Bump without Post (Moderators-Only Version)

This hack allows your moderators to bump a thread without posting in it. This is different from making a thread sticky in two ways: First, this will not append the thread title with "Sticky", and second, the thread will only be at the top of the thread list until another post is made, at which point it becomes second, so this is somewhat temporary (moreso on larger boards ).

If you wish, there is also a version in which you can allow any registered user, and/or the first, last, or any poster of any given thread to bump it. That is located here.

There is no demo or screenshot, but trust me, it works and looks lovely.

For version: v2 beta 3 (may also work on beta 1 and beta 2, but it is untested on those versions).

Files needed: postingsadd.txt, redirect_bump_template.txt (see attached zip file).

Files to edit: postingsadd.txt, postings.php, showthread.php (see instructions below).

Templates to edit/create: showthread, redirect_bump (see instructions below).

Instructions
1] Unzip the file posttingsadd.txt and redirect_bump_template.txt to your hard drive.
2] Open postings.php in an ASCII text editor, such as Notepad (Windows), SimpleText (Mac), EditPlus, UltraEdit, TextPad, etc. (DO NOT use WYSIWYG HTML editors such as FrontPage, HotDog, DreamWeaver, etc. They will in all likelyhood screw up the file! I will not be able to support you if you edit the file in one of these programs.)
3] Right below

PHP Code:

require("./global.php"); 


insert the contents of posttingsadd.txt.
4] Create a new template called redirect_bump and add the contents of redirect_bump_template.txt.
5] In the showthread template, find

Stick / Unstick</a></smallfont>

and replace it with

Stick / Unstick</a><br>
<a href="postings.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=bump&threadid=$threadid">Bump</a></smallfont>

That's it.

Instructions are also included in the zip file (bump.txt).

FEEDBACK WANTED! Likes/dislikes/modification requests all gladly accepted.

[Stretchr]

According to this it should work since 2.2.1 was a bug fix. HTH leased:

Originally posted by dahamsta
Installed on 2.2, seems to be working ok.

adam

[Xelation]

Just installed it and it works fine! I added the modifications that Arie made to. Keep up the good work!

[irn-bru]

thanx for the nice hack works well

cheers

[Austin Dea]

Does it work on 2.2.2?

[FWC]

Originally posted by Austin Dea
Does it work on 2.2.2?

Yes.

[CloudBurst]

2.2.2 , works fine cool hack!

[Joshua Clinard]

I couldn't find this text

code:
Stick / Unstick</a></smallfont>

Or anything similar in the template, so I couldn't install it!

[FWC]

Originally posted by Joshua Clinard
I couldn't find this text

code:
Stick / Unstick</a></smallfont>

Or anything similar in the template, so I couldn't install it!

Try showthread_adminoptions.

[ZiRu$]

Great Hack I will test it on 2.2.4

[Joshua Clinard]

It's not in that template either. Sorry.