First Post on every pages

Fully tested on vb 3.0.3
Request by Johnny

Hacks Stats:
Install diffuculty: medium
File to edit: 4
File to add: none
Template to edit: 3
Template to add: 1
Query to run: 1
Install time: less than 5 min

Description:
This hack add an additional option to show FIRSTPOST of the thread on every pages after page#1. Can be considered useful for some competition or request or chat chitting threads that need to review the rules or some marked things showed on the firstpost.

Feature:
- Show option to enable show firstpost for mod only
- Show option to enable for old thread too
- Show firstpost (if enable for thread) on everypage and doesn't count for postcount
- Click edit or quote as normal
- postbit Template
- show username and avatar as default

Feature has not achieved yet:
- Attachment in firstpost
- postbit_legacy template support
- Lessen 1 query for showthread.php

Update:
- The update came with a preset for forum that automatically enable this hack when new thread is made and option to turn on or off this hack overal (see attachment)

Installing instruction:
attachment

If you find this hack useful and want to inform any update, plz click INSTALL. Have fun

EDIT: I've been gone and will be long from now, sorry if I can't support my hack as I specified before.

[Blindchild02]

sweet, that worked.
now how do i put the first post above the NEW REPLY button, and the page nav and the thread drop downs?

but it still has to look good, i added it above it, and it was all messed up lookin

[phprus]

Help me please to change this hack that it showed the Attachments files.

[peterska2]

It's not working here on my test site

[kicks self]

actually it is. I didn't find the First Post on every page option coz I was looking under the wrong menu :blush:

[peterska2]

It's good

Installed and clicked

Just one quick question. Will you be adding ACP support at any point or is this not something that you are considering at the moment?

[Blindchild02]

id still like my post to be addressed

"

now how do i put the first post above the NEW REPLY button, and the page nav and the thread drop downs?

but it still has to look good, i added it above it, and it was all messed up lookin

"

[Sebastian]

what about the last post on every page? would seem more useful.

[Moya]

Originally Posted by Sebastian

what about the last post on every page? would seem more useful.

Urghhh how is that proved useful?

[Sebastian]

well you can see what the last post was... just a reminder of what was last said on the previous page..

[AnhTuanCool]

@BlindChild02 - you do want to put the new first post on top of the POST REPLY button and the thread navigation right?
This might help:
Open template SHOWTHREAD, erase

<if condition="$pagenumber != 1">
<div id="firstpost">$postbits_firstpost</div>
</if>
<div id="posts">$postbits</div>

Find:

<!-- controls above postbits -->

Add ABOVE:

<if condition="$pagenumber != 1">
<div id="firstpost">$postbits_firstpost</div>
</if>
<div id="posts">$postbits</div>

Done

@peteska2 - I didn't get what you said, do you mean about the update part?

[Takamine334]

hi, excellent hack. Quick question. I read that attachments in the first post aren't supported. Is this still the case?

I'd definitely use it, but I'd need to let people have attachment access since I run a music site.