[RELEASE] Save Threads Version 1.0

Hi There!

This thread (as the name implies) allows registered users to "save" threads that interest them, and go back and view them all on one page whenever they want. It's sort of like "bookmarking" their favorite threads.

Took awhile, but it works just fine. Did a clean install, followed my own readme instruction and it works! It's not amazing by any means, but I think it came out surprisingly well.

Here's all I need from you all:
- Please report any bugs to me ASAP.
- Please make suggestions for future editions.
- Please feel free to tell me what aspects of it you think I should lose.

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Download
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http://www.movieforums.com/hacks/


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Demo
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http://www.spunkyjunk.com/testboard/


Here are some things I have planned for future versions:
- Ability to create folders to sort the saved threads.
- Searching the saved threads.
- Having it slip over into multiple pages with larger totals.
- Having the saved threads page reflect topics with new posts, just as the forums do when you're logged in.


I also know that Ed or rangersfan could create a better hack that does the same things in about a day - but I hope they won't have to now Thanks to the programmers here to also answered some of my questions about the script.

Please let me know what you think, and list your boards here so I can see it in use!


[Edited by TWTCommish on 09-30-2000 at 09:47 PM]

Oh, I found a small bug shortly after posting this...it's fixed now and the ZIP file has been updated. Woohoo.

Questions to ponder for you:

• What if a thread is deleted by the poster/admin, will it still show in your list or did you modify editpost.php and postings.php to take care of this potential problem
  
• What if I save 100 threads, did you put in code to break the list in to multiple
  pages?

I'm going to hold out installing this until some of the issues rangersfan pointed out are taken care of.

Nice job

Nope...as a I mentioned, I simply do not know how to split it over into multiple pages. I'd be willing to try though.

As for deletion of threads...good point. If that's a major issue for everyone, I can probably make the change if needed.

TWTCommish

Anyway of making this so the member can have only those messages that have been posted since they last logged on saved to his/her list?

Parker

You mean automatically saved? No, no.

Doesn't the "View New Posts" link produce what you want?

TWT making pages is not very hard to do. You can dl my avatar hack and copy the code it uses to make pages and adapt it to yours.

It just does like:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Nothing fancy but it works.

Very nice TWT! I'm sure my users will dig this.. much of our board is used as "reference" material and now they can have their own folder of it. Excellent work, I was going to write something like this myself. I'm gonna give you a few days to work in the page-splits before I install it. We don't delete threads so that part doesn't matter.

Thanks !

nice.. can't wait to see the finished hack