Least I can do... You did all the hard work

Finally managed to get it all installed.

Couple of queries.

This split / merge function should be an administrator function, however the merge / split options are being presented to ordinary registered users. Unregistered users (guests) don't see them of course. Is this what you intended?

When I select a post (say half way down the thread) and click on "split" I'm taken to a form with radio buttons on the left. The message posted on the right, however, is just the first REPLY in the topic, (i.e. the second message). I can't seem to get to the message I selected in the thread in order to split it out.

I clicked the 2nd button (as suggested in the tip) without selecting the message itself and after pressing GO this created a new topic with the same title as the original. It made a duplicate of the message which was displayed in the column. Couple of curious effects...

1) It didn't remove the message from the original thread - i.e. the message was duplicated under a new topic and

2) It made the duplicate in the new thread a "sticky".

I'm wondering if I've understood these functions correctly. If I want to move a single post from the middle of a thread into my quarantine category (moderators only view), should I be using split (to split it out from the thread) or merge (to merge it into quarantine), or perhaps both in sequence?

I suppose what I was expecting was a "Move" function, but one which could apply to individual posts rather than the entire thread.

Haven't got the buttons to work (icons) yet, but need to check I've put the right names in the icon.php file first.

I would very much appreciate your advice.

Button icons now work. Finger trouble.

awoolford:

in view.php, check if you pasted the addition inside the if statement:

[code:1]if ($is_moderator && $fmessage->parent == '0') {[/code:1]

This guarantees that only moderators will see the functions only on the topic post. As the mod how-to says, you need to paste in the new code immediately after the "move" code in view.php.

The other issues you are experiencing probably have to do with this first glitch. Fix that and let me know how well it worked.

I still am not able to impliment this on my forums, using FB 1.04 and the Numinu template... any help?

-S

to awoolford: and awoolford, I confirm that register don't see the merge and split buttons, only admin and modo.

j0ly: sure we'll help but give more detail.

cynos wrote:
to awoolford: and awoolford, I confirm that register don't see the merge and split buttons, only admin and modo

Interesting, I used the files which you compiled and posted here. (No criticism implied).

I haven't had a chance yet to check the code which gomjabbar highlighted, but if your version works (and I'm assuming you are using the same files you posted) - it would imply a different problem.

Did you find any of the other problems I mentioned with the split function? I would suggest you try it on a random topic with (say) 4 or 5 posts and then try to split the 3rd or 4th message out from the middle. I couldn't do this. Each time I tried, I was presented only with the first reply to the topic starter, (i.e. the 2nd message), and then got some additional curious effects after the split was done. (e.g. sticky).

Warm regards,

Andy

gomjabbar wrote:
As the mod how-to says, you need to paste in the new code immediately after the "move" code in view.php

Sorry for being dumb... can you point me to the "mod how-to"?

Ummm, it's IN the file. Open it and read it.