Add a "Has this already been asked?" Button

Add a "Has this already been asked?" Button

Adds a button besides the title when creating a new thread which executes a search query of the filled in words. This helps a bit preventing new users post questions which has already been asked in the past.

Author: Andreas Kraus - sunlab / Musiker-Board

Installation Instructions:

# Open the Admin Control Panel > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > New Posting Template Group > newthread template, and directly above </head>:

<script language="javascript">
 <!--
 function checktitle(theform) {
              if(theform.subject.value==""){
                  alert("Please enter a topic in the subject field.");
 return false; } else {
 window.open('search.php?do=process&titleonly=1&query='+document.vbform.subject.value+'','javascript_1','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=700,height=400'); }
 }
 //-->
 </script>

# now find this code inside newthread:

 <td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="subject" value="$subject" size="40" maxlength="85" tabindex="1" /></td>
 <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>

# and replace with:

<td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="subject" value="$subject" size="40" maxlength="85" tabindex="1" /></td>
<td>&nbsp;<input type="button" class="button" value="Has this already been asked?" onClick="checktitle(vbform);"></td>

# Save the newthread template and you're done!

Enjoy

[reteep]

Originally Posted by nailerpa

Does the Search function work for everyone? I typed in, verbatim, the title of a previous post. The search function said that nothing was found with those words in the title. Am I missing something?

Steve A.
Site Admin, I.T. Help Community

By default it only searches the title. You can change that here:

window.open('search.php?do=process&titleonly=1&que ry='+document.vbform.subject.value+'','javascript_ 1','toolbar=no,location=no, directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes ,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no, width=700,height=400'); }

Just remove the &titleonly=1 to search the full posts.

[Tony G]

Please attach a text file with the instructions too. Thanks.

[reteep]

Originally Posted by Tony G

Please attach a text file with the instructions too. Thanks.

Ok, done..

[rb290]

When I click on it nothing happens....?

[The Wise One]

installed. thanks.

[reteep]

Originally Posted by rb290

When I click on it nothing happens....?

Did you implent the JavaScript Code correctly?

[mholtum]

works great for me thanks!

[Yahookan]

Old but great.

[GamerJunk.net]

Great idea

[reteep]

Just FYI: Tested on vB 3.6, running fine!