Moderators Functions - Force Users to Read a Thread

Force Users to Read a Thread

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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.

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• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 3 (1 via ACP, 2 via FTP)
• Time to install: 1 minute

Updates:


Updates:
Version 2.10 (05/02/10):

• First release of this hack for vb 4.0.
• Added link in "Administrative" drop down on the showthread page to edit force read settings.

Please post your comments or suggestions for this hack. I read ALL posts.

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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.

[maidos]

this modhas been missed!
thanks alot for updating it

[KEKforce]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

KEKforce, what version of vB you are using?

I Use VB 4.03

my url: http://www.alfaforum.nl

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

No I mean AFTER a user has READ the thread, does it still add One Query for that user to each thread they read?
i.e. is it constantly checking ?

I'll repeat again,

Yes. It checks always if there is a thread that must be read.

[Abe1]

Originally Posted by KEKforce

I got very strange error. When I add a topic to read (forced) the indexpage turns to archive stand.

Just like this: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/archive/index.php/

When I disable the mod the indexpage of my forum is normal...
So this mods breaks the index of my forum. Please help?

I need to see the page the errors.

[Hornstar]

Excellent and thanks for this. Tagged for when I upgrade.

[Asterix_ita]

Thanks for addon

italian language file here

:bai

[DjEddie]

Im using vb 4.02 at the moment and have installed correctly as per instructions.

Everything on the Admin side works fine it accepts the thread to be forced read with no errors. When refreshing the home/forum page .. I then get this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function fetch_online_status() in /home/******/public_html/******/includes/block/html.php(95) : eval()'d code on line 97

Any ideas?

Thanks

Eddie

[Veer]

Can you add an option to redirect automatically after X seconds?

[sticky]

This is brilliant, thank you!

[Fungsten]

Originally Posted by Veer

Can you add an option to redirect automatically after X seconds?

Ditto!


Abe1,

Can you set a sticky thread to force read? I don't think one could do that with the old version.