[JJR512]

I believe I have completed the functionality of the new release. There are a few cosmetic things to tidy up, I still have to display the source URL, but basically, it's done.

I would like some more testing/input before I wrap it up as a release...I'll wait a day or two before releasing it.

There are now methods to edit and delete news items, as well as create a new news item based on a thread that wasn't previously a news item.

To edit, click the edit link on a news post's dateline; this will take you to a screen just like an edit post screen. It has the familiar Delete bit at top, and the message below. It works exactly the same way as editing a post.

To make a new news item after you have already posted the thread, simply copy the URL to the thread, then click the link on the news page above all the news items that says, "Create new news item," and copy the URL into the appropriate field on the next screen. This is similar to vBulletin's Merge Threads funtion, the way the screen works. Just put in the URL and submit it; you are then taken to the same screen to edit your news item that you would see if you had done it the normal way, by submitting a new thread and checking the Make News Item box.

Please note that deleting a news item has absolutely no effect on the thread it was based on. However, deleting a thread will delete any news item based on it.

Test board: http://www.jjr512.com/testvb/index.php?s=