This hack allows your moderators to bump a thread without posting in it. This is different from making a thread sticky in two ways: First, this will not append the thread title with "Sticky", and second, the thread will only be at the top of the thread list until another post is made, at which point it becomes second, so this is somewhat temporary (moreso on larger boards ;)).

If you wish, there is also a version in which you can allow any registered user, and/or the first, last, or any poster of any given thread to bump it. That is located here.

There is no demo or screenshot, but trust me, it works and looks lovely. :D

For version: v2 beta 3 (may also work on beta 1 and beta 2, but it is untested on those versions).

Files needed: postingsadd.txt, redirect_bump_template.txt (see attached zip file).

Files to edit: postingsadd.txt, postings.php, showthread.php (see instructions below).

Templates to edit/create: showthread, redirect_bump (see instructions below).

Instructions
1] Unzip the file posttingsadd.txt and redirect_bump_template.txt to your hard drive.
2] Open postings.php in an ASCII text editor, such as Notepad (Windows), SimpleText (Mac), EditPlus, UltraEdit, TextPad, etc. (DO NOT use WYSIWYG HTML editors such as FrontPage, HotDog, DreamWeaver, etc. They will in all likelyhood screw up the file! I will not be able to support you if you edit the file in one of these programs.)
3] Right below
insert the contents of posttingsadd.txt.
4] Create a new template called redirect_bump and add the contents of redirect_bump_template.txt.
5] In the showthread template, find
and replace it with
That's it.

Instructions are also included in the zip file (bump.txt).

FEEDBACK WANTED! :D Likes/dislikes/modification requests all gladly accepted.

The link doesn't work. :) <http:///>

Suggestion:
It'd be good if it can be enabled / disabled using the control panel.

Yeah sorry about the link :D I was in the process of posting the other one and didn't have the link yet. hehe

As for the suggestion, I think that would take someone with a bit more knowledge than me. ;)

Why would you need to have it on/off?

Don't you trust your mods enough to know they won't just go bumping threads.

Thanks alot for making these 2 hacks, now I just need to decide which to use, the mod or the user one.

Tried this for 1.1.5 and it was a no go.

Any ideas what I would need to change to make this work?

Thanks!
Cygnus

great hack tubedogg!

Thanks, CJ! :)

Cygnus: I have no idea. I started working with vB at v2 beta 2, so I have no idea what the nuances of vB1 are. Sorry.

Hi

I am installing your Auto bump for admins hack. I am having trouble finding Stick / Unstick</a></smallfont> in the showthread template??

Please can you give me some idea where this is located as I cant even find the word Stick in this template?

Thanks
Mark

I dont see that code in the showthread template either. The only template i find something remotely close to that is the showthread admin template

[QUOTE5] In the showthread template, find
and replace it with
[/QUOTE]

Hi there,

in vB 2.0 Gold the admin options for showthread went to the showthread_adminoptions template.

Since it isn't a link based thingy anymore, you have to add the following to get it into the dropdown box:

find:
below that add (you can place it wherever you want between the <select> statements):
Very easy...

Thanks for that great hack, tube!
cu,
-Tom

Thanks works wel now.

Great little hack.

mark

thanks ThomasP....works like a charm now

Superb! Perfect hack! :D

dose this work with 2.0.3 i didnt try but i want to know if somebody tried it

I installed in on 2.0.3 a few days ago. Works great!

Installed on 2.2, seems to be working ok.

adam

Great hack tubbedog, well done :)

I can't wait to install it as soon as I can. Is it available for 2.2.1 forum version?

Thanks for reading,

Great hack! I changed 1 thing however:

in postings.php:

TO:

Because I see no reason why you would want to redirect to the thread when you obviously don't want to post in it!

You should also change the text from the new redirect_bump template to:

Thank you for bumping the thread. You will now be returned to the index of the current forum.

Works great in 2.2.1 - just be sure to do the showthread_adminoptions template edit that ThomasP outlined on page one :)

Does this work on 2.2.1?

According to this it should work since 2.2.1 was a bug fix. HTH :pleased:

Just installed it and it works fine! I added the modifications that Arie made to. Keep up the good work!

thanx for the nice hack works well

cheers

Does it work on 2.2.2?

Yes.

2.2.2 , works fine :D cool hack!

I couldn't find this text

code:
Stick / Unstick</a></smallfont>

Or anything similar in the template, so I couldn't install it!

Try showthread_adminoptions.

Great Hack I will test it on 2.2.4

It's not in that template either. Sorry.

Yes it is. Look again. You will see:

<option value="stick">Stick / Unstick Thread</option>

You want to put it under that.

thats right

you'll see

<option value="stick">Stick / Unstick Thread</option>

in showthread_adminoptions

put THIS under it.....

not what it says

<option value="postings.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=bump&threadid=$threadid">Bump Thread</option>

Well mine doesn't have it. I searched for the word stick, and and instick and neither one of them are there. I have reverted my templates as well. Maybe my upgrade didn't overwrite that template or somthing. I'll create a support ticket, and see if they can fix it.

Nice Hack but the zip file needs to have updated instructions. If not for reading all the way through this thread this hack would not work. Editing/updating the first post with current info would be wise, too. ;)

Or someone else could just re-write it as I suppose files have changed A LOT since 2.0.0 to 2.2.6

I want this hack, but figuring it was made for vB2 beta 3 and I have 2.2.6, I am kind of ify that it will work right....

If you do everything right, it will work. Read the whole thread.

The text file says to add the bump code to the showthread template. You must mean showthread_adminoptions. I'm using vB 2.2.9. The code that works in that template for that is;

under add

this hack works on v2.3.0 :) nice job.

great hack, i've just installed it on 2.3.0 :)