QUESTION : Will posting a new post bump the topic ?

I have the last post...wright ? But it have been for about 1 WEEK. So the topic is down. I post a new post...but this HACK will paste my new post intro the old one wright ? But the topic will remain DOWN or it will be BUMPED ? Coz if he remain down, then this hack is not to GOOD.

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thx, lee, in vb2 it was even less to hack, so simple ;)
i use it since a long time now

@PET: you can decide yourself weather it will bump a thread or not.
also you can define a timespan when it's regarded as a real new post or as a dp (the standart is 3600 seconds)

Xenon your new version introduces some more table_prefix bugs that cause MySQL errors. The problem is that you have to use the AS clause to create an alias so you can use things like post.whatever in the rest of the query without having to put table_prefix all over the place. Here's an example:

You only need to do this on the SELECT query.

some more?
i just forgot to add the AS on one line...

damn thing, i hate that table prefix in vb3, just a new trap to fall into when writing up instructions

Excellent hack, very clean not to mention ridiculously quick to install.

Good Job. Will Install it later.

Is there a way to disable this for Admins?

you just have to edit the condition:

and change for example into:

Aha, thank you very much. I was thinking it was in there somewhere but I wasn't sure how to edit it. ;)

np, you're welcome as always :)

Just installed the hack and it didn't work at first, then I went back, respaced, and it's working perfectly! Great hack!

*clicks install*

Very good hack, i h8 doubleposter's, and this is gona make my admins/mod's life ALOT easier..

Can you please release one with no bugs O:-)?

What bugs? It works like it is supposed to for me and most of the others who have installed it, apparently.

Great add-on. I already got tired on my older forum to tell users to use the edit button instead of posting again! Now there is no such problem. :)

@Hibernated: there shouldn't be any bugs anymore :)

@all: nice to see you like this mod :)

superb hack, works very good, can't be easier to install

i like this hack but i just realised we have a sports page
and sometimes we need the posts seperate for results in the same thread

This is really odd, it's not working for me at all. Weird, and the coding seems fine. It worked before with the RC but now that I have Gold, it's not working. Fresh install.

Strange.

hmm, really strange as there weren't changes in that section afaics.

will have to take a closer look when i finished my tests...

Thanks Xenon :)

I'll look back over it to make sure it wasnt a stupid mistake on my part :p

EDIT:
IT WAS a stupid mistake on my part. :tired: Thanks, it's all fixed now ;)

as of now i haven't installed the hack yet .. although i plan to do so as soon as the following question is answered.

what happens if there are too many attachments overall ?

for example: post A 3 attachments | post B 4 attachments | overall allowed attachments per post = 5

AFAIK the attachmenttest are done during the upload within the popup window, so it should not be affected by this hack at all.

but i cannot say for sure, never tested this specific thing :)

after how much time the hack don't update the last post ?

For exemple i have a post that is 1 week old. I want to "bump" the topic with a new news, will the hack bump the topic i reply again ?

Standart is 1 hour, but you can change this if you want.
It's one value in the code to change :)

I guess setting the TIMENOW value from 3600 to 259200 will make it 3 days then right? I actually want to prevent double posting in any circumstance. Whatfor have we got an edit function :)

Absolutelly correct :)

if you want to prevent DP at all, just remove that line:

Excellent hack, this will be very usefull.

Thanks Xenon :)
Installed and running with no problems..

I love installing your hacks, so small yet so useful :D

:)

Thx.
Well, that's my way for coding hacks. i'm a purist and don't need much effekts and such, just the usefull features are really needed :)

Awesome. Installed again! (I used the VB2 version too)

nope, not normal, and i don't think my hack is doing this, as it's working since months now without problems.

seems to be a bug with another hack...

;)

tell me if you find out whats exactly the problem then, so maybe a workaround is possible :)

Can it be use in like for example I had a Ads Forum and I only allow said new post for every 7 days..will this hack be able to achieve that effect also?

Thanks.

nope, for that purpose you have to hack another area of vb, where it checks the flood control :)

Nice hack. It would be very nice if you could split the post apart if someone double posted. Such as adding a horizontal rule or such inbetween posts to know what is a new post and such.

well, you can design the split yourself.
But it is just possible to use codes, whcih a user is able to use as well.

but if you want to add a -------------------------------- or whatever, you can do so :)

Another great addition, thank you. This will definatly help cut down "post count padders".

Very great hack !!

*install*

Quick Question: I have this installed and it is working great. However, is there anyway I can get it to do the following? I have it set to do the following:
-User cannot double post within a 24 hour window (got this working)
-Posts are not bumped if they double post within a 24 hour window

Is there a way to add an 'edit' comment to the thread that got merged because of a double post? Currently, when a user double posts it does not say ' Last edited by xxx : 21. Jan 2004 at 16:47. Reason: '