able to 'complete' a thread?

ecg · 01-06-2003, 04:31 PM

Hi...
I really appreciate this forum and the patient people on it :-)

one thing I'd like to be able to do:

complete a thread...ie I've started a new thread (after searching through the forum to see if its already been answered of course!) and someones helped me find the answer.

I think it would be nice to be able to tag the thread as complete.. as in answered.. then:
1)when people search.. its easier to see which threads have a complete answer
2)when people come on to answer Q they can see that this thread is answered...

I suggest this because when I've been searching through the forum it helps when theres a reply to the effect "Hey this worked" .. so I've done that when happy with the answer.. which sends the thread to the top of the list again (when in fact I don't need any more attention)...

Beth

Shadeless · 01-07-2003, 03:48 AM

it would sure be something usefull

planetsim · 01-10-2003, 11:07 PM

now the only thing is how would you go about it. Would an Admin or Moderator say its complete or will the User or person requiring help. Id say itd be the user requiring help. Now itd take some time. And a new feild would need to be made in the posts table. The only problem is. What happens if a thread is complete and the user doesnt say its complete

ecg · 01-12-2003, 07:31 PM

I was thinking the original poster.. or a moderator if the poster disappears (ie doesn't say.. yes complete)...

But how much extra work does that make for a moderator?

Would still like them to be reopenable..
ie at the moment I'm working with arrays and have found one way to do what I want... but realise that I'll probably find a better way later... and when I do.. I could repost a 'more intelligent' solution... Or if someone else finds a better way they could repost (rather than creating a new post....)

Beth :-)

jstarkey · 01-14-2003, 05:54 PM

The original poster can always edit the subject line and add [complete] or something similar to the beginning of it.

The problem with this is: we have 30,000+ members, how many do you think will take the time to mark a thread solved?

Shadeless · 01-15-2003, 04:22 AM

not many,

but alot of people say hey thx it worked, and if there would be an this thread is completed button/checkbox next to submit reply i think many would do.

jstarkey · 01-16-2003, 06:36 PM

I've put this on the todo list. I'll see what I can do, and chec to make sure it's not in vB 3. The problem with our end is, we can't hack the code. Trying to keep up with updates would take forever. I ran into that with Flashkit. I had to script the update from 1.2 to 2.8 with over 350,000 members and 1.5 million posts. Ain't gonna do that again lol

volleytotal.ch · 01-16-2003, 06:39 PM

why don't add a link for the original poster which will change the original subject to "[complete] original_post_topic"?
of course, this link is only accessible for the original poster ...

the layout can be as the "poll" or "moved" thing!

if you need help doing this, just drop me a PM

hth

jstarkey · 01-16-2003, 07:08 PM

I'll see what I can do. Again we're back to hacking the board.

vB allows php code in the head, so I'm thinking I can include a file with all my functions. Adding the link is easy enough, but parsing the variables is where the problem lies.

I'm going to try that now.