Posting in specific forums you specify deducts or adds to post count

Posting in specific forums you specify deducts or adds to post count

This is a fairly simple hack, but it can be useful for certain forums. Feel free to expand or modify this to suit your forums.


How to use:

1) If you have a spam forum, you may want to deduct 1 from the post count each time a member posts there.
2) If you have a special forum, you may want to add more than 1 to the post count each time a member posts there.
3) Any combination of the above.


Installation:

In includes/functions_newpost.php:

Find:

PHP Code:

            $doposts = 'posts = posts + 1,'; 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

if ($foruminfo['forumid']==66 OR $foruminfo['forumid']==67) 
{
            $doposts = 'posts = posts - 1,';
} else {
            $doposts = 'posts = posts + 1,';
} 


Just change 66 and 67 to your spam forumids, remove or add forumid's as needed.

Change -1 to +2 or +5 if you want to ADD to the member's post count for whatever reason. Play around with the code - this hack is meant to be customized in many ways for your forum.

[FleaBag]

I came in here to ask what use there would be for having a negative post counting system, and tada, I have the answer. When I eventually get GamerForums running again this will come in handy for the annoying kids lol.

[MindTrix]

Talk about an underated thread, Tsch

This is what everyone has too need for them non essential parts of their forums, such as sig tests etc.

Thank you Erwin

[Dean C]

Erwin.... what am I going to do with you... Quote your keys SIR!

PHP Code:

if ($foruminfo['forumid'] == 66 OR $foruminfo['forumid'] == 67)
{
            $doposts = 'posts = posts - 1,';
} else {
            $doposts = 'posts = posts + 1,';
} 


[MindTrix]

How does that saying go? "You just cant get the staff"

[VAN]

Just outta curiosity, what happens if a member has 5 posts, and posts 6 times in a forum that is set up to deduct 1 post for each?

Will their post count show as -1 or will it remain 0 forever?

[Malice]

Originally Posted by VAN

Just outta curiosity, what happens if a member has 5 posts, and posts 6 times in a forum that is set up to deduct 1 post for each?

Will their post count show as -1 or will it remain 0 forever?

Interesting thought...will VB have a problem displaying this one...

[hockyfan]

Is there a way to modify this so it is based on a specific word a user uses, or only when a user posts in a specific thread?


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[HiDeo]

Nice job erwin thanks

[ChrisSy]

will it work for threads if i simply substitute 'threads' for 'posts' in the code?

thanks in advance