The reason you experience this "problem" is because the postbits are not really in the table that displays the background color. Ever notice how a really long post still has the borders around it? You have to do a bit of hacking in the postbit realm to get rid of the columns with spacers in them, and in the showthread realm, you have to place the postbits back inside the main content table.

Do it...go look at a really wide post, you will see that the page border shifts along with it. Otherwise, you are going to have an issue with the page border stretching to fit the wodest post.

I just found an easy way to add a break the way it does i here without a hack.
Place a break before the postbit, and then in view thread, place a break before the table holding the time and post/reply buttons on the bottom.

But if people really wanna use this hack, it instead of placing a break between the posts, you could place this
<table bgcolor="{pagebgcolor}" width="{tablewidth}" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td width="10"><img width="10" height="1" src="{imagesfolder}/space.gif" alt=""></td>
<td width="100%">
<!-- spacer -->
<!-- spacer -->
<img width="10" height="10" src="{imagesfolder}/space.gif" alt=""> </td>
<td width="10"><img width="10" height="8" src="{imagesfolder}/space.gif" alt=""></td>
</tr>
</table>
It will simulate that the table keeps going on. :-> Let me know how that works. Oh yes, you can change the image height to whatever you want.

Thanks but where would i put this code you mension?

This is the thread about the code hack, not the template hack. It was already mentioned that this could be done with a template. Re-read arguments in first somewhat posts about that.

Here i installed it with collasping post and it worked great...even though i was using mosty black
This is from a clan that I am hosting....

And here it is expanded...

It works great even on the main forum,but I am reluctant to upgrade my board untill 3.0 comes out so yes I am using 2.2.1

If you want to see the main forums go to The Clan Forums

Great improvement to 2.2.6, thanks! :)

Nice:)

Satan

for some reason it didnt work for me.. im using 2.2.6

<a href="http://ewplanet.com/e/showthread.php?postid=2" target="_blank">http://ewplanet.com/e/showthread.php?postid=2</a>

You may notice the break tag being visible between the posts. I'm in the process of constructing the forums so at times things will look extremely sloppy, don't mind that.

How do I fix that? Also, how would I break the categories on forumhome?

Nevermind guys.

Nicely done!

Thanks :D

Nice hack once again. I got most of yours now. :)

Is the same not achiveable without editing the showthread.php file? I think it is, heres what i did:

* Goto Templates > Modify > [expand list] > Postbit Templates [expand] > postbit [edit]

* Then find this:

* Now Insert this directly below it

Replace the bgcolour value with the your site's

Sorry, had to uninstall, conflicted w/ no double posting hack...Looks nice cosmetically anyway :) Easy install too...

Works on 2.2.7. Thanks. ;)

Yeah it does. I re-applied it to 227 yesterday when I took the time to upgrade, and had no errors what so ever. (ofcourse)

I love your little hacks, they make a big difference to the presentation of my forums. :D

br in the template is alot easier, and this hack ddnt work on forum im usin 2.2.7 all well i still got it though

Could you post the Code for this in the Thread? I tested the other ones, only the Hack seperated the Posts correctly, all other means produced the same Problems Xiphoid had.

Works with 2.2.8. Thanks. :D

I am happy to hear that :)

thx xiphoid ..working on 2.2.9

working perfectly on 2.2.9 .. thnx

There wasn't a major point to this hack, if you ask me... just a simple <br/> does the trcik, but, nice thought.

does this work on 3.6.2 ? please pm me