moderater validation forum but not for replies

[bobbydavro]

I have made a moderater validated forum so new threads must be moderated before they appear, but is it possible to have replies be not moderated?
eg to post new thread requires moderation but a reply does not..

Firefly thinks this will only be possible with a hack, anyone any ideas?

The reason I want this and think it would be a good idea is that I want a hints and tips section on my board. New hints have to be moderated so that there not filled with crap and follow the correct formatting etc, but I want users then to be able to comment on the hints eg if they have a problem getting it to work, but these do not need to be moderated.

[Admin]

In newreply.php replace:

  $visible=!$foruminfo[moderatenew];

with:

  $visible=1;

note that this will make all new posts un-moderated, not only for that one forum of yours.

[bobbydavro]

Originally posted by FireFly

note that this will make all new posts un-moderated, not only for that one forum of yours.

I'm impressed

When you say all new posts un-moderated you mean all replies will be un-moderated? but new threads will still be moderated in forums where moderation is on of course?

Would you say this is a bad thing? Surely most people have there boards set as un-moderated anyway do they not?

cheers
Firefly

[Admin]

Yup, I mean replies won't be moderated, but threads will be depends on the forum.

It's only a bad thing if you need replies-moderating in any of your forums.

[bobbydavro]

well at the moment I don't but if I did?

or is that being really cheeky

Thinking about it I suppose in my news forum it might be nice to have replies moderated in there..

I'm using the Pluh news hack to display my news forum on the front page, only admin and mods can post new threads (ie a piece of news) but anyone can post a reply, which with Pluh news it gives a little '0 - comments' option. I suppose I may want to moderate replies on this forum so no-one posts anything bad on the front page.

This isn't essential I might add though, in fact I feel cheeky asking if it is possible after you have just solved the one thing that I've been hoping I can do

good work fella!

[Admin]

No problems mate.

Just instead of this: (which we put in last time)

  $visible=1;

you need to use this:

  $visible=iif($foruminfo['forumid']==XXX, 0, 1);

just replace XXX with the ID of the News forum, and voila.

[bobbydavro]

your a star!

I wish all packages that I dealt with had this sort of support!

[Moonwolf]

I turned this into a hack of sorts, with forums settings to toggle moderating replies on and off.

Hack's posted here.

Thanks for the idea, Firefly!

Kathi