Moderators Functions - Force Users to Read a Thread

vB 3.7 version of this hack here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=172155

Force Users to Read a Thread 2.0

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.

Pictures:

• The error message.
• The universal options.
• Where you go to set the settings.
• The list of forums that have force read settings.
• The edit/add screen.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Invalid ID

Just noticed and edited both the files.

It's working now, but as I am using vbadvanced, instead of http://www.mysite.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7293

Its link shows http://www.mysite.com/showthread.php?t=7293

That means it misses "/forum"

How to fix that?

Thanks

Goto: http://www.mysite.com/forum/admincp/...ogroup=address and make sure the 2nd setting is correct.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by TCattitude

In the previous version, no problem at all.
Then, "invalid input specified" was appear if i try to go to manage force redirects.

I realize that Andreas's "bump/make older a thread" hack was not working too.

If i disable your modification, then "bump/make older thread" works again.
That behavior do not happen with your previous version of this mod.

Try changing the order in which our hooks run.

Originally Posted by TCattitude

(By the way, why you don't use the same techniche to do an on-the-fly edit for the template to add the new option, just like Andreas's hack?)

Can you point to an example?

[TCattitude]

Try changing the order in which our hooks run.

Yeah. I put your plugin using threadmanage_action_switch hook, to execution order 1, and works again.
Thanks for the point


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[Invalid ID]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Goto: http://www.mysite.com/forum/admincp/...ogroup=address and make sure the 2nd setting is correct.

It's http://www.mysite.com/forum

Is this ok?

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Invalid ID

It's http://www.mysite.com/forum

Is this ok?

Then the link should start from that in the error message.

[Invalid ID]

I am afraid I could not understand what you mean.

Do you mean my setting is ok?

[criscokid]

It would be useful if an admin could specify when this mod kicks in on their forum... say after three days or a week.

When a user signs up he has a lot thrown at him... he signs up, gets the activation email, he activates and then maybe gets a welcome email and / or PM. Usuall the new user is eager to go exploring the site and he may just 'click through' the 'forced thread' or if he does read it may not properly read /absorb what the thread is telling him. He's more likely to read and absorb the message if if was thrown at him at least a day or two after he's confirmed his account.

[ragtek]

my users have a little problem

sometimes the thread has not been found

[momo2]

very usefull... thanks Installed

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by ragtek

my users have a little problem

sometimes the thread has not been found

You have to check into it your self. Maybe it is a permissions problem. Can everyone read the thread?