Notify a user they are posting in an old thread [3.6.4]

[Caiman]

On my forum we have quite strict necromancy rules whereas most threads that haven't been posted in for 30 days or more should be left to die. But occasionally if someone does bump an older thread but makes a great contribution, we might leave it open, and in turn I just don't like the idea of a modification to automatically lock threads over a certain age, it just doesnt look very welcoming.

So what I'd like is to be able to notify users that they are posting in an old thread and show them our necro rules before they are allowed to hit submit. Ideally this would happen when they hit 'Post Reply' or 'Go Advanced', before the post is added to the thread.

So basically, I'd like a modification that adds a customisable notice to a thread older that 'XX' days which the user will definitely see before submitting their reply.

Anything like this out there already?

[Garyk]

Originally Posted by Caiman

On my forum we have quite strict necromancy rules whereas most threads that haven't been posted in for 30 days or more should be left to die. But occasionally if someone does bump an older thread but makes a great contribution, we might leave it open, and in turn I just don't like the idea of a modification to automatically lock threads over a certain age, it just doesnt look very welcoming.

So what I'd like is to be able to notify users that they are posting in an old thread and show them our necro rules before they are allowed to hit submit. Ideally this would happen when they hit 'Post Reply' or 'Go Advanced', before the post is added to the thread.

So basically, I'd like a modification that adds a customisable notice to a thread older that 'XX' days which the user will definitely see before submitting their reply.

Anything like this out there already?

this is a realy great idea i always get mad when ppl bring back old threads i personaly dont know how to code this but if someone did code it i would definatly use it

[paul41598]

Here are a few similar mods that might help:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ghlight=thread

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=114497

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https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...light=checkbox

maybe I'll try to code one in the meantime that entails all this functionality

[Caiman]

Paul, thanks... Andreas' modification at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96850 seems perfect.

[Garyk]

do you have anything for 3.6.x

[Caiman]

Gary, the 3.5 plugins work fine on 3.6.