New Posting Features - Doublepost Prevention

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This is an updated version of the popular modification, previously released by Xenon. It is released with his kind permission.

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.

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.

Spacer Colour - allows you to set the colour of the spacer between merged posts.

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

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

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:

v3.8.001 : First Release for vB 3.8.
v3.8.002 : Phrased the post separater.
v3.8.003 : Added JS Template - removing need to edit quick reply javascript file.
v3.8.004 : Updated spacer options.
v3.8.005 : Updated timestamp spacer to fix issue with large merge times.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by jshg46

be nice to see something like this for attachments, but have it if any member post an attachment with the same name it will not let them post it.

Posts with attachments are not merged by design, I have no plans to alter that.

Originally Posted by Subah

Thanks a lot Paul but what about attached the file that you say it is need to edit ?
i can not edit !! or i mean i do not know how to !!

Sorry, but free support does not extend to to teaching you how to edit files.

Originally Posted by Rat1972

I searched in the javascript, but no such code to replace with.

You are doing something wrong then, the code is there.

Originally Posted by nexialys

thanks Paul... looks like the harrasments to release this version finally gave a result.. LOL!

Yes, thought about it a while ago, and decided on it the other day.

[RedHacker]

Find the following code ; in the txt.file not found....

[Rat1972]

Originally Posted by Paul M

You are doing something wrong then, the code is there.

I have searched the whole file, there is no such a code what like in the readme file. I am sure about that,

[Paul M]

The code is there (in vbulletin_quick_reply.js)

I just looked for it again ;

function qr_do_ajax_post(ajax)
{
	if (ajax.responseXML)
	{
		document.body.style.cursor = 'auto';
		fetch_object('qr_posting_msg').style.display = 'none';
		var i;

		if (fetch_tag_count(ajax.responseXML, 'postbit'))
		{
			ajax_last_post = ajax.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('time')[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
			qr_disable_controls();
			qr_hide_errors();

			var postbits = ajax.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('postbit');
			for (i = 0; i < postbits.length; i++)
			{
				var newdiv = document.createElement('div');
				newdiv.innerHTML = postbits[i].firstChild.nodeValue;
				var lp = fetch_object('lastpost');
				var lpparent = lp.parentNode;
				var postbit = lpparent.insertBefore(newdiv, lp);

				PostBit_Init(postbit, postbits[i].getAttribute('postid'));
			}

			// unfocus the qr_submit button to prevent a space from resubmitting
			if (fetch_object('qr_submit'))
			{
				fetch_object('qr_submit').blur();
			}
		}
		else
		{
			if (!is_saf)
			{
				// this is the nice error handler, of which Safari makes a mess
				var errors = ajax.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('error');
				if (errors.length)
				{
					var error_html = '<ol>';
					for (i = 0; i < errors.length; i++)
					{
						error_html += '<li>' + errors[i].firstChild.nodeValue + '</li>';
					}
					error_html += '</ol>';

					qr_show_errors('<ol>' + error_html + '</ol>');

					return false;
				}
			}

			qr_resubmit();
		}
	}
	else
	{
		qr_resubmit();
	}
}

[Magnumutz]

Awesome Paul, good job mate !

Later edit: What the hell, i can't find any of those phrases in the js file...

A bit Later edit: I'm using 3.8.1

[Rat1972]

Originally Posted by Paul M

The code is there (in vbulletin_quick_reply.js)

I just looked for it again ;

function qr_do_ajax_post(ajax)
{
	if (ajax.responseXML)
	{
		document.body.style.cursor = 'auto';
		fetch_object('qr_posting_msg').style.display = 'none';
		var i;

		if (fetch_tag_count(ajax.responseXML, 'postbit'))
		{
			ajax_last_post = ajax.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('time')[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
			qr_disable_controls();
			qr_hide_errors();

			var postbits = ajax.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('postbit');
			for (i = 0; i < postbits.length; i++)
			{
				var newdiv = document.createElement('div');
				newdiv.innerHTML = postbits[i].firstChild.nodeValue;
				var lp = fetch_object('lastpost');
				var lpparent = lp.parentNode;
				var postbit = lpparent.insertBefore(newdiv, lp);

				PostBit_Init(postbit, postbits[i].getAttribute('postid'));
			}

			// unfocus the qr_submit button to prevent a space from resubmitting
			if (fetch_object('qr_submit'))
			{
				fetch_object('qr_submit').blur();
			}
		}
		else
		{
			if (!is_saf)
			{
				// this is the nice error handler, of which Safari makes a mess
				var errors = ajax.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('error');
				if (errors.length)
				{
					var error_html = '<ol>';
					for (i = 0; i < errors.length; i++)
					{
						error_html += '<li>' + errors[i].firstChild.nodeValue + '</li>';
					}
					error_html += '</ol>';

					qr_show_errors('<ol>' + error_html + '</ol>');

					return false;
				}
			}

			qr_resubmit();
		}
	}
	else
	{
		qr_resubmit();
	}
}

The whole block is missing in my script... Strange.

[Paul M]

Are you sure you have the correct file (vbulletin_quick_reply.js, 3.8 version, uncompressed).

There is no way that can be missing

[Magnumutz]

Dude, i just downloaded 3.8.1 from the vBulletin Member's Area, and the code is not there.
vBulletin gets downloaded with uncompressed js's by default, right?

[Rat1972]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Are you sure you have the correct file (vbulletin_quick_reply.js, 3.8 version, uncompressed).

There is no way that can be missing

I am absolute sure and it was missing. But i added (the block) it the vbulletin_quick_reply and it work like charm. Strange it was missing, but now its working! Thanks Paul!


*click* install

[Rat1972]

Originally Posted by Magnumutz

Dude, i just downloaded 3.8.1 from the vBulletin Member's Area, and the code is not there.
vBulletin gets downloaded with uncompressed js's by default, right?

Same here
But i added it, and it worked