This hack for vbulletin 3.6.5 to make thread starter repeat to all pages like in vbulletin.org



installation :

1. Admincp --> Manage products --> add/import product from attachment

2. Then go to Styles & Templates --> Style Manager --> Drop down Template options (All style options) choose Add new template :


insert for title : postbit_first

and insert this for template content

<!-- post #$post[postid] -->
<if condition="$show['spacer']">
$spacer_open
<div id="edit$post[postid]" style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px">
<if condition="!$post['islastshown']"><!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --></if>
</if>

<table class="tborder" id="post$post[postid]" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="4" $post[scrolltothis] align="center">
<div class="normal" style="float:$stylevar[right]">
&nbsp;
<if condition="$show['postcount']">#<a href="showpost.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]&amp;postcount=$post[postcount]" target="new" rel="nofollow" id="postcount$post[postid]" name="$post[postcount]"><strong>$post[postcount]</strong></a></if>
<if condition="$show['inlinemod']">
<input type="checkbox" name="plist[$postid]" id="plist_$postid" style="vertical-align:middle; padding:0px; margin:0px 0px 0px 5px" value="$post[checkbox_value]" onclick="inlineMod.toggle(this)" />
</if>
</div>

<div class="normal">
<!-- status icon and date -->
<a style="float:$stylevar[left]" name="post$post[postid]">
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/post_$post[statusicon].gif" alt="$post[statustitle]" border="0" />&nbsp;
</a>
$post[firstnewinsert]
<!-- / status icon and date -->
<if condition="$show['messageicon']">
<img class="inlineimg" src="$post[iconpath]" alt="$post[icontitle]" border="0" />
</if>
<if condition="$post['title']"><strong>$post[title]</strong></if>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2" rowspan="3" width="75" style="vertical-align:top;">
<img class="inlineimg" src="images/firstpost.gif" alt="" border="0" />
</td>
<td class="alt2">
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Last Seen :</strong> $post[postdate]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<if condition="$show['detailedtime']">
<strong>Post Time : </strong> $post[posttime]
</if>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td class="alt2">
<if condition="$show['reportlink']">
<a href="report.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow">
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/report.gif" alt="Report Bad Submition" border="0" />
</a>
</if>
</td>
<td class="alt2" rowspan="3">
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<!-- user info -->
<div id="postmenu_$post[postid]">
<if condition="$show['profile']">
<a class="bigusername" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>
<script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_$post[postid]", true); </script>
<else />
$post[musername]
</if>
</div>
<if condition="$post['usertitle']">
<div class="smallfont">
$post[usertitle]
</div>
</if>
<if condition="$post['rank']">
<div class="smallfont">
$post[rank]
</div>
</if>
<if condition="$show['avatar']">
<div class="smallfont">
<a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">
<img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a>
</div>
</if>
<!-- user info -->
</td>
</tr>

</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="normal">
<!-- status icon and date -->
$post[onlinestatus]
$post[iplogged]
</div>
</td>
<td class="alt1">
<div class="normal">
<!-- status icon and date -->
<if condition="$show['reputationlink']">
<a href="#" onclick="reputation($post[postid]); return false;">
<img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reputation.gif" border="0" alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_to_xs_reputation]</phrase>" />
</a>
</if>
<if condition="$show['reputation']">
<if condition="$show['reppower']">
<a style="float:$stylevar[left]" name="~">$vbphrase[reppower]: $post[reppower]
</if>
$post[reputationdisplay]&nbsp;</a>
</if>
</div>
</td>
</tr>


<tr>
<td class="alt2">
<if condition="$show['postedited']">
<strong>Last Update:</strong> $post[edit_date], $post[edit_time]
<else />
<strong>Last Update:</strong>&nbsp;None
</if>
</td>
<td class="alt2">
<if condition="$thread['rating']">
<span style="float:$stylevar[center]">
<strong>Rating:</strong>
<img alt="" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_$thread[rating].gif" title="<phrase 1="$thread[votenum]" 2="$thread[voteavg]">$vbphrase[thread_rating_x_votes_y_average]</phrase>" />
</span>
<else />
<strong>Rating:</strong>&nbsp;None
</if>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- / user info -->
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
<td class="alt1" colspan="3" id="td_post_$post[postid]">
<table width="100%">
<tr width="100%">
<td width="100%">
<!-- message -->
<div id="post_message_$post[postid]">$post[message]</div>

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<!-- attachments -->
<if condition="$show['attachments']">
<div style="padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">

<if condition="$show['thumbnailattachment']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attached_thumbnails]</legend>
<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[thumbnailattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>
</if>

<if condition="$show['imageattachment']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>
<div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">
$post[imageattachments]
</div>
</fieldset>
</if>

<if condition="$show['imageattachmentlink']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attached_images]</legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
$post[imageattachmentlinks]
</table>
</fieldset>
</if>

<if condition="$show['moderatedattachment']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attachments_pending_approval]</legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
$post[moderatedattachments]
</table>
</fieldset>
</if>
</if>
</div>
<!-- / attachments -->
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<if condition="$show['attachments']">
<!-- attachments -->
<if condition="$show['otherattachment']">
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>$vbphrase[attached_files]</legend>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">
$post[otherattachments]
</table>
</fieldset>
</if>
<!-- / attachments -->
</if>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / message -->
</td>
<td class="alt1" align="center" width="250">
<div align="left">
<fieldset style="border: 1px dashed #99CCFF; height: 300px;" ><legend>Profile and Contact:</legend>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="smallfont">$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon]</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="smallfont">
<if condition="$post['joindate']"><div>$vbphrase[join_date]: $post[joindate]</div></if>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="smallfont">
<if condition="$post['field2']"><div>$vbphrase[location_perm]: $post[field2]</div></if>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="smallfont">
<if condition="$post['age']"><div>$vbphrase[age]: $post[age]</div></if>
<div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<div class="smallfont">
$vbphrase[posts]: $post[posts]
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</fieldset>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- / attachments -->
<!-- message, attachments, sig -->

<tr>
<td class="alt2" colspan="4" align="left">
<div class="normal" style="float:$stylevar[right]"> &nbsp; <if condition="$post['editlink']">
<a href="$post[editlink]" name="vBulletin::QuickEdit::$post[postid]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/edit.gif" alt="$vbphrase[edit_delete_message]" border="0" /></a>
</if> <if condition="$post['forwardlink']"> <a href="$post[forwardlink]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/forward.gif" alt="$vbphrase[forward_message]" border="0" /></a>
</if> <if condition="$post['replylink']"> <a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/<if condition="$post['forwardlink']">reply_small<else />quote</if>.gif"
alt="$vbphrase[reply_with_quote]" border="0" /></a> </if> <if condition="$show['quickreply'] AND !$show['threadedmode']">
<a href="$post[replylink]" rel="nofollow" id="qr_$post[postid]" onclick="return false"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/quickreply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[quick_reply_to_this_message]" border="0" /></a>
</if> <if condition="$show['moderated']"> <img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/moderated.gif" alt="$vbphrase[moderated_post]" border="0" />
</if> </div>

</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- post $post[postid] popup menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="postmenu_$post[postid]_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="thead">$post[username]</td>
</tr>
<if condition="$show['profile']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$vbphrase[view_public_profile]</a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$show['pmlink']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="private.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpm&amp;u=$post[userid]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_private_message_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$show['emaillink']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="sendmessage.php?$session[sessionurl]do=mailmember&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[send_email_to_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$show['homepage']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="$post[homepage]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[visit_xs_homepage]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$show['search']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=finduser&amp;u=$post[userid]" rel="nofollow"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[find_all_posts_by_x]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
<if condition="$post['userid'] AND $show['member']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=addlist&amp;userlist=buddy&amp;u=$post[userid]"><phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[add_x_to_buddy_list]</phrase></a></td></tr>
</if>
</table>
</div>
<!-- / post $post[postid] popup menu -->


<if condition="$show['spacer']">
</div>
$spacer_close
</if>
<!-- / post #$post[postid] -->

3. Then go to AdminCP --> Forums & Moderators --> Forum manager --> Choose all forum one by one and the setting is in very under

[virgo]

I have been looking for something like this EVERYWHERE!! ..cheers!