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Old Support Topics - Force To Read (FTR)

crimsonsun [ Tue 03 Jun, 2008 20:06 ]
Post subject: Force To Read (FTR)

Righto, I have a 2 IP sites I've setup now and I can't get FTR to work on either of them, Site A or Site B.

I am using:

Latest IP + b Patch + BlackPearl for IP
CMS ADV Mod
Event Reg Mod
IP Flag Mod (Installed on Site B Only)
ACP Site Annoucement Mod (Installed on Site B Only)
FIND Mod (Installed on Site B Only)
And I've put Anonymizer script in the overall_footer to proxy off-site links (Installed on Site B Only)
I've made very minor layout changes in view forum, topic and profile.
Activity Mod (Installed, but commment out again - Not what I thought it was) (Installed on Site B Only)

I have FTR configured, Status is not disabled, Rotated between All Members or New Members, changed the topic.. Created new users and activated them. Disabled/Enabled.. It seems to be a dead duck, which is a shame because this is exactly the feature I was looking for. Any ideas?

crimsonsun [ Wed 04 Jun, 2008 04:30 ]
Post subject: Re: Force To Read (FTR)

Quick edit is always displayed..
Does it matter if the topic is locked? Or if the forum is PRIVATE? etc?

Thank you for your help, any advice is most welcome. Regards

crimsonsun [ Thu 05 Jun, 2008 16:42 ]
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Has anyone had any experience using this feature?

If you have a few minutes to spare, I would love to chat quickly.. I am completely stumpted!

crimsonsun [ Sun 08 Jun, 2008 09:56 ]
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Does anyone use FTR? If so please explain your expirences...

hal9000 [ Fri 04 Jul, 2008 15:18 ]
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Some advice about this? Is not working for me either.

I selected the forum and topic and wrote a message, then I selected "no disabled" to have the mod enabled, and finally I selected to force for "all members". But when I login with an existing user I don't get any message pointing me to read the selected topic.

Chaotic [ Sun 06 Jul, 2008 05:27 ]
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You have to go to the selected forum for it to work. I usually bump a topic after I set the FTR in the ACP.

hal9000 [ Sun 06 Jul, 2008 12:20 ]
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No, it doesn't appear even if I enter the selected forum.

Chaotic [ Sun 06 Jul, 2008 23:33 ]
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It works great on my board.

Lopalong [ Mon 07 Jul, 2008 02:50 ]
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Off Topic
crimsonsun: [View Post]
Quick edit is always displayed..
Does it matter if the topic is locked? Or if the forum is PRIVATE? etc?

Thank you for your help, any advice is most welcome. Regards

Please crimsonsun, One topic per thread unless it can't be avoided as part of the general question.

hal9000 [ Mon 07 Jul, 2008 16:38 ]
Post subject: Re: Force To Read (FTR)

OK, I got it.

The problem was that "disable_ftr" on config table was always "1" whether I select "yes" or "not" for "disable mod" on ACP Force To Read section. I changed it manually to "0" and now it works.

Anyway I had to edit too the "viewforum" and "viewtopic" scripts, because de URL for the FTR topic was being malformed, lacking the topic ID.

I don't know if the problem with "disable_ftr" or the problems with the topic ID have been fixed on 1.2.0.27b patch, because I don't applied it yet, since I didn't have the time to reapply all customizations I made on 1.2.0.27 and 27a.

xmenfile [ Mon 07 Jul, 2008 22:27 ]
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hal9000 wrote: [View Post]
OK, I got it.

The problem was that "disable_ftr" on config table was always "1" whether I select "yes" or "not" for "disable mod" on ACP Force To Read section. I changed it manually to "0" and now it works.

Hi hal9000, i dont see any 1 or 0, where do you change it? Thanks

hal9000 [ Mon 07 Jul, 2008 23:17 ]
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xmenfile wrote: [View Post]
Hi hal9000, i dont see any 1 or 0, where do you change it? Thanks

I mean directly in the config table, in the MySQL database.

xmenfile [ Tue 08 Jul, 2008 00:40 ]
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Thank you hal9000

Mighty Gorgon [ Thu 10 Jul, 2008 00:31 ]
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Did you try switching the option in this section?

ACP => Configuration => Icy Phoenix => Posting And Messages => Completely disable Force Topic Read

(By enabling this option Force Topic Read will be completely disabled)

hal9000 [ Thu 10 Jul, 2008 01:38 ]
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Oops...

I searched for other options related to FTR, but I didn't see that one.

Anyway, there is still the problem (if not fixed in b patch) of the FTR post URL lack of "post ID".

Mighty Gorgon [ Thu 10 Jul, 2008 13:03 ]
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http://www.icyphoenix.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4087

hal9000 [ Thu 10 Jul, 2008 18:00 ]
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I see... I should take the time to apply the patches, but I'm too lazy to re-apply customizations.

KugeLSichA [ Fri 11 Jul, 2008 09:46 ]
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hal9000 wrote: [View Post]
I see... I should take the time to apply the patches, but I'm too lazy to re-apply customizations.

no need to reapply all changes... if you are using WinMerge (like i do by all updates) you see your changes, and need only add the new things