Point User To Searchfunction
 

Ever been tired of pointing the user to the searchfunction? The same question has been asked multiple times? With this Hack you can point the user to the searchfunction.

What does this hack do?
Point To Search 1.0 adds a link to the Thread/Admin Tools, where a Mod can create a default post that contains a predefined text, like:

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Hello DummyUser,

the question you are asking has been already answered in another thread.
Please use the (link to searchfunction) Searchfunction to get your answer faster.

best wishes,
Admin
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As an option, you can decide to close the thread after that reply or leave it open. Additionally, you can choose if the Hack should use the current user as the poster or use a specific account.

Contains: 2 AdminCP settings, 6 phrases, 1 additional template
Installtime: <1 minutes
Difficulty: easy (1 product)

Demo is not available due to missing permission on my board ;)

Don't forget to click INSTALL!.

How to Install?
- Simply import the product, no changes to templates or files needed

First.

Big Thx !

2nd :laugh:

Thanks Phalynx

Installed and working great! :D

Install

Thanks!

Can you make it so that there is 2 options:

1) Point user to search

This leaves the post open for further discussion.

And

2) Point user to search and close thread.

As it says "thread closed".

Laters

Installed just changed a couple phrazes to meet my needs.. Great hack

Sure, I'll implement it for the next version.

me again ;)

Is there anyway to have custom messages?

I have seen them on other VB boards but cannot fin anything :(

Thanks again for this great hack :D

It would be great if it could also close the thread in the process :)

Found bug.


When a post has been made and a person replies, if i use the auto search feature, the name its mensioned for to search is the last poster not the thread starter ;)

That can be configured in the AdminCP.

You can change the original phrases in the AdminCP (Styles and Phrases, Phrase "pointtosearch_text")


This is not a bug, this is intendet.

Thanks for your reply:)

How would I be able to create 2 separate messages using the same plug-in?

So I could add another text line on the thread tools?

I'm currently working on a Hack that allows you to choose from different messages for different situation, e.g. to warn that topic has gone to OT and will be closed.

That would be fantastic :D

Thank you for your reply ;)

BTW, if you don't want that the last poster is beeing mentioned, remove the {1} (replaced by name of last poster) from the phrase "pointtosearch_text".

wouldnt it be easyer to make it all optional in the admin panel rather than run 50 miles?

Or even one that points them to the FAQ or maybe a website?

great hack, waiting for the update :)

This can be realised through changing the original phrase. Otherwise you have to wait until my new hack with pre-defined phrases is ready.

Wow this is cool.

Cool hack, waiting for the feature to be able to setup multiple auto replies

So I have your permission to modify the xml file to suite my needs of changing it from pointing to search function to the faq or my website? or even both?

As long as you don't release the modified XML you can change it, sure. This can be easier changed if you import the XML and change the phrases...

Would you please add the instructions from the first post in a text file and zip it up with the xml file for download, sir? That makes it easier for re-installs if the member ever needs to do that. ;)

Great add :), installed!!! Very well done!

any news on the update to this ?

or is that old news as well :)

Is not ready, yet :)

4 months LOL ok no worries just throught id asked

Some assistance please. btw first this mod DOES work after upgrading from 3.5.4 to 3.6.2 :D
anyway, what I would like to have is for my 'canned message' (that this mod generates) to say after the 'hello':
with the 'Forum Search' being the link to the obvious, the FAQ being a link to the forum faq page, and the word Site Map being a link to our Site Map webpage.
but when I do this is the message that results from the above:
anyone have a clue what I'm doing wrong?
Edit: The word Searchfunction and the word Site Map come up as links, but the rest of the words are just ummm missing....

Works fine on vBulletin 3.6.7 PL1

greetings Indy