Bump Threads/Make Threads older

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Description
This is a port of "Bump thread and make thread older" by Kentaurus who deserves full credits for the Hack idea.
Bumping a thread is something you eventually need. A thread that has some days
old, it is in the second page of your forum or only a few positions below and you want
attention to be in it again. Posting makes the thread on top, but you don't want
to post in the thread.

Additionally I have added an option called "make thread older" or "debump". This makes
your thread one day older, making room for new threads in the top of the forumdisplay.
Why this? It is useful for closed threads that you don't want to be taking your
user's attention anymore, yet you don't want to delete them. Just send them to the
second page, is takes the same effect as forgetting about them.

Details
1 Product XML (3 Plugins, 4 Phrases)

Currently only single Thread handling (though Thread Tools) is supported; future Versions might support inline moderation as well.

[Bubble #5]

Originally Posted by FROGGYJ

well if it's an admin only feature I don't see how useful it is...because registered users are still gonna reply to a thread with the text "bump" to ge it to the top.

I agree 110%! This is a good idea gone bad. It would make more sense if only the original poster could bump it since 99.9% of the time only they want to do the bumping. Plus once someone reads the thread it should show up as being read. Hopefully a postbit button will be added for the original poster. Maybe put a timer on the button so it only shows up every 24 hours (to cut down on bumping abuse). Could be a great addition to every forum, but as it sits we sadly won't install it. Close but no cigar :ermm:

[Julie]

Personally, I got a no-bumping policy on my own board, because if this was available to the author of the thread, they would simply be bumping their own threads all the time to make sure they stayed on top. Like, I have fanfictions on my board, and the authors could constantly hit the bumper to make sure it got everyone's attention.

Edit: Any way to make it so that when you choose Make Thread Older, you can enter manually how many days you want it to age? Because if you want it to go to the bottom, you'll have to click many times!

[Megareus Rex]

Any way to update the hack so you can choose bump/make older from the inline moderation menu in the forum display? That's make this hack truly awesome.

[brvheart]

Also, is there a way to set it so that an admin can "unbump" so that it goes away from the top of the list? I had a mod bump a thread, and left it for a while, and I as an admin could not unbump it and make it go away.

[Bubble #5]

Originally Posted by ravenes

Also, is there a way to set it so that an admin can "unbump" so that it goes away from the top of the list?

To go one step further, it would be great if an Admin (and ONLY an admin) could send posts to the bottom of a category (instead of just one day away). When an Admin performed this action that particular thread would become unbumpable again and remain at the bottom. It would also be great if the Admin could mark particular threads as being unbumbable by anyone else, even if someone posts again in that thread :classic:

[Djamil]

Originally Posted by Julie

Any way to make it so that when you choose Make Thread Older, you can enter manually how many days you want it to age? Because if you want it to go to the bottom, you'll have to click many times!

Does make sense to me, too. Even in small forums you will have to work hard to get the post disappear from the first page ... any chance you will get your hands on this, Andreas ?

Djamil

[Hawk7173]

I had installed this when we first upgraded. We were hacked and lost about a month of activity from the database, including the upgrade and installation of this mod....sooooo I reupgraded and re-installed this mod. Still works as it did before......

however.... I now have in the moderator dropdown menu.... two choices for bump and 2 choices for make thread older. First set doesn't work, but the second does.

How can I remove the first set?

Thanks in advance!

[Gizmo5h1t3]

Originally Posted by Megareus Rex

Any way to update the hack so you can choose bump/make older from the inline moderation menu in the forum display? That's make this hack truly awesome.

that would be an excellent idea...as then u could "mass bump" certain threads all at once, instead of one at a time.....

this is needed when a section is extremely busy, and threads gert missed by members coming on the board, using a top 10 thread list etc........older threads could be missed

[johnrizz]

Installed! thanks...

[Kihon Kata]

Installed! One problem, I don't see it in the dropdown