Moderators Functions - Force Users to Read a Thread

Force Users to Read a Thread 2.0

About this hack:
This hack allows you to set a thread as 'must read' by your members. Right now, if you make a post and want all your members to read it, you have no way of enforcing it. This hack will give an error message similar to the one you get when you need to change you password, saying that the admins want you to read a certain thread before they continue using the forum.

Once a user reads a thread, they wont be bugged to read it again.

You can set all usergroups or just certain onces that must read a thread.

You can set to site wide or just some forums.

Option to Force Guests

This hack added one query to every page on your forum a member goes to.

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 2 (1 via ACP, 2 via FTP)
• Time to install: 1 minute

Updates:

Version 2.0 (03/05/08):

• First Release of this Hack for vb3.7
• MAJOR update. Hack totally re-writen. You must uninstall old version before upgrading.
• Fixed just about all bugs. (like if you delete a thread...)
• No more template edit. Everything done in ACP.
• Permissions for by who ever has ACP access with threads and posts
• Force Guests to read a thread now.
• Works for BOTH vb3.6 AND vb3.7

Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.

MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL!
You will get an email when a new version is released.

Pictures:

• The error message.
• The universal options.
• Where you go to set the settings.
• The list of forums that have force read settings.
• The edit/add screen.

[kjdj]

Well it came back for a few minutes, I got back in with no plugins working.
I disabled this plugin, (removed the disable plugins code ) then I get a database error, then I just get a blank page when going to the forum page.

Any idea what file will still have remnants of the botched install?

Thanks

[Total666]

Originally Posted by kjdj

Well it came back for a few minutes, I got back in with no plugins working.
I disabled this plugin, (removed the disable plugins code ) then I get a database error, then I just get a blank page when going to the forum page.

Any idea what file will still have remnants of the botched install?

Thanks

disable all the plugins ( with the code ) . then uninstall the force thread from the plug in manager ..

then re-enable the plugins (with the code )

then start again ..

[Total666]

Originally Posted by kjdj

I imported the xml through the admin panel, and then I went to FTP the files over, but I get an sql error, and I can't access the adminpanel or the site forums either.

Is there some way to reverse what I have done, or should we restore the latest backup (which is fairly old)

I guess what happened is the xml executed before the 2 folders were uploaded by FTP, so it didn't quite complete itself.

Is there a way to make the xml run again?

Thx

you should of ftped the files FIRST , then run the xml ...

[HossMon]

It may have altered a table and currupted it on uninstall,
SSH into your server and run

mysqladmin flush-hosts
mysqladmin flush-tables
mysqladmin flush-threads

Then Stop mysqld
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql stop (may not be same on your server)

CD to your database dir
cd /var/lib/mysql/(yourdb)

And run
myisamchk -m *.MYI

Repair any tables that need so
myisamchk -B -r force_read_users.MYI

[ExtremeDarkness]

I need a 3.8.2 version of this please, since this won't work on my forum's version.

[yamahapaul]

Originally Posted by ExtremeDarkness

I need a 3.8.2 version of this please, since this won't work on my forum's version.

me too please :up:

[marshal_ramdev]

awesome

[SVTCobraLTD]

Had this installed on 3.6.11 but members could no longer log into the site. Some could login but most could not. Anyone else have this issue?

[GraphiX2004]

is this mod going to be updated for 3.8.1 or 3.8.2, it really anoys me how such a feature is an essential one but is not built into the stock build already

we have to now hope and wait the coder updates this otherwise it's useless from what i see
on a v3.8 board, what do these people at vbulletin think when they are designing it at all..

"i know lets add an option to the stock files where the admin's can make someone
read an important post from another admin before they continue great this sound like common sense, i know since this is a great idea and should be included but for the hell of it we wont that is just making it too easy for our customers and actually adding value to the cost of the licence for once.

Please can we have an update on this we got over 1,000 + members coming back
to our new forums and i now find out i can't make em read the new thread about changes.

[Kobra Khan]

i have seen it on one site working on 3.8.2 version
wondering wut he did to make it work ??