Very interesting hack... looking forward to using it :)

so the thread starter, mod and admins can weigh the thread, how can we make it so only mods and admins have the ability to weigh a thread

so is 100 max? or is it on a 1-10 scale?

sounds useful, but wont it confuse members it some threads are below others, even when they are newer?

Only admins and mods who can go to the editthread page can use this, no normal members.

The max is pretty dang high, I think I set the SQL field for up to ten figures, doesn't really matter as long as you know what you want to set each thread at.

As far as the second question, that's why you would use discretion with this hack. Only weigh threads that need it, and use it on stickies as you want them ordered, regardless of most recent post.

Sounds interesting... thanks very much! ;)

So what does weight do? Keep them at top longer even if other threads are replied to? So if I weighted it say 5, it would stay above threads that have a rating of 1... but when would it start moving down?

It would start moving down when you either changed the weight or gave another thread a higher weight.

There was another hack like this somewhere, it's best use is for stickies. For example you can have a sticky that has the forums rules stay at the top all the time instead of getting buried by others. Or you may have a FAQ for a something specific, you have it remain at the top so users can see it first instead of getting buried and not getting seen.

I'll probably putting this in real soon too. Though I think the "weight" concept is kind of funny. It should work like forum order, 0 would be first, then 1, then 2 etc, but that's how the other one worked so maybe it's best to leave it different?

I would say that the best use would be for stickies and not regular threads. However if you have several threads that you'd like to stay towards the top without having to be stuck, you could use this as well. It's definitely not something for all threads.

This was the perfect mod for my business and works like a charm.

Much appreciated