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Hey BOP,

I was looking for a way to do this for my product site and found your mod. I was sort of confused by the code so I ended up writing my own plugins, but seeing as this mod came from 3.x, the code might just be a little out of date. Anyway, below is how I did it. It requires three plugins and does not need a post in the master forum; it also displays the post counts correctly etc.

hook: forumdisplay_start

PHP Code:

if (in_array($foruminfo['forumid'], $masterForums)) {
    // *Tell* the forum it will contain threads! >=)
    $foruminfo['cancontainthreads'] = true;
} 


hook: forumdisplay_query_threadscount

PHP Code:


if (in_array($foruminfo['forumid'], $masterForums)) {
    $childForums = implode(', ', $foruminfo['childlist']);

    // Add an OR IN(children) condition and the default thread count query ones.
    $hook_query_where .= "OR forumid IN($childForums)
        AND sticky = 0
        $prefix_filter
        $visiblethreads
        $globalignore
        $limitothers
        $datecut";
} 


hook: forumdisplay_query_threadid

PHP Code:

if (in_array($foruminfo['forumid'], $masterForums)) {
    $childForums = implode(', ', $foruminfo['childlist']);

    // Same deal for the thread id query.
    $hook_query_where .= "OR forumid IN($childForums)
        AND sticky = 0
        $prefix_filter
        $visiblethreads
        $globalignore
        $limitothers
        $datecut";
} 


Here it is in action. Hope you found this useful!