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Tristan Lall 16-03-2008 13:24

Marking old threads
 
We've been seeing a lot of old threads get bumped back up to the top lately. Is it possible to have vBulletin render threads over a certain age, or with no activity in a while differently? Maybe substitute red for orange in the colour scheme, just so people know that there's something different about the thread that they're replying to?

And I just noticed that in this CD Forum Support forum, there's a big yellow box that appears when you reply. Is it practical to make a similar warning on old or unused threads?

DonRotolo 16-03-2008 13:47

Re: Marking old threads
 
Agreed, I've sometimes replied to a thread from, say, 2004 before I realized it. Anything with the last post over 6 months ago should offer some kind of warning. Ditto offering Reputation for old posts.

I do not think there is a standard VB function for this, but in the past Brandon has worked php magic...

Brandon Martus 17-03-2008 11:55

Re: Marking old threads
 
I have a script to close the older threads in certain forums .. I forgot to run that. I was reminded, and forgot again. Maybe this reminder will make its way to completion before I head to the LA regional this week .. :)

-Brandon


EDIT: I did it .. around 7000 older threads are now closed.

AustinSchuh 17-03-2008 13:00

Re: Marking old threads
 
Why not put it in a cron job and have it run every week or so? That way the old memory doesn't have to remember to run it.


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