I could do that, i'll see about releasing it tonight. :) Another thing to add is staff don't see this error, and when a staff member post, it reopens the thread.

You could use something like:

where XX is the forumid that should be affected by this hack.

But it wouldn't be using the settings in forum.php, i don't want to have to add a number every time i delte/add a new forum, rather click yes/no when im creating the forum.

The if statement could use the following:
where X and Y are usergroup and userid respectively.

BTW, this hack doesn't actually close the thread. Rather, it blocks a user from making new posts to a thread after a certain amount of time has past. I made it this way because I didn't want the threads to actually close.

Tonight i will test it, looks great

Could there possibly be a way to keep the first post in the thread?

I have stickies that I post to start discussions. Would there be a way to keep the original sticky and start new threads with the sticky intact?

The if statement could use the following:

so when the thread is stuck the user is prompted to start a new thread.

hey calorie, why not update the instructions will all the suggestions posted above :)
will be very helpful for new users checking ur instructions file

Regards,

If you do, calorie ... could you include how to combine the if statement like so:

"if the thread is sticky" & "if the posts exceed..."

so that users are prompted to begin a new set of comments without losing the original sticky post.

Thank you again.

Maybe I'll update when I get some extra free time, and after the how-to questions are done should this thread grow large.

The if statement could use the following:

where X is the maximun number of replies to a stuck thread you allow, so when the thread is stuck and the number of replies exceeds X, the user is prompted to start a new thread.