Moderators Functions - Force Users to Read a Thread

Force Users to Read a Thread 2.0

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.

Pictures:

• The error message.
• The universal options.
• Where you go to set the settings.
• The list of forums that have force read settings.
• The edit/add screen.

[PoetJA-1975]

Originally Posted by FreeLunchRoom

What if you have vbSEO installed and it rewrites your URL so you don't know what your thread ID is?

Why was this question not answered???? Hmmmm - probably because the "upgrade" seemed to have left out all of those with vBSEO installed?

Anyway - I was looking forward to this - but apparently cannot use it - It was much simpler and more robust to have the options available right in the threads, rather than the AdminCP - Weird really, because IMO an upgrade or update to such a hack is supposed to be better or more feature rich. Sorry - you didn't seem to accomplish that with this upgrade.

Oh well...

Thanx for sharing anyway...

Jacquii.

[vip-q.com]

cool I really like it

[Senti.Jatt]

A conflict was detected in the bitfields. You cannot continue with the installation of this product until this has been fixed. The conflicts found were:

* Bitfield Collision: prefixrequired = credits_cantearn
im getting this error plz help

[evildream]

Anyway to have mods or super mods able to use this? I don't want to give them access to ACP, just their mod cp.

[aisais]

I had to uninstall due to Db error. Maybe because my forum is bilingual.
I got Error Number : 1064 from Mysql when the cron jobs started updating thread views.

[aisais]

Originally Posted by aisais

I had to uninstall due to Db error. Maybe because my forum is bilingual.
I got Error Number : 1064 from Mysql when the cron jobs started updating thread views.

I am sorry. FALSE ALARM
That error came from a different MOD.

[TFEX]

Thanks for the mod, will come in very handy!

[RedKilla]

If this was mentioned before im sorry, but i am using 3.7.2, Installed the force read hack and all i get is an empty field where i should be able to check force read under Thread Tools

[RedKilla]

Anyone?????

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Since I want my members to see the forum and its threads, but not post, I excluded forumdisplay.php and showthread.php

Originally Posted by Alfa1

OK, since I excluded showthread.php, I guess this is the reason why it now does not register when members look at the thread in question. So they keep getting bugged about it and can not use the forum.

Any ideas?

Abe1, could you be so kind to respond to this?