SMF Version: SMF 1.1.2
Hey guys
I was wondering if there is a function or is it possible to bump posts that have been edited? Because at the moment, after posts have been edited, it may go unseen by other members.
Thanks
Is there any reason why you want the post to be on top to be seen by other members? If it's like a readme topic or something, why not just make it a stickied topic so it stays on top?
Well because at our forum there is a no double post rule, just to keep the forum neat and to avoid spammers.
These threads are just normal threads, so we can't go around making them all stickied topics, and even when a stickied topic is edited, other members may not know about it as it doesn't appear in the Recent Posts list etc.
Moved to Mod Requests (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=79.0).
There is no bump feature in SMF. It's been requested in Feature Requests (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=3.0) before (here (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=168924.0) for example), but I don't know if it is going to be included in future releases.
Do you need the bumped topics to appear at the top of Recent Topics and the topic listing inside a board, or other places too?
How about: When a thread is edited, it will get a blue sticker on it like when there's a new reply, just that it will say "edited" instead of "new". In addition to that, the thread will be bumped up as high as to the first "new" reply in the bunch, get it?
If thread #1 #2 and #3 were "new" posts, and some other thread was edited, it would be bumped up to #4, under the earliest "new" reply. Come to think of it, seeing as the "new" stickers' presence depends on each individual user, I'm starting to think my suggestion was in vain :S Aw well, I'll leave it out there for further brainstorming anyways.
I think the bump feature would have to modify message (post) IDs in order for them to be recognized as "bumped". That's because SMF lists topics in the order based on the last message ID, if I remember correctly. I don't like this at all, though. What about bookmarked posts?!...
There's also another way: adding an extra field to the smf_messages and/or smf_topics table and modifying SMF so that it will list topics based on that field, the default value of which would be the same as ID_MSG or ID_LAST_MSG.
When a member, moderator or administrator clicks on the "Bump" button or something, ID_BUMPED_MSG (our new field) would be updated to a value 1 higher than the highest ID_MSG, effectively causing the topic to be listed at the top of Recent Topics or the topic listing in a board.
I have been toying with the idea of creating and releasing this as a mod for quite some time, but I never really started work on it -- the main reason (or excuse :P) being that this feature hasn't been requested by a lot of members and therefore (I guess) is needed only by a few people.
it seems like this is two different ideas, and I like both.
1) be able to bump threads. as moderator I've wished I could do this before, this would be also helpful in making easy adjustment to the order of stickied topics.
2) mark a post as "edited" in message index if user had posted in or was watching a particular thread if/when it's edited would be my thoughts on use of this, rather than an automatic bump due to editing. that would (hopefully) be available for any thread as discussed in #1, if specifically desire and with proper permissions.
I am new to SMF, switching from proboards, I also would like the ability to bump Pinned topics in order to control the order that they appear.
Thanks
Hey, this isn't a bad idea at all!
I like it and it would be cool if someone could make a mod.
I never saw that on any other boards. And its an interesting mod i would like to have.
Some normal members would edit and no one would know.
Maybe if there was another option after someone edited the post, another option to let the user bump the thread after edit.
=)