Alright I did a little poking around and found that the phrases are not coming up. I stuffed a few basic characters in there and they showed up fine, so it seems limited to the phrase. Any ideas?

Update:
After looking at the Show Thread Phrases Containing 'manage_force_thread_reading' I found the phrase product setting at: Force Users to Read a Thread. I changed this to vBulletin and everything works as it should(oddly enough). Not sure what it all means but it looks as though the phrase was not created with global permissions or something along those lines.

NitPicking a little further.
Would there be a way to show the user is reading a priority message(or similar) rather than an error message on the WOL?


Hope this helps
Installed!

HI all

thanx Abe1

It work Finally with third party vbPortal so no more mysql errors, its working fine and i like it :)

thanx

if any one need any help about this issue i will help


regards

Abe

so can you help me?

Great!! Just what i needed!

sure just pm me what kinda help you want

I have a question before i install it, can it be set to force a user read a thread before they enter a specific forum? i have about 7-8 forums, but i want them to read a thread only if they enter a special forum, is it possible? thanks

nvm : i just got my answer, i am going to install now

This is a great Mod, Thanks :)

Thank you for sharing it. :)

Installed it. Works awesome.

Thank you

Here is the TMS (template modification system) XML file for this mod, for those that have TMS installed.

I don't know what's up, but the forum where I am a member, this hack was installed and I can't get anywhere. ... and I have ACP access..etc.

Is there anyway to make this force someone to view an event?

I wouldn't be surprised if the thread that was forced was deleted. If that happens there is no way any user can access your forums. The mod needs to be uninstalled then reinstalled. Seems as if this mod is only half complete.

easy2install nice plugin. thx

I like this. Thanks for making it.

Installed :up:

i have a problem. after installing and adding a thread to "Force Thread Reading"...i don't get any messages up. what's wrong

You probably won't see the message, because it takes you back to the thread afterwards... so you've already seen it, and won't get a message.

Your other users, however, will get a message :)

Does that makes sense?

Said perfectly.

geinstaleerd, works great :up:

I couldn't find this code to do the update and I'm running 3.6:

2) Do the template edits

in SHOWTHREAD:

find:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<div><label for="ao_rrd"><input type="radio" name="do" id="ao_rrd" value="removeredirect" />$vbphrase[remove_redirects]</label></div>
--------------------------------------------------------------------

AFTER place this:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<!-- Start Abe1 Force Users to Read a Thread -->
<div><label for="ao_mfr"><input type="radio" name="do" id="ao_mfr" value="forceread" />$vbphrase[manage_force_thread_reading]</label></div>
<!-- End Abe1 Force Users to Read a Thread -->
--------------------------------------------------------------------

find:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<option value="removeredirect">$vbphrase[remove_redirects]</option>
--------------------------------------------------------------------

AFTER place this:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<!-- Start Abe1 Force Users to Read a Thread -->
<option value="forceread">$vbphrase[manage_force_thread_reading]</option>
<!-- End Abe1 Force Users to Read a Thread -->
--------------------------------------------------------------------

I have installed this hack, but Im having some problems. A while ago and made a force read post, then deleted it..But its still making people go to that thread that no longer exists and they cannot move on anywhere else..
Suggestions?

The thread below in the screenshot no longer exists

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2007/11/10.jpg

I installed this thread and required everyone to read the new rules...I got at least 50 pms with people wondering what they did to get in trouble. Heh.

Either going into the database and removing the option, uninstall then reinstalling, or wait until the next version is released.

I have problem with this mod, I forced a thread to read and not sure but it seems I remvoed the thread now people can not login they are asked to read a thread which does not excist

i have just installed this mod, and i can not get it to work.. i imported the product, and did the template edits.. but it is not showing up in the thread tools... HELP!

I'm running 3.6.8

was wondering about having a countdown on that thread i want to froce member to read.. since the members just click on the link and go back to their lurking/leeching mode

I've lot of moderators and they can always force threads to be read in their own sections. With 10 mods thats means every day this error message 'please read'... Its boring..
Only super moderators and admin must have the rights for this or better to handle it via usergroup.. Its possible?

Ok, some members are getting everything perfectly, I tested it myself and worked fine.

But for some some... it says they must view the thread, and when they click on it to view the thread, nothing loads, and thus they cannot get past this to access my forum.
They have tried several times... and nothing will load.

Any suggestions?

this mod disable this one https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=129496

I get a invalid syntax mysql error if i load a page from vbadvanced

it works fine from /forums though is there something that has to be added to vbadvanced options to get it to work

i tried toggling the custom page settings but I still get the invalid syntax error

using 3.6.8 pl2

Go to the settings and disable it for custom pages.

Hi Abe1, first of all thanks for your share. I love to see how you always updating your stuff its very nice for the community.

I have vbispy installed too on my forum I had no problems until I have updated your plugin.
Now I get this database error, I hope that will help you to figure out whats the problem is:

Thanks again for your great works. And I hope you can fix my problem. Bye.

Just wondering if you are still planning on making an option for this to be only used by admins etc. (usergroup permissions) I read back in July this would happen, just wondering if you have any idea of a possible timeline with this feature.

Thanks.

great mod...

***BowZone clicks install***

Thanks!

Am I right in that you can not force those who are not members of any usergroup...namely unregistered lurkers or visitors who arrive via search engines?

They must be in a usergroup to get the force read.

But, due to some problems I am having with it, and no response to my questions... I am forced to uninstall this.

Abe, do you plan to add it for unregistered users so we can communicate with them?

I am getting a problem with an endless loop because this is clashing with vbplaza which also makes users view there expired items, so one of my smods is currently in an endless loop and cant access the forums. Major problem, so I will have to disable this until, both mods are able to work together. I also reported this to cmx, but not sure which product needs to be fixed. Let me know.

Thanks.