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.

[Loki12]

Originally Posted by Kobra Khan

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

It works on my 3.8.1.

[RichieBoy67]

I am upgrading a 3.6.8 version of this mod--Will a simple product overwrite upgrade this or will it cause problems?

Thanks

[adamskiii]

not working for 3.8.2. Does not save the thread you specify.

[Bro_Joey_Gowdy]

This needs updated to 3.8.x with an added feature "force users to read and reply to a thread".

[captainbohica]

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

Originally Posted by Total666

Do this

disable all plugins.

in includes / config.php

Note: To temporarily disable the plugin system, edit config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

then you can disable the force thread in plug in manager ..

then remove the define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

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

Originally Posted by Total666

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 ..

I had a similar error and was able to disable the plugins through the config file, disabled/uninstalled the force read plugin....

but when I logged in again, im back to square one with my error msg:

Warning: Unknown([path]/madp/detection.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_login.php(185) : eval()'d code on line 3

any other ideas how I can fix this?

[captainbohica]

Originally Posted by 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

help a n00b out.. what does all this mean ? lol

[The Donkey Farm]

Works great for me in 3.8.1! Didn't work at first till I read replies made here and then made sure to enter in the thread ID. I was entering the post ID before. For any still having trouble make sure to just mouse over the thread title in your subforum and then use the last set of numbers shown in the url to enter into the first field of the force read then make sure to have your usergroups plus location highlighted then click save.

[spillage]

Can you use an Announcement ID in place of a Thread ID for the Force Read?

[ruger]

Had to remove since it was interfering with AWC Donations system.

[bluej]

another great mod with no support, what a shame