New Posting Features - New Thread/Post Reminder Message

Overview:

This product allows you to define a message that can be displayed above the ckeditor anywhere new posts are created and edited. We know our users read our carefully constructed rules about as carefully as people read instruction manuals in general. This product can be used to display a message or even list of reminders for proper posting conduct on our sites, which will make it more likely that your users are actually aware of what is allowed and expected when posting.

You may select the forums in which this product is active and the active areas in those forum from showing it only when new threads are created to everywhere new posts are created/edited. You may select certain usergroups to be exempt from seeing the message, and for those users set to see the message, you may decide to stop showing the message once they reach a certain post count, or have started a certain number of threads. You may decide whether the message element is collapsible or not and you may set a maximum height for the message element in case you message takes up a lot of vertical space and you don't want it taking up too much space on your pages.

New Thread/New Reply (Advanced)/Edit Post (Advanced):



Quick Reply:



Quick Edit:

Updates:

Version 1.1:

• Updated query for thread count to only include the active forums.

Version 1.2:

• Declared $foruminfo array global in plugins that render custom template.

Version 1.3:

• Now allows for different messages/titles to be displayed in different forums.

For example, if you edit your message to read:

BEGINFORUMIDS 2,3,4 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 1...BEGINFORUMIDS 5,6,7 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 2...

Then (given that forums with forumids 2-7 are in the "Active Forums"), forums with a forum id of 2, 3 or 4 will display "Message 1..." and forums with a forumid of 4, 6 or 7 will display "Message 2..."

Messages may be stacked as well, that is you can define a message that appears in all forum messages, and then have additional messages that are specific to certain forums that will get added to any previous messages that apply to the forum.

For example, if you edit your message to read:

BEGINFORUMIDS 2,3,4,5,6,7 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 1...BEGINFORUMIDS 2,3,4 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 2...BEGINFORUMIDS 5,6,7 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 3...

Then (given that forums with forumids 2-7 are in the "Active Forums"), forums with a forum id of 2, 3 or 4 will display "Message 1...Message 2..." and forums with a forumid of 4, 6 or 7 will display "Message 1...Message 3..."

The stacked messages will appear in the order in which they are defined.

Block titles work the same way.

Version 1.4:

• Added setting for header CSS.
• Added setting for content CSS.

Version 1.4.1:

• Resolved issue with activity stream.

Compatibility:

Tested and working on VB 4.2.x and may work on all 4.x versions of vBulletin.

Backup/Warning:

This product does not alter your database, however it is always good practice to make regular backups and you should make a backup before installing ANY new mod.

As always, products are USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I will provide support and do my best to help but no absolute guarantee is offered.

To Install:

1. Download and extract the attached .zip file.
2. Follow AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product.
3. Click on "Choose File" and browse to the product .xml file that was packaged in the .zip file.
4. Click "Import."
5. You MUST enable the product in the settings before it will function.
6. Configure the remaining settings to your liking. Each setting has a detailed explanation of its use.

Support for this product can be found here:

• MHB - New Thread/Post Reminder Message
• TAZ - New Thread/Post Reminder Message

[scottkoz20]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

Yes, there are links in the settings to modify the title of the block and the contents of the block. You can use whatever you like there, and if you want help using HTML to make it look exactly like you want, let me know and I will be glad to assist.

Thank you sir -

will evaluate tonight

[Bulent Tekcan]

Intersting..My forum 4.2.3 product active but I didn't see message box anywhere

[MarkFL]

Did you select the active forums/areas?

[Bulent Tekcan]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

Did you select the active forums/areas?

Selected ALL forums. But also tested one test forum.

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by Bulent Tekcan

Selected ALL forums. But also tested one test forum.

What did you select under "Active Areas?"

[Bulent Tekcan]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

What did you select under "Active Areas?"

All box is selected,but tested one by one also. I installed my completely empty and %100 original 4.2.3 test forum result is same. Any problem with php 5.6.x ?

[MarkFL]

There shouldn't be any issues with that PHP version that I know of.

Are you certain you have not exempted a usergroup to which you belong?

If not and if you wish, please PM me the login credentials for an admin account and I will come investigate.

[MarkFL]

Okay, the issue at Bulent's site was that the variable $foruminfo needed to be declared global in the two plugins that render the custom message template.

If/when I publish an upgrade to this product, I will include this in the update unless others report this same issue before then and if so, I will publish an update for this issue by itself.

[Bulent Tekcan]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

Okay, the issue at Bulent's site was that the variable $foruminfo needed to be declared global in the two plugins that render the custom message template.

If/when I publish an upgrade to this product, I will include this in the update unless others report this same issue before then and if so, I will publish an update for this issue by itself.

Thanks so much again from here

[scottkoz20]

hey Mark - I am seeing the same issue on my dev site that Bulent was having

where is the $foruminfo variable?