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]

Can you give me the exact info about the loop? Exact URLs and exaxt links.

[tazB.ca]

how do I force them to read an announcement

[Fishing620]

AWESOME! I was looking for a way to get my members to update their email addresses and this will work perfect. Thanks for doing this!

[cclaerhout]

Great hack ! Thanks a lot.

[Mecho]

i have vbadvanced in root and forum in /forum . so if i force users to read a forum's thread then in main page of site ( vbadvanced ) they will redirect to a wrong page ! ( root/showthread.php.... ) ! i tried to add a forum in the XML file , main page's link is ok now but if a user come to the forum he see will redirect to this > ..../forum/forum/.... !!

edit : i found another problem too . if u r using Recycle bin mod + this mod then u get an error when u want to move a thread to bin !!

any idea plz ?

[lazserus]

This modification only works with users using Internet Explorer. Any member using Firefox will never experience the modification. I'm not sure what part of the code separates the two, but through extensive testing over multiple machines and networks, I've seen that Firefox doesn't support the mod.

Update?

[Alibass]

@lazserus

Strange you say this m8, as FF is what I recommend all my members to use while viewing my board and I have NP's with this hack regardless if they are using IE or FF.

[htrshgytrs]

Originally Posted by Mecho

i have vbadvanced in root and forum in /forum . so if i force users to read a forum's thread then in main page of site ( vbadvanced ) they will redirect to a wrong page ! ( root/showthread.php.... ) ! i tried to add a forum in the XML file , main page's link is ok now but if a user come to the forum he see will redirect to this > ..../forum/forum/.... !!

i get this problem as well, it doesn't respect the full path to the forum.

The administrators want you to view a thread before you continue to browse the forum.

You can view the thread here

The link goes to http://forum.com/showthread.php?t=1
whereas it should go to http://forum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1

as per my forum settings.

Had to disable this, really hoping we can get a fix

[htrshgytrs]

i just edited the phrase, forceusersreadthread_read_thread and hardcoded the prefix.

**edit - which didn't work completely, sometimes it makes the link /vb/vb/showthread ...

Hoping for someone who knows what they are doing to help.

[RFViet]

So, if 50 posts set must read, then others have to read 50 posts ???