Auto Prune Threads

Description
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This hack gives you the ability to specify if you want to automatically have
threads pruned from a x days after the last post.
The amount of days can be set separately for each forum in forum manager.

Files to modify: 1
Queries to run: 1

Difficulty
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Easy-Medium

Compatibility
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I coded this snippet for RC3 quite a while ago, but it should work with all 3.x-Versions.

[Jujimufu]

This is a great hack, especially for general discussion forums that never have anything of value. In some of the other forums though, it takes out the stickied threads too. Is there a way to prevent it from taking out your stickied threads, no matter the date?

[jluerken]

Hi,

I am searching for a small addition to this hack.
I would delete all Posts from a forum after X days but only from a special user.

Background is that I installed the Article Hack to post RSS Articles under a special userid into some of my forums. I want to delete those Articles all X days but want to let the others untouched.

Is it possible to update this hack that you have the choice to either delete all threads in a forum after X days or to chose to have all from a single user deleted after X days?

[ethics]

Awesome, just what I needed!

[venomx]

Wont this mess up post counts?

[adp]

Is there any chance that this can be modified to close threads instead of deleting them?

thanks,
adp

[Candycane]

Hi there,
Does this mod work for version 3.0.3?

[Acido]

Hi KirbyDE

Sorry if this is a Stupid question, but i want to know if when the thread is deleted, the POSTS are deleted too. I mean to delete records in the POST table.
The autoprune Option could be cool to have "chit chat" forums without moderation (and not count for posts there), but with threads and post deleted in few days or weeks.

Great Solution for users that can avoid use the forum as chat, forcing to the moderators to delete posts (or worse: move it), explain to the newbies how the forums works, discuss with users about that, etc, etc..


But if the table POST mantain all the records, i think this could be a bad idea.

Can you clarify this to me?
Thanx . (sorry my bad english)

[CrazyLady]

so am I to understand that this mod only deletes the thread and NOT the posts? can someone clarify before I add this hack?

thanks

[CrazyLady]

does this hack remove both threads AND posts?

[Acido]

Originally Posted by CrazyLady

does this hack remove both threads AND posts?

This hack remove threads, but post remain in database. You still can remove orphan post on database from update counters >> Remove Orphan Posts:

"This function will delete any posts that belong to threads that no longer exist. Such posts are not accessible via the forums but they do add your your totals. You will see the number of orphan posts in parenthesis."