Automatically Close Old Threads After X Days
 

This product will automatically close threads. Administrators have the option of setting the number of days until a thread closes, including or excluding sticky threads, and including or excluding forums by ID.

Threads can be closed X days after the thread was created or X days after the last post.

See this product in action on the Voxilla Forums.

Installation

Close Old Threads installs from a single XML file, no other file uploads are necessary.

The installation process automatically creates a php file in the cron folder, therefor the cron folder must be writeable by vBulletin.

You may need to chmod the includes/cron folder to 777 before installation and back (note your settings) after installation is complete.

The installer then creates a daily cron job.

Close Old Threads is inactive upon installation and must be configured and enabled from the vBulletin Options menu. See the attached screen shot for a sample.


Update

1.1 Administrators can now select all forums, or a subset of forums for inclusion or exclusion. The previous version only had options for all forums and an exclusion list.

When trying to install, all I get is:

Error opening file to writing

Also, will this work with 3.6.1?

I was able to fix the error by CHMOD includes/cron/ to 777 - I am testing it with 3.6.1 now. :)

hi i have installa it but ican not found it under my admincp ?

*Update: Seems to be working fine with 3.6.1

Thanks!

i have installa it and change many style in the my vb helleo man

It should work on 3.6.1. I'm using 3.6.2, so I didn't want to make any claims without knowing it would work.

can we let it work only for certain forums ?

/me installs

Nobi...awesome idea!

I like this in general too!

can u please add sumthing else to it

like posts in a particular section being closed

not every section`s posts

What do you mean by section?

If you want to limit Close Old Threads to a subset of forums, enter the forum ID's to exclude in the control panel settings page.

i mean for people who have around 20 sections and in one section around 2-4 sub-sections
for them it`s hard to exclude everything

if u have 100 forums and u only want to close 1. You have to input 9 forumid's

heh heh not 9 , 99

so it`s kindda though can`t we have sumthin` like in choosing wtever we want and whatever we don`t want to close that

i have attached a pic of what i mean .........

Good point.

I've got some other work to do today, but if I get some time tonight or tomorrow, I will modify the hack to: include the listed forum IDs, exclude the listed forum IDs, or All forums.

thanks in advance

gr8 jop m8
thanks alot

I released version 1.1 with support for including a subset of forums.

TY .. was really waiting for this one ..

but with importing from my C-drive i get in 3.6.2 the message

vBulletin needs to be able to write the close_old_threads.php file to the includes/cron directory.

if I change cron permission directory.

There is any problem with Vb secure?

thanks

This is a great mod.

I would suggest to include in the documentation the need to chmod the cron folder to 777 before installation and back (755) after. This will avoid confusion.

I would also like to suggest a listing like what radarhunter suggested. Certain CMPS modules have this for example. You have a list of forums and can ctrl click to select multiple ones. Would make it a lot easier than having to find forum id's.

Thanks transitbus :knockedout:

Strange not to see this as a feature already built into vB.

The RSS function allows for those posts to be locked after a time set by an Admin so i can't understand why it was not expanded to regular posts.

I will try this out later I guess.

thanks.

thanks a lot man

Working on 3.6.3

Installed and working great on security patched 3.6.2

Thanks - really needed this!! :)

working with 3.6.3.
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Maybe you should add a feature where people can reopen those closed threads in case the admin changes his/her mind about the settings.

Close Theads works with 3.6.3.

@eclectica - Since Close Threads doesn't track what threads it cloeses, it would be significant work to add that capability. I either use the vBulletin thread management tools or update the database records directly to bulk unclose threads.

Hi,

Great work...

I need to be able to close a thread after the first post is made. Can this be implemented into this mod easily or is there another mod out there that will do what I need??

Thanks

Jeff

Hi,

is there a way that threads are not closed, but deleted in some forums?!

Regards,

Tobi

Is there a way to make the thread close by the amount of posts instead of time?

bumpity, bump... sorry mods/admins but need an answer on this one

[high]* projectego clicks install ;)[/high]

This mod will not delete posts or close after so many posts.

Closing threads after x posts, would take significant changes to the operation and flow of this mod.

I also have a need for a mod to delete threads after so many days and will probably write a new mod, if I can't find one.

I would be interested in one. Some threads grow faster than others. Thanks.

its not working on 3.6.4

after users replied to years old threads while thinking its actual

hack installed (vb 3.6.4).
running. thanx a lot!