Rename Thread on Reply

If you run a support forum, you certainly hate these thread with names like "BUG!" or "NOT WORKING!" or "HELP!!", because they don't give any indication about the content of the threads, and other users will probably create new threads with similar content, just because the other thread names were not clear enough.

After installing this hack, you will be able to change a thread title when replying to it, without having to go to the admin panel, and waste precious time and clicks.

[Dean C]

This should be default on vb3

And i'd love this installed here..

Useful when posting updates to hacks

- miSt

[Chris M]

Nice

Satan

[Boofo]

Is there a way to update the lastthread when you update the thread title? I tried doing it underneath this hack and it never updates the lastthread for me. I am using PPN's (Scott's) vb last title hack and would like to update the last thread on the forumdisplay and forumhome.

[Austin Dea]

That should be easy enough, let me look into it.

[Boofo]

Good luck. I've been messing with it for about 3 hours now and nothing I have tried works.

[Austin Dea]

Boofo, find this in newreply.php (it's the change to newreply in PPN's hack):

      if ($visible==1) {
        $DB_site->query("UPDATE forum SET replycount=replycount+1,lastpost='".time()."',lastposter='".addslashes($postusername)."',lasttitle='".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($threadinfo[title]))."' WHERE forumid IN ($foruminfo[parentlist])");
      }

Change $threadinfo[title] to $newthreadtitle

I've tested it and it appears to work fine =)

[Boofo]

What if you don't change the title, though, but you change something else?

[Austin Dea]

The code you add for this hack deals with that. If you don't change, it stays the same.

[Boofo]

Ok, here is what I have now:

PHP Code:

      // update forum stuff
      if ($newthreadtitle) {
         $newtitle="'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($newthreadtitle))."'";
      } else {
         $newtitle="'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($threadinfo[title]))."'";
      }
      if ($visible==1) {
        $DB_site->query("UPDATE forum SET replycount=replycount+1,lastpost='".time()."',lastthread=$newtitle,lastposter='".addslashes($postusername)."' WHERE forumid IN ($foruminfo[parentlist])");
      } 


This way, it only updates it as the newthreadtitle if there is one. Otherwise, it leaves it alone. Wouldn't this way be better? Or not? I'm really not sure. (But it works! )

Thank you sir, I never thought of messing with that area.

[Austin Dea]

The first part of the third edit in this hack does that already, but that works