Require a post icon on new thread creation (or on every post)

[sblum]

Create a new phrase in the category "Front-End Error Messages" titled "noicon", with the text "You must choose a post icon before posting a new thread."

Open includes/functions_newpost.php

Find:
// check for subject/message
if (($post['message'] == '' AND $vboptions['postminchars'] > 0) OR ($type == 'thread' AND empty($post['title'])))
{
eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('nosubject', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
}

Add Below:
// check for post icon
if ($type == 'thread' AND $post['iconid'] == 0)
{
eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('noicon', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
}

That's it. If you want to make it required on all posts instead of just new thread creation, change the phrase accordingly and add the following code instead:

// check for post icon
if ($post['iconid'] == 0)
{
eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('noicon', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
}

[sblum]

You can see a demo at http://www.postfarm.net/ and, as always, please click install :)

[marcel-ea]

Thx very much

[Zoints]

Great hack. It does however break the "report post" hack where the report is posted as a new thread in a forum of your choice. I fixed it by changing it to this:

// check for post icon
if (THIS_SCRIPT != 'report') {
if ($type == 'thread' AND $post['iconid'] == 0)
{
eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('noicon', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
}
}

[turbidblue]

awesome!

this is cool, because I get so tired of seeing just the default icon used, esp when I have a ton just sitting there ;)

* turbidblue click install happily :)

[Snifter]

Is there anyway to set this up so that it won't require an icon for forums with icons turned off?

[Snifter]

Figured it out, this should work :)


// check for post icon
if ($foruminfo['allowicons']) {
if ($type == 'thread' AND $post['iconid'] == 0)
{
eval('$errors[] = "' . fetch_phrase('noicon', PHRASETYPEID_ERROR) . '";');
}
}

[ZGeek]

Anyone updating this for vb 3.5?

[Hawk7173]

How would I get rid of the no icon option? Have this installed, but it's confusing as the message when not having a icon checked is

Could not find phrase 'noicon'.

would that require a phraze change?

[3DPiMp]

will this mod work in Version 3.7.2?