Using Postbit and Postbit Legacy

Not really a hack but I have seen this question asked about a million times. How can I use postbit and postbit legacy at the same time!

Well the answer is super simple. First off chose which you want in your Style Options.

Lets assume you chose Postbit.

In order to use both Postbit and Postbit legacy, create a new child theme:
Style Manager -> Add New Style -> Choose a Parent Style

Now In the new theme you have created, goto the Edit Templates and choose Postbit

Paste the Following:

PHP Code:

$template_hook[postbit_start]
<table id="post$post[postid]" class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
    <if condition="$show['announcement']">
        <td class="thead" style="font-weight:normal; border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" colspan="2">
            <img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/post_$post[statusicon].gif" alt="$post[statustitle]" border="0" />
            <phrase 1="$post[startdate]" 2="$post[enddate]">$vbphrase[x_until_y]</phrase>
        </td>
    <else />
        <td class="thead" style="font-weight:normal; border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[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 $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[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>
            <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>
    </if>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
    <td class="alt2" width="175" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px">

            <div id="postmenu_$post[postid]">
                <if condition="$show['profile']">
                <a class="bigusername" 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>
            </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="$show['avatar']">
                <div class="smallfont">
                    &nbsp;<br /><a href="member.php?$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 class="smallfont">
                &nbsp;<br />
                <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>
                $template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts]
                <if condition="$show['infraction']"><div>$vbphrase[infractions]: $post[warnings]/$post[infractions] ($post[ipoints])</div></if>
                <if condition="$show['reputation']"><if condition="$show['reppower']">$vbphrase[reppower]: <span id="reppower_$post[postid]_$post[userid]">$post[reppower]</span> </if><div><span id="repdisplay_$post[postid]_$post[userid]">$post[reputationdisplay]</span></div></if>
                $template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right]
                <div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]</div>
            </div>

    </td>
    <if condition="$show['moderated']">
    <td class="alt2" id="td_post_$post[postid]" style="border-$stylevar[right]: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]">
    <else />
    <td class="alt1" id="td_post_$post[postid]" style="border-$stylevar[right]: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]">
    </if>
        $template_hook[postbit_messagearea_start]
        <if condition="$show['messageicon'] OR $post['title']">
            <!-- icon and title -->
            <div class="smallfont">
                <if condition="$show['messageicon']"><img class="inlineimg" src="$post[iconpath]" alt="$post[icontitle]" border="0" /></if>
                <if condition="$post['title']"><strong>$post[title]</strong></if>
            </div>
            <hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; background-color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
            <!-- / icon and title -->
        </if>

        <!-- message -->
        <div id="post_message_$post[postid]">
            $ad_location[ad_showthread_firstpost_start]
            $post[message]
        </div>
        <!-- / message -->

        <if condition="$show['attachments']">
        <!-- attachments -->
            <div style="padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">

            <if condition="$show['thumbnailattachment']">
                <fieldset class="fieldset">
                    <legend>$vbphrase[attached_thumbnails]</legend>
                    <div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
                    $post[thumbnailattachments]
                    </div>
                </fieldset>
            </if>

            <if condition="$show['imageattachment']">
                <fieldset class="fieldset">
                    <legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>
                    <div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
                    $post[imageattachments]
                    </div>
                </fieldset>
            </if>

            <if condition="$show['imageattachmentlink']">
                <fieldset class="fieldset">
                    <legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>
                    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
                    $post[imageattachmentlinks]
                    </table>
                    </fieldset>
            </if>

            <if condition="$show['otherattachment']">
                <fieldset class="fieldset">
                    <legend>$vbphrase[attached_files]</legend>
                    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
                    $post[otherattachments]
                    </table>
                </fieldset>
            </if>

            <if condition="$show['moderatedattachment']">
                <fieldset class="fieldset">
                    <legend>$vbphrase[attachments_pending_approval]</legend>
                    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
                    $post[moderatedattachments]
                    </table>
                </fieldset>
            </if>

            </div>
        <!-- / attachments -->
        </if>

        $template_hook[postbit_signature_start]
        $ad_location[ad_showthread_firstpost_sig]

        <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]; 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 -->
        </if>

    </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="alt2" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-top: 0px">
        $post[onlinestatus]
        <if condition="$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['infractionlink']"><a href="infraction.php?$session[sessionurl]do=report&amp;p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/infraction.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_infraction_for_x]</phrase>" border="0" /></a></if>
        <if condition="$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>
        $post[iplogged]
        &nbsp;
    </td>
    <if condition="$show['moderated']">
    <td class="alt2" align="$stylevar[right]" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[left]: 0px; border-top: 0px">
    <else />
    <td class="alt1" align="$stylevar[right]" style="border: $stylevar[cellspacing]px solid $stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]; border-$stylevar[left]: 0px; border-top: 0px">
    </if>
        <!-- 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="$show['spam']">
            <img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/spam_detected.png" alt="$vbphrase[spam_post]" border="0" />
        </if>
        <if condition="$show['deletedpost']">
            <if condition="$show['managepost']">
                <a href="postings.php?$session[sessionurl]do=managepost&amp;p=$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/trashcan.gif" alt="$vbphrase[manage]" border="0" /></a>
            <else />
                <img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/trashcan.gif" alt="$vbphrase[deleted_post]" border="0" />
            </if>
        </if>
        <if condition="$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 -->
    </td>
</tr>
</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 --> 


The above is the stock postbit_legacy template. Thats all you have to do! Simple huh!?!

[hoanghadu]

great mod!

Many thanks!