Show Thread Enhancements - Chief First Post - Every Page 3.7

Chief First Post - Every Page
With this mod, you can convert the view of the thread in to 4 different type. Additionally you can change the view as you edit click the edit button. The 1st message of the thread will stay at top all the time even while you are checking other messages related to this subject.

Thread Type
Postbit Article
Postbit Flipped
Postbit Normal
Postbit Legacy


install

Go to your admin cp, then:
Plugin System -> Manage Products -> [Add/Import Product] -> Select 'product-chiefpost.xml' from your computer then press 'Import'

Modifications Info

Plugin : 12
Phrases : 3
Template : 3
Setting : 0

Versions:
v1.0 - 24 August 2007
-First release

v1.0.1 - 26 August 2007
-Rating Phrase fixed

v1.1.0 - 6 May 2008
-vBulletin 3.7 release
-Rating Phrase fixed

With this mod, you can convert the view of the thread in to 4 different type. Additionally you can change the view as you edit click the edit button. The 1st message of the thread will stay at top all the time even while you are checking other messages related to this subject.

[Golzarion]

The first post dose not have the collapse button Like here ( vBulletin.org) .How can we add collapse button for the Chife first post ?

[ged]

Can it be limited only for specific forums?

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by ged

Can it be limited only for specific forums?

Yes there's a setting in each forum to turn on or off chief post

[mikkitine]

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

Yes there's a setting in each forum to turn on or off chief post

If this is the case then this should be a standard vB feature.

*downloads and installs*

[MissKalunji]

who knows maybe next version

[mikkitine]

MissKalunji, do you know if there's a mod around that makes the first post collapsible like vBORG's?

[MissKalunji]

well it's just template edit let me test it and let you know

[mikkitine]

Okay, cheers.

[MissKalunji]

Originally Posted by mikkitine

Okay, cheers.

I'm just going to copy paste what i've done and put on bold what you have to add and you can play around with it. I did it real fast but i've edited my template so much that i'm not even sure anymore how the originals are.

1. It was originally this : <a name="post$post[postid]">
Posted : $post[postdate]<if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">, $post[posttime]</if>
$post[firstnewinsert]

But i had to change it to

Post title or else when you collapse it you would only see the date

2. This is the image that shows collapse. You can probably edit the image itself to say collapse like on .org if you want. YOu can move it around to place it exactly where you want

3. Just add what i've put there and that's it.

Play around with it to make it look exactly the way you want.

$template_hook[postbit_start]
<table id="post$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]">
			$post[title]  
			<!-- / 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>

			<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>
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('chiefpostbit')"><img id="collapseimg_chiefpostbit" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_chiefpostbit].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_chiefpostbit" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_chiefpostbit]">
<tr valign="top">

[mikkitine]

I'll try that now. Thanks a lot for this.