Send author PM on thread move

Disclaimer:

-No support is offered for this hack. If you PM or email for support, it will be joyfully ignored. When I have time, I will answer questions in this thread.


PM on Thread Move


Design Spec:

Alert users that their post has been moved by sending the original
author a private message. This helps prevent clogging the forums
with those ugly moved markers. An additional checkbox will be
shown allowing you to add the PM.


Steps for installation:

-edit one file 'postings.php'
-edit one template 'threads_move'


Tested: 2.2.1


Updated: Will now put a checkbox option to send the PM instead of changing the default move action.

[Logikos]

Great Hack!
Keeps the forums nice and clean.

*Clicks Install*

[Aaron1]

All worked well, but the only problem i have is the Post icon (<img src="" alt="" border="0">) won't show up, do you guys have any clue what caused that?

Check my attachement...

[Draddog]

This works great. One thing I did was comment out the $movemessage in the postings.php edit. Then I added a text box called movemessage, so that I can customize the message every time. I've needed this forever!
Thanks!

[bazpug]

Brilliant hack cheers

I am having the same problem as Aaron has mentioned above. Anyone know how to work around that?

Cheers Baz

[xlguy]

Installed this on a hacked-up vb2.3.3 board and it works fine.

However, there is a typo in the install file which adds an extra 'http://' to the topic address which the system PMs them. To fix it look for this line in the instructions:

PHP Code:

http://$bburl/showthread.php?threadid=".$threadid."[/url] 


and remove the 'http://' so it becomes:

PHP Code:

$bburl/showthread.php?threadid=".$threadid."[/url] 


Also some other minor changes I made and though I would share:

- To make the PM icon change from a sad smilie to a ! (exclamation) mark, search for this part of code in the instructions:

PHP Code:

".time().",0,9,0,0,0)"); 


and change the 9 to a 4...

PHP Code:

".time().",0,4,0,0,0)"); 


To find the number for any other message icon, i.e. the happy smilie, just right click and view the properties of the relevant posticon image (you can find them on a start new thread page, i.e. they are 1.gif, 2.gif etc.).

- I also created a new user called "MoveAlert" and disabled PMs for him. I then made the hack use that ID for all messages... just for presentation really.

1. Add a new user
2. Make note of the User ID number

3. Find this line:

PHP Code:

VALUES (NULL,$firstpostinfo[userid],$firstpostinfo[userid],1,'Your post has been moved.' 


Change the 1 (just before 'Your post has been moved.' to the new users ID number.

Finally I put a pair of quote marks around the title as it appears in the private message to make it look neater...

Find:

PHP Code:

$movemessage="Your thread entitled ".$threadinfo[title]." 


and add a ' to either end, i.e...

PHP Code:

$movemessage="Your thread entitled '".$threadinfo[title]."' 


Hope this lots is helpful and thanks for the original hack - very cool :squareeyed:

[TundraSoul]

Is there an update for this hack for VB3x ?

Thanks.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by TundraSoul

Is there an update for this hack for VB3x ?

Thanks.

A vB3 version of this was released on my site.