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[CMS] Use original thread for comments
Version: 4.0-0.1 a2, by Carnage Carnage is offline
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Category: Miscellaneous Hacks - Version: 4.0.1 Rating:
Released: 12-16-2009 Last Update: 12-17-2009 Installs: 306
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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.

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Still having this problem after uninstalling...
At the bottom of where?

I'm 99.9% certain that this mod was not responsible for that issue; what other mods do you have installed, have you edited any templates?
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At the bottom of where?

I'm 99.9% certain that this mod was not responsible for that issue; what other mods do you have installed, have you edited any templates?
Honestly, I did not install any other mods since installing your and when I removed it, it was still there. I'm 90% certain it is responsible No template modifications made.

I really want to get rid of it.

The area I am referring to is at the bottom where it shows who's online.
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Honestly, I did not install any other mods since installing your and when I removed it, it was still there. I'm 90% certain it is responsible No template modifications made.

I really want to get rid of it.

The area I am referring to is at the bottom where it shows who's online.
You probably only just noticed it.
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sticky: can you give me a link to your forum?

This mod dosn't make any template changes at all. So if it were the cause its by some strange fluke especially as no-one else seems to have the problem
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Is this correct:

I can only set one predefined forum that will keep thread as comments that I promote to article?
Or am I mistaken, or can I promote articles from all forums and the thread will still be used as comments?

let me know, thanx
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Or am I mistaken, or can I promote articles from all forums and the thread will still be used as comments?
Any forum.
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sets the thread for article comments to be the original thread for any thread that is promoted to an article.
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I recently installed this mod on my site and love it. Thanks a lot dude.
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just to clarify:

default behaviour for a promoted thread is to create a new thread in the CMS comments forum that all article comments go into.

This mod makes it so that instead of doing that the thread that was promoted is used for the comments regardless of which forum it was in when it was promoted. It also means that any existing replies to the thread get displayed as comments on the article as soon as its promoted.
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Great Mod! Works fine on 4.02.
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Originally Posted by Carnage- View Post
Its much harder to do with blog posts; as the comments for blog posts are stored separatly from the beggining. It might be something I look at doing when i've got more time; but right now I can almost certainally say that there won't be hooks in the right places to perform the task without code edits.
Hi Carnage! Would a donation prompt development in this direction. On the website I run I would really need unified comments for both promoted posts and promoted blog entries.

Name your price.

Cheers.
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