About this hack:
This hack allows you to set a thread as 'must read' by your members. Right now, if you make a post and want all your members to read it, you have no way of enforcing it. This hack will give an error message similar to the one you get when you need to change you password, saying that the admins want you to read a certain thread before they continue using the forum.
Once a user reads a thread, they wont be bugged to read it again.
You can set all usergroups or just certain onces that must read a thread.
You can set to site wide or just some forums.
Option to Force Guests
This hack added one query to every page on your forum a member goes to.
Files edited: 0
Templates edited: 0
Files to upload: 2 (1 via ACP, 2 via FTP)
Time to install: 1 minute
Updates:
Version 2.0 (03/05/08):
First Release of this Hack for vb3.7
MAJOR update. Hack totally re-writen. You must uninstall old version before upgrading.
Fixed just about all bugs. (like if you delete a thread...)
No more template edit. Everything done in ACP.
Permissions for by who ever has ACP access with threads and posts
Force Guests to read a thread now.
Works for BOTH vb3.6 AND vb3.7
Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.
MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL! You will get an email when a new version is released.
can u do an addition that admin can manually write what that thread is about instead of admin want you to read this.i think the first thing user gets in his mind is he did something wrong and he is getting a warning.but if we can manually mention like if the thread for voting or forum rules it will work better,its just a thought.i would love to have that option.thanks
if you open the actual plugin with a text editor (i use notepad2) press CTRL+F and search for this text :
Code:
The administrators want you to view a thread before you continue to browse the forum.
you can now replace this with what you wish it to say, then press save and import the product again, remember to select overwrite :-)
Hi, what does the "Force Read Order" mean or do exactly?
ANd also, I want to set it to be SIte wide on my forum, but I want it to show the "YOu must read this thread first message" ALL the time and EVRYTIME a user signs in to my forum. Right now it works, but only the first a user logs in do they see the message. After they log out and back in they dont see the message anymore and I would like them to, and also for this to happen to ALL usergroups....
hope that question makes sense@!
Tahnks in advance for any info@! I luv this mod....installed clicked!
If a user has to view more then one thread, which one to do first.
Threads & Posts, then click Force Read Thread, then click Add New Thread > then get the ID of the thread (numbers) you've created, and type it into the ThreadID box, and save!
Hope that helps!
This did, sorry for my late reaction, didnt know it was moved to the ACP :erm:
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04-22-2008, 02:08 PM
