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.
It'd be Great that in Future Versions of it you could include a List of the Forums that are being Forced to Read by Users!!
It'd be Great too to Manage a Cookie Based Control for Guests for them to be forced to Read the Threads Too?? (In this Version Guests are not Being forced to Read a Thread). (Sometimes is Very Important to Show Guests the Rules of the Forums, and the Guides to Navigate in Them and Use Them, and Forcing them to Read a Thread or Threads could be a Great Idea)
I hope you could Implement those little Ideas Abe1!! :up:
Great idea, Abe1! I love it! I am also a happy user of your Forms Hack.
Would there be any way to integrate this with that one? To force users to go to the form before doing anything else? I'd love it if that were possible.
It'd be Great that in Future Versions of it you could include a List of the Forums that are being Forced to Read by Users!!
It'd be Great too to Manage a Cookie Based Control for Guests for them to be forced to Read the Threads Too?? (In this Version Guests are not Being forced to Read a Thread). (Sometimes is Very Important to Show Guests the Rules of the Forums, and the Guides to Navigate in Them and Use Them, and Forcing them to Read a Thread or Threads could be a Great Idea)
I hope you could Implement those little Ideas Abe1!! :up:
My Best Regards To You!!
Both are on my list now.
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Originally Posted by Tralala
Great idea, Abe1! I love it! I am also a happy user of your Forms Hack.
Would there be any way to integrate this with that one? To force users to go to the form before doing anything else? I'd love it if that were possible.
Dont think I'll do it right now. Try my edit new thread button if you want them to use the form to create a new thread.
Can this be used in different ways? By this I mean, lets say that I have a a forum with several boards on it such as "Join the Clan" and "lobby" Could it be set to make users read the forced topic only if they try to go into the "join the clan" area? and allow them not to have to read it if they just go to the "lobby" area?
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08-04-2007, 12:54 AM
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