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<if condition="$show['garsspacer']">
$spacer_open
<div id="edit$post[postid]" style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px">
</if>
<if condition="$post['GARS_modposition1']">
<table class="tborder" id="post$post[postid]" colspan="2" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1" valign="middle" align="center">
$post[GARS_modposition1]
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</tr>
</table>
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<table class="tborder" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<if condition="$post['GARS_modposition3']">
<tr>
<td class="alt1" valign="middle" colspan="2">
$post[GARS_modposition3]
</td>
</tr>
</if>
<tr>
<td class="alt2" valign="top" colspan="2" style="padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;" $post[scrolltothis]>
<table id="post$post[postid]" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<if condition="$post['GARS_modposition4']">
<td width="200px" style="padding:10px;" class="alt1" valign="top">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="200px">
<tr>
<td class="alt1" valign="top">
$post[GARS_modposition4]
</td>
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<tr>
<td class="alt1" valign="bottom">
<img src="clear.gif" width="200px" height="1px" border="0" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</if>
<td class="alt1" valign="top" width="100%" style="padding:10px;" <if condition="(!$post['GARS_modposition4'] && $post['GARS_modposition5']) || ($post['GARS_modposition4'] && !$post['GARS_modposition5'])">colspan="2"<else /><if condition="!$post['GARS_modposition4'] && !$post['GARS_modposition5']">colspan="3"</if></if>>
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<div style="float:right">
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<tr>
<td align="center" colspan="2" class="alt2">
<if condition="$show['avatar']">
<div align="center">
<a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]"><img src="$post[avatarurl]" $post[avwidth] $post[avheight] alt="<phrase 1="$post[username]">$vbphrase[xs_avatar]</phrase>" border="0" /></a>
</div>
</if>
<div id="postmenu_$post[postid]">
<a class="bigusername" href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a>
</div>
<if condition="$post['usertitle']"><div class="smallfont">$post[usertitle]</div></if>
<if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if>
<div class="smallfont">
<if condition="$post['joindate']"><div>$vbphrase[join_date]: $post[joindate]</div></if>
<if condition="$post['field2']"><div>$vbphrase[location_perm]: $post[field2]</div></if>
<if condition="$post['age']"><div>$vbphrase[age]: $post[age]</div></if>
</div>
<div class="smallfont">
$vbphrase[posts]: $post[posts]
</div>
<if condition="$show['reputation']"><if condition="$show['reppower']">$vbphrase[reppower]: $post[reppower] </if><div>$post[reputationdisplay]</div></if>
<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon]</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<!--- END user info -->
<if condition="$post['gars_pagename']">
<div class="bigusername">$post[gars_pagename]</div>
<div><strong>Version: <if condition="$post['gars_vb_mod']">$post[gars_vb_mod]<else />n/a</if></strong>, by <a href="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$post[userid]">$post[musername]</a></div>
<hr size="1" style="color:$stylevar[tborder_bgcolor]" />
</if>
<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1">
<tr>
<td class="alt2"><strong>vB Version:</strong> <if condition="$post['gars_vb_version']">$post[gars_vb_version]<else />n/a</if></td>
<td class="alt2" colspan="2"><strong>Rating:</strong> <if condition="$post['gars_thread_rating']">$post[gars_thread_rating]<else />n/a</if></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2"><strong>Released:</strong> <if condition="$post['postdate']">$post[postdate]<else />n/a</if></td>
<td class="alt2"><strong>Last Update:</strong> <if condition="$post['gars_vb_last']">$post[gars_vb_last]<else />n/a</if></td>
<td class="alt2"><strong>Installs:</strong> <if condition="$post['gars_marked']">$post[gars_marked]<else />n/a</if></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt2" colspan="3">$post[gars_vb_tick]</td>
</tr>
</table>
<div id="post_message_$post[postid]" align="justify">$post[message]</div>
<if condition="$post['signature']">
<!-- sig -->
<div>
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$post[signature]
</div>
<!-- / sig -->
</if>
</td>
<if condition="$post['GARS_modposition5']">
<td width="200px" style="padding:10px;" class="alt1" valign="top">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="200px">
<tr>
<td class="alt1" valign="top">
$post[GARS_modposition5]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" valign="bottom">
<img src="clear.gif" width="200px" height="1px" border="0" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</if>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<if condition="$post['GARS_modposition6']">
<tr>
<td class="alt2" colspan="2">
$post[GARS_modposition6]
</td>
</tr>
</if>
<tr>
<td class="alt2" valign="top" style="padding:10px;" colspan="2">
<div style="font:bold;" align="center">
$post[GARS_navigation]
</div>
<div align="$stylevar[right]" style="float:bottom-right;">
<!-- controls -->
<if condition="$post['editlink']">
<!--<a href="$post[editlink]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/edit.gif" alt="$vbphrase[edit_delete_message]" border="0" /></a>-->
<a href="$post[editlink]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/edit.gif" alt="$vbphrase[edit_delete_message]" border="0" /></a>
</if>
<if condition="$post['replylink']">
<a href="$post[replylink]&noquote=1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reply_small.gif" alt="" 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>
<!-- / controls -->
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</td>
</tr>
</table>
<if condition="$show['garsspacer']">
</div>
$spacer_close
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