IS anyone up to figuring out how I can set up my v 2.0 board so I only have to approve the initial thread starting message. Once that is approved, I do not want to have to approve replies. I really need this.

Thanks in advance.

In the forum properties you can add somethin like " New thread agreement by mod. " and the same for new message , you just put it for the new thread ...

Could you be very specific.....I really appreciate your help

In the FOrum part of admin area :

Choose Modify then edit on the forum you want to moderate then :

Put
Moderator Queue
(Require moderator validation before new threads are displayed)

to On.

*cheers*

I understand that but thank you. I am already doing that. What I want to do is leave that but I do not want to moderate / have to approve individual replies. All I want to do is approve the initial starting post of a thread.

If you look for the reference to $visible inside the "INSERT INTO post" query in newreply.php and replace it with "1", it should work.

I don't see where to change that at??
look below:

} else {
if ($attachmentid and !$foruminfo[moderateattach]) {
$DB_site->query("UPDATE thread SET attach = attach + 1 WHERE threadid = '$threadid'");
}
$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO post (postid,threadid,title,username,userid,dateline,at tachmentid,pagetext,allowsmili e,showsignature,ipaddress,iconid,visible) VALUES (NULL,'$threadid','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($ title))."','".addslashes(htmls pecialchars($postusername))."','$bbuserinfo[userid]','".time()."','$attachmentid','".addslashes($mess age)."','$allowsmilie','$signa ture','$ipaddress','$iconid','$visible')");
$postid=$DB_site->insert_id();

indexpost($postid,0);

if ($visible) {
if ($threadinfo[replycount]%10==0) {
$replies=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*)-1 AS replies FROM post WHERE threadid='$threadid'");
$DB_site->query("UPDATE thread SET lastpost='".time()."',replycount='$replies[replies]',lastposter='".addslashes($bbuserinfo[username])."' WHERE threadid='$threadid'");
} else {
$DB_site->query("UPDATE thread SET lastpost='".time()."',replycount=replycount+1,last poster='".addslashes($bbuserin fo[username])."' WHERE threadid='$threadid'");
}
}

Actually Ed... I did that and it screws up the posting time and lightbulbs on the forum home page... A better solution is:

In newreply.php find:
replace with:

Works like a charm!
Thanks guy!

wluke,

Do you know if a similar hack would work to make all unregistered posts invisible (i.e. sent to the moderation queue) while registered posters messages are set to visible=1?