XThreads

My Spiel
XThreads is one of my larger plugins which I have been working on for a while.  Originally planned to release it inline with MyBB 1.6, but who knows when that'll be out.  It perhaps doesn't include everything I wanted it to, but does have most of the things (plus I want to move onto other projects).

What does it do?
Take a look at RateU's forum for some nice ideas of what it can do.  I also have some more basic examples here of what can be done with XThreads.  I'm pretty sure there are many other applications of this plugin, but those examples just give you some simple ideas.

The basic idea is giving you the ability to define custom fields for your threads, and providing methods to give you a lot of flexibility with customising forums.

Warning: I'm not going to bother with "beta" labels and so on.  I've done some testing on this myself, but it's by no means extensive.  Use this at your own risk.

Installation Instructions: standard installation procedures apply - you can find them in the announcement here.
You may need to CHMOD the uploads/xthreads_ul/ folder to 0777 after uploading the files (probably won't though).

Upgrade Instructions: unless stated otherwise, the general procedure for upgrades is to simply upload the new files, then visit your AdminCP.  In there, you'll be presented with a notice to run the upgrade - just follow what it says from there on.

Usage Instructions: this is a complex plugin, and unfortunately, you're probably going to have to figure this out yourself, depending on what you want to achieve with this plugin.  HTML and CSS knowledge is strongly recommended; you should also be familiar with MyBB's template system.  Some demonstrations can be found here - hopefully these will give you a good idea of how things work.  I suggest looking at the thread descriptions example, as this is fairly easy to understand (IMO).  If you can understand how everything works, there, perhaps try out the gallery example.

Known conflicting plugins
- MyPlaza Turbo -
If you are using MyPlaza Turbo, note that the author decided to use a particularly odd method to implement certain functionality, practically destroying compatibility with any plugin which hooks into the forum add/edit routines.  I've included a patch to address this issue - you need to replace inc/myplaza/myplaza_admin_plugin.php with the following file (it's unlikely that this will be committed as the author has decided to discontinue development)

  myplaza_admin_plugin.php (Size: 56.27 KB / Downloads: 2307)

- PL9 Forum Icons -
Affects certain functionality.  See here for a solution.

- PHP in Templates, v1.4 or older -
Similar to PL9 Forum Icons - solution is just to update to the latest version.

- MyAdvertisements - (update: older versions only, later versions may not conflict)
Affects some thread functionality, see here for a solution.

- Group Post CSS -
See here http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthre...http://mybbhacks.zingaburga.com/showthread.php?tid=378&pid=59

All bug reports, suggestions, criticisms are appreciated (though I may not always implement suggestions) so please feel free to post them.
If you find this plugin useful, I would be grateful if you could give some token of appreciation for the work that has gone into this, and perhaps post some example usages you've come up with in the XThreads forum to help others get an idea of what can be achieve with this plugin (and for my own interest's sake ).


Github: https://github.com/zingaburga/XThreads-MyBB-Plugin
Note: do NOT use the Github version, unless you know what you're doing
Changelogs: v1.10, v1.20, v1.21, v1.22, v1.23, v1.24, v1.25, v1.26, v1.27, v1.30, v1.31, v1.32, v1.337, v1.40, v1.41, v1.42, v1.43, v1.44, v1.45, v1.46, v1.47, v1.50, v1.51, v1.52, v1.53, v1.60, v1.61, v1.62, v1.63, v1.64, v1.65, v1.66, v1.67, v1.68

[RateU]

I think it affects the default MyBB thread prefix only, not the thread prefixes made in XThreads.

[Fey]

Hey,

I tried out the plugin, but I think I have a general problem with it. When I tried out the Thread Description, it didn't show a new field under thread subject. So I tried it with Thread Image - the same. I think the input field is just not shown..

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Ensure that your templates have been modified correctly for your theme (see second post in this thread).
In particular, {$extra_threadfields} should be present in both your editpost and newthread templates for your theme.

[jim7777]

Oh Zinga can I suggest to have an option something like the specific moderator of that forum can also edit a specific thread field (like fields editable by admins only) but not the same specific thread field in the other forums that the user doesn't moderate? well it will be kinda useful to my part, i still make same thread fields for each forum but only specific groups can edit it. I think this can be useful with forums with the Approve / Disapprove thread features (not the mybb default, you know what i mean )

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

I believe the Editable By: Moderators setting does take into consideration forum specific moderators.  Is that not the case for you?
Alternatively, you can select custom groups for the Editable By setting.

[jim7777]

(08-01-2011 08:29 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  I believe the Editable By: Moderators setting does take into consideration forum specific moderators.  Is that not the case for you?

Well, nope. I want to have a thread field that it considers the Editable By setting which includes also the moderator groups in charge in that forum where the field is applied even though that group is not set in the Editable By setting.
Kinda hard making different fields for each forum that you only want those fields to be editable only by the moderator group in charge in that forum (for my forum though).

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Either I don't really understand you, or I can't understand why forum moderators won't work.

Example:
Forum A - moderated by group C
Forum B - moderated by group D


Set thread field to editable by "Moderators", and only group C, super moderators and administrators will be able to edit it in forum A, and group D, super mods+admins able to edit it in forum B.

[bogdan]

I don't know if this is a bug but the XThreads Options section under Forum Settings has a note: "these settings do not cascade down into child forums". The exact opposite happens to me - WAMP Server, MyBB 1.6.4, XThreads 1.45.

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Can you give any specific example?

[bogdan]

I don't have a link but this is what I did:

Forum Structure:
Parent Forum
--Child Forum

Added a template (forumicon_forumbit_depth2_forum, in my case), went to Parent Forum settings and set the Template Prefix to forumicon_. Child Forum uses the same template, even if its Template Prefix is blank. To fix the issue I had to create a copy of the original forumbit_depth2_forum, name it forumiconoff_forumbit_depth2_forum and set the Template Prefix for Child Forum to forumiconoff_. Is this normal behavior?