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Originally Posted by Kalina

I achieved what you're looking for by editing the "Main Doublepost Prevent Engine" plugin. You can replace all the code in it with the following.

PHP Code:

// ########### Xenon's prevent doublepost modification #########

$vbulletin->GPC['xen_isdoublepost'] = false;

// parse custom conditions
$custcond = true;
if (trim($vbulletin->options['xen_dp_custcond']) != '')
{
    eval('$custcond = ((' . $vbulletin->options['xen_dp_custcond'] . ') ? true : false);');
}


// at first check if there is at least the possibility to be a doublepost
if ($custcond AND $type != 'thread'
    AND $dp_threadinfo['lastpost'] > TIMENOW - $vbulletin->options['xen_dp_timespan'] * 60
    AND $dp_threadinfo['lastposter'] == $vbulletin->userinfo['username']
    AND $dataman->fetch_field('attach') == 0)
{
    // we are here, so we may have a doublepost -> do more exact checkings
    $doublepost = $vbulletin->db->query_first("
        SELECT post.*
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post AS post
        LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(deletionlog.primaryid = post.postid AND type = 'post')
        WHERE post.threadid = $threadinfo[threadid]
            AND post.dateline > " . (TIMENOW - $vbulletin->options['xen_dp_timespan'] * 60) . "
            AND post.visible = 1 AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
            AND post.postid <> $post[postid]
        ORDER BY post.dateline DESC
        LIMIT 1
    ");

    if ($doublepost['userid'] == $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] AND $doublepost['attach'] == 0)
    {
        // we truely have a doublepost, now check if the merged post still fits the rules!
        $dpdataman =& datamanager_init('Post', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_ARRAY, 'threadpost');
        $dpdataman->set_existing($doublepost);
        $doublepost['message'] = $doublepost['pagetext'] . "\n\n[SIZE=\"1\"][COLOR=\"Silver\"]" . $vbulletin->userinfo['username'] . ' added ' . intval((TIMENOW - $doublepost['dateline'])/60) . ' Minutes and ' . ((TIMENOW - $doublepost['dateline']) % 60). ' Seconds later...' . $vbulletin->options['xen_dp_spacer'] . "[/color][/size]\n\n" . $post['message'];

        // set info
        $dpdataman->set_info('preview', $post['preview']);
        $dpdataman->set_info('parseurl', $post['parseurl']);
        $dpdataman->set_info('posthash', $post['posthash']);
        $dpdataman->set_info('forum', $foruminfo);
        $dpdataman->set_info('thread', $dp_threadinfo);

        // set options
        $dpdataman->setr('showsignature', $post['signature']);
        $dpdataman->setr('allowsmilie', $post['enablesmilies']);

        // set data
        $dpdataman->setr('pagetext', $doublepost['message']);
        $dpdataman->setr('iconid', $post['iconid']);

        $dpdataman->pre_save();
        if (!$dpdataman->errors)
        {
            // merged post is ok, so actually do the merging by editing old post
            $vbulletin->GPC['xen_isdoublepost'] = true;

            if ($vbulletin->options['xen_dp_bumpthread'])
            {
                // bump thread, so change the post's dateline
                $doublepost['dateline'] = TIMENOW;
                $dpdataman->setr('dateline', $doublepost['dateline']);
            }
            $dpdataman->save();

            // as we have edited an old post, we can now delete the new created post
            $postman =& datamanager_init('Post', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_SILENT, 'threadpost');
            $postman->set_existing($post);
            $postman->delete($foruminfo['countposts'], $threadinfo['threadid'], $removaltype = true, array('userid' => $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'], 'username' => $vbulletin->userinfo['username'], 'reason' => $vbulletin->options['xen_dp_editedby'], 'keepattachments' => false), false);
            unset($postman);

            $doublepost['oldmessage'] = $post['message'];
            $post = $doublepost;
            $id = $post['postid'];

            //now add edited by message
            if ($vbulletin->options['xen_dp_editedby'] != '')
            {
                $vbulletin->db->query_write("
                    REPLACE INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "editlog (postid, userid, username, dateline, reason)
                    VALUES ($post[postid], " . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . ", '" . addslashes($vbulletin->userinfo['username']) . "', " . TIMENOW . ", '" . addslashes($vbulletin->options['xen_dp_editedby']) . "')
                ");
            }

            // last step update counters
            build_thread_counters($post['threadid']);
            build_forum_counters($foruminfo['forumid']);
        }
    }
} 


Thank you SO much Kalina for solving my problem. Just tried your method and it works perfect!

My double posts now show up as:

MarcGSR added 1 Minutes and 2 Seconds later...

But still no one has answer if there is a way to time stamp them like this:

--------------- Added 17 Oct 2007 at 7:17pm ---------------

???