ModTools

blizeH · May 2007

Hi there, yup I selected the posts I want to merge with the checkboxes, entered the discussion ID at the top and it still threw up that error ^ :(

jawele · May 2007

what browser/platform/extension are you using?
Strange that it throws the error....
I will update the extension to show properly the error....with friendly urls...
but I need to reproduce your error to be able to pinpoint the problem..

circuit · May 2007

this extension causes the forum to go blank until i disable it again :(

jawele · May 2007

please, if you encounter unexpected behavior report this:

what browser/platform/extension are you using?

can you reproduce the error?

describe the steps to reproduce the error

avoid to report, extension is not working or extension causes forum to go blank..... that will not make it work ;)

thx in advance!

HINT
if forum goes blank try to take out all extensions only leave modtools, then add one by one your extensions and see which is the one that make conflict, and report it here ;)

blizeH · May 2007

Hi there, I'm using Firefox, Vanilla 1.0.0.3, Friendly URLs and err, I guess that's it :-)

circuit · May 2007

# what browser/platform/extension are you using? - firefox on xp

# can you reproduce the error? - yes, every time i activate the extension

# describe the steps to reproduce the error - i activate it, the discussion list page is white, no code when i 'view source' either

this has also happened in the past with other extensions like vanillazilla

Tiggr · May 2007

Strange! Which version of php do you use?

jawele · May 2007

blizeH
are you using Dinoboff's .htacces file for friendly urls?

if not try to use that and tell me if you still have the same error...

circuit
this is strange....
nobody is reporting that...
do a php info on the machine where your forum is and whisper that to me... if you want...

circuit · May 2007

PHP version 4.4.4 - i will whisper my phpinfo now

jawele · May 2007

circuit can you update to latest PHP?

circuit · May 2007

not sure, i will ask my host

circuit · May 2007

ok, i changed to 5.2.2 and now i cannot turn on/off any extensions. i tried to CHMOD the extensions.php file to make it writeable but the changes aren't sticking.

Minisweeper · May 2007

Have you recently upgraded to vanilla 1.1.2? Do you get any JS/Ajax errors anywhere that you're aware of?

circuit · May 2007

i had to go back to php 4.4.4. the 5.2.2 install on my host (hostgator) is very odd, nothing was working correctly.
i haven't upgraded vanilla for a long time, as it caused some problems with wordpress integration.
i'm going to test vanilla on my other host (dreamhost). if it works i'll just move everything over there.

jawele · May 2007

I use dreamhost and I've everything working there with vanilla.... so I guess it should work for you also....

circuit · May 2007

it still didn't work on dreamhost until i upgraded to the latest version of vanilla... so there was either a bug in the old version of vanilla, or a corrupted file on my install.

Apreche · May 2007

This extension works for me, but it has a terrible interface. It is far too difficult to merge and split discussions. There needs to be a separate more efficient interface besides a checkbox on every post. I'll see if I can come up with something.

jawele · May 2007

@circuit
what version you had before of vanilla?

@Apreche
if you can improve the UI that will be great!
I did not really focus on the interface too much
as my efforts were more focused on make the thing
working and compatible with major extensions....

@blizeH
any news?

circuit · May 2007

previously i had 1.0.3

Lussumo Bot · May 2007

Uploaded version 0.06b of ModTools.

jawele · May 2007

-fixed different issues with friendly urls

dkodr · May 2007

Could anyone please help me integrate it with the Tabled theme?

jawele · May 2007

lipa, I've updated modtools, now it integrates with Tabled theme,
however you need to tweak two files in the tabled theme.... to get it nicely...
maybe you could suggest this in the Tabled theme thread...

so here it goes the modification:

search for this in the file discussions.php


	if ($this->Context->Configuration['USE_CATEGORIES']) {
		echo '
		<th class="DiscussionCategory">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('Category').'</th>';
	}
	echo '
		<th class="DiscussionStarted">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('StartedBy').'</th>
		<th class="DiscussionComments">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('Comments').'</th>
		<th class="DiscussionLastComment">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('LastCommentBy').'</th>
		<th class="DiscussionActive">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('LastActive').'</th>
	';
	if ($this->Context->Session->UserID > 0) {
		echo '
		<th class="DiscussionNew">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('NewCaps').'</th>';
	}

and replace with this:


	if ($this->Context->Configuration['USE_CATEGORIES']) {
		echo '
		<th class="DiscussionCategory">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('Category').'</th>';
	}
	echo '
		<th class="DiscussionStarted">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('StartedBy').'</th>
		<th class="DiscussionComments">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('Comments').'</th>
		<th class="DiscussionLastComment">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('LastCommentBy').'</th>
		<th class="DiscussionActive">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('LastActive').'</th>
	';
	if ($this->Context->Session->User->Permission('PERMISSION_MODERATE_COMMENTS')) {
		echo '
		<th class="DiscussionModerate">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('Moderate').'</th>';
	}
	if ($this->Context->Session->UserID > 0) {
		echo '
		<th class="DiscussionNew">'.$this->Context->GetDefinition('NewCaps').'</th>';
	}

and then search for this in the file discussion.php


	if ($this->Context->Configuration['USE_CATEGORIES']) {
		$DiscussionList .= '
		<td class="DiscussionCategory"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'index.php', '', 'CategoryID', $Discussion->CategoryID).'">'.$Discussion->Category.'</a></td>';
	}
	$DiscussionList .= '
		<td class="DiscussionStarted"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'account.php', '', 'u', $Discussion->AuthUserID).'">'.$Discussion->AuthUsername.'</a></td>
		<td class="DiscussionComments">'.$Discussion->CountComments.'</td>
		<td class="DiscussionLastComment"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'account.php', '', 'u', $Discussion->LastUserID).'">'.$Discussion->LastUsername.'</a></td>
		<td class="DiscussionActive"><a href="'.$LastUrl.'">'.TimeDiff($this->Context, $Discussion->DateLastActive,mktime()).'</a></td>';
	if ($this->Context->Session->UserID > 0) {
		$DiscussionList .= '
		<td class="DiscussionNew"><a href="'.$NewUrl.'">'.$Discussion->NewComments.'</a></td>';
	}

and replace with this


	if ($this->Context->Configuration['USE_CATEGORIES']) {
		$DiscussionList .= '
		<td class="DiscussionCategory"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'index.php', '', 'CategoryID', $Discussion->CategoryID).'">'.$Discussion->Category.'</a></td>';
	}
	$DiscussionList .= '
		<td class="DiscussionStarted"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'account.php', '', 'u', $Discussion->AuthUserID).'">'.$Discussion->AuthUsername.'</a></td>
		<td class="DiscussionComments">'.$Discussion->CountComments.'</td>
		<td class="DiscussionLastComment"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'account.php', '', 'u', $Discussion->LastUserID).'">'.$Discussion->LastUsername.'</a></td>
		<td class="DiscussionActive"><a href="'.$LastUrl.'">'.TimeDiff($this->Context, $Discussion->DateLastActive,mktime()).'</a></td>';
	if ($this->Context->Session->User->Permission('PERMISSION_MODERATE_COMMENTS')) {
		$DiscussionList .= '
		<td class="DiscussionModerate"><a href="'.GetUrl($this->Context->Configuration, 'extension.php', '', '', '', '', 'PostBackAction=ShowModTools&DiscussionID='.$Discussion->DiscussionID, '').'">this Discussion ID '.$Discussion->DiscussionID.'</a></td>';
	}
	if ($this->Context->Session->UserID > 0) {
		$DiscussionList .= '
		<td class="DiscussionNew"><a href="'.$NewUrl.'">'.$Discussion->NewComments.'</a></td>';
	}

Lussumo Bot · May 2007

Uploaded version 0.06.10b of ModTools.

dkodr · May 2007

Had to change it anyway, because of the modifications i made to discussion.php and discussions.php some time ago. But thanks to your tips I managed to get it to work properly. Thank you! Still there are some problems:

- Selecting comments doesn't work (Firebug gives tgis error: SwitchCheckboxModTools is not defined)
- Changing the discussion title doesn't work

I'll try to determine if it's caused by an other extension.

jawele · May 2007

lipa what platform, browser and extensions you got?

jfischer · May 2007

Need some basic "user manual" type info for Modtools. So, I have a series of comments that are off-topic, and need to be put into their own discussion. I select "Split Mode", and I see TWO copies of the thread, one after the other. Do I delete the comments to be moved from the topmost copy, and delete the comments that "stay" from the bottom copy, and then rename the discussion title for the bottom copy? Or what? Is there even terse instructions for the use of these tools? Sorry to be so stupid, but I'd rather not mess up "live" discussions, and I'd also rather not install a whole 'nother copy of Vanilla as a testbed for experiementing.

Tiggr · May 2007

Hi!

> and I see TWO copies of the thread, one after the other.

Yeah, that's strange, but same for me! I've just worked with the top copy...

jawele · May 2007

thx jfischer and Tiggr for reporting that!

you're not stupid at all jfischer! ;)

I was not aware of that! it should be only one copy... Tiggr did you have this "copy" behaviour since the beginning?

Tiggr · May 2007

I'm not shure, but I belive it's new!

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