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Version: 0.12, by Adrian. Adrian. is offline
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Category: Add-On Releases - Version: 3.6.1 Rating:
Released: 10-08-2006 Last Update: 10-10-2006 Installs: 127
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Feature Threads
By Adrian at Dreamit.co.uk
Tested on 3.6.1.


Note: This modification is v0.10, It seems to be working fine.
To see why it's not V1, scroll down to the Q&A.

About:
Feature Threads allows you to "Feature a thread", and that thread will then appear on the forumhome.

It's a very useful mod' to get those important, special threads noticed.

Installation:

Download Feature_threads.zip.
  • Upload feature.php and unfeature.php to your forums root folder.
  • Import product_feature.xml.

Template Edits:
Open Forumhome Templates > FORUMHOME
Find:

HTML Code:
<!-- main -->
Add after:

HTML Code:
$feature_threads
Save.

Open Showthread Templates > SHOWTHREAD
Find:

HTML Code:
	<tr>
		<td class="thead">$vbphrase[thread_tools]<a name="goto_threadtools"></a></td>
	</tr>
Add after:

HTML Code:
<tr>
		<td class="vbmenu_option"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/subscribe.gif" 

alt="Feature Thread" /> $feature_status
<input type="hidden" value="$threadinfo[threadid]" name="tid"></td>
	</tr>
Save.

Done.

Easy to install.

Q&A
1. Why is it V0.10?
Well, when i started this mod', i had some good ideas with it, and i started to loose intrest after a while.

I got the "base" made, so i thought, "why not release it?"
So, i have. If i get enough installs, or a positive response to the mod', i will glady spend more time, adding the features i wanted.

2. Oooh...What new features?
Not too many features...things such as...

Featured Thread ordering
  • Order by thread date
  • Order by by date featured
  • Order by amount of replies
  • Custom ordering

The ability to show the featured threads on the forumhome, or on everypage.

Ability to show what information is displayed in the features thread box.

Yeh, these are pritty easy to do, i just don't have the dedication i need to make them, like i said, if i get a good response, expect to see them soon.

3. How many usergroups...?
The option, that allows you to choose certain usergroups to access this mod', is limited to 12 different usergroups.

Not because i'm being mean, i just did the usergroup permission, in my code useing explode and arrays.

Don't ask why, i just did. : /
That will be improved when/if V1 is released.

Changelog
0.10 - Release.

0.11 - Set default value on "Show x" option to 4, to stop confusion with mysql_errors

0.12 - Edited Enable/Disable option from Radio buttons, to a simple Yes / No boolean to avoid errors.

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If you installed this modification, please click install.

Thanks.

Adrian

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  #82  
Old 02-26-2007, 09:31 AM
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can someone make a vbadvanced mod for this please? would be great to feature threads on cms pages.
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installed thanks
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Anyone know how I can accomplish this?

- alternating row colors for more than 1 featured thread
- two columns (for cleaner layout). left = thread title | right = description
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For some reason this hack made my site run extremely slow. The forum was hanging up non-stop, then I uninstalled and it's back to it's normal 'fast' self again.
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great, but can work well with 3.6.4?
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:up:
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great, but can work well with 3.6.4?
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How do you prevent registered users and guest from viewing the featured threads?
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is the current version 0.10 or 0.12? Up top it says 0.12, but the file we can download is still 0.10 ;(

Great hack though!!!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xopek View Post
I've installed the hack but all I'm getting on a main forum page is "No database selected".

I traced it back and that's a part of 'Feature' hack when tries to do

Code:
$merge=mysql_query($query);
I guess it's doesn't have a database selected at this point, huh? Weird but that's what says. Any suggestions?
Have you found a work around to this problem?? I love the hack, but have run into the same error.
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3.6.6 anyone?

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