ok I tried the hack, im getting this error though

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ' 1606

blakey87 wrote:

Well no Fireboard developers got in contact in this post, Im still willing to let anyone of them handle this project, but if that cant be the case then an outside coder has stated that price.

Did anyone try and contact any of the devs directly? It would be a real shame if this got paid for if plans were in the works to implement such a feature. Just because the devs don't post often on the boards doesn't mean they aren't hard at work on FB.

gomjabbar, this is excellent, thank you

gomjabbar wrote:
I wonder how many people would be interested in adding "prepend" and "append" options to the merge function? Right now, the thread tree gets attached to the first post (merge) of the target thread but it can easily be reversed (prepend), or the first post of the old thread can be attached to the last post of the target thread (append).As someone that doesn't use threading (I remember the developers asking if it should be removed) and a quick check of my users prefs show that none of them are using threading I would prefer to see the two threads merged by date order if that makes sense!? Probably horrible to code but you asked what we would like

grumblemarc wrote:
Did anyone try and contact any of the devs directly? It would be a real shame if this got paid for if plans were in the works to implement such a feature. Just because the devs don't post often on the boards doesn't mean they aren't hard at work on FB.I totally agree and suddenly remembered I hadn't checked their tracker. There is a feature request for splitting threads but there doesn't seem to be one at all for merging them! I have now created the feature request for merging threads and linked it to this forum thread so they can see the code here. I guess it's probably a good thing that they are separate tasks as I guess it would be separate code.

Everyone,

Please note that the initial version had a slight problem due to not enough testing time ( think > 2 min.) Attached is a better and meaner version. It allows you to merge in four different ways:

1. Attach source thread to first post of target thread (default).
2. Attach target thread to first post of source thread (inverse merge).
3. Append source thread to last post of target thread (append).
4. Append target thread to last post of source thread (prepend).

dogsbody:
In your case and mine (flat view), the default merge and inverse merge options will result in all posts from the two threads being sorted by date of posting. Still, you need to make the alteration in step 4. to make sure appended and prepended threads get displayed correctly.

Awaiting comments and error reports.

and now... the attachment that didn't work

Also, if you want to see a working example, head over to my site (see signature). Hint: if you create a child forum, you will be automatically assigned as its moderator.

If I get enough big-ups, who knows, maybe tomorrow we'll have a split function...

wow split would be awesome! please do this

Dear all,

Attached is a Merge & Split mod for Fireboard front-end moderation. I improved the merge functions (slight issue with ordering) and developed a rather feature-rich split function that allows moderators to select posts to split and new topic post. It also allows them to change the topic post on an existing thread.

The only caveat is I'm *not* running latest version of Fireboard and I've made so many other mods to my code that I really don't know where the original code ends and mine begins. Still, this mod introduces only one slight and non-essential modification--the rest are all additions. So I'm thinking it shouldn't behave differently. That said, it would be wise to have someone running a beta 1.0.4 or another recent version test the mod and report back.

All seems to work well on my site. You can test the two moderator functions by creating a child forum from the top menu to which you will be automatically assigned as moderator.

blakey87:

a note regarding Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ' 1606

The simple text format I posted the code in may be the cause of this issue. See if replacing the ' character changes the error to another line.

Looks like I gone and killed this thread.

Attached is a newer version of the mod which remembers to update the subscriptions and favorites accordingly. Can anyone report on group implementation in 1.0.4, if any? Do I need to update or check anything else in the database?

I'm completing an upgrade to FB 1.0.4 on my beta site and will report the functioning of the mod on the latest stable version soon. In the meantime, I wonder if I'm not talking to myself here.

No Im watching this thread very carefully, will you be inplementing the single move topic, as if you do then this wishlist will be be complete thanks for your earlier reply too, I tested an earlier version on your site, the merge setup is really really good, I apreciate your hard work !

THANKS AGAIN