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Answers Forum
Ever wanted to enable the ability to specify a certain forum as an "answer" forum, where members can post questions and select the best answer given by the community? This is similar to yahoo answers, a very effective website where users can post questions and seek answers from registered users. Answering questions can get to be a mess, keep it organized and save yourself a bit of hassle when dealing with Q&A's. As a webmaster, you already have enough on your hands to have to worry about answering questions sometimes, and need an effective way to do this! Or maybe, you just want to let your community do it for you


Difference Between Answer Forum Light & Answer Forums Premium

* Enable a questions forum Lite/Premium
* Allow users to choose best answer Lite/Premium
* Question Statistics on forumdisplay Premium Only
* Top Helpers on forumdisplay Premium Only
* Recently Answered on forumdisplay Premium Only
* View Answered Topics Premium Only
* View Unanswered Topics Premium Only
* Answered Topics in postbit Premium Only
* Private Message user who's answer was chosen Premium Only
* Private Message answer provider if the answer is reset Premium Only
* Control user's ability to reset their own topic's answer Premium Only
* Allow usergroups to reset any topic's answer Premium Only
* Allow usergroups to select any topic's answer Premium Only *new
* Integrates with vbplaza (reward answer providers) Lite/Premium
* Integrates with vbcredits (reward answer providers) Premium Only

[Gio~Logist]

In regards to implementing this with a point system
This will be integrated with vbcredits very soon, will keep you posted!

[ryancooper]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Many thanks for creating my request. I am sure many will enjoy it.

Please add this functionality: A 'Is this a question that you want an answer to Yes/No' Radio button on newthread.
If the thread creator selects Yes, then the thread will have Answer functionality.
If the thread creator selects No, then the thread will have no Answer functionality.

This way, the answer functionality does not have to be confined to dedicated forums.


Adding functionality for vbexperience points for answers will make it easy to give an award to members who posted the most answers.

I think this option would make this hack Amazing!!:up:

It would also be great if we could post the unanswered and/or no best answer chosen on VBAdvanced or integrate it into a search.

Also IT would be nice to have a cron job set up to remind the posted if they have not chosen a best answer. Something like " Poster did you know there have been X answers to your post XXX on yoursite.com. Why not stop by and check them out to see if any of them answered your question"

Just my ideas!! Thanks!

[4x4 Mecca]

I've customized this a little bit for my forums http://www.4x4mecca.com/forum/4x4-te...89-blazer.html

If you view the forum display for the tech forum http://www.4x4mecca.com/forum/4x4-tech-talk red flag = not solved, green flag = solved, and I made a better (in my opinion) postbit for the solution post.

I'm looking forward to the premium version to see what it has. I'd like only admin and the thread starter to be able to choose solution.

[Pirat3]

Originally Posted by 4x4 Mecca

I've customized this a little bit for my forums http://www.4x4mecca.com/forum/4x4-te...89-blazer.html

If you view the forum display for the tech forum http://www.4x4mecca.com/forum/4x4-tech-talk red flag = not solved, green flag = solved, and I made a better (in my opinion) postbit for the solution post.

I'm looking forward to the premium version to see what it has. I'd like only admin and the thread starter to be able to choose solution.

Can you tell me how you got your thing to show up " Accepted Solution " ? I really like it like that

[inciarco]

Originally Posted by Pirat3

great mod but can you make it so admins and mods can remove "best answers" to deal with abuse?

- Good Question: How can the Best Answers be Removed? I don't see an Option to do that, and is Very Important to Provide one so that if by Mistake Chosing a Post the User can Take that Back and leave the Thread as Unanswered.

- Would be also nice if the "Choose as Best Answer" would only be Displayed to Thread Starter and Admins/Mod/Super Mods.

- If you can add an Option to Choose Which Usergroups, besides thread starter (of course), can Select Best Answer, would be really nice; or perhaps if you choose only Admins, Mods and Super Mods, to Select Best Answer, would be nice that in case of Mod only if the Mod has Permissions to Moderate that Forum, then he can Select Best Answer, otherwise Not; in case of Admins and Super Mods, there's no restriction for that.

My Best Regards.

[fitaholic]

Originally Posted by 4x4 Mecca

I've customized this a little bit for my forums http://www.4x4mecca.com/forum/4x4-te...89-blazer.html

If you view the forum display for the tech forum http://www.4x4mecca.com/forum/4x4-tech-talk red flag = not solved, green flag = solved, and I made a better (in my opinion) postbit for the solution post.

I'm looking forward to the premium version to see what it has. I'd like only admin and the thread starter to be able to choose solution.

That is awesome modifications you made. Please advise on how you added the coding to allow green flag and red flag. Please also advise on how you added the icon underneath the accepted answer.

Mod installed/ Marked for MOTM

[4x4 Mecca]

I edited the .xml and found the part that places "answered" or "unanswered" in the thread title, and replaced it with the path to the red or green flag

Then I found the template for the answer under the first post, and tweaked it to my liking. If the original mod creater doesn't care, I'll upload the file here, but you'll need to get your own green and red flag, because I might move mine soon.

[RedeemedWarrior]

awesome awesome stuff

installed along with your Extra thread field hack to make a rather spiffy Help desk

[haothiencz]

installed and nominated

In regards to implementing this with a point system
This will be integrated with vbplaza very soon, will keep you posted!

vbplaza is a comerical mod, can u please make some options about using other point system ?
Maybe Vbcredits or Icash

[RedeemedWarrior]

credits would be the best!