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jeremycs 07-29-2004 02:59 PM

One thread in multiple forums? (and still active as one thread)
 
Is it possible to copy one thread to multiple forums and have it function as one thread? (rather than independent threads in each forum).

Ie... if you have a single thread copied to 3 forums, and someone replies to that thread in any of the forums, that reply would be visible in the thread in any of the forums and the thread would be "bumped" to the top of each of the forums list (since it just got a reply).

Is this possible with stock vb3?

Is it possible with any known hack?

nexialys 07-29-2004 03:15 PM

that's what we can call a Thread Alias... like we do aliases on our own desktop... i was planing to take a look at that feature, but didn't have the time yet.

this can be easily done, like modifying the forumid field in the thread table, so the forumid can be multiple... like 354|344|2 ... so the thread is displayed in the three forums...

same thing for adding aliases of forums in multiple forums... this can be a good feature to have a Support forum in multiple forums, but have the same content...

DrkFusion 07-29-2004 03:34 PM

This is a great idea. Permissions wise would someone want everyone to be able to do this or specified usergroups?

jeremycs 07-29-2004 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nexialys
this can be a good feature to have a Support forum in multiple forums, but have the same content...

You mean to have a support thread in multiple forums right?

Yeah, that makes sense.

So if something major was done system wide on a large website with tons of forums, then there could be one thread "copied" to all of the forums, that would act as only one thread -- ie, accumulating replies in the single thread from all of the different forums it's in.

It's definitely a worthwhile hack. I'm surprised it's not part of the vB3 base what with all the features vb3 has (wow! :speechless:)

jeremycs 07-30-2004 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrkFusion
This is a great idea. Permissions wise would someone want everyone to be able to do this or specified usergroups?


I would think that crossposting / thread aliasing in this manner would be something that you would only want higher level admins to be able to do no?

lange 07-30-2004 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeremycs
Is it possible to copy one thread to multiple forums and have it function as one thread? (rather than independent threads in each forum).

Ie... if you have a single thread copied to 3 forums, and someone replies to that thread in any of the forums, that reply would be visible in the thread in any of the forums and the thread would be "bumped" to the top of each of the forums list (since it just got a reply).

Is this possible with stock vb3?

Is it possible with any known hack?

Is it possible.

Adapt this hack (phpBB): Use multiple forums sharing a user database. http://phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=55

jeremycs 08-08-2004 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lange
Is it possible.

Adapt this hack (phpBB): Use multiple forums sharing a user database. http://phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=55


That's not what I'm wanting to do. :ermm:

bleodler 11-27-2004 12:07 PM

Has anyone attempted this yet? It would really be useful for my forums.

Tradjick 06-16-2005 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bleodler
Has anyone attempted this yet? It would really be useful for my forums.

*bump*

Is anybody willing to make this?

Wired1 06-16-2005 08:41 PM

It's a very interesting idea.

Andreas 06-16-2005 09:00 PM

This would be pretty complicated keeping things like # views/replies and last post info in mind.
However, if you just want the thread to appear in more then one forum this should be doable.

Edit: Got this working in vB 3.5 - Threads appears in multiple Forums.
However, it does not add to view/replies or last post info of the additional forums yet (no new post indicator, etc.)
This involves more work.

Tradjick 06-17-2005 05:42 AM

I´m currently messing around with AndrewD´s great hack that uses multiple categories for the links and files database. So at least, i am able refer to threads.

vauge 07-26-2005 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KirbyDE
This would be pretty complicated keeping things like # views/replies and last post info in mind.
However, if you just want the thread to appear in more then one forum this should be doable.

Edit: Got this working in vB 3.5 - Threads appears in multiple Forums.
However, it does not add to view/replies or last post info of the additional forums yet (no new post indicator, etc.)
This involves more work.

Would you mind sharing?

Kurisu 08-29-2005 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vauge
Would you mind sharing?

No updates on this?
What about your hack, Kirby?

Andreas 08-29-2005 11:34 AM

I lost the Code ... due to fatal User failure ;)
When I got time i'll implement it again.

Kurisu 08-29-2005 08:37 PM

Would be nice if you get the code again.
Doesn't need to be perfect :)

Maplewoods 01-02-2006 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andreas
I lost the Code ... due to fatal User failure ;)
When I got time i'll implement it again.

Most well Organized Forums could use this feature very well.

I am surprised that there is no hack yet for such an important useful feature.

I am also surprised that it's isn't implemented in VB 3.5.

styleforum 03-14-2008 10:02 PM

Did this ever happen? I'd love for people to be able to post a question in all relevant forums to get maximum input. We tend to have a lot of people who only post on one "side" of the forum or the other, but some questions are relevant to both "sides".

tpearl5 07-22-2008 04:32 PM

Same question as above ^

ViViD 08-11-2008 06:26 PM

I also need this brilliant feature .

doubleclick 07-24-2009 09:57 AM

I came here searching for this mod as well. If this ever gets acted upon, I think it would be nice to allow the admin to decide which usergroups could cross post, and which could not.

This idea has potential for great good and great abuse by spammers. Allowing admins to just let admins, moderators, or other higher-level usergroups have access might provide the most benefit with the least risk of abuse.

exportforce 07-24-2009 12:53 PM

Why not just sharing one subforum as RSS-Feed and read that out with the other forums ;)


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