Reason for closing thread

We hope most of you can use it
Sinecure has had the idea, which i thought is something nearly everbody who has ever been a mod wanted to have for a long time
I have to thank sinecure for the good templates, and for finding the funny mistakes i have made *gg*

edit:
nuno, i think we can do something similar for deleted threads too

Ok, basicly this hack does exactly as it says. After you click the "Open/Close Thread" link you will be prompted to enter a reason for closing the thread. After you submit the reason for closing that thread, the reason will appear ABOVE the first post in that thread, in its own seperate box.

[MartynJ]

This doesn't work on 2.2.9 - which is a shame, the hack is quality. Any plans for a fix?

[Xenon]

hmm it works for me and i'm using 229 currently..

[Courage]

i'm using 2.3.0

I managed to make this work

Download the instructions, but you will get in trouble in postings.php

so:

in postings.php
find:

PHP Code:

if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['action'] == 'openclosethread' OR ($action == 'openclosethread' AND $s == $session['dbsessionhash'])) { 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['action'] == 'openclosethread' OR ($action == 'openclosethread' AND $s == $session['dbsessionhash'] && $reasonentered!=1)) { 


Modifying the SHOWTHREAD Template

Find:

<!-- End content area table (CREATED IN HEADER!!) -->   
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

After that, ADD:

<br>
$closereason
<br>

[ap0c]

05-20-03 at 08:00 PM Courage said this in Post #173
i'm using 2.3.0

I managed to make this work

Download the instructions, but you will get in trouble in postings.php

so:

in postings.php
find:

PHP Code:

if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['action'] == 'openclosethread' OR ($action == 'openclosethread' AND $s == $session['dbsessionhash'])) { 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

if ($HTTP_POST_VARS['action'] == 'openclosethread' OR ($action == 'openclosethread' AND $s == $session['dbsessionhash'] && $reasonentered!=1)) { 


Modifying the SHOWTHREAD Template

Find:

<!-- End content area table (CREATED IN HEADER!!) -->   
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

After that, ADD:

<br>
$closereason
<br>

tried both of these, but the reason doesnt show up in the thread.
I can add the reason, click the button, the thread is closed, but the reason it's closed doesnt show up

[Reoplex]

k, same problem. I did everything that i had to do.

when i try to move a thread, it moves it, but it never asks me for a reason.

[Xenon]

this hack is for closing threads, not moving them.

i think moving would be somehow equal to do, but it's not the same, and not included in this hack

[JonP]

Thanks.