HTML only after first post

[Joshua Farrell]

So, I thought this was posted previously somewhere on the forum, but I can't seem to find the code.

What code do you need in order to display coding (like an image, or a text url) after the first post of a thread, and only the first post, and not after every post in the thread?

[Joshua Farrell]

Still looking for help.

Basically I want to be able to display various text, images and links (and probably java script too, if I have something that requires java script) after the first post, without having the issue of the text showing up after every single post.

[Kami]

Apr 7, 2015 16:30:41 GMT -8 Joshua Farrell said:

Still looking for help.

Basically I want to be able to display various text, images and links (and probably java script too, if I have something that requires java script) after the first post, without having the issue of the text showing up after every single post.

Do you have an example of what you are talking about?

The part that's tripping me up is the bit about having HTML after the first post, rather than in the first post. What exactly would the subsequent posts be? Is it something like, you specify the HTML in the opening post, and subsequent posts would then look like the HTML you specified?

Also I'm nearly positive there's no way to allow for javascript in a post for security reasons, but you'd have to ask in the support board for that.

[Joshua Farrell]

No, it wouldn't be in the first post, it would be inbetween the first and second post. Here is an example: awesomescreenshot.com/0974sqqkeb . It is the section that is labeled as "Sponsor Ads". Basically I want to be able to do that, but have any html there, instead of just an ad like they are using.

Pretty much I want to be able to add a box inbetween the first and second post, so that I can have information there that would be used for members to reference while posting.

The issue is when I edit the topic template page to include even a <div> or a <table>, it shows up after every single post, and not the first post, because all posts are formatted the same way, and there is nothing there to tell a <div> or <table> to only show up after a certain post.

[Kami]

Apr 7, 2015 18:50:29 GMT -8 Joshua Farrell said:

No, it wouldn't be in the first post, it would be inbetween the first and second post. Here is an example: awesomescreenshot.com/0974sqqkeb . It is the section that is labeled as "Sponsor Ads". Basically I want to be able to do that, but have any html there, instead of just an ad like they are using.

Pretty much I want to be able to add a box inbetween the first and second post, so that I can have information there that would be used for members to reference while posting.

The issue is when I edit the topic template page to include even a <div> or a <table>, it shows up after every single post, and not the first post, because all posts are formatted the same way, and there is nothing there to tell a <div> or <table> to only show up after a certain post.

Ahh, I see what you mean. I think there is a way to specify the first post with an if statement, but I'm not entirely sure how. Maybe David Clark might know?

[David Clark]

If you go to Admin > Structure > Layout Templates and go into the Thread template, you can click on the Post List tab to go to that template.

You should see that the template begins with a {foreach} loop, producing each post. At the bottom of that template, you'll see that the foreach loop ends with a {/foreach} tag -- make a new line above that and paste this there:

SPOILER: Click to show

{if $[post.index] == 0}
<tr id="post-0" class="item post">
<td class="unblocked">
<table role="grid">
<tbody><tr>
<td class="left-panel" rowspan="2">
<div class="mini-profile">
<a>Advertisement</a><br>Bot<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>
</td>
<td class="content">
<article>
<div class="content-head ui-helper-clearfix">
</div>
<div class="message">INFORMATION! LOOK EVERYONE!</div>
</article>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="foot">
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
{/if}

That should produce the effect you're looking for, creating a bot post after every first post with the content you specify in the area highlighted in red above.

Example:

[Joshua Farrell]

Thank you David! Exactly what I was looking for!