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Davio
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 Posted - 25 November 2006 : 15:45:27
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You are free to work on the subscriptions part. I haven't looked at the code for a little while. Been busy. But if you do work on it, would appreciate it if you shared it with me, so I couldn't probably use it in the mod.  < |
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CalloftheHauntedMaster
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Posted - 07 December 2006 : 16:52:39
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| Is this thing still in beta testing? Cause I'd like to try it on my live forum...< |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 07 December 2006 : 18:00:27
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Yes it is. From all indications, the main core of the mod works. That is, it merges posts topics. Just that some features are not done yet, as seen in the first post.
If these things are not trivial to you, you can give it a whirl. Otherwise, would suggest holding off on it.< |
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CalloftheHauntedMaster
Junior Member
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Posted - 07 December 2006 : 18:16:57
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Well, I do not use subscriptions anywhere nor do I have the "email member of moved post" feature turned on. Therefore, these issues don't affect my forum in any pertinent way.
Guess I'll try it out.
Maybe you should make an auto-merge double post mod next, eh? < |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 07 December 2006 : 18:22:12
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Auto-merge? lol Umm, sounds like trouble.
I think there are somethings left for moderators to do. < |
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CalloftheHauntedMaster
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Posted - 07 December 2006 : 18:38:03
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Nah, it seems simple (http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=63497)
Besides, why let moderators do it when you've already written 2 awesome mods. Go for 3 out of 3. 
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MarkJH
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 January 2007 : 14:17:08
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Was going to install this MOD then noticed how easy it was for a moderator to delete the wrong topic.
Is there no easier way of doing this than having to type the URL of the topic you'd like to merge with another? Anything involving typing URLs or deleting topics has DANGER written all over it! Even the most on-the-ball mod or admin could still make mistakes.< |
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CalloftheHauntedMaster
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Posted - 16 January 2007 : 15:01:07
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Your worries seem unfounded Mark. The topics are merged and then the second topic is deleted. You can't accidentally delete a topic because this mod will specifically combine them into one. Ergo, no danger of losing a topic.
And if the wrong ones are merged, use the split topic mod to correct this problem. That's why I have them both installed and working flawlessly.  < |
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Davio
Development Team Member
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Posted - 16 January 2007 : 18:15:29
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Not sure how deleting topics comes into play here, unless you mean, on your own forum, mods delete topics by mistake too easily?
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Is there no easier way of doing this than having to type the URL of the topic you'd like to merge with another?
Sure. The merge page could list all topics that have been posted and you could choose which topic to merge with. How does that sound?
That is, if you don't mind waiting for 100, or 1,000, or 10,000 or 50,000 topics to load. Might be on that merge page all day.
You also could have check boxes beside the topics on the forum.asp page and active.asp pages and select two topics and then click the merge topic icon. But then again, adding that code might be a little more difficult for users to add to the files. I kept the amount of code you needed to add, to make it less difficult to install.
But if you have a better idea, let me know.< |
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MarkJH
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 January 2007 : 18:44:09
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Your worries seem unfounded Mark. The topics are merged and then the second topic is deleted. You can't accidentally delete a topic because this mod will specifically combine them into one. Ergo, no danger of losing a topic
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Not sure how deleting topics comes into play here, unless you mean, on your own forum, mods delete topics by mistake too easily?
Okay, I understand now. In my over-worked, under-rested state, I misunderstood the text on the merge.asp page. It's all clear now.
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Sure. The merge page could list all topics that have been posted and you could choose which topic to merge with. How does that sound?
I know, I know. I can't think of an easier way, either. Just wondering really if anybody has any experience with other forum software to see if they've found a simpler way of doing this.< |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 16 January 2007 : 19:40:40
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I know, I know. I can't think of an easier way, either. Just wondering really if anybody has any experience with other forum software to see if they've found a simpler way of doing this.
Sure. This whole idea came from using vBulletin. The thing is, they have check boxes beside all their posts and threads, making it much much easier to do mod tasks on multiple threads/posts. But alas, adding check boxes beside our own topics/replies will take a bit of modding, which won't be too easy for the casual snitz admin.
Hence, why the url option is used. With today's browsers using tab's, it makes it easier to find the topic in another tab, while having the merge topic page in another.< |
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CalloftheHauntedMaster
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Posted - 16 January 2007 : 20:05:29
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vBulletin is pretty cool in general. What I like about it most is the searching. It's superb. Actually, HuwR's .net forums have the same search structure.
Oh, and Davio, if you recall, I brought up a mod that would prevent double posting. Looks like I found one in the archives: http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=55795< |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 16 January 2007 : 21:25:41
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You like the searching? I actually dislike it, more so that you can't search for any word shorter than 4 letters. So I wouldn't be able to search for 'mod' and other 3 letter abbreviations.
Ah well.< |
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MarkJH
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 17 January 2007 : 16:27:27
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Found a bug.
Wow, that was fast.
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Would there be a simple fix?
I dunno, I haven't looked at it yet. 
Not sure why it would do that though. It doesn't create a topic, nor does it touches the Sticky option in the topic table. It just updates the last post info in the topic table.
Are you sure you set the right topic to be the target topic? Maybe you had moved the sticky topic into the non-sticky topic?< |
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Edited by - Davio on 17 January 2007 16:39:08 |
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Merge Topic Mod BETA 2
