Automatic Thread Closing
 

A new version is available from here. It is 3.7 but also works with 3.6 (and probably 3.8).

Hello guys this is my first mod!

Features:

• Forum immunity
• Option to close sticky threads or not
• Enable/disable hack
• Set timelimit
• All settings can be set in ACP
• Option to close thread after X amount of thread

Why?
I was getting tired of all those people necro-posting, posting in threads that are up to three years old. This is my solution

Time to install:
Less than one minute

History:
1.00 release
1.10 threadbit display closed
1.20 all settings through ACP
1.30 close thread after reply-count
1.40 bugfix
1.50 dunno what I did
1.60 added the feature to select whether you want the list of forum ids to either be the forums which's threads that should not be closed or the forums which's threads that should be closed

After billions of requests, I have finally done what you did!

Note
Don't forget to click Mark as Installed!

Fantastic need this, first install*

How do I set the mod to close threads after 30 days of inactvity?

if you need help making settings for this let me know

Edit that line (it appears more than once) and set it to
It's all a matter of seconds

I would like that!

I updated it now.. It also shows that the thread is locked in forumdisplay now. Just uninstall and install to get the new version

I'll probably get in on this when you can adjust the settings in the global settings menu.

I appreciate your efforts :)

thanks

Thankyou, amazing!

Awesome first mod! Nice work. ;)

Thank you all for your support guys!
I feel like also releasing my [youtube] tag and my [table] tag, they are also awesome :)

Me also, Thanks man :)

I updated it now. Studied some hacks and I have now made a settings entry. You can edit everything through ACP now.

Does this mod allow for identification of specific forums to apply the auto close to or is it the whole board?

Hi,

I'm looking for an auto-close after N posts.

Any plans to support such a feature?

very cool. I'm gonna check this out

edit//

The time unit is from when I start the hack or from when the thread was started?

It applies to the whole forum, but you can select forums to exclude.

let's say I select months and 3 = 3 months. The thread will be closed 3 months after the last reply to it.

I can easily add it to the mod.

EDIT: I added that now

Been waiting for this. Does it notify the members the thread was auto-locked?

you mean PM? No,
And they can't see that it was autolocked or normally locked

This is not nice...I thought it would close thats 1 month after the last post, but it closes threads 1 month after they were created, anyway to get this to work for x time after last post?
Also can you get it to posta message saying this thread was auto-locked and the reason?

Not in a PM. But in the last post.

On another forum I use, the last post says


Without some notification, I will get bombarded with "why was the thread locked"

GREAT! That's what I am looking for! Thank you SO MUCH!

It's not useful to have an "exclude" option. It should be include. Or both... Now I have to add ALL the forums I have opened, except one =\

Edit: And now I have to open all the threads that were closed... *sighs*

No you don't. Cause they are not closed. It's just something people thinks. I edit the data just before it is outputted, and NOT in the database.

I get the following error;

well I updated it but I didn't find any problems,

Hi, thought it would close thats 1 month after the last post, but it closes threads 1 month after they were created, anyway to get this to work for x time after last post?
Also can you get it to posta message saying this thread was auto-locked and the reason?

that's what I fixed

Super cool. Let me give it a try.

I am also getting that error:
It happens whenever I click on any of my forums.

Great mod. Let me suggest changing the name to "Automatic Old Thread Closing" so people know off the bat what the mod is for.

well, it's not nescessarily an old thread that's being closed :P

I have installed the mod, but I get the following error message when I enable it:

***** = my website name!

Please help!

GREAT mod but I only want to enable it in my for sale and wanted section (about 10 forums) on over 180 forums. Would it be possible to have an include forum section instead of exclude?

Thanks!

Exactly what I want. Much more effective way. Most people will only use this hack in a few forums rather than using them in most. You could have two settings if you want. Please do this. Thanks :)

well I guess I can add that feature.
But instead, I think it would be cooler to learn how to add forum settings. Setttings for seperate forums. So you can set the setting for specific forus instead of having both exclude/include forums.

When do you think you can have this done. I kinda need it ASAP. Thanks man!

A feature that allows disabling this mod for each thread is highly needed. In the same forum, some discuss thread need so many posts but the others do not.

Sorry to post again, but I seem to be getting a common error
and don't know how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated.

same here. get same error's they are getting

That sounds so weird. The function "ral_canclose()" is defined in global.php (with hooks) so I can't understand why they cannot find it.
We need support :P