Possible or not?

[Sune24]

Originally Posted by Andrew Green

Create a new posticon group in the control panel, set all the permissions to "no", (except maybe administrator / supermods)

Add the icon you want to use for official threads, make a note of its id number

Add a plugin for newpost_complete

if(is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, X))
{
   $vbulletin->db->query("
   UPDATE ". TABLE_PREFIX . "thread
   SET iconid = Y
   WHERE threadid = $threadinfo[threadid]
   ");
}

X is the usergroup you want to trigger this, Y is the iconid for the official icon.

It will override the icon already in use with the official one for the thread when someone from usergroup X makes a post in it.

Really appreciate you taking time on this.
I followed your instructions and it worked like a charm - now when I make a reply in a thread, the icon automaticly changes to the iconID I set in ur code.

Thanks a lot!

[Paul M]

or if you want to use the datamanager, try this ;

if(is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, X))
{
	$thread =& datamanager_init('Thread', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_SILENT, 'threadpost');
	$thread->set_existing($threadinfo);
	$thread->set('iconid', Y);
	$thread->save();
	unset($thread);
}

[Sune24]

Originally Posted by Paul M

or if you want to use the datamanager, try this ;

if(is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, X))
{
	$thread =& datamanager_init('Thread', $vbulletin, ERRTYPE_SILENT, 'threadpost');
	$thread->set_existing($threadinfo);
	$thread->set('iconid', Y);
	$thread->save();
	unset($thread);
}

I'm a newbie hehe :/

Can I ask you what the difference is between your code and Andrew's?
I mean ofc I can see the code is different, but other than the obvious, can you tell me whats the difference? Is your code more smooth for the server etc?

[Dismounted]

The datamanager (Paul's method) is the suggested way to do it, merely because it updates all the caches, etc.

[Sune24]

For some reason this code stopped working...

It worked perfect for 24hours, then just stopped working...
I've posted in 4-5 different threads on different boards and the icon remains the default one.

I'm the only super-admin with access to the plugin-codes and I've not changed anything, only double and tripple checked that the code is still there as it was the first 24hours where it worked fine.

I'm using the datamanage code from Paul M.

Any ideas why it would stop working?

(add) Tried Andrews code and that works.
However Paul M's code also worked like a charm the first 24hours, so I'm really confused, and wonder if Andrew's code will also only work temporarely hehe.

[Sune24]

Any help would really be appreciated!