="alt1" id="td_post_$post[postid]">
</if>
<!-- message, attachments, sig -->
<div>

<div style="float: $stylevar[right]; max-width: 250px; overflow: hidden; <if condition="$af_ie6">width: 225px;</if>">

<!-- user info -->
<div class="alt2" style="padding: 10px; margin: 5px; <if condition="!$show[userinfo]">display: none;</if>">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellpadding]" border="0" width="100%">
<if condition="$show['avatar']"><tr>
<td class="alt2"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></td>
</tr></if><tr>
<td nowrap="nowrap">

<div id="postmenu_$post[postid]">
<if condition="$show['profile']">
<a class="bigusername" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>
$post[onlinestatus]
<script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_$post[postid]", true); </script>
<else />
$post[musername]
</if>
</div>

<if condition="$post['usertitle']"><div class="smallfont">$post[usertitle]</div></if>
<if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if>
$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_left]

</td>
</tr><tr>
<td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">

<div class="smallfont">
<if condition="$post['joindate']"><div>$vbphrase[join_date]: $post[joindate]</div></if>
<if condition="$post['field2']"><div>$vbphrase[location_perm]: $post[field2]</div></if>
<if condition="$post['age']"><div>$vbphrase[age]: $post[age]</div></if>
<if condition="$show['posts']"><div>
$vbphrase[posts]: $post[posts]
</div></if>
$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts]
<if condition="$show['infraction']"><div>$vbphrase[infractions]: $post[warnings]/$post[infractions] ($post[ipoints])</div></if>
<if condition="$show['reputation']"><if condition="$show['reppower']">$vbphrase[reppower]: <span id="reppower_$post[postid]_$post[userid]">$post[reppower]</span> </if><div><span id="repdisplay_$post[postid]_$post[userid]">$post[reputationdisplay]</span></div></if>
$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right]
<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]</div>
</div>

</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
<!-- / user info -->

<table align="center" width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0">
<tr>
<td valign="bottom"><a name="fb_share" type="box_count" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></td>
<td valign="bottom"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"></script></td>
<td valign="bottom"><a class="DiggThisButton"> ('<img src="http://digg.com/img/diggThis.png" height="80" width="52" alt="DiggThis" />?)</a><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script></td>
</tr>
</table>

<div class="alt2 smallfont" style="padding: 5px; margin: 5px 5px 0px 5px;">
<a href="newreply.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newreply&amp;noquote=1&amp;p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[post_a_comment]</a>
</div>

<if condition="$show['member']">
<div class="alt2 smallfont" style="padding: 5px; margin: 0px 5px 0px 5px;">
<if condition="$show['subscribed']">
<a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;t=$post[threadid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_thread]</a>
<else />
<a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=addsubscription&amp;t=$post[threadid]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[subscribe_to_this_thread]</a>
</if>
</div>
</if>
<if condition="$threadinfo['replycount']">
<div class="alt2 smallfont" style="padding: 5px; margin: 0px 5px 0px 5px;">
<a href="#comments" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[jump_to_comments]</a>
</div>
</if>


</div>

$template_hook[postbit_messagearea_start]

<if condition="$show['messageicon'] OR $post['title']">
<!-- icon and title -->
<div>
<if condition="$show['threadrating']">
<div class="smallfont" id="threadrating" style="float: right; cursor: pointer;">
<a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_threadrating" id="threadrating_current"><if condition="$show['rating']"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_$thread[rating].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$thread[votenum]" 2="$thread[voteavg]">$vbphrase[thread_rating_x_votes_y_average]</phrase>" border="0" /><else />$vbphrase[rate_thread]</if></a>
<if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("threadrating"); </script></if>
</div>
</if>
<if condition="$show['messageicon']"><img class="inlineimg" src="$post[iconpath]" alt="$post[icontitle]" border="0" /></if>
<if condition="$post['title']"><strong class="bigusername">$post[title]</strong></if>
<div class="shade"><phrase 1="member.php?u=$post[userid]" 2="$post[username]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase> $post[postdate]<if condition="!$show['af_detailedtime']">, $post[posttime]</if>

<if condition="$show['infractionlink']"><a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=report&amp;p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/infraction.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_infraction_for_x]</phrase>" border="0" /></a> </if>

</div>
<div style="display: none;"><a href="#comments"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/multipage.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="#comments">$vbphrase[comments] ($threadinfo[replycount])</a></div>
</div>
<hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; background-color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
<!-- / icon and title -->
</if>

<!-- message -->
<div id="post_message_$post[postid]" style="">
$ad_location[ad_showthread_firstpost_start]
$post[message]
</div>
<!-- / message -->

<if condition="$show['attachments']">
<!-- attachments -->
<div style="padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">

<if condition="$show['imageattachment']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>
<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[imageattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>
</if>

<if condition="$show['imageattachmentlink']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
$post[imageattachmentlinks]
</table>
</fieldset>
</if>

<if condition="$show['otherattachment']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attached_files]</legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
$post[otherattachments]
</table>
</fieldset>
</if>

<if condition="$show['moderatedattachment']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attachments_pending_approval]</legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
$post[moderatedattachments]
</table>
</fieldset>
</if>

</div>
<!-- / attachments -->
</if>

$template_hook[postbit_signature_start]
$ad_location[ad_showthread_firstpost_sig]

<if condition="$post['signature']">
<!-- sig -->
<div>
__________________<br />
$post[signature]
</div>
<!-- / sig -->
</if>

$template_hook[postbit_signature_end]

<if condition="$show['postedited']">
<!-- edit note -->
<div class="smallfont">
<hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; background-color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
<em>
<if condition="$show['postedithistory']">
<phrase 1="$post[edit_username]" 2="$post[edit_date]" 3="$post[edit_time]" 4="posthistory.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]">$vbphrase[last_edited_link_by_x_on_y_at_z_postid]</phrase>
<else />
<phrase 1="$post[edit_username]" 2="$post[edit_date]" 3="$post[edit_time]">$vbphrase[last_edited_by_x_on_y_at_z]</phrase>
</if>
<if condition="$post['edit_reason']">
$vbphrase[reason]: $post[edit_reason]
</if>
</em>
</div>
<!-- / edit note -->
</if>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="alt2">
<div style="float: $stylevar[right];" align="$stylevar[right]">
<!-- controls -->

<div id="controls" style="width: auto; display: inline;">
<if condition="$post['editlink']">
<img style="display: none" id="progress_$postid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/progress.gif" alt="$vbphrase[loading_editor_please_wait]" />
<a href="$post[editlink]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/edit.gif" alt="$vbphrase[edit_delete_message]" border="0" /></a>
</if>
<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">
<a href="$post[forwardlink]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/forward.gif" alt="$vbphrase[forward_message]" border="0" /></a>
</if>
<if condition="$post['replylink']">
<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />quote</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a>
</if>
<if condition="$show['multiquote_post']">
<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/multiquote_<if condition="$show['multiquote_selected']">on<else />off</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[multi_quote_this_message]" border="0" id="mq_$post[postid]" /></a>
</if>
<if condition="$show['quickreply'] AND !$show['threadedmode']">
<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" id="qr_$post[postid]" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/quickreply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[quick_reply_to_this_message]" border="0" /></a>
</if>
<if condition="$show['moderated']">
<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/moderated.gif" alt="$vbphrase[moderated_post]" border="0" />
</if>
<if condition="$show['spam']">
<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/spam_detected.png" alt="$vbphrase[spam_post]" border="0" />
</if>
<if condition="$show['deletedpost']">
<if condition="$show['managepost']">
<a href="postings.php?$session[sessionurl]do=managepost&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/trashcan.gif" alt="$vbphrase[manage]" border="0" /></a>
<else />
<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/trashcan.gif" alt="$vbphrase[deleted_post]" border="0" />
</if>
</if>
<if condition="$show['redcard']">
<a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/redcard.gif" alt="$vbphrase[received_infraction]" border="0" /></a>
<else />
<if condition="$show['yellowcard']">
<a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/yellowcard.gif" alt="$vbphrase[received_warning]" border="0" /></a>
</if>
</if>
</div>
$template_hook[postbit_controls]
<!-- / controls -->
</div>
<div class="">
<span class="shade">$vbphrase[views]</span> $thread[views]
<span class="shade"><a href="#comments" class="shade">$vbphrase[comments]</a></span> $thread[replycount]
</div>
</div>
<!-- message, attachments, sig -->

</td>
</tr>
</table>
$template_hook[postbit_end]

<if condition="(!is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 26,5,6,7))">
$postbit_advertisement
</if>

<!-- post $post[postid] popup menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_$post[postid]_menu" style="display:none;">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="thead">$post[username]</td>
</tr>
<if condition="$show['profile']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$vbphrase[view_public_profile]</a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$show['pmlink']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpm&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_private_message_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$show['emaillink']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="sendmessage.php?$session[sessionurl]do=mailmember&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_email_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$show['homepage']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="$post[homepage]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[visit_xs_homepage]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$show['search']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=finduser&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[find_all_posts_by_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$post['userid'] AND $show['member']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=addlist&amp;userlist=buddy&amp;u=$post[userid]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_x_to_contacts]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
$template_hook[postbit_user_popup]
</table>
</div>
<!-- / post $post[postid] popup menu -->
<a name="comments" id="comments"></a>
<div class="cleardiv" style="margin-top: 24px;"></div>
<div style="float: right;" class="smallfont"><span class="shade"> $vbphrase[total_comments]</span> <span id="commentcount2">$threadinfo[replycount]</span></div>

<h2 id="comments_heading" style="margin-bottom: 6px; font-size: 12pt;"><a name="comments"></a>$vbphrase[comments]</h2>

<if condition="$perpage > 1">$pagenav</if>


<else />

[I]YOUR ORIGINAL POSTBIT HERE

</if>
tpearl5
01-11-2010, 08:34 PM
Please let me know if you find this useful
st.charles
01-13-2010, 05:15 AM
I think it's an awesome template mod!
tpearl5
01-17-2010, 06:00 PM
thanks - glad you like it!
Merjawy
01-17-2010, 06:16 PM
Though I have no use for it atm, I do like it.. good thinking
DannyITR
04-16-2010, 02:03 PM
This mod is awesome. The only thing I notice is when its shared on Facebook, the counter goes away after the page is refreshed.
ZEHH
04-17-2010, 02:31 AM
ScreenShot ?
DannyITR
04-17-2010, 05:01 PM
Here is a screen. Happens on both IE and Firefox.
DannyITR
04-22-2010, 08:32 PM
I was also wondering if its possible ot make a complete column under the facebook, twitter and digg links so that the text of the post doesn't scroll under it? The screen is quite wide and I'd love to limit how wide the text area is and perhaps put photos going down the right hand side with text on the left but formatting posts is very tedious it seems. Can anyone shed some light on this?
DannyITR
05-19-2010, 03:03 PM
Also how would I modify the first conditional to include multiple prefixes?

Edit:

Got it:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND $post[postid] == $GLOBALS['qrfirstpostid'] AND in_array($thread['prefixid'], array('COTM', 'Feature', 'news', 'SiteInfo', 'ShowCoverage'))">

where COTM, Feature, news etc are the prefix IDs.
RobbieZ
05-20-2010, 07:25 AM
Interesting..
texasf1racer
08-11-2010, 05:12 PM
Thanks, its a handy mod! One problem though, my forum members and guests are seeing the different postbit for the first post on each page of the thread. Only the original posters #1 post in the thread should use the different postbit.

Any idea what could be causing this?
tpearl5
08-11-2010, 05:30 PM
I'm not sure why that would be happening. The conditional will make sure it is only displayed on the first post of the thread regardless of the page. Did you copy things per the instructions above?
texasf1racer
08-12-2010, 02:23 AM
Hi, thanks for the quick reply!

I actually used the adjusted conditional from Danny above for multiple prefixes, however I tried it with just your code as well and the bug was still present. In fact on your site you can see it on page 2 of THIS (http://cellphoneforums.net/att/t301789-mandatory-data-plans-t-smartphones-2.html) thread for example. It turns out that admin/mod accounts see it correctly with only the first post in the thread using the different postbit. Guests/not logged in and regular user accounts see the different postbit for the first post on each page of the thread - even though that post isn't the original posters.

Thanks to one of our members, he found the fix by changing your conditional to:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND $post[postid] == $thread['firstpostid'] AND $thread['prefixid'] == news">


Thank you for posting this, we found it very useful! :)
DannyITR
08-12-2010, 01:17 PM
Hi, thanks for the quick reply!

I actually used the adjusted conditional from Danny above for multiple prefixes, however I tried it with just your code as well and the bug was still present. In fact on your site you can see it on page 2 of THIS (http://cellphoneforums.net/att/t301789-mandatory-data-plans-t-smartphones-2.html) thread for example. It turns out that admin/mod accounts see it correctly with only the first post in the thread using the different postbit. Guests/not logged in and regular user accounts see the different postbit for the first post on each page of the thread - even though that post isn't the original posters.

Thanks to one of our members, he found the fix by changing your conditional to:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND $post[postid] == $thread['firstpostid'] AND $thread['prefixid'] == news">


Thank you for posting this, we found it very useful! :)

I'm experiencing this issue as well but only in Internet explorer. In Firefox, its only the first post on the first page that gets the new postbit as it should be. Would love to get this fixed somehow.
texasf1racer
08-13-2010, 06:22 AM
As far as I know using the conditional I posted above should work in IE8, Firefox, and Chrome as my staff use those browsers with no report of the bug anymore.
DannyITR
08-17-2010, 04:41 PM
A user is now reporting that he sees the different postbit on every first post even in FF. I'm going to upgrade to VB4 soon anyways. Will this still work?
DannyITR
10-03-2011, 02:26 PM
Is there any chance of this being ported to VB4?
tpearl5
05-16-2013, 12:24 PM
Is there any chance of this being ported to VB4?

I'm actually using a modified version of the regular postbit template now (postbit_legacy is set as the normal postbit) using this code:

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread' AND $post[postid] == $GLOBALS['qrfirstpostid'] AND in_array($thread['prefixid'], array('howto', 'news', 'info'))">
DannyITR
05-16-2013, 05:16 PM
Thanks I'll try it out!