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.

[Supramania]

Originally Posted by Supramania

Same here - this works on 4.0.1

I take that back - I had to disable it - it works 100% fine on the forum, but it makes the CMS have a "white page" error.

I hope someone takes this on for 4.0.X - it's a valuable tool for us and we really miss it.

Edit: Here's what shows (anonymized) in the error log when this plugin is enabled in 4.0.1 and you try to access the main content.php page if it helps at all:

[Sat Feb 13 11:43:37 2010] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function query_first() on a non-object in /path/to/my/site/htdocs/forums/packages/vbcms/controller/content.php(256) : eval()'d code on line 61

[RedHacker]

Can be update to the version 4....?

[Reef Man]

Does this work with Version 4.0.2?

[tiengnhat]

Hello
Can you update this mod to VBB 4.x?
Thanks you!

[Supramania]

Guys, if you look at everything in Abe's sig, everything he's done is version 3.

I suspect he's not running 4 on his board - once he does I'm sure we'll get a 4.x version.

[mgurain]

This need to be ported to 3.8.x right ?

[Supramania]

It ran fine on 3.8 for me. I need one that works on 4.0.2pl1

[LifeAndDoctrine]

Anyone using it on 4.0.2. pl 1 and getting it working ?

[Freddy BdV]

We run the vBulletin V 3.7.3 together with "Force a user to read a thread" V2.0

I can't find any possibilty in the ACP for editing the text of the announcement. This is really needed because we run a German forum and users need to understand the content.

Any useful hint is welcome. TXS in advance.

[Supramania]

Originally Posted by Freddy BdV

We run the vBulletin V 3.7.3 together with "Force a user to read a thread" V2.0

I can't find any possibilty in the ACP for editing the text of the announcement. This is really needed because we run a German forum and users need to understand the content.

Any useful hint is welcome. TXS in advance.

It's a phrase - you can find it in the ACP, or you can just edit the product-abe1_forceusersreadthread.xml and reupload it (and check overwrite):

- <phrase name="forceusersreadthread_read_thread" date="1204605671" username="Abe" version="">
- <![CDATA[ 
The administrators want you to view a thread before you continue to browse the forum.<br />
<br />
You can view the thread <a href="showthread.php?t={1}">here</a>.

  ]]> 
  </phrase>