I have installed it on my other forums and it doesnt seem to give any options in thread menu. That forum is VB 4.0.5....does it work with 4.0.x series?

I had it working on 4.0.8 with the manual template edits that I specify in the instructions- did you try the manual edits?

Yeah have tried adding this bit

Nothing shows up in the menu :(

That's not the manual edit needed for the menu, that's for the box when making a new thread at the bottom.

For the menu it is the 3rd (and required) edit:

Directly from the template edit instructions:

Noticing an odd little error. Guessing it's just a quick edit, but figured I should bring it to your attention.

With that globe image in the notification that goes in a thread, it won't show unless you upload that image to the /misc/ directory of that specific skin, if you have that specified. But the globe image does show fine next to the thread in the forumdisplay. Shouldn't it just be looking in the main images/misc directory regardless?

No because in theory you could have a blue style where you would want to provide an alternative "globe" icon that would show up better on your blue style.

Personally I think the globe icon is nice on most backgrounds that why I use it, but it is possible someone would need to customize it by style.

So while annoying, I agree- working as designed.

For some reason I don't have globe icon in thread name. Tried to use both positions, left and right. Just noticed this.

EDIT: Sorry, needed to do manual template edit. Now everything works fine.

Just noticed, there's no notice in moderator log about changing status of thread to or from global. Could you maybe add code that changes of global status are entered in moderator log?

Yes, I can add those in... Have got them working already, just need to test it a bit and polish off for a release. Soon... today or tomorrow. :up:

Updated to version 1.02- All global thread functions now logged in moderator logs.

Edit- Updated to 1.03 for consistent numbering with the Gold version.

Thanks. Tested it and it works. :up:

Hello BirdOPrey5,

Just now I received an email notification about the latest version.
What should I do now ? , I mean how should I upgrade ?
Should I uninstall my previous mode or overwrite by ftp,

What should I do?

Thank you.

vetty,

Simply download the new version (1.02) and follow the upgrade instructions in the info.txt file.

The Upgrade instructions are exactly the same as the original installation instructions except you now have to give permission to overwrite the existing file, and permission to overwrite when importing the xml file from product manager.

DO NOT UNINSTALL.

@BirdOPrey5

Thanks for the nice mode! however i just reached from kindergarden to grade 1 and that was also with your help in other thread....need help, that global icon image is not working & i don't know anything by my own.

Do you have a customized style? Can I get a link to your forum?

@BirdOPrey5:
Thank you so much, I have seen this mod for a long time
I will try to use it now

Sweet, thanks. I no longer have to make duplicate threads.

Sure ! Link

CuteC@t,

I see the mod is working the problem is the image file wasn't uploaded to the correct location.

Make sure you've uploaded the included .png file to your /images/misc/ directory.

For example this is the path to what should be your globe icon:

But if I go to that URL no file is found.

I know you said you are new to this- did you attempt to use FTP to upload the image?

I noticed problem with logging actions.

Whenever user who has rights (i.e. supermoderators and admins) to make thread global posts a new post, there's action written in moderator log: Undo Global Thread on New Post.

Even if thread wasn't global at all, even if it is just posting of a new post, this is logged in moderator log.

Could you make that only actual changes of thread's global status are logged in moderators' log? Or, if it couldn't be achieved, I'd prefer to disable logging altogether.

Looking through my moderator logs I'm not seeing this- certainly not on every post, I made a couple to test.

Was there any other pattern you noticed to this happening?

To disable the logging in this case go to the Admin CP -> Plugin Manager

Edit the Plugin: Make Global on New Reply [OK]

It's a small plugin, find the line:

And comment it out:

There's another log line above this one if you want to comment that out too it's fine.

Thanks, that did the trick (obviously it will). :)

Anyway, I tested it a bit further. It happens only when I use advanced editor, i.e. I don't use quick reply. If I use quick reply, there's no action in moderators' log. But with advanced editor (using buttons Reply to thread (I removed java script ID, so first click on buttons Reply to thread goes directly to advanced editor) or going to quick reply and then choosing advanced editor) it logs it.

Please, try posting with advanced editor and see if your posts get logged.

Ahh, thank you, I will keep playing with it and come up with a fix shortly.

Thanks. I was thinking about using another check, if thread was global or not. If not, skipping logging altogether, or if it was global before, than logging action.

Or, disabling options to change global status altogether when posting new post or thread and using only inline moderation or administrative tools. This is good enough for me (sometime some threads were (un)made global by mistake, so I made template changes).

Good idea Alan.

Added new version, 1.1 - Fixes the moderator log issues and new option to disable the check boxes on new reply.

Just curious if you've revisited this yet? Either way I will be installing it over the weekend :)

not yet.

Installed and loving it :)

Hey BOP5 one quick question, how would I go about putting the notice under the first post instead of above? Alternatively can it be placed as the first line of the first post (without copy and paste :D )?

When you say notice you mean the notice that it is a global thread?

In settings/options there is an option to show the notice below the thread... that is as close as it comes. Of course it is possible to move the notices around, if you know what you're doing- but it's not something I'm going to support.

Yea I've been toying with it on the test site and I'll get it how I want it sooner or later :D

Database error in 4.20

Do you get that error repeatedly or just once?

I see the problem is there is no space between the number and the "OR" :

1338912865OR bop_global = 1

But it works with everyone else's...

In any case please go to the Admin CP -> Plugins & Products -> Plugin Manager

Edit the plugin: Get Global Threads Count [OK]

Find the line:

and change it to:

I will put this fix into the next version, but I have a number of people using the free and paid versions and both have this exact code without errors. Weird.

when replying from a normal forum while using the simple postbit mod in the target forum it still shows the avatar. probably a postbit edit i made.

I'm not sure how that is possible... Once you click on a thread title you are brought into the thread- the thread is always in its native forum.

Installed this mod after migrating from VB3 to VB4 for a test site. Only thing we noticed was that the global threads we used were no longer "stuck" at the top as a global thread. They were still tagged as a global thread, but somewhere within each section.

I had to make the global thread a "sticky" in order for it to be the top thread in each section.

In addition, it broke my administration section where I have three sub-forums. Broke, meaning none of the threads will display in an administration section. You can however click on the latest thread link in the forum section and be taken directly to the thread.

Any ideas where I need to look? This mod is absolutely a requirement.

This mod is not an upgrade from the VB3 version, it is a new mod- they work differently. The VB3 version requires a separate forum for Global Threads, this mod doesn't.

As for how any section "broke" I can only guess the issue is with the automatic template edits- I would suggest you try it of the default style and see if it works. If it does try disabling use of the icon and/or prefix in the mod options.

Thanks.

Possible with your mod to place a thread in several, but not all forums?


This is described for example here.

As it is described in first post (it's a good thing to read at least first post of a thread. I see you're quite new here, this is your first post):

So yes, with paid version you can define in which forums thread appears.