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gomjabbar wrote:
If your merge and split functions are inside the same if statement as the move function, and if regular users can still see them, this should mean that they see the move function also. If they do, then something else is wrong with your code. If they don't see the move icon, then your merge and split are definitely *outside* the if statement.


Hi gomjabbar,

I've looked in view php and found the moderator code, but I can't determine if it's in the right place or not. I promise I did try.

I'm not a programmer and I'm way out of my depth I'm afraid. The view.php file I'm using is the one that cynos kindly compiled from your instructions and uploaded here in an earlier thread.

Cynos reports that it works fine on his system, but just to be sure I attach my copy of it here (renamed view.txt).

If you have the time, would you very kindly be able to check it for me please to make sure the additions are all in the right place?

Regards,

Andy

awoolford:

Sorry for the delay. I moved the code to the right place and I'm posting the file here. It should work now.

No probs with the delay... I'm sure you must be very busy and I really appreciate your giving your time.

Many thanks for your help. I'll let you know how it works out.

Regards,

Andy

Does this mod allow an admin to split more than just the last post in a thread?

I've modded my files and things seem to be working and I have a thread I want to split. The thread needs the last three posts splitting from it but I only see the merge/split icons in the admin options for the last post.

a.) can you only split one entry at a time?
b.) if I split the last post then will I be able to go back into the thread I'm splitting and then split what is now the last post and merge it into the thread I created by my last actions?
c.) can you only split the last entry and no more at all?

Cheers

sastrugi:

First, I'm not sure why you're seeing the merge/split icons in the last post. They should be accessible through the topic post only. That may be a problem. It shouldn't matter from where you are accessing the split function--it should still give you a preview of all posts in the thread to select--all except the topic post, which you shouldn't be able to split out.

a.) Yes, you can split one post at a time if you select it in the split column. It automatically becomes a topic even if you haven't selected it as one in the second column.
b.) I think this question stems from your seeing the split/merge functions in the last post and thus developing a misconseption about what these functions should do. See above.
c.) See a.) You can split off any one or more posts except the topic.

Hope this helps.

gomjabbar:

Thanks for the reply.

There seems to be something strange going on:

a.) if I go into a topic that I have not posted in at all then I see no split/merge options at all, in any post, no matter what the length (pages) that the topic covers.
b.) if I go into a topic that I have posted into then I do not see the split/merge icons until I scroll down to my post and then I see them in all posts from all users after my first post on that page.
c.) if the topic covers several pages then the pattern in b.) is repeated - i.e. I do not see the options to split/merge until my post and then they are present in each post after that (to the bottom of that one page).


Cheers,


PS If I do select "split" from a post where I can see that icon, then only that one post is presented to me for splitting; i.e. I do not see a table/list of all posts that would allow me to select multiple posts to split.

Just to clarify; I am using FB 1.04 and the modded/zipped files from Cynos as posted in page 6 of this thread.

sastrugi:

Download the view.php file I just posted for awoolford and make sure that yours matches. Seems like you pasted the functions into the wrong if statement. If your view.php matches the one I posted, then the problem is in your message.php placement. Refer to the respective step in the How-To and make sure you've pasted the new code in the correct place.

Cheers gomjabbar; I'll go back to stage one and try again from the raw files this time

Hmm, well, editing the files using the instructions and code in your original post did cure the behaviour I mentioned that I was seeing before.

There is a different issue now: if I enter a topic and select "split" [from the topic post] I am presented with a table of the posts in that thread and selectors next to each post ...as I would expect.

However, I notice two things:

1.) some posts/entries into that topic are not listed
2.) if I select posts to split and action the change then I get an error saying "Select at least one post to split"

The topic/thread I am trying to split has 33 replies