Complete Thread Description Hack 1.7

Complete Thread Description

Version: 1.7
vBulletin Version: 3.0.3
Updated and Adapted by: Steven Blum
Install difficulty: Pretty easy

Updates:

Updates in 1.7:

All known issues fixed. If a post error message is encountered in making a new thread, the threaddesc will reappear in the form along with the title and the message.

Updates in 1.6.2:

Adjustments in instructions to clarify and make a couple steps much easier. Also, fixed a problem that would cause threads with both descriptions and ratings to display on 3 lines instead of 2.

Updates in 1.6.1:

soft-deleted threads will now display properly

Updates in 1.6:

Fixed an error that would come up if you tried to edit a thread description and add an apostrophe.
Fixed an error that would make it so announcements didn't span the whole table width.


Description:
This is basically a massively updated and modified version of eXtremeTim's thread description hack located here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=60697

This hack emulates thread descriptions as seen in IPB, displaying them right below the thread title. Also, an optional step puts thread creator in its own column, basically making it look like most other forums.

Features:

• Users are allowed to leave thread descriptions upon initial posting of a thread
• Users with permission are allowed to edit thread description within the same time limit allowed to edit a thread
• Thread description shows up in Searches as well as Forumdisplay
• Thread description also shows up on the first post of a thread, right next to title
• Added: Forumdisplay like most other forums making thread creator display in a new column - this step is optional and included in another txt file, but strongly recommended (it looks pretty retarded the other way)

Nobody was doing updates or answering questions, so I took matters into my own hands! This is my first officially released vB hack. Everything works perfectly on my forums, but if you have any problems with this let me know.

Note: I've discovered that if you have it set so that people can not edit the thread title after a certain amount of time, they will be unable to edit thread description, which is as intended. However, admins will also not be able to edit the thread title, which is not intended. On my forums I do not use such restrictions so it's not a problem, and I don't have any plans to update this hack accordingly, sorry.

Demo

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Sorry, no screenshots are available right now, I'm currently at work and have no image manipulating program other than mspaint. You can see it in action at my forum. If you receive any errors or there are any bugs, please let me know and I'll try to get it fixed.

And always, if you like this hack, please click install. Thank you!

Edit: Added the threadstarterinowncolum (like i have on my boards and IPB has) text file... You want to do this before you add thread description. It's pretty easy to do it after, the search just won't work 100% due to an extra line involving threaddesc. I have tested these modifications, and it works 100% fine for me, but back up your templates anyways and report any errors here.

[turbidblue]

thank you so much! installed flawlessly without any problems!! I have been waiting for a solid release of this hack for sometime now!!

thank you so much!

[high]* turbidblue clicks install
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p.s. I was wondering how you got your forum to have the thread starter in its own box on the forum display? mine is right below the thread title, well now thread description!

thanks again!

[sblum]

Good to hear, thanks for the positive response.

P.S. That's just a simple template edit you can find at www.vbulletintemplates.com - under the thread title "Forumdisplay like IPB" or something to that effect.

[turbidblue]

thanks so much! i have had this installed for no more than 5 minutes and my members are going nuts with it!!

you rock

[sblum]

I just realized that if you haven't edited the thread starter to display in a different column, you'd have to edit the thread description to appear in the threadbit a different way as to not create 3 lines for each thread... I'll add the instructions to the txt file.

[turbidblue]

thank you for that, i tryed the edits found on vbtemplates, but for some reason it kept throwing my display out of whack, so instead i just added the thread desc. right after the title

xoxo

[sblum]

I noticed some problems with the vbtemplates modification, too, that I ended up changing manually. I forgot about that. Maybe I should include info on how to do that template mod in the file, too..............

[turbidblue]

i would be even more fond of you if you could

xoxo

[sblum]

Well, there you go. You should do the thread starter in own column first, because if you don't the find+replace won't be exact because of the extra line for the threaddescription hack in threadbit, but any reasonably intelligent person should be able to figure it out. I tested it and I'm 99% sure it should work fine.

[turbidblue]

thanks! i will give it a go and see how it turns out