Forum Display Enhancements - e-steki Featured threads 1.0.1

What does this do?
This hack lets mods/admins to choose some threads as featured, enter a description (if no description entered the first post will be used) and they will be displayed at forumdisplay, in the position that the admin selected. Refer to the Features section below for more information.

Features

Admin Features

1. Absolutely NO template modifications and you even get to control where the table will be placed in Forumdisplay with a simple setting!
2. Fully phrased.
3. Ability to set a cutoff limit, so that if the featured threads are more than X, the rest will not show.
4. Ability to specify whether the featured threads will be ordered by the date they were featured, their last post date or their creation date.
5. Ability to specify whether html, bbcode, [img] tags or smilies will be shown in the description (or the first post if no description has been entered).
6. When featuring/un-featuring a thread, the action is logged in the moderator log.
7. A nice, usable and extensive manual instead of an ugly readme.txt ;-)

End user / moderator Features

1. Moderators can enter a fully formatted description with bbcodes and everything (if allowed by the admin)
2. The table is collapsible, and if it has nothing to display it doesn't show.
3. Thread elements that are displayed: Thread icon, Title, Link to the thread, creation date and time, number of replies (clickable), thread poster.

Don't forget to Mark as Installed!
Support will be provided only for a few days after each release.
Installation instructions and a FAQ are in the manual.

[mishb68]

I like this mod.

I've installed it but I'm not using it just yet because I'm wondering if there us a way to restrict the amount of text characters that show up. If the first post of the featured thread is a page long, it kinda kills the whole forum. Can the text be limited to a few hundred characters, or just the thread titles shown?

Thanks.

[yoyoyoyo]

Originally Posted by mishb68

I like this mod.

I've installed it but I'm not using it just yet because I'm wondering if there us a way to restrict the amount of text characters that show up. If the first post of the featured thread is a page long, it kinda kills the whole forum. Can the text be limited to a few hundred characters, or just the thread titles shown?

Thanks.

use thread description - simply copy the part of the thread you want listed in the "featured" section. You can even add a "Continued..." at the bottom to let people know that there is more to read.

[mishb68]

Originally Posted by yoyoyoyo

use thread description - simply copy the part of the thread you want listed in the "featured" section. You can even add a "Continued..." at the bottom to let people know that there is more to read.

Thanks! I don't know why I didn't think of that.

I'll give it a go

EDIT:

That solved it. TY!!

[periphrastic]

installed & thank you

[Pocket Aces]

Good hack. But it would be great if the featured thread will automatically be un-featured after a given date/time.

Random featured threads on selected forums is also a good option.

[mmmender]

Great hack. Works with 3.6.5.

[brandondrury]

I installed this yesterday on 3.6.8. When I checked the forum this morning, I realized that the "New Thread" button is creating threads for the wrong forum category. Strange!

I disabled this mod and the problem is fixed. Very strange. Not a big deal, but I just wanted this issue documented.

Brandon

[soniceffect]

I had the same problem as stated above. It seems to bo when there is a subforum. It changes the forum id on the 'New Thread' Button to one of the subforum rather than of the forum your in (hope that makes sense).

[alexgeek]

been looking for one of these.

[PixelsandBits]

Originally Posted by Michelle

That's really weird, as my hack has nothing to do with the New thread button
Does anyone else have this problem?

Heya,

Just wanted to chime in that yes, I did experience the same problem with my NEW THREAD button in the main forum causing a new thread to be created in the last subforum that is listed rather than in the main forum.

I found the solution after I came across this thread, which is from another person who was experiencing the same problem.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=254571

This is such a cool add-on, but this bug is a deal-breaker at the moment. I'm looking forward to an update