Auto split thread after x numbers of replies
 

Can someone look into this?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=74825

This would be a nice addition/optimization for forums with huge databases (>1 million posts)

Thank you...

this shouldn't be too hard, it's just two queries on a cron that can hourly (not including the count rebuilds).

i can make this hack since it seems useful for my board.

Highly appreciated...

Shouldn't base it on cron - easier to do it this way - each time a poster makes a post, you have a conditional to check the number of replies - if it exceeds the limit, a new thread is made instead. That's how I've done it anyway. When I find time I may release this.

Just bumping -- I'm interested in this

Anyone?

anyone?

So what your looking for is After X amount of replies auto create new thread? Example: If you have the limit set to "5". And im going to reply as number 6, my post will be a newthread? I could do something like that, but im just courious what this would be used for as i have no idea.

Livewire,

Thanks for replying and considering making this hack :)

It would be useful because on my boards we sometimes get longs posts with a recurring theme... but once they get to 200 or more replies, it becomes ridiculous to assume anyone is going to read them all and the members participating just start getting "lost" inside the thread. I'd like to limit a thread to say 200 replies... when someone goes and posts #201 a new thread is opened with the same title. The original is closed, with a special graphic that indicates it's reached it's limit (not "closed" but something else maybe - or maybe just an automatic message at the bottom of the closed post that says "reply limit reached, continue here" with a link to the new thread.

Sorry for reviving an old thread, however I'm curious if such a creation was produced?