Prevent threads from rising to the top

This hack has been developed and tested on VB 2.2.9.

This hack was actually requested by the moderators in my forum.

This hack gives you the ability to prevent a thread from going back up to the top of your forum. It simply does it by disabling the updates to the lastpost field. It is an addon to the Admin Options in the bototm of a thread. This is an alternative to locking a thread where it allows the users to post new replies but the thread keeps on sinking to the bottom and to the subsequent pages. It is just another way to kill a thread.

I have also created an animated GIF icon that replaces the thread icon.

The threads affected by this hack are referred to as slippery threads because they slip to the bottom of the forum.

Files that are affected by this hack:
- forumdisplay.php
- newreply.php
- postings.php

Templates that are affected by this hack:
- showthread_adminoptions

Tables affected by this hack:
- thread

New files:
- drop.gif

[incarnus]

Hi Zed, Elmer told me about this hack and I decided it was really cool and we had to have it on our little site. Only thing I changed was

if($thread[slippery] == 1) {
$thread[icon]='<img src="images/drop.gif" border="0" alt="">';
$thread[movedprefix] = "$thread[movedprefix] Slippery: ";
}

to

if($thread[slippery] == 1 and $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 6) {
$thread[icon]='<img src="images/drop.gif" border="0" alt="">';
$thread[movedprefix] = "$thread[movedprefix] Slippery: ";
}

so that only admins can see that the tread is slippery. I must say, you have some evil hacks. I love em!

Thanks, Chris (still stuck in an LT1 )

[Zzed]

incarnus, Thank you for your kind words.

Elmer speaks very highly of you. So I am quite honored that you replied to one of my hacks.

[incarnus]

My pleasure! Thank you for your awesome hacks. Woe to anyone who misbehaves at LS1.com, LOL!

So when are we gonna get you back in an F-body?

[JustAskJulie]

Is it possible to do this without replacing the icon? The only time I would really use this is on some of the game type threads that people start. I currently have a word association thread that is running at about 1500 posts and won't die. I don't really want to lock it because the users enjoy it but I think if it fell and wasn't at the top of the page constantly they'd forget about it.

[Zzed]

Julie, You can just omit the code where I assign the thread a new icon.