Question about vborg mod threads - first post style

[blankoboy]

As you all know the subforums for vBulletin mods are customized so that the first thread post has a different layout and appearance to the follow up posts. Is this done via templating and how difficult is this for an experienced vB coder/themer to implement?

I see also that the first post is divided up into the following sections but when attempting to test post a new mod there are not extra thread fields. Is this manually edited by the admins after a new mod has been posted?

[Dismounted]

You check if the currently displayed post is the first and then you change that template dynamically.

[Lynne]

As Dismounted said, it's actually very simple. One little plugin and a new postbit. There is a hack called something like Chief First Post which allows users to pick which postbit to use and he coded a few different postbits in there, so you may want to download the hack and take a look at his postbits.