Post Counter & Direct Link

This is a small hack I have on my BB that I posted some 2 months ago in reply to a thread in the hacks request forum. Since then, a couple of people contacting me asking me this hack, so I'm posting it here in the release forum.

It numbers your posts in a thread - the first one has the number 1 written on it, the second 2 etc. This will accurately count the post number irrespective of the page you are on, and tt helps orientation on long threads (and our threads are long).

The post number on my BB is also a hyperlink, so people can copy the direct URL to that specific post.

Installation is simple:

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR VERSIONS BEFORE 2.0.3
scroll down for installation in version 2.0.3 and later

Open showthread.php

Find

PHP Code:

while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) { 


and ABOVE it put:

PHP Code:

$countposts = ($pagenumber-1)*$perpage; 


Find

PHP Code:

eval("\$postbits .= \"".gettemplate("postbit")."\";"); 


and ABOVE it put:

PHP Code:

$countposts = $countposts+1; 


save and upload.

Edit template postbit and place the variable $countposts where you want the post # to show.

For example, place <smallfont>Post #$countposts</smallfont> somewhere at the bottom or <a href="showthread.php?postid=$post[postid]#post$post[postid]"><smallfont>$countposts</smallfont></a> if you want the numebr to also be a hyperlink directly to that post.

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION FOR VERSIONS 2.0.3 AND UP

ok, how 'postbit' is parsed has changed since 2.0.3 so here's what you need to do to install this:

Originally posted by freddie
If you want a one file hack for this than do this:

find in showthread.php:

while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) {

Put this before it:

$postcount = ($pagenumber - 1 ) * $perpage;

Find in showthread.php:

$postbits .= getpostbit($post);

Put this before it:

$post[postcount] = ++$postcount;

Then put $post[postcount] in your postbit template.

save and upload.

Edit template postbit AND postbit_ignore and place the variable $countposts where you want the post # to show.

For example, place <smallfont>Post #$post[postcount]</smallfont> somewhere at the bottom or <a href="showthread.php?postid=$post[postid]#post$post[postid]"><smallfont>$post[postcount]</smallfont></a> if you want the numebr to also be a hyperlink directly to that post.

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You can see it on my BB, on any of the threads (near the date/time of the post, to the right of the small folder icon). Example: http://www.atlasf1.com/bb/showthread...threadid=24656

Cheers,

Bira

[bira]

ok, how postbit is parsed has changed since 2.0.3 so here's what you need to do to install this:

Originally posted by freddie
If you want a one file hack for this than do this:

find in showthread.php:

while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) {

Put this before it:

$postcount = ($pagenumber - 1 ) * $perpage;

Find in showthread.php:

$postbits .= getpostbit($post);

Put this before it:

$post[postcount] = ++$postcount;

Then put $post[postcount] in your postbit template.

[Admin]

Installed here.

(as requested by FWC )

[bira]

yay!!! Thank you!

[FWC]

Originally posted by FireFly
Installed here.

(as requested by FWC )

Thanks,. Firefly!!

[Prezident]

For those of us the REALLY SUCK with html, it was very hard to figure out how and where to get the link to show up where I wanted it, but I finally got it.

Forcing myself to learn something sure can be painful during the process.

Thanks for the hack. Very useful.

[Meta]

Easy installed ... thanks for the hack!

[xug]

What would be the code to place (post #1) in the right corner on the same line as the $post[icon] and $post[title], just like this forum ??

Thank you.

[xug]

Oops I found it !

After the line :

<td bgcolor="$post[backcolor]" width="100%" valign="top">

I inserted this :

<table border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="79%">
<smallfont>$post[icon] <b>$post[title]
</td>
<td width="21%">
<smallfont>
<p align="right"><a href="showthread.php?postid=$post[postid]#post$post[postid]">Post #$countposts</a></td>
</tr>
</table>

Cool huh for a starter

[Mohamed]

nice hack and Easy installed


thanks

[Crinos]

A slightly different approach...

In postbit, After this:

<td bgcolor="$post[backcolor]" width="100%" valign="top">

replace this:

<smallfont>$post[icon] <b>$post[title]</b></smallfont>

With this:

<table border="0" width="100%"> 
<tr> 
<td width="85%"> 
<smallfont>$post[icon] <b>$post[title] </b></smallfont>
</td> 
<td width="15%" align="right"> 
<smallfont> 
<a href="showthread.php?postid=$post[postid]#post$post[postid]">Post #$countposts</a></smallfont></td> 
</tr> 
</table>

Basically the same as Xug's but I used the cell alignment instead of a paragraph alignment