Miscellaneous Hacks - [CMS] Use original thread for comments

As of 4.1.11 this functionality is included in vbulletin. So you no longer need this mod.

What does this do?
This is a really simple hack that sets the thread for article comments to be the original thread for any thread that is promoted to an article.

What can I use it for?
This mod has two major uses:

1. If you have a wealth of information in your forums and you want to promote it into articles, this mod allows you to retain the rest of the thread as comments in the cms while adding any new comments as replies to the thread; essentially allowing it to function as both a forum thread and a CMS article.

2. If you want to use multiple fourms for CMS comments. This is a fairly none obvious use case, but probably a popular one. If you have three sections in your cms (for example) and want each section to feed into its own forum, the current cms dosn't allow you to do this. With this mod installed, you can. Instead of creating your new article directly in the cms create it in the forum you wish to use for comments. Write your article as the first post of the thread and promote it to a cms article. Fill out the extra information needed (eg publish date) and save. Comments will be saved into the original thread, in the forum you created it in.

Installation Vb 4.0.1 and later
1. Import product

Uninstallation
1. Disable the plugin "set thread id"

Full uninstallation
1. Move threads that have been promoted to articles into the vbcms comments forum.
2. COPY the threads back to their original forums
3. Remove product

Steps 1 and 2 are needed to retain cache functions on the comments threads. Without them new comments will not appear on the article.

Changelog

• 4.0-0.1 a2
  • Fixed bug causing original thread to be delete when the article was deleted
• 4.0-0.1 a1
  • Initial release

Notes

• I believe this is the first mod for the CMS (not including addon widgets/content types)
• Removing this product entirly will cause issues with the cache on any articles using the original thread. Follow the uninstall steps to remove functionallity while retaining the ability to comment on these articles this mod has altered.
• [S] Although its compatible with vbulletin 4.0 Rc 4, a bug in RC 4 and 4.0.0 Gold prevents it from acctually working. I have provided a replacement hooks_vbcms.xml file which corrects the issue in the interim.[/S] (fixed in vb4.0.1)
• [s]Deleting an article will remove the associated original thread This is considered a bug in this product and will hopefully be fixed with the next release. [/s] (fixed)
• The above bug has been fixed, however pending this request: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/proje...?issueid=34188 Thread tags for the original thread will still be removed. There is /nothing/ I can do about that until the issue listed is resolved. (this has been marked as fixed in 4.0.2; will update further when i've tested that its fixed.)
• [S]If you hard delete the original thread without first removing the article you will be affected by this bug: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/proje...?issueid=34187 the fix I posted to that issue needs to be applied BEFORE deleting the original thread. After more research, this only becomes an issue if you promote a thread more than once. If you've done this, you can fix the error by clearing the CMS cache.[/S] (fixed in 4.0.1)

As of 4.1.11 this functionality is included in vbulletin. So you no longer need this mod.

[KProjects]

Yep - works with 4.0.2 - thanks!

installed -> http://www.twilightrumors.com

[sticky]

Hmm, this does not work the way I envisioned.

Only one forum can be used? I want a promoted article from anywhere not just a designated comment forum to be linked to the thread posts.

Honestly, if the stupid CMS just took you straigt to the thread that without the article page that would be best....

[sticky]

I uninstalled it but have this:

Active Users in
Topic:
There are currently users online (Highest: )

at the bottom, why?

[swiftor]

Amen to that. Thats what vBadvanced did, wish there was an easy way to do it for the vb4 cms

Originally Posted by sticky

Honestly, if the stupid CMS just took you straigt to the thread that without the article page that would be best....

[NashChristian]

Originally Posted by Carnage-

A user has reported that it works on vb 4.0.2; there is no reason why it shouldn't, however i've not personally tested in on 4.0.2 yet.

Have you personally tested it yet? We seem to be getting conflicting opinions, and after what I just went through AGAIN while upgrading to 4.0.2 (thanks to vB's great R&D team), I'm hesitant to activate any mods...

Can you confirm if this seems to perform as you expect? Even if the uninstall issue isn't fixed, if it is running solid, that would be helpful to know.

Thanks again, love the mod! (I don't say that much...)
Jeff

[Bob_R]

Thanks.

Nothing for it in AdmipCP > Settings > Options just use it from the front end?

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by Bob_R

Thanks.

Nothing for it in AdmipCP > Settings > Options just use it from the front end?

No options. It just does one thing. Installed = on. Uninstalled = off.

[carrlos]

This works perfectly fine after upgrading to 4.0.2. The only thing I had to do was edit the Home page to "pull content from Sub-folders." Apparently that was changed by vB, no fault of Carnage-. I have promoted threads to articles, posted to the article, posted to the thread and all works as it's suppose to. :up:

[Sador]

Originally Posted by sticky

Hmm, this does not work the way I envisioned.

Only one forum can be used? I want a promoted article from anywhere not just a designated comment forum to be linked to the thread posts.

Honestly, if the stupid CMS just took you straigt to the thread that without the article page that would be best....

It doesn't do that?

Hm, disappointing. I agree, it should just use the thread automatically, no matter from where you're promoting.. too bad. I hope something like that will come eventually.

[Front Range 4x4]

Originally Posted by carrlos

This works perfectly fine after upgrading to 4.0.2. The only thing I had to do was edit the Home page to "pull content from Sub-folders." Apparently that was changed by vB, no fault of Carnage-. I have promoted threads to articles, posted to the article, posted to the thread and all works as it's suppose to. :up:

Carrlos, did you have it installed and articles promoted before upgrading to 4.0.2? How exactly do you edit the Home page to "pull content from Sub-folders."