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inetd,

you'll have to run an query: UPDATE user SET hideposts='1'. That will switch it to 'yes' for all existing users.



Frank,

I don't know how FireFly did it, he may have an easier way than me.

I used my Post Counter hack for it.

If you installed it (it's a VERY easy hack to install), you can do the following to make sure the 1st post is always expanded:

In showthread.php, find this code:

  $post[postcount] = ++$postcount;
  $postbits .= getpostbit($post);

Change it to (addition marked in "high"):

  $post[postcount] = ++$postcount;
[high]  if ($post[postcount]=="1") {
	$thispost = "1";
  } else {
	$thispost = "";
  }[/high]
  $postbits .= getpostbit($post);

Open admin/functions.php, find:

	global $display, $HTTP_USER_AGENT;

	if ($post[dateline]>$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]) {

change it to (additions marked in high):

// Contract Old Posts in Thread (v1.0)
	global $display, [high]$thispost,[/high] $HTTP_USER_AGENT;

	if ($post[dateline]>$bbuserinfo[lastvisit][high] || $thispost=="1"[/high]) {

That's it.

Again, like I said, maybe there's a way of doing it that I'm ignoring and FireFly can help, but I just used my count posts hack for it and it works. *shrug*