Bump Threads/Make Threads older
 

<font size="3">Bump Threads/Make Threads older</font>

Description
This is a port of "Bump thread and make thread older" by Kentaurus who deserves full credits for the Hack idea.
Bumping a thread is something you eventually need. A thread that has some days
old, it is in the second page of your forum or only a few positions below and you want
attention to be in it again. Posting makes the thread on top, but you don't want
to post in the thread.

Additionally I have added an option called "make thread older" or "debump". This makes
your thread one day older, making room for new threads in the top of the forumdisplay.
Why this? It is useful for closed threads that you don't want to be taking your
user's attention anymore, yet you don't want to delete them. Just send them to the
second page, is takes the same effect as forgetting about them.

Details
1 Product XML (3 Plugins, 4 Phrases)

Currently only single Thread handling (though Thread Tools) is supported; future Versions might support inline moderation as well.

Awesome!!
Just installed and very initial testing shows a winner!

This is a great addition and very happy you decided to port it - so massive thanks to both you and Kentaurus!

*goes off and bumps till heart is content!*

Thanks, been waiting for this, im just going to install it now....

Works great, thanks.

Thanks!

Works perfect, thanks.

Very nice hack and great work.

an idea for a future version:

you can only bump threads that are older then x days or are on site x or behind of the threadoverview.

Awesome added to www.ragezone.com

kirby...thats excellent mate....i request it, it happens..

Damn, I was hoping for a slippery hack. :(

/me installed.

Thanks installed

Another great addition, Thanks

Clicks Install

nice!

installed

Hello ,

Can I make the Thread older than 1 month foe example , not just for one day ,

Regards

Thank you~ installed :)

Thank you! :D

thanks a lot, great hack

Love you Kirby!

Just wondering; would it be possible (in an easy way) to add a line of code so if you close a topic it automatically gets debumped? (for 48 hours or so) Would be a nice "replacement" for the much requested "move closed topics to the bottom of the page"-hack. Thanks for your response ;)

great man, these plugins really rock!

*clicks install*

Just to give you another idea kirby:

What about a feature that allows for autobumping certain threads on a daily basis :)

Thanks! Installed.

Works like a champ. Thank's all.

Awesome. I run a freebie and contesting site and contest pages get larger and larger and it's a big pain to bump all the time. This will make a great addition. Thank's.

Very nice. :)

Thanks

I'm not sure if it's supposed to do this but it appears that once bumped, the thread will stay marked as unread unless you mark it read or post to it.

I just told my users it was the new "force them to post hack". :cool:

im getting the same, had to disable until this is resolved, threads just stay up there ? open a hundred times and it still shows unread ??

Bigger issue for me is, the same thread title remains visible on the forums page regardless of bump status.

do you others with the problem also run the prevent bumping older threads plugin ?
I wonder if it's a conflict with 'Hook Location : showthread_start'

I've got the same problems. I don't have any other hacks installed.

Is there any way to get this to bump multiple post's instead of just the one. We have contest's that expire by date and we try and bump the older one's just before they expire. with having so many page's it would make it easier if we could bump more then one post at a time. Thanks.

any news on fixing the rather major bug ?

Not fixable.

/ clicks uninstall.

much needed.

installed

I wasn't sure if I was gonna use this or not, but I find myself using it all the time. Great idea.

Thank you Kirby

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

Thanks installed at www.gamerzneeds.net

However there are a few glitches, like you can make the post older by 1 day, but on forum home it will still be the last post etc

but apart from that, a great addition...hopefully the few bugs can be fixed

The "Bugs" most likely won't be fixed, as this is just a requested port of a vBulletin 3.0 Hack which did not have such features (eg. adjusting last post and such).

This will do, till someone makes the slippery plugin.