Auto Thread Poster by BOP5 (Auto Thread Starter)
 

Version 1.2: Added {DATE} Options
Version 1.0: Initial Release

This mod was a request. The goal was to post a new thread regularly each week. The thread content would be Identical each week.

You set your thread options in the mod settings, and then schedule the included scheduled task to suit your needs.

Simple mod should work on both VB 3.x and 4.x.

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Reserved.

Anyway to have an option to define the interval of when the thread is started? For example, I could use this if it started an auto-thread once a month instead of once a week.

That is all controlled by the scheduled task. There is no time interval hard coded into the mod. So yes once a month is possible. In fact once a month is the longest possible interval and every 10 minutes is the shortest interval possible using the vbulletin scheduled task system.

Someone wanted a mod to post the same thread each week.. Maybe for a contest entry or something. So I made it.

hi bop, replies in a thread would be good and different content for different days also

tagged to keep an eye on it cheers

I understand it would be good but none of that is going to happen in this mod. This mod was a simple mod for a simple request. I do not intend to add much, if any, functionality. Since I don't have much use for this mod myself, it's on the "back burner."

Thanks fore share

Excellent Mod i was looking for this few days back :D

Its very handy for weekly contest i don't want to check contests every week new round of contests will be opened default.

Hi BirdOPrey5, My idea: mod can make auto up for random threads

I don't understand... Auto up random threads? This mod creates a thread at a specific time- it would make no sense for it to be random- anything else would be outside the scope of this mod completely.

Can {Date} be used in the thread title, so as to clearly distinguish each new weeks thread from the previous?
If not, can you add a "date" option?
Can you add options for frequency; Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly?

The {DATE} idea is something I can put in the next release, but no idea when it may be. Frankly, it may be a while, this isn't really a mod with much demand.

The frequency is chosen in the scheduled task manager- you can change it from once every 10 minutes to once a month, with a lot of possibilities in between.

Quarterly will likely not be an option because it is not an option for a scheduled task and to add such an option would mean requiring the mod to alter the database- nothing this simple mod was even intended to do.

Thanks, Joe.
A y/n option to suffix the title with the date would be greatly appreciated (from my perspective), and I think prove to be a valuable feature for this mod.

For now, I'll keep this mod tagged... if I was to use it, I'd have to edit the newly posted thread title to include the date, so may as well just start the new thread myself.

Our site runs a "Weekend Update" thread for members to post brief notes about progress on their various projects... it helps keep a community feel to our site.
If someone comments on a post to an previous weeks thread, it would not be immediately obvious which is the current weeks thread if a date suffix in the title is not present.

Thanks for your efforts... this is a great little mod, and I'm surprised that it is not used by more.

Decided to make that {DATE} fix today... New version released 1.2- now you can use {DATE} in the title or body of the post. It will use the forum date format by default or you can specify a custom date format in the mod settings.

Thank you very much, Joe.
Your time is appreciated.

[Edit] Installed and working fine on 4.1.10... thanks again.

Simple and yet a great one..

Thanks for sharing

I know you want it to be so simple, but if you ever wanna expand on it, here's something you might wanna consider adding.
An option to create a new thread or update an existing thread (adding post).. Just a thought

Thanks again

This is a great initiative.

But i think the scope/usefulness of this mod is restricted due to ablity to post the same conted over n over

It would be really helpful for me and many other member if we can have the ability to add/schedule new threads in que. ( having the ability to control the title, content , forum, user, and timing on individual thread basis)

Like i have an education related community. just wanted to schedule some threads that need to be posted in the coming week ( as i would have to login the forum for the next 10 days and starts a new thread exactly at 2:00pm ( the time when the examination ends)

Would really love the ability to add these 10 post in que n they are added over the next week. ( this could be super handy for new communities also IMO, adding new content regularly )

I am even willing to pay upto $25 for it.

I understand that would be a more useful mod to you, but it is unrelated this this mod. This was never meant to be more than a simple auto poster, it met the needs to the guy who wanted it, and I released it here in case the community could make use of it.

You would have better luck posting in the "Requests for Paid Services" forum if you are trying to solicit someone to make the mod you want.

Great mod, it will be useful for some projects.

I would be up for this too, and willing to contribute with some money.

Can anyone confirm if this mod is working with 4.2?

it works fine in 4.2.

I really have a need for this mod.
I want to post a few daily posts for the mods to show a few custom scripts i have made.
I want to be able to post html or php though BOP?
Either using an iframe or include to call the file i want?
I know your not keen on working on this mod.... but just have to ask.
I have asked for assistance creating this mod but no takers :(

This mod sounds like it could be useful for me, thanks for sharing it!

The members on our forum typically come together to chat in a single thread for the day/week or month - using the same type of format for each thread. 'Forum Name - Date'. We often times have two or more members start the 'daily' thread and end up with duplicates. I think something like this to automatically create the threads for them would be awesome! I'll play around with it for a while and post back here sometime..

could you have different threads post in different forums with this mod?

No. This was just a simple poster in a single forum. But it is re-useable code so feel free to use it as a start to something bigger.