User Option Post Listing Order

[Xenon]

Looks good so...

[Littlebit]

Originally posted by g-force2k2
instead of making the option in the newthread / newreply just make the option in the member.php where the user profile stuff is

Hi g-force
I edited the post above to add your query instead...I'm not sure what you mean about making the option in newthread/newreply...is that what I did in member.php above? I thought it was the profile stuff. :ermm:

[Littlebit]

Hi Xenon :classic: ,

Originally posted by Xenon
Looks good so...

Does this mean you think it may work? nothing major I need to alter?

[Austone]

some quick suggestions...

1) in member.php don't mess with the $options... make a new variable... such as

$thepostorder=iif($thepostorder=="yes",1,0);

2)further down find the query that starts.. $DB_site->query("UPDATE user

and add... postorder='$thepostorder', anywhere will work.. I added it right after ....
emailonpm='$emailonpm',pmpopup='$pmpopup'

3)make sure that you change the template to reflect the variable name i.e. $thepostorder

<tr>
<td bgcolor="{firstaltcolor}"><normalfont>
<b>Show posts in decending order?</b>
</normalfont></td>
<td bgcolor="{firstaltcolor}"><normalfont>
<input type="radio" name="thepostorder" value="yes" $postorderchecked> yes
<input type="radio" name="thepostorder" value="no" $postordernotchecked> no
</normalfont></td>
</tr>

This worked for me.

THEN I had to go in and make a bunch of changes to teh post numbers hack... but you won't need that unless you use that hack.

Hope that helps,
Kyle

P.S. I can rewrite all this if you have probs... but it looks like you were almost there anyway!

[Littlebit]

Kyle,
Thank you for the wonderful input
I wouldn't say I'm almost there as far as doing it myself, however. :bandit:
Xenon got the ball rolling with this stuff:

if ($bbuserinfo[postorder]==0) { ...

and g-force fixed my lame guess at a query! All I did was guess at the template changes to add...and what you just told me has given me the courage to write it all out and install it.
And I don't mind writing it out and pming it to anyone who wants to post it in the beta forum.
I really think some people may find it useful other then us.
What you said about the numbering posts hack. I was wondering how this would effect that hack earlier here . Oh duh! I just saw your reply in that thread. Thanks again