Doublepost Prevention

[Paul M]

For vBulletin 4.1.4 to 4.1.12

Versions Attached

4107: vBulletin 4.1.4 to 4.1.12

This modification is not available for vBulletin 4.0.x

This modification is not required for vBulletin 4.2.x Onwards.

For 4.1.0 to 4.1.3, see this post (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=2219052#post2219052).

Please remember to click Mark as Installed if you use this modification.
Please fee free to nominate this modification for the MOTM, and/or use the donate link provided (Support Developer).

This is a current version of the popular modification, originally developed for the early 3.x series by Xenon (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=96602).

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.


Support

Limited support will be provided for vBulletin 4.1.8 - 4.1.12 (No bug fixes).
Support will not be provided for Alpha & Beta versions, or anything prior to vBulletin 4.1.8.
Low priority will be given to posters who do not have this marked as installed
In some cases, support can only be provided if I have an admin login and ftp access.


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.

[Charlie98902]

Paul, When a double post is made does it query up as a new post? There was something like this in 3.8 but I can't find it and wanted to know if yours did the same as I liked that feature.

[Paul M]

Sorry, I dont understand what this means - "does it query up as a new post"

[alessai]

Paul my friend this work for 4 in general right?

[LifesGreatestGift]

Yay! Thank you :)

[Paul M]

Paul my friend this work for 4 in general right?
I havent tested it on 4.0.0 as I dont have that anymore, but it should work fine.

[Zaiaku]

Paul, I using the 3.8 version which is working just fine for me. Anny big changes from that in this version?

[Charlie98902]

Sorry, I dont understand what this means - "does it query up as a new post"

Wrong wording I am sure but what I mean is if someone posts then that same poster posts again before a reply and I have looked at it before the double post merge will it show as a new post again?

Does that make sense?

If I look at a post then they post again before someone else replies it will show up as a new post again due to the double post.

[tafreeh]

most wanted hack for my community :)

Thanks

[Paul M]

Paul, I using the 3.8 version which is working just fine for me. Anny big changes from that in this version?
The 3.8 version does not work correctly on vb4 (see here (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=1954949&postcount=298)).

If your happy with the faults then you can leave it as is. :)

[BBR-APBT]

Was waiting on this one.

[Paul M]

If I look at a post then they post again before someone else replies it will show up as a new post again due to the double post.
If you have the bump option enabled, then yes, it will update the timestamp of the post and it will show up as unread again.

[ndut]

installed...

how to test this mod?

[elwachiman]

4.0.0 works perfect thanks paul

[Charlie98902]

Thanks Paul installing now.

[AzzidReign]

I love this mod! Thanks for updating.

[VonDoom]

Thanks Again Paul My moderators have been pestering me about this one.

[Dr.osamA]

hav we use it or not ??

i hav VB 4.0.1

anywes Installed

thanxx
________
Amateur German (http://www.++++tube.com/categories/56/german/videos/1)

[pablete]

installed on 4.0.1 and works full! thanks a lot!

[barcena]

Sweet, installed on vb4 gold and working as a charm.

Nominated for MOTM, paramount to my site, it maybe a simple mod but for me one of the most important by far.

[ngkong]

thanks paul, installed

[argothiusz]

Work on 4.0.1, can you make the double post merge into the original post?

Thanks and installed

[SuperGLS]

Paul, love it, thanks!

Working fine on 4.0.0PL1.

[Paul M]

Work on 4.0.1, can you make the double post merge into the original post?
?? Thats what it does.

[Elmer]

Works great, thanks for updating it.

[willy888]

thnaks

[FF|Skyrider]

Lovely, installed, thanks!

[beduino]

Thank you Paul,

A single question: I see the default time to consider 'double post' is 120 minutes. If we reduce this [to 10 minutes, for example] this will heave any impact in our server? Or my question is just silly? ;) [and we can reduce this time interval?]

thank you, again

[princeedward]

thanks....paul...great update... ;)

[Paul M]

Thank you Paul,

A single question: I see the default time to consider 'double post' is 120 minutes. If we reduce this [to 10 minutes, for example] this will heave any impact in our server? Or my question is just silly? ;) [and we can reduce this time interval?]

thank you, again
No, it will not have any impact.

[ericgtr]

Paul, I would like to use this mainly to prevent the double post bug, where you make a post in the quick reply and it hangs for a second and then posts that same post twice. It's so bad since the upgrade that I've had to disable quick reply. Can this be used that way or is it strictly based on merging?

[Paul M]

Not sure what bug you are referring too, but this merges only, it will never stop a post being made.

[Hornstar]

There is no way I could have updated without this. Thanks Paul!

[ericgtr]

Not sure what bug you are referring too, but this merges only, it will never stop a post being made.
Okay. Here's just one of the posts regarding the bug for reference http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?334839-Double-posting-issues

[andreamarucci]

I got a strange thing. If I write the new post in the quick reply box and hit the button to send it, I always get the message that the message is too short. My settings does not allow messages under 10 chars but the tries I'm doing are always more that that. If I don't use the quick reply box everything work fine.

I don't know if it's related but I've installed alto the MARCO1 advanced quick reply (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=232730).

[SemperFideles]

Thanks for porting this! Installed.

[gsmph]

i got problem with this mod when i try to post it merges then the new post will also be posted just like the merge one..

ps
vb4.0.0 pl1 is what i use on my board

br
gsmph

[ToNetU]

why after i post a picture [attachment] it become a new post?
but if i post a normal post [without attachment] it merged to the post above [if the post doesn't have any attachment]?

this is a bug? or it's working like this?

[Paul M]

Posts are not merged if they have attachments, thats by design.

[NAZIA]

i like the mod.. installed...

Can anyone make a mod which prevent duplicate threads..

[andreamarucci]

I got a strange thing. If I write the new post in the quick reply box and hit the button to send it, I always get the message that the message is too short. My settings does not allow messages under 10 chars but the tries I'm doing are always more that that. If I don't use the quick reply box everything work fine.

I don't know if it's related but I've installed alto the MARCO1 advanced quick reply (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=232730).

Sorry it was not this mod's problem...

[Paul M]

Good to hear, thanks for letting us know.

[gsmph]

@Paul M

please help me on my problem on post #37

please look at my screen shot below


thanks..
br

[tekram]

Great Work. Many thanks to you Paul :)

[Citizen]

Is there a way to have no time limit? Meaning a post will always count as a double post?

[Paul M]

@Paul M

please help me on my problem on post #37

please look at my screen shot below


thanks..
br
I can only guess that you have something else installed that is causing that, it does not happen by default.

[Paul M]

Is there a way to have no time limit? Meaning a post will always count as a double post?
You can just set a very large limit.

[3DUInc]

Thank you :)

[Orakk]

Thanking you muchly Paul..

Works a treat on forum & cms.

[Pro-eSports.com]

Working perfectly. Awesome mod Paul.

Where can I center the various spacer options?

[Paul M]

There are no specific options to do that - but I guess you could edit the phrases to include centering html.

[Pro-eSports.com]

There are no specific options to do that - but I guess you could edit the phrases to include centering html.

Which of the postbit templates is it where I can edit that?

[princeedward]

Which of the postbit templates is it where I can edit that?

GO > LANGUAGE AND PHRASES > SEARCH IN PHRASES > SEARCH FOR TEXT > Search in ... > Phrase Text and Phrase Variable Name > FIND




pdp_spacer1

edit > copy default > and add



Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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SAVE!

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pdp_spacer2

edit > copy default > and add


Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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SAVE!

and that will be fine...i hope....if not blame and ask once again... Mr. Paul M :p



best regards...


;):up:

[Pro-eSports.com]

Danke Eddie! :D:up:

[princeedward]

Danke Eddie! :D:up:Bitte Schön Mein Freund! :p

[Paul M]

and that will be fine...i hope....if not blame and ask once again... Mr. Paul M :p

LOL.

Excellent instructions btw :)

[pablete]

This worked fine for me in 4.01 but now that actulized for 4.0.2 not work....
someone have the same problem?

[nizax]

Works in vB 4.0.2?

[pablete]

Works in vB 4.0.2?

For me no, but it could be a mine problem.....

[akvaryumforum]

Is there a way to make the time different for different forums?

Like;

In Forum A the messages merged in 60 minutes
In Forum B the messages merged in 180 minutes

[Paul M]

Works in vB 4.0.2?
Yes.

Is there a way to make the time different for different forums?

Like;

In Forum A the messages merged in 60 minutes
In Forum B the messages merged in 180 minutes
No, there is only one (global) time limit.

[RedHacker]

Paul M yesterday one of Administrator in my forum had post in one thread at:

05-03-10 20:41
05-03-10 20:49
05-03-10 20:53

In settings timespan are: 480 minutes
The Usergroups/Forums to be Excluded are: 0

But not work.. Why...? I have 4.0.2 PL1

[Paul M]

No idea.

[Forum Lover]

Paul, I need just an extra feature please. I want to exclude thread openers. I mean a thread opener can post in his thread anytime they want and their post will not marge in their threads.

How can I make it please?

[Paul M]

You cannot do that without editing (adding) code.

[Forum Lover]

You cannot do that without editing (adding) code.

Would appreciate highly If you please make it. Non coder is here.

[Paul M]

I will try and consider it for the next update - however, I cannot say when that will be.

[Forum Lover]

Thanks Paul. Waiting most eagerly. :)

[Trumpetrhapsody]

Another nice feature addition would be the option to send a customizable PM to any user that kicks this mod into action.

Kind of like a "we fixed this post for you, try not to do it again" kind of thing.

The mod is awesome, but it only fixes the problem, not eliminate the cause ;)

[Forum Lover]

Thanks for the update. :)

[physiart]

I've tried to install the update and I had the following MySQL error:


Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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Now, the product is not displayed in the product list at all...
Any suggestions how to recover it?

[RedHacker]

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:

Invalid SQL:

UPDATE vb_template SET
styleid = -10
WHERE product = 'paulm_pdp_40' AND styleid = -1;

MySQL Error : Duplicate entry 'editor_clientscript_pdp--10-template' for key 2
Error Number : 1062
Request Date : Saturday, March 13th 2010 @ 06:14:02 AM
Error Date : Saturday, March 13th 2010 @ 06:14:06 AM
Script : http://www.xxx.xxx/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer : http://www.xxx.xxx/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address : xxx.x.xxx.xxx
Username : Administrator
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.89-community

[Paul M]

I've tried to install the update and I had the following MySQL error:

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:



Please remember to read the forum announcements.

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/announcement.php?a=47

[RedHacker]

Please remember to read the forum announcements.

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/announcement.php?a=47

An error occurred while attempting to execute your query. The following information was returned.
error number: 1146
error desc: Table 'xxx_xxx.template' doesn't exist

[anaksimandros]

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:

Invalid SQL:

UPDATE template SET
styleid = -10
WHERE product = 'paulm_pdp_40' AND styleid = -1;

MySQL Error : Duplicate entry 'editor_clientscript_pdp--10-template' for key 2
Error Number : 1062
Request Date : Saturday, March 13th 2010 @ 05:41:35 PM
Error Date : Saturday, March 13th 2010 @ 05:41:40 PM
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.85-community

[Paul M]

@anaksimandros - Read the posts above yours.



An error occurred while attempting to execute your query. The following information was returned.
error number: 1146
error desc: Table 'xxx_xxx.template' doesn't exist

READ the announcement.

Please note that template is the table name and should be typed exactly as is unless you use any tablename prefix (e.g. vb3_template).

[RedHacker]

OK I put vb_template and work....

[borbole]

I think this mod should be included as a standard built in feature for vb as it is very useful.

[Alien]

This says that the mod was updated yesterday, yet still says 4.0.1? Did you update it, or did you just update something else in your original post and not the attachment?

[borbole]

This says that the mod was updated yesterday, yet still says 4.0.1? Did you update it, or did you just update something else in your original post and not the attachment?

The mod works fine with 4.0.2 as well.

[Paul M]

This says that the mod was updated yesterday, yet still says 4.0.1? Did you update it, or did you just update something else in your original post and not the attachment?
There was a minor change in the installation code, nothing to worry about as you already have it installed. :)

[Forum Lover]

Ah!! When I see updated, I thought you included my request. :p

[Alien]

Excellent, thanks for the response!

[physiart]

Thanks Paul, it worked, I hadn't noticed the announcement.

[-=Leb=-]

thx for the best plugin ever

Installed and nominated

[Switch3130]

Is there anyway we can make this so this only works in certain forums?

[ToNetU]

Is there anyway we can make this so this only works in certain forums?

ofcourse you can this is an option in ACP.
vbulletin setting > doublepost prevention > Forums to be Excluded > then put in the box the id of the forum you does NOT want this mod to work in.

- don't forget to separate the ids by a comma "ex: 43,25,24,... etc"

[badawidollah]

thanks paul
installed

vb402

[Switch3130]

ofcourse you can this is an option in ACP.
vbulletin setting > doublepost prevention > Forums to be Excluded > then put in the box the id of the forum you does NOT want this mod to work in.

- don't forget to separate the ids by a comma "ex: 43,25,24,... etc"

ah i didnt even see this thanks so much

[Tize.]

5 Stars!!
Installed!!!

Great item, Easy Installing, Works Fine in 4.02
Thank you very much man.
Regards.

[nul7]

installed, thanks!

[Julie]

Paul, I need just an extra feature please. I want to exclude thread openers. I mean a thread opener can post in his thread anytime they want and their post will not marge in their threads.

How can I make it please?

I will try and consider it for the next update - however, I cannot say when that will be.

I too would very much like this feature. Thanks in advance! :)

[tafreeh]

Installed.. configured setting. Doesnt seems to work.
Any idea?

Never Mind

[Hikikomori]

I doubt others care, but is there a way to make it so that the next post id for the auto increment doesn't increase when a double post is made? For example, if the post id is currently at 10, and I just made a double post, the next post id will be 13 whereas I would prefer the next post id to be 11. So would it be possible so the post id only increases when a "real" post is made instead of it increasing when the post is added onto a previous post?

[Paul M]

I have no idea what you mean.

[Hikikomori]

I have no idea what you mean.

For example, in phpmyadmin you have a post table that contains all your posts that were made on your forum. If you have a total of 3 posts in your post table, your newest post would have a post id of 3, and the next post coming up would have a post id of 4 which is based on the auto increment value.

With this module, when you make a double post, it also increases your auto increment value. So if I make a double post, the post id will be 4, but the post after that would be 6 instead of 5.

The table might look like this:
postid | post
1 | first post
2 | second post
3 | third post
4 | fourth post + another post (double post)
6 | fifth post
7... and so on

Without increasing the auto increment value each time a post is added to a previous post:
1 | first post
2 | second post
3 | third post
4 | fourth post + another post (double post)
5 | fifth post
6... and so on

If you manage to do something like a triple, or quad post, it could look even worse:
1 | first post
2 | second post
3 | third post
4 | fourth post + another post + post + post
8 | fifth post
9... and so on

It's really something minor, and I doubt anyone else would care but I think it keeps the table looking more neat. I'm probably extra picky. :p

[Paul M]

Those values are completely irrelevant, they are just internal to vb.

It will always jump one as thats inherrent in the way it works.

[Hikikomori]

Those values are completely irrelevant, they are just internal to vb.

It will always jump one as thats inherrent in the way it works.

Well, not completely irrelevant as it's the post id found for example here: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showpost.php?p=2017571
I'm a little obsessive about things such as that. :p

But no problem, thanks for the explanation. :cool:

[Paul M]

It is irrelevant - vb does not care if they are consecutive or completely random (as long as they are not the same). My forum is running on ids in the 34 million range, due to a crash years ago causing them to jump.

[CvP]

installed on 4.0.2. working perfectly.
thanks :)

[Sworm]

installed on 4.0.2. working perfectly.
thanks :)

And on 4.0.3 it work?

Thanks

[reki]

Seems to be broken in 4.0.3

[Paul M]

Seems to be broken in 4.0.3
Not it isnt, it works fine in all 4.0.x versions.

[Delilahs]

I can confirm it works ok on my forum, and i'm running 4.03

[MrD]

Hi,
in reply with an Attachment, the Post are not merged.
Vb 4.0.3
A reply without an attach are merged.

I think, that a post with a Attachment posted 5 minutes later that the reply without a Attach. are merged.

Maybe an Idea for a Update.
Make a Option, that Admins can select, what is doing if a post have an Attachment.

Btw. in the VB 3 Version of this Addon, the Post with the Attachment are merged :)

[Paul M]

No version released by me has ever merged posts with attachments :)

[CvP]

any plans to make it work for blog comments?

[MrD]

Hi,
No version released by me has ever merged posts with attachments :)
Maybe it´s a positive Bug of the vb3.8 Version :D

My Mod´s say the same.
that all Thread in Vb3.8 are merged, with or without Attachment ;)

But Ok.

[Paul M]

any plans to make it work for blog comments?
Nope.

[pant]

Right, I'm still a little confused about how this works.

I'll give an example.

USER A posts - This is an example of a double post

He then hits back and posts the same thing again. What actually appears in the merged post?

________________________________________________
A) USER A posts - This is an example of a double post
________________________________________________

OR
________________________________________________
B) USER A posts - This is an example of a double post

USER A posts - This is an example of a double post
________________________________________________

Does that make sense?

[Paul M]

Nope, you lost me completely.

[Boofo]

Nope, you lost me completely.
Can I catch a ride? I'm lost, too, on what he was trying to say.

[Sunka]

I am not lost (I think).

It will show example B

[pant]

Nope, you lost me completely.

Can I catch a ride? I'm lost, too, on what he was trying to say.

Keep up :D

I am not lost (I think).

It will show example B

Thanks, I just want to prevent a double post. On 3.8.x when someone made a double post IE 'the exact same text as the text before' a message would pop up saying this is a duplicate of something you've just posted, you would then get redirected to the original. On vb4 this doesn't seem to be the case, I've logged a ticket about it so I guess it's trouble shooting time.

Funnily enough though the response I got aside from the trouble shooting steps was that theyve noticed a number of people getting the same problem recently so I wonder if it's caused by the 4.0.3 update?

[Paul M]

Double post is not the same as duplicate post, which is what you seem to be referring to.

[AlexOC]

Great mod.

Thanks alot :)

[Diablotic]

I have just recently noticed that when using this mod the joined post is posted twice. Please look at the screen below:

First post was: "Tessssst", and then I posted a second one: "testt77" but for some reason this mod is adding another "testt77" to the original post so I end up with double posting of the second post after merging and it happens every time and to everyone.
I tried reinstalling this mod but it doesn't help. I am running vB4.0.3

Any ideas?

[Paul M]

I would guess you have another mod inteferring, it works fine on my 4.0.3 forum.

[Diablotic]

Yeah it worked fine for me as well before. I have recently installed vBSeo Sitemap generator 2.6 beta 2 and that was it. Where should I look to try to solve this problem?

[Paul M]

Im afraid I have no idea. I dont really see how sitemap could intefere.

[Diablotic]

I disabled all my plugins except Doublepost prevention and it is still the same :(
I really need to get to the bottom of this problem, where should I start looking? Templates? Please help me.

[Paul M]

Sorry, I do not have a crystal ball, or any other magic method. I cannot tell you why it does that on your site.

[Diablotic]

I am not asking why, I am asking where should I start looking? Any files?

[Paul M]

Thats the point, I have no idea. You have already done pretty much the only thing I can suggest, which is disable everything else, other than that, make sure you are testing it using the default vb4 style.

[Diablotic]

Problem sorted!
I have spoken to my hosting company and apparently they made some changes on mssql which caused this problem. They changed these settings back and no problem with double posting anymore.
Thanks for your help!

[CvP]

Problem sorted!
I have spoken to my hosting company and apparently they made some changes on mssql which caused this problem. They changed these settings back and no problem with double posting anymore.
Thanks for your help!
it'd be nice if you share the root cause analysis so that others know what to lookout for in future.

[flussmitteldj]

Does a VB 4.0.4 version come?

[Arunkumar]

one of the needed add on. Installed. Thanks.

[Paul M]

Does a VB 4.0.4 version come?

As it says

vB Version: 4.0.x

[VonDoom]

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

[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]

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]

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
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.

It seems the bug is on this addon: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=2070964

[Paul M]

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]

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]

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

[Webbstre]

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

Odd, because I get double posts relatively often. :(

[pitt34]

Doesn't work on my 4.0.5 board.

[General of the]

works great on vb 4.0.5

[sulasno]

will it work on 4.0.6 ?

[Paul M]

No reason it shouldnt.

[onehost]

Working on v4.0.6

nice mod...

[Deib]

Using this mod on 4.0.4 Interesting problem.
The people complaining of double posts before were typically users logging in and posting with their phones, or cell services.

We installed this mod and it stopped that problem, BUT people that typically have never double posted are now double posting all the time.

Any thoughts?

[ijob]

This is a great mod cheers.

One question:

One the merge is done, if this is uninstalled in then future, do the posts return to their original separate thread/ post? Or is it permanent?

[lubbie]

Sry wrong Mod

[Paul M]

This is a great mod cheers.

One question:

One the merge is done, if this is uninstalled in then future, do the posts return to their original separate thread/ post? Or is it permanent?

Permanent.

[ijob]

thank you :)

[CvP]

Don't know if this has been mentioned before, if someone posts an article (vBCMS) and tries to post the first comment, the comment will be merged with the initial "forum post" and thus the comment will be "lost".

Therefore, it is a good idea to add the vB comment forum to exclusion list.

[mishb68]

This mod is great - thanks.

[gagan007]

thanks a ton Paul...works like a charm.
MAI

[OldSchoolDSL]

Works in 4.0.8

It would be nice to have the option of both the time stamp & custom text.

[Paul M]

Why would you want to do that ?

[OldSchoolDSL]

Why would you want to do that ?

I'd like it so I could custom the text with a little message (example below)

"Double post & bump prevention" ---- Flowed by the time stamp

Would make it easier for my "older" or "less tech aware" community members to understand the point behind it (connect the dots sort of speak). ;)

[Paul M]

You can simply edit the timestamp phrases to do that. :)

[POL_ED]

Thank you Paul. Its working great on 4.0.8 :)

[Injustice]

Instead of 120 minutes, can I put 30 seconds instead?

[Paul M]

You can put whatever you like, its a setting.

[Injustice]

But it mentions you put the minutes but I want seconds..

[Paul M]

Well I didnt actually notice that. :erm:

Thats a bit of an absurd value IMO, however, if you really want, I believe you could simply put 0.5 minutes.

[LordMike]

It's not working when you quote (yourself) and for some reason it's not working in a forum that's not public like a private forum.

Wouldn't it also be nice to have an option to always prevent double post? I don't want to put a time in there and if I take a really large number sometimes it will make a double post anyhow.

Next to that I really love this mod and I think it has made my need as a Moderator a lot less it's the best extra feature I have on vB!

[Paul M]

There are no built in restrictions on private forums or quoting yourself.

[LordMike]

Then there must be another reason why it's not working for me..

Also when there is an attachment in the post it won't do the merging.. not for the previous post and not if I add another post after it..

[Paul M]

Also when there is an attachment in the post it won't do the merging.. not for the previous post and not if I add another post after it..
That is by design.

[Joe Siegler]

Just tried to install this. Got this msg:

This product is not compatible with version 4.1.0 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 4.0.0 / Incompatible with 4.0.99 and greater)

As far as I can tell, this is the only Doublepost prevent mod for 4.0x. Would like to (officially) see it updated for 4.1, which is out now.

[Paul M]

The dependancies will need to be updated on all my releases - I will be looking at it as soon as I can.

[Joe Siegler]

The dependancies will need to be updated on all my releases - I will be looking at it as soon as I can.

I'm missing this. Is there any way for me to mess with the current one and get it installed?

[Soup^Dragon]

it was updated on the 4th December;)!!

[Joe Siegler]

it was updated on the 4th December;)!!

D'oh! Guess it's time to update. :)

[Greek76]

Is their something with your product files that are different then others Paul? For some reason I can't install any of your products but everybody else's I have no problem. It keeps installing and never stops without actually installing the product. Im completely baffled by this.

[Joe Siegler]

Is their something with your product files that are different then others Paul? For some reason I can't install any of your products but everybody else's I have no problem. It keeps installing and never stops without actually installing the product. Im completely baffled by this.

I just updated, and didn't have a problem with it.

[flussmitteldj]

thank you :)

[Greek76]

I just updated, and didn't have a problem with it.

Paul does great mods and in my other forum everything installs great. For some reason though with this forum I cant install any of his products. I know its something on my server end but can't figure out what it is.

[Paul M]

Is their something with your product files that are different then others Paul? For some reason I can't install any of your products but everybody else's I have no problem. It keeps installing and never stops without actually installing the product. Im completely baffled by this.
What actually gets displayed while its installing ?

[Greek76]

It stays in the importing product and the installation graphic keeps opening. It don't freeze but keeps importing over and over.

[CvP]

It stays in the importing product and the installation graphic keeps opening. It don't freeze but keeps importing over and over.
try disabling ALL other products/plugins first.

[OldSchoolDSL]

Updated mod and working 4.0.8 Patch Level 2

Thank you Pal :)

[Paul M]

It stays in the importing product and the installation graphic keeps opening. It don't freeze but keeps importing over and over.
Then there is clearly some local issue with your forum, thats all part of the vb product system.

[Ocean-Wonders]

Thanks Paul :)

[Greek76]

try disabling ALL other products/plugins first.

Way ahead of you buddy... ;)

[Greek76]

Then there is clearly some local issue with your forum, thats all part of the vb product system.

Like I said its only your products. Everything else imports fine. Thanks

[Paul M]

Like I said its only your products. Everything else imports fine. Thanks
I know what you said, but the fact remains, only you have this issue. Therefore I cant give you an answer.

[ZexTasy]

Hi Paul, for some reason I am getting 2 copies of the new post merged with the previous post. Have you seen this before and do you have any idea where to look?

[Paul M]

Nope, i dont really see how that could happen, unless some other mod is inteferring.

[ZexTasy]

Thanks, that was exactly the problem ... ;)

[Dr.osamA]

thank you for updating

here is Arabic translation

[OlijO]

Don't know if it's a bug or not but, i've got a problem when i use image.
Example :
post 1 (without image)
post 2 (with image) is not marged
post 3 (without image) is not marged to the post 1 and 2
post 4 (without image) is marged to the post 3

Tested with vB 4.0.1 PL2

[EDIT] see your post where you say it's for desing, is it possible to have an option to disable not merging with image ? (next version :))
Thank you !

[Paul M]

I will consider it.

TBH, its like that because thats how the original worked, Im sure there must be a reason.

Even if it were allowed, then there would still be cases where it wouldnt happen - as I would not allow the max attachments per post to be overridden.

[CRDeveloper]

This doesnt update older post right??

Installed on 4.1.0! Thanks

[Kyo-dono]

Working this mod in 4.1.1?

[ageurtse]

is there a way to merge double posts with attachments or images.

[Randomm]

rated, nominated, and installed
THANKS

[ageurtse]

Randomm i found a different doubble post prevention mod.
this one also looks at images and merge them

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=244028

[Paul M]

is there a way to merge double posts with attachments or images.
Not in the current version.

(This refers to attachments, images have no effect on merging).

[caciocode]

Installed thanks.

[Deirdre]

Awesome! Works on 4.1.1

[Anonymous999]

Forums to be Excluded
Comma separated list of Forum ids to be excluded from doublepost merges.

Where do i find Forum Id's, can only see display order in admincp

[Paul M]

Go into the forum edit screen and its displayed at the top, with the forum name.

[mrtung9x]

Bug with vbb 4.1.2

Quick Reply Error :D

[Paul M]

Works just fine for me on 4.1.2.

[Rabby]

You can just set a very large limit.

I really love that mod, thank you for your work! :)
However, it would be great if setting the time limit to "0" or something like "-1" would always merge double posts.

[Paul M]

Yes it would be good.

If I have a some spare time, I may alter it to consider 0 as unlimited.

[BANDiT600]

Works perfectly in 4.1.2. Very, very useful modification! Nominated this new version!

[dieselpowered]

Is there a query to run this retroactively?

[Paul M]

Nope.

[Breakpoint]

Will this work on 4.0.7

Curious if its backwards compatible. Thanks :)

[Paul M]

It works on any 4.x.x

[Badshah93]

gr8 mod.. but can u add one more feature like

- if last post size is > (some value set by admin) then post should not merge.

[HMBeaty]

gr8 mod.. but can u add one more feature like

- if last post size is > (some value set by admin) then post should not merge.
What do you mean "last post size"? The number of characters?

[Badshah93]

What do you mean "last post size"? The number of characters?

ya exactly..

[HMBeaty]

ya exactly..
Actually, I think that may be useful

EDIT: And also, possibly a "forum selection" to enable/disable this feature?

[Paul M]

For what reason would you want this ?

[Badshah93]

For what reason would you want this ?

people who post big articles generally split in 3 - 4 posts. if for them double post will work then it will merge all posts.

[Sarteck]

THat's true... Happens a lot on my forum. (I have the time for doublepost prevention set low enough that I wouldn't need such an option, but I can see it being useful for others.)

[mmacrypt]

I'm getting something odd since I've upgraded to 4.1.4

It adding the post to another post.. ok, that makes no sense. Instead of just adding to the original post, it's creating another post and adding it to that.

example
http://content.screencast.com/users/MMACrypt/folders/Jing/media/681ea552-27a5-46ac-a07d-b7025c7092d9/2011-06-14_2359.png

http://content.screencast.com/users/MMACrypt/folders/Jing/media/d83c281c-6cb3-441b-b08d-edc3481597b4/2011-06-15_0000.png

[abcslubu]

mmacrypt i have the same problem

[Paul M]

Confirmed: 4.1.4 has broken the ajax code, probably linked to the CKE update.

[stwan]

Mod Version: 4.1.0 works with vbulletin 4.1.3? Or only 4.1.4?

[Sushubh]

tried installing the latest version on 4.1.4. installer gave an error. version not supported.

[Paul M]

Thats correct, see post #220 and the main post.

[Sushubh]

ah. sorry. i got an email alert that this addon was updated. i thought it was updated to fix the bug with 4.1.4. got excited.

[Paul M]

Nope, not yet Im afraid. Not sure when I'll get chance atm so Ive disabled it from being installed on 4.1.4+ for now. Hopefully sometime in the next few days.

[mmacrypt]

thanks Paul, sorry to bring up the bad news, I'm sure you will get it work out and I look forward to the fix. I'll disable it for now.

[djbaxter]

Note: Atm this is not compatible with vB 4.1.4 onwards. There is no current timeframe for fixing this.

It seems to be working on my 4.1.4 forum just fine..

[Paul M]

The ajax display when you use Quick Reply is broken, it displays the merged post as a new post underneath the existing post. Its because of some changes made in showthread.php as part of the CKE integration.

[itzzjake]

I have 4.1.3 but it says its not combaitble. I thought it didnt work on 4.1.4 only?

[miszko]

Paul, what's changed in lastest release?

On my forum mod works good. I'm using v4.1.4.

[Paul M]

Fixed for 4.1.4.

[djbaxter]

^^^ Excellent! :)

[Dr.osamA]

thank you for update

[-=Leb=-]

gj paul as always <3

[mmacrypt]

Fixed for 4.1.4.

Thank you Paul, updating it now.

[Sushubh]

updated and can confirm that it fixed the bug with duplicate post view bug!

[abcslubu]

Excellent! :)

[mmacrypt]

yes, working great here also, thank you Paul

[Myago]

Thank

[Wordplay]

you have to love the work a serious coder like paul m puts into modifications.

i haven't seen this many options in some major products for a while.

great work, thanks paul.

[matthew1111]

Awesome mod :)
Downloaded - and will install in a bit when vB comes up for me, so marking as installed! :D

[MonkYZ]

I've noticed a bug on 4.1.3. If the message takes longer to post (for example if you have multiple URL's inside your post), it's auto creating a double post divided by the automerge line. Probably because the forum is trying to get all URL titles, it takes a while... and the Doublepost Prevention consider it as multiple post or something :)

I hope this can be fixed. Thanks!

P.S. In the attached screenshot you can see a sample. I only posted once but appearead as double post merged. Tested again and it happened the same.

[Viruseater]

i have the same problem. it duplicates the original post, adds the new content then adds another reply.

[BadgerDog]

Running vBulletin 4.1.3 …

I just noticed in the last few days that the "Quick Reply" button seemed to be not working any longer, or acting weird? If I enter any text in the quick reply box and hit the "Quick Reply" button, it just sits there with a spinning wheel saying "Posting Quick Reply .. Please Wait"

It appeared to be a problem in all forums ...

What's interesting is that if I simply scrolled up (even though "Posting Quick Reply .. Please Wait" message was still active), then selected the thread again, the post had been accepted and went through, so it was as if the quick reply routine had stopped returning to displaying the thread after it was done.

Anyway, I had a vBulletin programmer diagnose the problem. He found that Doublepost Prevention v4.1.2, which I had updated to a few days from v4.1.0, was preventing the Post Quick Reply function from working properly. He disabled it and the Post Quick Reply function started working again fine.

Since I knew that v4.1.0 of Doublepost had been working fine, I went back and re-installed that older version. I then re-enabled it and tested the Post Quick Reply function again…. it's working again !!!! :up:

So, I think there's a problem with vb4.1.3 and Doublepost v4.1.2 (possibly 4.1.1), at least when it's running on my system. Perhaps these later versions weren't designed to run on the older 4.1.3, as the description says for 4.1.4? :confused:

I post this experience for anyone else who might be seeing a similar problem. :)

Regards,
Doug

[Paul M]

Yep, you are correct.

Unfortunately, due to javascript changes for CKE & Autosave, this will not work correctly on pre 4.1.4 forums. Settings & dependancies updated

[danswano]

Can you provide us with the latest working version for Pre 4.1.1, i'm using VB 4.1.3PL1

[Paul M]

I dont normally provide older versions of my products, only the current version.

If I have time, I'll see if I can dig it out of my archive, alternatively, if someone else wants to upload v4.1.0 to a post, they are free to do so.

[Sunka]

if someone else wants to upload v4.1.0 to a post, they are free to do so.

So, here it is... Doublepost Prevention v4.1.0

I am still waiting for better version of vBulletin (hope v4.1.5 will be that one) to update this MOD also

[MortysTW]

Thank you for keeping this up to date. vb4.1.4

[DonosOdD]

Damn, I installed this long ago and forgot to mark it.

Marked as installed, making an upgrade!