End-User Options - Personal Sticky Threads

What are "Personal Sticky Threads"?

Personal Sticky Threads (aka "Personal Stickies") is an Add-on for vBulletin that will allow your users to sticky threads that only they will see as stickied; these "personal stickies" will appear beneath normal sticky threads. This Hack was originally designed by Mephisteus for vBulletin 3.5, and re-released (with his permission) for vBulletin 3.7.x. This hack requires a couple of File Edits, and should be attempted by those who are comfortable editing vBulletin source files. That said, I have included modified detailed instructions that should make installation straight-forward and easy.

Special thanks are owed to Mephisteus, for allowing an updated re-release for vBulletin 3.7, and to john1744 and zendive for improving upon the query alterations. As I typically disclaim with my other Add-ons, I am generally a neophyte at this sort of stuff and I tend to modify hacks and tinker with pre-existing code to get the results that I want. That said, please use this discussion thread as a community-support and mutual learning opportunity.

Finally, if you like this hack and install it, please:

Mark this Add-on as Installed

Requirements

• vBulletin 3.7.x Series

Installation

Installation is straight-forward. Simply download the attached archive, decompress on your local hard drive, and review the Installation.txt file for the specific steps. There are, broadly, four steps:

1. Import product-personalsticky.xml
2. Upload the two images into their respective folders
3. Perform two file edits to forumdisplay.php
4. Perform four template edits to three templates.

Add-Ons

This modification can be further customized:

• Limit to Specific Usergroups (iRO Wiki, imported from 1.0.3b)

Version History

• 1.0.3c: Updated for vBulletin 3.7.3 (August 28, 2008)

[GaiLoan]

Originally Posted by Kaelon

Glad that you like it! Some great work by coders far better than I went into this add-on; be sure to Mark this Add-on as Installed if you go with it. Thanks!

yup, this really nice, "install"

[leannet]

Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong datatype for second argument in [path]/showthread.php(2153) : eval()'d code on line 479

I keep getting that error message I have been over everything a million times and I dont know where I am going wrong, can anyone help please.

[Kaelon]

Originally Posted by leannet

I keep getting that error message I have been over everything a million times and I dont know where I am going wrong, can anyone help please.

That's weird. Are you using unmodified vBulletin 3.7.3 Files? Did you make sure to apply the two file edits only to forumdisplay.php?

[Kaelon]

Originally Posted by db90

This thread is worth it....even for the file edits!

Thank you! I hope you enjoy this add-on, and if you do, please mark it as installed.

[Hostboard]

The "addon" was a step in the direction I was going to see if it could be added. While I am looking for a per user group (preferably ACP controled) I would also like to be able to control how many personal stickies any particular user group can actualy have.

[abrecher]

Fantastic Mod! PLEASE figure a way to cut out the file and template edits.

[Dr. Bantham]

The edits to FORUMDISPLAY.PHP appear to be causing the following database error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.2:

Invalid SQL:

			SELECT thread.threadid, lastpost, open
			FROM thread AS thread
			WHERE forumid = 271
				AND (sticky = 1
				OR threadid IN ())
				
				 AND visible IN (0,1,2);

MySQL Error   : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '))
				
				 AND visible IN (0,1,2)' at line 5
Error Number  : 1064
Request Date  : Saturday, August 30th 2008 @ 10:23:56 AM
Error Date    : Saturday, August 30th 2008 @ 10:23:56 AM
Script        : http://www.ligotti.net/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=271
Referrer      : 
IP Address    : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Username      : Dr. Bantham
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.51a-community

[farplane dragon]

Templates I don't mind, since we have only 2, but I don't want to be modifying files. Will tag to watch for a change.

[dt_truck11]

great mod! altho it is a pain to add when you have alot of styles

[Scott77]

Installed cheers.

A great addition!