[BETA] Favorite Threads

Ok my version of the save threads hack is now in beta. I would appreciate if you could test it by going to Favorites.

If you already have an account than please use it or create one (I dont mind!).

Features:

- Users can add a thread to their favorites by using a link on each thread page.
- Users can create folders to categorize their threads
- Users can open and close folders to hide/show their threads
- Users can move muliple threads in and out of folders
- Users can delete multiple threads
- Users can create a new folder at the time of adding a thread or can visit favorites and create folders.
- Folders can be deleted and re-named
- If a thread is deleted by an admin/mod then it won't show up in the users's favorites anymore
- the threads appear just as they would on the forumdisplay with hot/newfolders, thread icons, last poster, etc etc

Only thing missing is for me to break it into pages and any other ideas by you. Please test it out, try to break it and give me ideas for other features. Hopefully this is something that can be included into vB by default.

Caveats - "Invisible Threads" would show up as I don't use them and forgot to hide them in the favorites (will do).

[Edited by rangersfan on 10-23-2000 at 09:19 PM]

Its Brillant

I made a folder for myself on that test account. Hope it was allowed?

Yes make whatever you want, delete whatever you want (it is a test to find bugs!)

cheers

and so far I found no bugs.

Same here.

/me goes back to reoing his forums after he messed up installing the ignore hack.

Anyone every thought of a hack, where the hack would allow other hacks to work, without editing the orgianl files?

Well this hack does not require you to edit any code, and you only have to edit two templates, one to place the link to add a thread in showthread and one to favorites.php in fivelinks.

Here is something to think about...

If a thread is moved to a Private forum it should be deleted from a user's saved threads just as if it was deleted altogether.

Recently I have had my moderators start moving threads to a forum called "purgatory" instead of deleting them. This is for questionable threads only and allows us to "restore" them in necessary.

I have thought about that scenario but doing that will require editing postings.php to modify the favorites table. Simple issue and I will leave it up to those who use the hack to make the change or not since a person would only be able to see the thread title, not be able to open it.

This hack has won a spot in my Sig.

Well Done RangersFan

What a cool hack! I'm sure our users will absolutely love that. Where can we get a hold of the code for this hack?

Thanks, rangersfan!