First post on every page of thread.

I had a use for it, so I thought I would share it.

Requires no file edits (Thanks Kirby!).
Adds no quarys when viewing threads

This is something like here on vbulletin.org , it allows you to select forums where the first post of the thread is shown thru out the thread.

It uses stock template looks now , if someone wishes to make a template and share it feel free.

I will offer support as I can.

Ps. If you install this hack please click the install :nervous:

Templates for first post:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=124
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=161

[kent_lkc]

which part ?

[CGhostGroup]

All of it, searching for something like that too

[kent_lkc]

everything do exactly as this MOD then do alteration as below:-

(I would like to apologize for bad English and i'm not a coder)

In this case, changes made to postbit_first
Original template of postbit_first was duplicate from postbit_legacy, so, it looks like below:-

$template_hook[postbit_start]
blah . . .blah . . blah...
.
.
.
.
.
	$template_hook[postbit_user_popup]
	</table>
</div>
<!-- / post $post[postid] popup menu -->

Duplicate above scripts as shown below:-
Red color texts are those i added.

$template_hook[postbit_start]
 <if condition="$forum['showfirstpost'] AND $vbulletin->GPC['pagenumber'] > 1">
<!-- first_post_stuck -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tbody>
 
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat" colspan="5">
			
			<a style="float:right" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('showfirstpost')"><img id="collapseimg_showfirstpost" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
            <span class="smallfont" style="float:$stylevar[right]">(<a href="#top" title="" onclick="return toggle_collapse('first_post'); return false; ">Collapse/Expand</a>)&nbsp;</span>			

     
			<div class="bigfont" align="center">Topic Discuss : <strong>$post[title]</strong></div>
			
		</td>
	</tr>
 
</tbody>

<table id="post$post[postid]" class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
    <tbody id="collapseobj_showfirstpost" style="">
<tr>
blah . . .blah . . blah...
.
.
.
.
.
	$template_hook[postbit_user_popup]
	</table>
</div>
<!-- / post $post[postid] popup menu -->

</tbody>
</table></if>
<!-- /first_post_stuck -->

 <if condition="$forum['showfirstpost'] AND $vbulletin->GPC['pagenumber'] < 2">
$template_hook[postbit_start]
blah . . .blah . . blah...
.
.
.
.
.
	$template_hook[postbit_user_popup]
	</table>
</div>
<!-- / post $post[postid] popup menu -->
</if>

Below :-$template_hook[postbit_signature_end]

		$template_hook[postbit_signature_end]

		<if condition="$show['postedited']">
		<!-- edit note -->
			<div class="smallfont">
				<hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; background-color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
				<em>
					<if condition="$show['postedithistory']">
						<phrase 1="$post[edit_username]" 2="$post[edit_date]" 3="$post[edit_time]" 4="posthistory.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]">$vbphrase[last_edited_link_by_x_on_y_at_z_postid]</phrase>
					<else />
						<phrase 1="$post[edit_username]" 2="$post[edit_date]" 3="$post[edit_time]">$vbphrase[last_edited_by_x_on_y_at_z]</phrase>
					</if>
					<if condition="$post['edit_reason']">
						$vbphrase[reason]: $post[edit_reason]
					</if>
				</em>
			</div>
		<!-- / edit note -->

Replace with:-

		$template_hook[postbit_signature_end]
		<!-- Information -->
			<div class="smallfont">
				<hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; background-color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
				<em>
      <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <a href=""><img src="http://www.yourdomain.com/images/attention.png" width="32" height="32" border="0" alt="Information" title="Information" /></a> 
          </td> 
          <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> 
          <td style="font-weight:bold;"> 
            <a href="">Information</a><br /><span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:90%;color:#8BFF4D;line-height:200%;">This is the first post of the thread you are reading.  It will appear at the top of every page.!</span> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
				</em>
			</div>

		<!-- / Information -->

Change www.yourdomain.com to your site URL and upload attention.png to images folder.

That's the best i can explain.

Attached a copy of png format image and my edited postbit_first for your reference.

Typically upper portion of postbit_first, whatever you don't want to display can be deleted.

[GTX2]

i got it working but the first post now has lower lenght than all other posts.. !!
any hint?

[iraqiboy90]

is there anything like this for vb 4.x.x?

[Bro_Joey_Gowdy]

Originally Posted by iraqiboy90

is there anything like this for vb 4.x.x?

Yes, it can be found here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=239282

[scriptycan]

Hi is there a version that will work on vb 5?