Thanks, Replicant! I've seen the advanced like/thanks mod, but I like the idea better of giving users the freedom to promote their own (or others') posts.
I'm going to attach some screenshots of what I would like. Obviously, the design/layout/graphics don't have to conform to my style--it's only an example.
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Please message me if you would be interested in working on something like this.
I'm extremely concerned about the mod affecting the security of my site. I definitely would need the ability to continue to download and install future upgrades for the vB5 software.
I'm making this post in the "unpaid" section but I would definitely be willing to pay someone for this. Ideally, you'd develop the mod as a finished product and I'd simply buy a license, but if you feel this is too much work and you don't expect many people would buy this mod, perhaps we could come up with a contract.
We'd need to figure out time and cost and payment arrangements, and there would also need to be a stipulation stating that the code would continue to work (or would be upgraded) to always work with future vBulletin 5 updates.
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One more note I'd like to make about this is that a developer would need consider the pin system would need to be dedicated on a per channel basis and take into account the fact that forum posts are sometimes moved from one channel to another.