New Posting Features - New Thread/Post Reminder Message

Overview:

This product allows you to define a message that can be displayed above the ckeditor anywhere new posts are created and edited. We know our users read our carefully constructed rules about as carefully as people read instruction manuals in general. This product can be used to display a message or even list of reminders for proper posting conduct on our sites, which will make it more likely that your users are actually aware of what is allowed and expected when posting.

You may select the forums in which this product is active and the active areas in those forum from showing it only when new threads are created to everywhere new posts are created/edited. You may select certain usergroups to be exempt from seeing the message, and for those users set to see the message, you may decide to stop showing the message once they reach a certain post count, or have started a certain number of threads. You may decide whether the message element is collapsible or not and you may set a maximum height for the message element in case you message takes up a lot of vertical space and you don't want it taking up too much space on your pages.

New Thread/New Reply (Advanced)/Edit Post (Advanced):



Quick Reply:



Quick Edit:

Updates:

Version 1.1:

• Updated query for thread count to only include the active forums.

Version 1.2:

• Declared $foruminfo array global in plugins that render custom template.

Version 1.3:

• Now allows for different messages/titles to be displayed in different forums.

For example, if you edit your message to read:

BEGINFORUMIDS 2,3,4 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 1...BEGINFORUMIDS 5,6,7 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 2...

Then (given that forums with forumids 2-7 are in the "Active Forums"), forums with a forum id of 2, 3 or 4 will display "Message 1..." and forums with a forumid of 4, 6 or 7 will display "Message 2..."

Messages may be stacked as well, that is you can define a message that appears in all forum messages, and then have additional messages that are specific to certain forums that will get added to any previous messages that apply to the forum.

For example, if you edit your message to read:

BEGINFORUMIDS 2,3,4,5,6,7 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 1...BEGINFORUMIDS 2,3,4 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 2...BEGINFORUMIDS 5,6,7 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 3...

Then (given that forums with forumids 2-7 are in the "Active Forums"), forums with a forum id of 2, 3 or 4 will display "Message 1...Message 2..." and forums with a forumid of 4, 6 or 7 will display "Message 1...Message 3..."

The stacked messages will appear in the order in which they are defined.

Block titles work the same way.

Version 1.4:

• Added setting for header CSS.
• Added setting for content CSS.

Version 1.4.1:

• Resolved issue with activity stream.

Compatibility:

Tested and working on VB 4.2.x and may work on all 4.x versions of vBulletin.

Backup/Warning:

This product does not alter your database, however it is always good practice to make regular backups and you should make a backup before installing ANY new mod.

As always, products are USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I will provide support and do my best to help but no absolute guarantee is offered.

To Install:

1. Download and extract the attached .zip file.
2. Follow AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product.
3. Click on "Choose File" and browse to the product .xml file that was packaged in the .zip file.
4. Click "Import."
5. You MUST enable the product in the settings before it will function.
6. Configure the remaining settings to your liking. Each setting has a detailed explanation of its use.

Support for this product can be found here:

• MHB - New Thread/Post Reminder Message
• TAZ - New Thread/Post Reminder Message

[MarkFL]

Update - Version 1.3:

• Now allows for different messages/titles to be displayed in different forums.

For example, if you edit your message to read:

BEGINFORUMIDS 2,3,4 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 1...BEGINFORUMIDS 5,6,7 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 2...

Then (given that forums with forumids 2-7 are in the "Active Forums"), forums with a forum id of 2, 3 or 4 will display "Message 1..." and forums with a forumid of 4, 6 or 7 will display "Message 2..."

Messages may be stacked as well, that is you can define a message that appears in all forum messages, and then have additional messages that are specific to certain forums that will get added to any previous messages that apply to the forum.

For example, if you edit your message to read:

BEGINFORUMIDS 2,3,4,5,6,7 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 1...BEGINFORUMIDS 2,3,4 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 2...BEGINFORUMIDS 5,6,7 ENDFORUMIDSMessage 3...

Then (given that forums with forumids 2-7 are in the "Active Forums"), forums with a forum id of 2, 3 or 4 will display "Message 1...Message 2..." and forums with a forumid of 4, 6 or 7 will display "Message 1...Message 3..."

The stacked messages will appear in the order in which they are defined.

Block titles work the same way.

[Stratis]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

The stacked messages will appear in the order in which they are defined.

Block titles work the same way.

If I do not make any mistake?
I see this line of Block titles, when forumids is only in messages field and not in titles.




I see this line of Block titles, when forumids is not in messages field and not in titles.

[MarkFL]

Hmm...when I have no forumids in neither the "Reminder Message Block Title" nor the "Reminder Message Content" I still see the title as expected.

What do you have for the two phrases?

[Stratis]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

Hmm...when I have no forumids in neither the "Reminder Message Block Title" nor the "Reminder Message Content" I still see the title as expected.

Why you must see the title if there is no forumids in both messages?
Probably some thing I do not get it

Originally Posted by MarkFL

Hmm...when I have no forumids in neither the "Reminder Message Block Title" nor the "Reminder Message Content" I still see the title as expected.

What do you have for the two phrases?

I try many combinations, its not one to write it

Test i made just now:

No forumids no title, blank as default
I see this in all selected Active forums by the mod.
Attachment 155523

If i put forumids in title, i see the above image only in the forumids i have put, it is as supposed to be.
But i see this image in all other selected Active forums by the mod,
Attachment 155524



So, if there is forumids in title. I must not see this image to all other forums that are sellected but there ids are not in the field of titles
Attachment 155524




Just remind that i work this as it is here

[MarkFL]

If you want a block title to show up, you either have to have a block title for all active forums (that is, without forumids in the phrase), or you have to have a title defined for all the active forums by using forumids in the phrase.

[jagtpf]

Installed , Thanks Mark .

4.2.3 Cand 1 .

Can only view the Block Title ( which I have edited ) .

Cannot view Message Content which is , currently , un-edited ...

BEGINFORUMIDS 2,10 ENDFORUMIDS<div style="margin-top: 10px;">To get the absolute best help you can from <div title="Math Help Boards" style="display: inline-block; border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor: help">MHB</div>, please go through this checklist:</div>
<ul>
<li>Have you chosen the subforum best suited to your question? (If unsure, please report your post after posting.)</li>
<li>Have you shown the nature (at least one level more specific than the subforum name) of your question in your question's title?</li>
<li>Have you posted your entire question in the post itself?</li>
<li>Have you shown what work you've already done on the problem, and exactly where you're stuck? (It's perfectly fine not to know how to start, in which case please tell us that!)</li>
<li>Have you kept your new question to at most two problems?</li>
</ul>
BEGINFORUMIDS 15,18,19 ENDFORUMIDS
Just have fun!!

Settings :
Active
One Staff Forum ( to test )
Active - New Threads only
None - Exempt usergroups
Count - New Threads
Threshold - 0
Collapsible - No
Max Height - 0

[MarkFL]

You need to edit the phrase "markfl_newthreadmessage" so that it pertains to your site.

[jagtpf]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

You need to edit the phrase "markfl_newthreadmessage" so that it pertains to your site.

Exactly what my brain was telling me as I walked the dogs after lunch . And it now works .

Apologies Mark .....

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by jagtpf

Exactly what my brain was telling me as I walked the dogs after lunch . And it now works .

Apologies Mark .....

No worries! :up:

[jagtpf]

Something in this mod is affecting the Activity Stream . I've narrowed the issue down to this particular mod .

Default Activity Stream provides detail entries such as

20-02-2017, 08:47 AM
Username started a thread blah blah blah blah in Subforum

I've discovered that with the mod enabled we get

20-02-2017, 08:47 AM
Username started a thread blah blah blah blah in

( relevant phrase in vB "x_started_a_thread_y_in_z"

<a href="{1}" class="username">{2}</a> started a thread {4} <a href="{3}">{5}</a> in <a href="{6}">{7}</a> )

Can you help Mark - thanks in antic ...