Automatic Discussion Thread

Automatic Discussion Thread

Description
This Hack allows you to automatically post a discussion Thread along with a new Thread (useful for announcements, news, etc.)
The destination can be defined in forum manager for each forum; link, title and first post text are customizable through vBulletin settings, there is also a usergroup permission for this feature.

Details
1 Product XML (11 Phrases, 3 Settings, 4 Plugins)

This Hack is unsupported! All support requests except proven bugs will be ignored

[eNforce]

This is a nice hack

Only issue I have is when the "discussion thread" is created it disables smilies in the post until you uncheck the 'disable smilies' box.

[jluerken]

Hi Andreas,

your PM box here reached its limit. Please clean up so that I can reach you again

Is it possible that you add an extra option to this hack in the forumsettings

1. Force Discussion thread creation
2. Discussion thread on user choice (default)

If the first option is marked for a forum than a discussion thread should be created every time a user creates a new thread (without changing the thread in any way. like doing a thread copy as board admin).

If the second option is marked it should be like it is now.

I have a board where users should post applications and the admins should get a notification in their board and should have an option to talk about this application.
I think your hack can solve this for me with this little modification.

Can you do this?

[IrPr]

I installed this hack but Autmatic disucssion checkbox doesnt appears in Newthread template, i set permission for my usergroup and defined destination forum in admincp
any idea ?

[Ramsesx]

Works fine on 3.6.7 thanks

[fta2k]

If anyone has time to look at this I know its unsupported but why can only admin post
a discussion thread, I have all usergroups set to yes for can post discussion thread...

Would someone be able to write this with out usergroup permissions so everyone
can do it, or make it so I can hard code the usergroups that can. thank you

[ishare]

Works fine with 3.7 Beta 5 too.
Thanks a lot

[Datenpapst]

Is there a possibility to get the Thread Content also as a quote or so in the Discussion Hack?

[fta2k]

Is there any way to make the post discussion check automatically?

Wanting to make it so that if a post is made the discussion post is made by default.

[jluerken]

Originally Posted by fta2k

Is there any way to make the post discussion check automatically?

Wanting to make it so that if a post is made the discussion post is made by default.

Yes there is!
Change the following lines of the Plugin newthread_form_complete from

PHP Code:

$checked['autodiscuss'] = ($_POST['autodiscuss']) ? 'checked="checked"' : ''; 


to

PHP Code:

$checked['autodiscuss'] = ($_POST['autodiscuss'] OR empty($postpreview)) ? 'checked="checked"' : ''; 


[fta2k]

Originally Posted by jluerken

Yes there is!
Change the following lines of the Plugin newthread_form_complete from

PHP Code:

$checked['autodiscuss'] = ($_POST['autodiscuss']) ? 'checked="checked"' : ''; 


to

PHP Code:

$checked['autodiscuss'] = ($_POST['autodiscuss'] OR empty($postpreview)) ? 'checked="checked"' : ''; 


Thank you very much, I'm going to try it now.