[Chris M]

Ive done half the work for you...

All that is left for you to do is:

edit the forumdisplay template and forumdisplay.php, and copying any reference to "sticky" (including queries) and changing it to "important"...



Untested, so backup

Open root/postings.php
Find:

// ############################### start stick / unstick thread ###############################
if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['action'] == 'stick' OR ($action == 'stick' AND $s == $session['dbsessionhash'])) {

  $threadid=verifyid("thread",$threadid);
  $threadinfo=getthreadinfo($threadid);

  if (!$threadinfo[visible]) {
    $idname="thread";
    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_invalidid")."\");");
  }

  if (!ismoderator($threadinfo[forumid],"canmanagethreads")) {
      show_nopermission();
  }

  updateuserforum($threadinfo['forumid']);

  if ($threadinfo[sticky]) {
    $threadinfo[sticky]=0;
    $action="unstuck";
  } else {
    $threadinfo[sticky]=1;
    $action="stuck";
  }
  $threadinfo[notes]= "Thread $action by $bbuserinfo[username] on ".vbdate($dateformat." ".$timeformat,time()).". $threadinfo[notes]";
  $DB_site->query("UPDATE thread SET sticky=$threadinfo[sticky],notes='".addslashes($threadinfo[notes])."' WHERE threadid='$threadid'");

  eval("standardredirect(\"".gettemplate("redirect_sticky")."\",\"showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$threadid\");");

}

Add below:

// ############################### start important / unimportant thread ###############################
if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['action'] == 'important' OR ($action == 'important' AND $s == $session['dbsessionhash'])) {

  $threadid=verifyid("thread",$threadid);
  $threadinfo=getthreadinfo($threadid);

  if (!$threadinfo[visible]) {
    $idname="thread";
    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_invalidid")."\");");
  }

  if (!ismoderator($threadinfo[forumid],"canmanagethreads")) {
      show_nopermission();
  }

  updateuserforum($threadinfo['forumid']);

  if ($threadinfo[important]) {
    $threadinfo[important]=0;
    $action="unimportant";
  } else {
    $threadinfo[important]=1;
    $action="important";
  }
  $threadinfo[notes]= "Thread was made $action by $bbuserinfo[username] on ".vbdate($dateformat." ".$timeformat,time()).". $threadinfo[notes]";
  $DB_site->query("UPDATE thread SET important=$threadinfo[important],notes='".addslashes($threadinfo[notes])."' WHERE threadid='$threadid'");

  eval("standardredirect(\"".gettemplate("redirect_important")."\",\"showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$threadid\");");

}

Save root/postings.php

Run this Query:
[sql]ALTER TABLE thread ADD important smallint(6) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL[/sql]

Add this template: redirect_important

The thread has been successfully made $action. You are now being taken to the thread.

Edit this template: showthread_adminoptions
Find:

<option value="stick">Stick / Unstick Thread</option>

Replace with:

<option value="stick">Stick / Unstick Thread</option>
		<option value="important">Important / Unimportant Thread</option>

Satan