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DennisTheMenace
Starting Member

United States
7 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  13:39:37  Show Profile
I would like to set up two categories, each with multiple forums:

Managed Category:
Forum 1
Forum 2

Public Category:
Forum 1
Forum 2

Is there a way to not allow REPLIES for the managed category forums? We want customers to post questions, but only moderator employees should be allowed to post replies.

In the public one... everything is open.

Is this possible in Snitz latest version?
-Dennis

Remember... You are unique!! Just like everyone else!
Edited by - DennisTheMenace on 19 December 2007 13:40:02

HuwR
Forum Admin

United Kingdom
20600 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  13:58:27  Show Profile  Visit HuwR's Homepage
No it is not possible with the current code.

I think the usergroups mod may have that functionality, but unsure as I have never used it.
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AnonJr
Moderator

United States
5768 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  14:00:18  Show Profile  Visit AnonJr's Homepage
Usually the request is for the other way around...

It is possible, but it would require some modification to work elegantly.

One solution would be to enable moderation. First you edit the Category, and set it to "Moderation Allowed in this Category". Then, go to each forum in this category that you want to do this in and edit the properties for the forum. You'll see a Moderation list box, if you select "Replies Only Moderated" then the replies won't show up on the forum until they are approved (or deleted, or whatever). From there you can let the user know that they aren't to post replies, etc.

Another solution involves editing the code. I'm not sure of the specifics, but if you wanted to go that route I'm sure that either myself or someone here can help you.
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DennisTheMenace
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United States
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Posted - 19 December 2007 :  14:00:37  Show Profile
Thanks for the quick reply!
-Dennis

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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin

Portugal
26364 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  14:01:40  Show Profile  Send ruirib a Yahoo! Message
No easy way out of the box for that. The only thing that comes close is to have moderation enabled, so that you can reject all unwanted replies. A moderator can always lock the topic and after that only moderators can reply.

So the strategy would be to have moderation on, so that topics can be accepted. Once a mod sees the topic, locks it, stopping the possibility of replies from anyone other than moderators. Replies made between topic posting a topic locking can simply be rejected.

Not the most straightforward solution. Specific code changes could allow you to get what you wanted though.

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AnonJr
Moderator

United States
5768 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  14:01:56  Show Profile  Visit AnonJr's Homepage
quote:
Originally posted by HuwR

I think the usergroups mod may have that functionality, but unsure as I have never used it.


UserGroups as it stands will only restrict a forum to All Access/Read Only/No Access - though it could be tweaked to work.
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DennisTheMenace
Starting Member

United States
7 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  14:02:57  Show Profile
quote:
From there you can let the user know that they aren't to post replies, etc.

Is there a default where I could fill in the info about not posting replies in the Managed Forums?
-Dennis

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AnonJr
Moderator

United States
5768 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  14:03:39  Show Profile  Visit AnonJr's Homepage
You could put it in the forum's description.
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phy1729
Average Member

USA
589 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  14:23:41  Show Profile
You could mod the code like this. This mod will not prevent a clever user from replying but just removes the link.
In topic.asp around line 888 from

		if ((Cat_Status = 1) and (Forum_Status = 1) and (Topic_Status = 1)) and ArchiveView = "" then
			Response.Write	"          <a href=""post.asp?" & ArchiveLink & "method=Reply&TOPIC_ID=" & Topic_ID & "&FORUM_ID=" & Forum_ID & """>" & getCurrentIcon(strIconReplyTopic,"","align=""absmiddle""") & "</a> <a href=""post.asp?" & ArchiveLink & "method=Reply&TOPIC_ID=" & Topic_ID & "&FORUM_ID=" & Forum_ID & """>Reply to Topic</a>" & vbNewLine
		else

to

		if ((Cat_Status = 1) and (Forum_Status = 1) and (Topic_Status = 1)) and ArchiveView = "" and (Cat_ID<>1337) then
			Response.Write	"          <a href=""post.asp?" & ArchiveLink & "method=Reply&TOPIC_ID=" & Topic_ID & "&FORUM_ID=" & Forum_ID & """>" & getCurrentIcon(strIconReplyTopic,"","align=""absmiddle""") & "</a> <a href=""post.asp?" & ArchiveLink & "method=Reply&TOPIC_ID=" & Topic_ID & "&FORUM_ID=" & Forum_ID & """>Reply to Topic</a>" & vbNewLine
		else

Red is added; Blue is to be changed to the category locked number.
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DennisTheMenace
Starting Member

United States
7 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  14:24:10  Show Profile
quote:
You could put it in the forum's description.
Unfortunately, I find that people never read the full description. They barely read pop-ups warning that something is about to be installed... and click continue!
-Dennis

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DennisTheMenace
Starting Member

United States
7 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  14:29:26  Show Profile
Thanks phy1729. I think I am going to have to go the moderation enabled route (on replies)...

This will allow my employees to reply, the customer to reply to our reply, and have the ability to delete any other reply.

Thanks for all of the suggestions!
-Dennis

Remember... You are unique!! Just like everyone else!
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phy1729
Average Member

USA
589 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  14:34:00  Show Profile
But I was just getting started on a mod Oh well I'll save it for another time.
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AnonJr
Moderator

United States
5768 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  14:49:07  Show Profile  Visit AnonJr's Homepage
It might not be a bad idea to use both approaches... that way the clever people who manually enter the reply link will get caught by the moderation.

And yes, most people don't read the description, but if its there you have something to point to when they start to complain.

phy1729, if you really want to do a useful MOD I'd suggest taking the UserGroup MOD and extending it to allow for Reply Only/New Topic Only as well as the current Full Access/Read Only/No Access - there are a couple other things I've been meaning to do with it "in my spare time" ... too bad there isn't much "spare time".
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DennisTheMenace
Starting Member

United States
7 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  14:59:28  Show Profile
phy1729 - Don't give up! Heck yeah! I'm all for a MOD too!

Need a nice simple definition?

A forum that is labeled "managed" could only have NEW posts. Replies would then only be allowed by Moderators & the original poster.

The moderators would be assigned just like any other forum.
-Dennis

Remember... You are unique!! Just like everyone else!
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phy1729
Average Member

USA
589 Posts
Posted - 19 December 2007 :  15:22:55  Show Profile
Mod idea continued at 66123
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