Thread Starter on postbit.

I saw this on a Burning Board 2.3.3 system, but vb misses it so I make it for my board and to share it here.

Pretty simple in a mind of a coder, just one line of template condition.

It won't show in the first post of the thread because, of course first poster is the thread starter.

FIND IN TEMPLATES postbit:

					<div>
						$vbphrase[posts]: $post[posts]
					</div>

ADD BELOW:

					<if condition="$thread['postuserid'] == $post['userid'] && $thread['firstpostid'] != $post['postid']"><div>$vbphrase[thread_starter] <img alt="$vbphrase[thread_starter]" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/thread_starter.gif" /></div>
					</if>

put the file thread_starter.gif in your images/misc directory. You can use my image in the attachment.

repeat the method if you want to show it on postbit_legacy, and of course you can put it anywhere you feel like in the postbit.

Live Demo: http://www.holvn.org


Enjoy and remember to click install ! ^^

[Azhrialilu]

Sometimes the simplest ones are the nicest Thanx!

[Snake]

Wohoo thanks...

[Boofo]

Can you post this in a text file please so others can use it if they need to re-install or upgrade?

[deathemperor]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Can you post this in a text file please so others can use it if they need to re-install or upgrade?

as you desire, updated

[Mathiau]

mmm, how could i make this work with the post count search hack...

<div>
$vbphrase[posts]: <a href="search.php?do=finduser&u=$post[userid]">$post[posts]</a>
</div>

[deathemperor]

you can add:

					<div><if condition="$thread['postuserid'] == $post['userid'] && $thread['firstpostid'] != $post['postid']">$vbphrase[thread_starter] <img alt="$vbphrase[thread_starter]" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/thread_starter.gif" /></if>
					</div>

below the code you give.

[TyleR]

Originally Posted by deathemperor

					<div><if condition="$thread['postuserid'] == $post['userid'] && $thread['firstpostid'] != $post['postid']">$vbphrase[thread_starter] <img alt="$vbphrase[thread_starter]" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/thread_starter.gif" /></if>
					</div>

rather than possibly breaking someone's XHTML compliance, you should wrap the conditional around the div tag's, so it'd be:

					<if condition="$thread['postuserid'] == $post['userid'] && $thread['firstpostid'] != $post['postid']"><div>$vbphrase[thread_starter] <img alt="$vbphrase[thread_starter]" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/thread_starter.gif" />
					</div></if>

[deathemperor]

oops, my bad.

thanks for poiting me out, hack edited.

[Mike-D]

Does someone knows how to place the icon over the horizontal line in the postbit_legacy template?

Template postbit_legacy

				<if condition="$post['title']"><strong>$post[title]</strong></if>
                             <if condition="$thread['postuserid'] == $post['userid'] && $thread['firstpostid'] != $post['postid']">
<div class="smallfont">
<img class="thread_starter" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/thread_starter.gif" alt="Themenautor" align="$stylevar[right]" /></div>
			     </if>

The Bold letters is the code I use. Below you can see 2 attachments:

The 1st one is the problem I have right now.
The 2nd one is that what I'd like to have. Note: This pic is photoshoped!!! It should just tell you how I'd get placed the icon.

Someone here who knows how to solve the problem? -Mike