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.

[ozmazdaclub]

yeah the force read i get the same issue as Invalid ID gets

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by ozmazdaclub

yeah the force read i get the same issue as Invalid ID gets

Now I really dont understand.

[Nathan2006]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Can you tell me what does not work or have a fix for it. I dont ready want to start playing around with someone else's hack. Maybe try changing the order in which plug-ins run.

Hi Abe,

After installing your hack when going to thread tools and move a thread to the recycle bin forum it says that thread has no forum selected in the recycle bin options but there is.

Once I uninstall your hack it works fine

Thanks for any help

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by Nathan2006

Hi Abe,

After installing your hack when going to thread tools and move a thread to the recycle bin forum it says that thread has no forum selected in the recycle bin options but there is.

Once I uninstall your hack it works fine

Thanks for any help

Try changing the order in which the plug-ins execute.

[dethfire]

hmm it forced my users to read all threads, no matter what forum they were looking in. FOr example if I set 1 force read threads in 6 different forums, if a user visits one forum they must read through 6 threads. It nearly causes a riot, people very annoyed!

[rpainter]

Great Mod!!!!

Very useful

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by dethfire

hmm it forced my users to read all threads, no matter what forum they were looking in. FOr example if I set 1 force read threads in 6 different forums, if a user visits one forum they must read through 6 threads. It nearly causes a riot, people very annoyed!

Sorry, no setting yet for it only to show in some forums.

[PixelFx]

*Pokes head into chat* you know this is pretty cool hack, thanks for making it , I marked it installed, although I haven't used it yet. But I have a site where this will help a lot.

[Veer]

I Installed it and works good, thanks.

But I have a suggestion..
when we add many threads (up to 5, 10 or more) users may not understand what happens to forum, why are they getting same error again and again..

Can you add some details on error page to show All Forced Threads List with their Titles n Links to visit forced threads?

Thanks.

[Nathan2006]

Originally Posted by Abe1

Try changing the order in which the plug-ins execute.

Thanks Abe its working now