Collapsed Chief Post won't stay collapsed

[mikkitine]

$template_hook[postbit_start]
<table id="post$post[postid]" class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
  <tbody>
  <tr>
    <td class="thead" style="font-weight:normal; border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-right: 0px" $post[scrolltothis]>        
            <!-- status icon and date -->
            <a name="post$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/post_$post[statusicon].gif" alt="$post[statustitle]" border="0" /></a>
            $post[postdate]<if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">, $post[posttime]</if>
            $post[firstnewinsert]
            <!-- / status icon and date -->                
        </td>
        <td class="thead" style="font-weight:normal; border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-left: 0px" align="$stylevar[right]">
            &nbsp;
            <if condition="$show['postcount']">#<a href="showpost.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]&amp;postcount=$post[postcount]" target="new" rel="nofollow" id="postcount$post[postid]" name="$post[postcount]"><strong>$post[postcount]</strong></a></if>
            <a href="#" onclick="return toggle_collapse('postbit_articles')">Expand/Collapse</a>
            <if condition="$show['inlinemod']">
                <input type="checkbox" name="plist[$postid]" id="plist_$postid" style="vertical-align:middle; padding:0px; margin:0px 0px 0px 5px" value="$post[checkbox_value]" />
            </if>
        </td>
    </tr>
<tbody id="collapseobj_postbit_articles" style="$vbcollapse{$collapseobj_postbit_articles}">
<tr valign="top">
<td class="alt1" id="td_post_$post[postid]" align="left" colspan="2">
<div> <strong class="bigusername">$post[title]</strong> </div>
<div style="float: right; width: 180px;">
<div class="alt2" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; margin: 4px; padding: 5px;">
<if condition="$show['avatar']">
<div style="padding: 5px;" align="center">
&nbsp;<br /><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a>
</div>
</if>
<div>$post[musername]</div>
<if condition="$post['usertitle']"><div class="smallfont">$post[usertitle]</div></if>
<if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if>
$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_left]
<if condition="$post['joindate']"><div>$vbphrase[join_date]: $post[joindate]</div></if>
<if condition="$post['field2']"><div>$vbphrase[location_perm]: $post[field2]</div></if>
<if condition="$post['age']"><div>$vbphrase[age]: $post[age]</div></if>
<div>
$vbphrase[posts]: $post[posts]
</div>
<br />
$template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts]
<div class="smallfont">
<if condition="$show['reportlink']"><a href="report.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/report.gif" alt="$vbphrase[report_bad_post]" border="0" /></a></if>
<if condition="$show['reputationlink']">
            <span id="reputationmenu_$post[postid]"><a href="reputation.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow" id="reputation_$post[postid]"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reputation.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_to_xs_reputation]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></span>
            <if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbrep_register("$post[postid]")</script></if></if>
<if condition="$show['member']"><a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=addsubscription&amp;t=$thread[threadid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/subscribe.gif" alt="$vbphrase[subscription]" border="0" /></a></if>
<a href="printthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$thread[threadid]" accesskey="3" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/printer.gif" alt="$vbphrase[show_printable_version]" border="0" /></a>
<a href="sendmessage.php?$session[sessionurl]do=sendtofriend&amp;t=$thread[threadid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/sendtofriend.gif" alt="$vbphrase[email_this_page]" border="0" /></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div><span id="postmenu_$post[postid]">
<if condition="$show['profile']">
                <a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>
                <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_$post[postid]", true); </script>
                <else />
                $post[musername]
                </if>
        </span> $post[onlinestatus] $post[postdate]<if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">, $post[posttime]</if>
</div>
<div><strong>$vbphrase[rating]:</strong> 
<if condition="$thread['rating']"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_$thread[rating].gif" alt="" /> <span class="smallfont">(<phrase 1="$thread[votenum]" 2="$thread[voteavg]">$vbphrase[cfp_x_votes_y_average]</phrase>)</span><else /><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_0.gif" alt="" /> <span class="smallfont">(<phrase 1="$thread[votenum]" 2="$thread[voteavg]">$vbphrase[cfp_x_votes_y_average]</phrase>)</span></if>
</div> 

<hr />
$template_hook[postbit_messagearea_start]
<!-- message -->
<div id="post_message_$post[postid]">$post[message]</div>
<!-- / message -->
        <if condition="$show['attachments']">
        <br />
        <!-- attachments -->
            <div style="padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">
            
            <if condition="$show['thumbnailattachment']">
                    <div class="bigusername" style="border-bottom: 2px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor];">$vbphrase[attached_thumbnails]</div>
                    <div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
                    $post[thumbnailattachments]
                    </div>
                    <br />
            </if>
        
            <if condition="$show['imageattachment']">
                
                    <div class="bigusername" style="border-bottom: 2px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor];">$vbphrase[attached_images]</div>
                    <div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
                    $post[imageattachments]
                    </div>
                  <br />
            </if>
            
            <if condition="$show['imageattachmentlink']">
                    <div class="bigusername" style="border-bottom: 2px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor];">$vbphrase[attached_images]</div>
                    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
                    $post[imageattachmentlinks]
                    </table>
                    <br />
            </if>
            
            <if condition="$show['otherattachment']">
                <div class="bigusername" style="border-bottom: 2px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor];">$vbphrase[attached_files]</div>
                    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
                    $post[otherattachments]
                    </table>
                <br />
            </if>
            
            <if condition="$show['moderatedattachment']">
                    <div class="bigusername" style="border-bottom: 2px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor];">$vbphrase[attachments_pending_approval]</div>
                    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
                    $post[moderatedattachments]
                    </table>
                <br />        
            </if>
            
            </div>
        <!-- / attachments -->
        </if>
        
        $template_hook[postbit_signature_start]
        
        <if condition="$post['signature']">
        <!-- sig -->
            <div>
                __________________<br />
                $post[signature]
            </div>
        <!-- / sig -->
        </if>
        
        $template_hook[postbit_signature_end]
        
        <if condition="$show['postedited']">
        <!-- edit note -->
            <div class="smallfont">            <hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
                <em>
                <phrase 1="$post[edit_username]" 2="$post[edit_date]" 3="$post[edit_time]">$vbphrase[last_edited_by_x_on_y_at_z]</phrase>.
                <if condition="$post['edit_reason']">$vbphrase[reason]: $post[edit_reason]</if>
                </em>
            </div>
        <!-- / edit note -->
        </if>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tr class="alt2">
<td align="right" colspan="2">
<div style="float: left;"> $vbphrase[views]: $thread[views] </div>
<div>
        <!-- controls -->
        <if condition="$post['editlink']">
            <img style="display: none" id="progress_$postid" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/progress.gif" alt="$vbphrase[loading_editor_please_wait]" />
            <a href="$post[editlink]" name="vB::QuickEdit::$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/edit.gif" alt="$vbphrase[edit_delete_message]" border="0" /></a>
        </if>
        <if condition="$post['forwardlink']">
            <a href="$post[forwardlink]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/forward.gif" alt="$vbphrase[forward_message]" border="0" /></a>
        </if>
        <if condition="$post['replylink']">
            <a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />quote</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a>
        </if>
        <if condition="$show['multiquote_post']">
            <a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/multiquote_<if condition="$show['multiquote_selected']">on<else />off</if>.gif" alt="$vbphrase[multi_quote_this_message]" border="0" id="mq_$post[postid]" /></a>
        </if>
        <if condition="$show['quickreply'] AND !$show['threadedmode']">
            <a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" id="qr_$post[postid]" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/quickreply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[quick_reply_to_this_message]" border="0" /></a>
        </if>
        <if condition="$show['moderated']">
            <img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/moderated.gif" alt="$vbphrase[moderated_post]" border="0" />
        </if>
        <if condition="$show['deletedpost']">
            <img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/trashcan.gif" alt="$vbphrase[deleted_post]" border="0" />
        </if>
        <if condition="$show['redcard']">
            <a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/redcard.gif" alt="$vbphrase[received_infraction]" border="0" /></a>
        <else />
            <if condition="$show['yellowcard']">
                <a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=view&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/yellowcard.gif" alt="$vbphrase[received_warning]" border="0" /></a>
            </if>
        </if>
        $template_hook[postbit_controls]
        <!-- / controls -->
</div>        
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
$template_hook[postbit_end]

<!-- post $post[postid] popup menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_$post[postid]_menu" style="display:none">
    <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
    <tr>
        <td class="thead">$post[username]</td>
    </tr>
    <if condition="$show['profile']">
        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$vbphrase[view_public_profile]</a></td></tr>
    </if>
    <if condition="$show['pmlink']">
        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpm&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_private_message_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
    </if>
    <if condition="$show['emaillink']">
        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="sendmessage.php?$session[sessionurl]do=mailmember&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_email_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
    </if>
    <if condition="$show['homepage']">
        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="$post[homepage]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[visit_xs_homepage]</phrase></a></td></tr>
    </if>
    <if condition="$show['search']">
        <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=finduser&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[find_more_posts_by_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
    </if>
    <if condition="$post['userid'] AND $show['member']">
    <tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=addlist&amp;userlist=buddy&amp;u=$post[userid]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_x_to_contacts]</phrase></a></td></tr>
    </if>
    $template_hook[postbit_user_popup]
    </table>
</div>
<!-- / post $post[postid] popup menu -->

What you see in red are the pieces of code I added on to the postbit article template from the Chief First Post mod.

With these little edits I'm able to collapse the first post of the thread in the forums where this mod is active if I'm using the article postbit. The collapsing works and I'm happy with that. The problem is, when I navigate to another page in the same thread, the first post is automatically expanded again. The first post is not remembering to stay collapsed.

Can anybody help me keep the first post stay collapsed? What am I missing from the edits?

Regards.