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Force Users to Read a Thread · **Released**: 03-04-2008

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.

fr3akstar · #**272** 03-20-2009, 01:48 PM

Thats a useful post Raptor. The board is a virgin 3.8.1 install. Thanks for your input though... not.

BlueNinjaGo · #**273** 03-20-2009, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fr3akstar

I have installed this on 3.8.1 but I don't get the option and I can't see the option to enable/diable per usergroup, its enabled in the products/plugins menu. Do you have to do something else after install?

Can we get a screen shot perhaps? Might help us get a better idea of the issue you're facing.

fr3akstar · #**274** 03-20-2009, 04:36 PM

Right it is working to an to an extent, the option does appear within the AdminCP to set a thread to Force Read. However I was under the impression that you also received an option within the Thread Tools for each thread. A friend is using version 1.1 of this mod and it works that way... Is that just not part of this mod anymore?

fr3akstar · #**275** 03-20-2009, 04:46 PM

I don't have any options within USergroups to enable or disable the ability to set a thread to force read either, but from the screenshots I'm beginning to think this mod doesn't offer these options...

creative-friend · #**276** 03-24-2009, 05:29 PM

Not working.....

BlueNinjaGo · #**277** 03-24-2009, 06:27 PM

From what is provided, and from what I experienced when using it, only admins can say which threads are forced read. No one else.

And you can only set it in the ACP, not in the thread...

fr3akstar · #**278** 03-24-2009, 07:08 PM

Ok well as I said I am a member of a site where they used the version 1.1 of this mod and it does have that capability which makes me wonder why this mod is now less capable than its predecessor.

creative-friend · #**279** 03-25-2009, 08:46 PM

wel i tired to do it but its no working...

fr3akstar · #**280** 03-26-2009, 03:08 AM

Its in the AdminCP at the bottom of the threads section like this:

c.oper · #**281** 03-26-2009, 01:39 PM

Installed! Working fine in 3.8.1 PL1

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