[Logician]

yes you globalized them correctly. Now to display it in postbit, edit your postbit template and put your custom variables ($maker,$maker_mail,$model_dl) there.

This will display these variables in all posts. If you want to display in only first post try this: in showthread.php, find:

PHP Code:

$postbits = '';
$counter=0;
$postdone = array();
$sigcache = array();
while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) {

  if ($postdone[$post[postid]]) {
    $counter--;
    continue;
  } else {
    $postdone[$post[postid]]=1;
  }
  $postbits .= getpostbit($post);
} 


Replace it as:

PHP Code:

$postbits = '';
$counter=0;
$counter2=0;
$postdone = array();
$sigcache = array();
while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) {
$counter2++;
if ($counter2!=1)
{
$maker='';
$maker_mail='';
$model_dl='';
}
  if ($postdone[$post[postid]]) {
    $counter--;
    continue;
  } else {
    $postdone[$post[postid]]=1;
  }
  $postbits .= getpostbit($post);
}