vb.org Archive - Moderators Functions - Advance Sticky Options

What this Hack Does
This hack will allow you to set a Display Order for Sticky Posts (ignore any sortorder) and set an Expiry Date to unstick your posts.

Hack Info
Templates to Edit: 1 (manual)
Files to Upload: 1 (auto)
DB Changes: 1 (auto)
Plugins Added: 7 (auto)
Cron Scripts Added: 1 (auto)

Instructions
1) Download the attached file.
2) Upload the file in the "upload" folder.
3) Import the plugin.
4) Find and Replace in template threadadmin_editthread

HTML Code:

$posticons

With:

HTML Code:

                <fieldset class="fieldset">

                        <legend>$vbphrase[sticky_options]</legend>

                        <div style="padding:$stylevar[formspacer]px">

                                <div>

                                        $vbphrase[sticky_order]<br />

                                        <input type="text" class="bginput" name="sticky_order" value="$threadinfo[sticky_order]" size="5" maxlength="3" />

                                        $vbphrase[sticky_order_desc]

                                </div>

                                <div>

                                        $vbphrase[sticky_expiry]<br />

                                        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0">

                                          <tr>

                                                <td>

                                                        <span class="smallfont">$vbphrase[month]<br />

                                                        <select name="sticky_expiry[month]" tabindex="1">

                                                                <option value="-1" $monthselected[default]></option>

                                                                <option value="1" $monthselected[1]>$vbphrase[january]</option>

                                                                <option value="2" $monthselected[2]>$vbphrase[february]</option>

                                                                <option value="3" $monthselected[3]>$vbphrase[march]</option>

                                                                <option value="4" $monthselected[4]>$vbphrase[april]</option>

                                                                <option value="5" $monthselected[5]>$vbphrase[may]</option>

                                                                <option value="6" $monthselected[6]>$vbphrase[june]</option>

                                                                <option value="7" $monthselected[7]>$vbphrase[july]</option>

                                                                <option value="8" $monthselected[8]>$vbphrase[august]</option>

                                                                <option value="9" $monthselected[9]>$vbphrase[september]</option>

                                                                <option value="10" $monthselected[10]>$vbphrase[october]</option>

                                                                <option value="11" $monthselected[11]>$vbphrase[november]</option>

                                                                <option value="12" $monthselected[12]>$vbphrase[december]</option>

                                                        </select>

                                                        </span>

                                                </td>

                                                <td>

                                                        <span class="smallfont">$vbphrase[day]<br />

                                                        <input type="text" tabindex="1" class="bginput" name="sticky_expiry[day]" value="$sticky_expiry[day]" size="4" maxlength="2" />

                                                        </span>

                                                        </td>

                                                <td>

                                                        <span class="smallfont">$vbphrase[year]<br />

                                                        <input type="text" tabindex="1" class="bginput" name="sticky_expiry[year]" value="$sticky_expiry[year]" size="4" maxlength="4" />

                                                        </span>

                                                </td>

                                          </tr>

                                        </table>

                                </div>



                        </div>

                </fieldset>

                

                $posticons

Change Log
Version 1.5
- Updated to vBulletin 3.6
- Moved a hook location.
- Changed install code.

Version 1.0.3
- Fixed some broken uninstall code.

Version 1.0.2
- Changed the default value of sticky order from 0 to 5. This was done so you may have stickies like ?Sig Testing? that are always below new stickies.

Version 1.0.1
- Fixed Select Field size.
- Removed '' from numeric values to lessen load and speed up the script.
- Removed excess spacing just to clean up the code.
- Changed != to <> in the MySQL Query to prevent problems.

3.7.x and 3.8.x Support
Currently this is verified working up to vB version 3.8.1

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.01351 seconds Memory Usage 1,762KB Queries Executed 10 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (2)bbcode_html_printable (1)bbcode_quote_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (2)pagenav_pagelink (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (10)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
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