Force Users to Read a Thread
 

vB 3.7 version of this hack here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=172155

Force Users to Read a Thread 2.0

About this hack:
This hack allows you to set a thread as 'must read' by your members. Right now, if you make a post and want all your members to read it, you have no way of enforcing it. This hack will give an error message similar to the one you get when you need to change you password, saying that the admins want you to read a certain thread before they continue using the forum.

Once a user reads a thread, they wont be bugged to read it again.

You can set all usergroups or just certain onces that must read a thread.

You can set to site wide or just some forums.

Option to Force Guests

This hack added one query to every page on your forum a member goes to.

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 2 (1 via ACP, 2 via FTP)
• Time to install: 1 minute

Updates:

Version 2.0 (03/05/08):

• First Release of this Hack for vb3.7
• MAJOR update. Hack totally re-writen. You must uninstall old version before upgrading.
• Fixed just about all bugs. (like if you delete a thread...)
• No more template edit. Everything done in ACP.
• Permissions for by who ever has ACP access with threads and posts
• Force Guests to read a thread now.
• Works for BOTH vb3.6 AND vb3.7

Pictures:

• The error message.
• The universal options.
• Where you go to set the settings.
• The list of forums that have force read settings.
• The edit/add screen.

reserved
1st one!!

Haha, sneaky. I like it!

wow seem interesting ... i will check it later ...

good.

great i need this! :)

Wow - Really nice mod - Thanx for sharing ;)

Jacquii.

Nice Abe.
Thanks again for your contributions.

money!

very nice addition, I might have a need for this in the future. thanks.

Dunna what you've reserved a reply to as you ain't the coder!

Nice hack Abe and very useful I reckon and almost makes ya think if it should be standard in vb....thanks..:)

veryyyy nice and useful mod, thanks a lot

Perfect!

/me clicks install

this is great for a site like mine for league sign ups etc...thanks man

nice!

hm it's not working for me, i just did it on one of my threads, and asked my mate to log in and he didnt see anything...also i log'd back in as a normal member and sore nothing.....is there anything i missed doing? i uploaded the xml and did the template edits....

does this work for everyone else?

Works on my forum. You set the settings on a thread but it didn;t ask all users to read it? Go check the settings again. I would need 2 user accounts on your forum to test it out. One of couse an admin one. If you still have trouble, send me a PM.

will this come everytime the users log in or jus` for one time......

I mean if the user has not read the rules and regulations of the forum(watever they might be) he is directed to that forum thread and when he reads the whole Rules and Thread thing and check the box below then only he/she gets access to the site........

This will only tell a user once to read the thread. Once they read it, it wont bother them again. Also, they can't do ANYTHING on your forum unless they go and read the thread.

k thank man nice one. Just wat i want.

check your pms please still not working

did u edit ur showthread template ????

I misset this one, thanks a lot mate for make this available.

can the particular thread be unmanaged too ??? cause i didn`t see an option there ???

or if one goes other will have to take it`s place ???

yes i did, the option is there also but it just doesnt come up.

If you go back to the thread, click to manage it, and remove all checkboxes, then save, no-one must see this thread again.

If you have more then one set, a user get info to read one, after he reads this one, he will get info to read the next one.

sounds great ... i'll install it asap . btw who can see that option in thread tools ?

thanks

I like it, thanks abe

Only a member that has 'Can Manage Threads' permission will be able to use the options.

is it possible that just Admins can see this ? maybe that would be great if u make it as a Xml file with : enable or disable option / Thread ID(s) / Usergroup setting / and a Phrase for the vb message error

thanks anyway for this great hack ..

love this script so much!

great if you have important info / rule updates you need all members to read

Plans for in a future release. I just wanted to get this out there already so I didn't make it's own permissions. It uses the permission of someone who can manage the thread.

any ideas why it isnt working for me man?

im on aim again

Really great idea!
Installed.

this will be useful :D thanks!

but is it possible to make it do the template edits automatically? I don't prefer mods with template edits i have a lot of skins and uprades are a pain :)

If there was a way, I would have dont it. There are no $template_hook variables in these locations yet.

Sorry if i`m sounding like a no0b but could you please explain what u said in another words cause i am not able to understand wat u jus` said

Simple, Abe says that if you no longer require users to read a thread you simply go back to the thread, use the tools drop down and remove all the check boxes from the usergroups you specified when first requiring users to read that thread. In other words, just the opposite of what you did when setting up that thread to require users to read it. :)