Nice mod. Perhaps another addition to contemplate would be to allow the use of categories within the featured thread box.

Great modification. Another admin on one of my sites was asking about making a box to put important threads in so they didn't get lost and I remembered seeing this. Works Great!

Looking forward to being able to use it on forumdisplay and showthread.

hello Adrian

Can you reply to my question in PM about paying for customisations?

You have disabled PM so I can't reach you that way.

Thanks!

Hello :)

Do you know how I can add this to a VbAdvanced CMPS block? Thanks

Trying to add this to my vB3.5 forum I get the following error message:

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.3:
Invalid SQL:

### INSERT QUERY GENERATED BY fetch_query_sql() ###
INSERT INTO plugin
(`active`, `executionorder`, `title`, `hookname`, `phpcode`, `product`)
VALUES
('1', '5', 'Feature', 'forumhome_start', '$rows = $vbulletin->options[\'featurethreads_showx\'];\r\n$query=\"select * from \" . TABLE_PREFIX . \"thread WHERE `featured` = \'featured\' limit $rows \";\r\n $merge=mysql_query($query);\r\n echo mysql_error();\r\n\r\n while($row=mysql_fetch_array($merge)){\r\n\r\n$dis play .= \"\r\n\r\n<img src=\'images/statusicon/subforum_old.gif\' border=\'0\'> <a href=\'showthread.php?t=$row[threadid]\'>$row[title]</a> - <span class=\'smallfont\'>$row[ftdescription] - \r\nBy $row[postusername]</span><br />\";\r\n\r\n}\r\n\r\nif($vbulletin->options[\'featurethreads_enabled\'] == 1) {\r\n\r\n $feature_threads = \"\r\n\r\n<table class=\'tborder\' cellpadding=\'$stylevar[cellpadding]\' cellspacing=\'$stylevar[cellspacing]\' border=\'0\' width=\'100%\' \r\n\r\nalign=\'center\'>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td align=\'center\' class=\'tcat\'>Featured Threads</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\'alt1\'>$display</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</table>\r\n<br>\r\n\r\n\";\r\n\r\n}', 'featured');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'executionorder' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054

Fixed this by adding the necessary column by hand.

It seems as if the mod creator doesn't have access to this thread because his VB license expired.

Has any one else gotten this to work with VBadvanced CMPS? Thanks

Work w/3.6.3?

Yes this works fine in 3.6.3 :)

Has anyone tried using this in a vbPortal block? I've tried but can't get it to work - see this thread.

I suggest that the developer of this mod take a look at that thread as it includes some information on suggested improvements to his code.