Miscellaneous Hacks - [CMS] Use original thread for comments

As of 4.1.11 this functionality is included in vbulletin. So you no longer need this mod.

What does this do?
This is a really simple hack that sets the thread for article comments to be the original thread for any thread that is promoted to an article.

What can I use it for?
This mod has two major uses:

1. If you have a wealth of information in your forums and you want to promote it into articles, this mod allows you to retain the rest of the thread as comments in the cms while adding any new comments as replies to the thread; essentially allowing it to function as both a forum thread and a CMS article.

2. If you want to use multiple fourms for CMS comments. This is a fairly none obvious use case, but probably a popular one. If you have three sections in your cms (for example) and want each section to feed into its own forum, the current cms dosn't allow you to do this. With this mod installed, you can. Instead of creating your new article directly in the cms create it in the forum you wish to use for comments. Write your article as the first post of the thread and promote it to a cms article. Fill out the extra information needed (eg publish date) and save. Comments will be saved into the original thread, in the forum you created it in.

Installation Vb 4.0.1 and later
1. Import product

Uninstallation
1. Disable the plugin "set thread id"

Full uninstallation
1. Move threads that have been promoted to articles into the vbcms comments forum.
2. COPY the threads back to their original forums
3. Remove product

Steps 1 and 2 are needed to retain cache functions on the comments threads. Without them new comments will not appear on the article.

Changelog

• 4.0-0.1 a2
  • Fixed bug causing original thread to be delete when the article was deleted
• 4.0-0.1 a1
  • Initial release

Notes

• I believe this is the first mod for the CMS (not including addon widgets/content types)
• Removing this product entirly will cause issues with the cache on any articles using the original thread. Follow the uninstall steps to remove functionallity while retaining the ability to comment on these articles this mod has altered.
• [S] Although its compatible with vbulletin 4.0 Rc 4, a bug in RC 4 and 4.0.0 Gold prevents it from acctually working. I have provided a replacement hooks_vbcms.xml file which corrects the issue in the interim.[/S] (fixed in vb4.0.1)
• [s]Deleting an article will remove the associated original thread This is considered a bug in this product and will hopefully be fixed with the next release. [/s] (fixed)
• The above bug has been fixed, however pending this request: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/proje...?issueid=34188 Thread tags for the original thread will still be removed. There is /nothing/ I can do about that until the issue listed is resolved. (this has been marked as fixed in 4.0.2; will update further when i've tested that its fixed.)
• [S]If you hard delete the original thread without first removing the article you will be affected by this bug: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/proje...?issueid=34187 the fix I posted to that issue needs to be applied BEFORE deleting the original thread. After more research, this only becomes an issue if you promote a thread more than once. If you've done this, you can fix the error by clearing the CMS cache.[/S] (fixed in 4.0.1)

As of 4.1.11 this functionality is included in vbulletin. So you no longer need this mod.

[DivineMessenger]

Is there a way to make this mod auto promote all threads in a section to articles? Or is there another mod that does this that I could use with this mod?

[carrlos]

Originally Posted by Front Range 4x4

Carrlos, did you have it installed and articles promoted before upgrading to 4.0.2? How exactly do you edit the Home page to "pull content from Sub-folders."

Yes, it was installed before-hand. Just click on the little "pencil" next to your home page name on the CMS page and it will take you to edit the page. You'll find it on the left-hand side under Section Information.

Originally Posted by DivineMessenger

Is there a way to make this mod auto promote all threads in a section to articles? Or is there another mod that does this that I could use with this mod?

Yeah, I wish it did that too. I hate having to promote each time. Then you get taken to the screen where you have to choose all the publishing options. It would be nice to have an auto-promote hack that you can preconfigure with your publishing options in advance through the admincp. :up:

[Carnage]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231422" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231422</a> This mod allows for multiple promotions at once; its not automatic but it'll save you a bunch of time.

I've not verified its compatible, but provided it uses the vbulletin datamanagers for creating the articles, it should be.

[cmeinck]

Does this mod work in vb4.0.2? EDIT: I see that users have no issues with 4.0.2

Has anyone heard of vB adopting this mod? Seems like the logical solution, rather than the current method of creating two discussion paths.

[carrlos]

Originally Posted by Carnage-

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231422 This mod allows for multiple promotions at once; its not automatic but it'll save you a bunch of time.

I've not verified its compatible, but provided it uses the vbulletin datamanagers for creating the articles, it should be.

I looked at it Carnage- and although it's a time saver for setting up a CMS page, it doesn't help in the long run. We need something that will automatically publish articles from new threads created in a predetermined forum (a la vBadvanced). It should also have predetermined publishing options.

[acanuck]

Originally Posted by DivineMessenger

Is there a way to make this mod auto promote all threads in a section to articles? Or is there another mod that does this that I could use with this mod?

I third that!

[sticky]

Originally Posted by sticky

I uninstalled it but have this:

Active Users in
Topic:
There are currently users online (Highest: )

at the bottom, why?

Still having this problem after uninstalling...

[Fifth Dimension]

Sounds like a great fix.

One question though -- Import Product where?

To the includes/XML/ folder via Filezilla? Or somewhere else? Kind of new to this...

[Videx]

Originally Posted by Fifth Dimension

Sounds like a great fix.

One question though -- Import Product where?

To the includes/XML/ folder via Filezilla? Or somewhere else? Kind of new to this...

Try the manual: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/import_product

[Fifth Dimension]

It WORKS!!! This modification is awesome!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

And if a noob to admin like me can figure out how to install it, then there is no reason why anyone who wants borg like perfection of symmetry between the forums and the CMS -- shouldn't install it either.

Install it now.

EDIT: LOL, I had eventually figured out what was meant by "Import Product", but thanks Videx. I think the manual will come in handy anyway though; didn't have a link to it before.