New Posting Features - Doublepost Prevention

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This modification has been withdrawn.
vBulletin 4.0.x and 4.1.x are no longer supported.

The feature is already built into the core vBulletin 4.2.x code.
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This is a current version of the popular modification, originally developed for the early 3.x series by Xenon.

Basically, if member posts in a thread where they were the previous last poster, then if the conditions are met, their new post will be auto-merged into the previous post instead of creating a new "double" post.

A number of options are provided ;

Time Limit - if more than xxx minutes have passed since the last post, no merge is done.

Timestamp Spacer - if enabled, a timestamped spacer is added between the old post text and the new post text.
Other spacer choices provided are no spacer, a default, or a custom spacer.

Spacer Colour - allows you to set the colour of the spacer between merged posts (if one is enabled).

Post Timestamp Update - if enabled the newly merged post will have its post time updated to the new time, otherwise it retains the time of the original post.

Usergroup exceptions - Allows you to exempt certain usergroups from the doublepost merges.

Forum exceptions - Allows you to exempt certain forums form the doublepost merges.

IP Address Check - Specifies if the poster IP should be checked, if enabled, the post will only be merged if the user and ip address are the same.

All settings are located in vBulletin Options > Doublepost Prevention.

To install just unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.


History:

v4.0.1 : 15-Jan-2010 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.
v4.1.1 : 17-Jun-2011 : Fixed for vBulletin 4.1.4.
v4.1.2 : 30-Jun-2011 : Javascript updated for CKE and Autosave.
v4.1.3 : 08-Jul-2011 : Dependancies updated as its no longer compatible with vB 4.1.3 or less.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

[VonDoom]

Update.. i just confirmed this is still working on my other forums running 4.0.5 its just my older larger forum rejected this hack.. That board is riddled with ugliness since i down graded to 4.0 Gold earlier this year..

[apokphp]

Just installed onto 4.0.5. Works perfectly.

[sixdemons]

Is anybody having trouble with quick edit after this mod? I installed on 4.0.4pl1
nobody can edit their own post, they only can edit the post on advanced

[armthehomeless1]

Originally Posted by VonDoom

Anybody else having a problem with the 4.0.5 release breaking this??

Yeah I am. I upgraded yesterday and it doesn't seem to work today

[CvP]

[s]Im not sure what is happening. but after 4.0.5, i'm having some serious troubles at various places.

when i click reply with quote, it produces [quote=username;1234][/quote]
the text inside is missing. moreover, something is hampering deletion of posts.
right now i got a post in a thread that i can not delete(!!!).

I'm not 100% sure yet if this mod caused this, but this is the only mod I have that directly manipulates posts.

I will investigate more and post again later.[/s]

It seems the bug is on this addon: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2070964

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by armthehomeless1

Yeah I am. I upgraded yesterday and it doesn't seem to work today

Working fine on my 4.0.5 Test Forum.

[Webbstre]

Forgive me if this sounds stupid, but is there a way to remove duplicate posts? I tried this and the other double post mod, but all they do when a duplicate post is created is splice them together. If the second post has the same post time and content I would rather it didn't get merged.

If there isn't a way, can I request this as a feature?

[Jack12]

Installed and working 4.0.5

Thanks

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Webbstre

Forgive me if this sounds stupid, but is there a way to remove duplicate posts? I tried this and the other double post mod, but all they do when a duplicate post is created is splice them together. If the second post has the same post time and content I would rather it didn't get merged.

If there isn't a way, can I request this as a feature?

vbulletin does not allow duplicate posts within a 5 minute time window anyway.

[VonDoom]

Originally Posted by sixdemons

Is anybody having trouble with quick edit after this mod? I installed on 4.0.4pl1
nobody can edit their own post, they only can edit the post on advanced

Im having this problem on all my forums since the .5 release. Havent figured it out yet. But i do not believe this mod to be the culprit.. For a temp quick fix i had to disable quick reply altogether