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.
This was very easy to install. But I can't seem to get it work. I go to the setting and manage it and set it for uses in all locations, but yet it still works as if it is not set. If I go back to manage it, it is like nothing has been set. Like it did not save the settings.
suggestion: can u set time of how long they must stay on the thread, since my user just click the link and go on
No.
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Originally Posted by Direct Vision
It worked for me but the only problem is this.
when my members will try to enter their user name and password, they have 2 boxes to choose from to enter them the small normal one at the top and the other in the big box that come as vb mssage.
when i enter in the normal small one the message comes but it won't redirect to the thread it will have the /forums missing.
And when i enter in the user and pass in the vb message box in will work good
what do you think i should do??
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Quote:
Originally Posted by haytham
Is there a way to know all the threads that have been marked for forced reading so I can stop it or cancel it from threads of my choice? Moderators have been using this too much and now any new user has to spend ages trying to get into the forum as he is continuously redirected to read a thread...really annoying.
If I'm not mistaken, I think he's talking about the login page that comes up when you try to view an area that requires you to be logged in to access, and the login box in the navbar. When they login from the navbar, it doesn't always redirect to the thread.
If I'm not mistaken, I think he's talking about the loging page that comes up when you try to view an area that requires you to be logged in to access, and the login box in the navbar. When they login from the navbar, it doesn't always redirect to the thread.
Yes thank you that's right, when members log in from home page (www.mypage.com),
it does'nt work the address of the thread will have the /forums missing,
I installed this on 3.6.8, edits etc etc.
The radio button appears but no text or otherwise. Button seems to work but the following page(settings) is filled with blanks.
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10-26-2007, 09:46 AM
