Signature setting default on for OP and off for replies

[Bozworth]

Is there a way to set the signature default to ON for the original poster and default OFF for people replying? I don't want to disable it entirely, but leave the check box available for the people replying if they want to apply their signature.

[warmweer]

There's no native way (that I know) to do that.
Your best bet is to request an extension.

[Brf]

Wasn't there an extension that only showed each signature once per page? That might work too.

[thecoalman]

This can be done with fairly simple edit, report the post if you want it moved to custom coding.

[thecoalman]

This is untested. On line 1970 of posting.php find:

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	'S_SIGNATURE_CHECKED'		=> ($sig_checked) ? ' checked="checked"' : '',

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	'S_SIGNATURE_CHECKED'		=> ($sig_checked  && ($mode == 'post' || ($mode == 'edit' && $post_id == $post_data['topic_first_post_id']))) ? ' checked="checked"' : '',

On line 159 of language/en/ucp.php find

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	'DEFAULT_ADD_SIG'			=> 'Attach my signature by default',

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	'DEFAULT_ADD_SIG'			=> 'Attach my signature by default to new topics',

If you are using different language files you will need to make edits to them instead. As I said untested but should work.

[AmigoJack]

That solution would need merged and split topics to take manual care to set/remove signatures, as then you have multiple or none "OP"s in one topic.

[Bozworth]

This is untested. On line 1970 of posting.php find:

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	'S_SIGNATURE_CHECKED'		=> ($sig_checked) ? ' checked="checked"' : '',

Replace with:

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	'S_SIGNATURE_CHECKED'		=> ($sig_checked  && ($mode == 'post' || ($mode == 'edit' && $post_id == $post_data['topic_first_post_id']))) ? ' checked="checked"' : '',

this worked perfectly, thank you!

edit: FYI the line number 1970 didn't match up, but i searched for S_SIGNATURE_CHECKED and found it around 1948 i think it was

[warmweer]

edit: FYI the line number 1970 didn't match up, but i searched for S_SIGNATURE_CHECKED and found it around 1948 i think it was

line 1970 is for phpBB 3.3.12

phpBB 3.3.11 > line 1949

The line numbers for language/en/ucp.php may also not match if your using a different phpBB version.