Thread Title 'Tagging'

[HabboForum]

A Tag System for Thread Titles

When a user creates a thread, they can select a 'tag' from a drop-down menu to the left of the title field.

The tags are then automatically prepended to the start of the thread title, perhaps surrounded by characters such as [ and ].

For example:
For a media-based review forum, the drop-down menu would include values such as 'Film', 'Book', 'Music', 'TV', etc.

When creating a review thread, the user selects which type of review they are writing, and when they post their topic, their thread title automatically reads '[TV] Tweenies' or '[FILM] Madagascar'.

[phlogiston]

I've been working on something like this for myself.

Trying to keep it ALL plugin is proving difficult as from what I can see when the threadbit is processed only the standard thread table fields are available.

Adding a new field to store the thread tag is easy enough for editting but to retreive it when needed is not so simple :(


I've mocked something up just now that works by storing the thread tag in the title or notes field as they are available by default...
(not tidy & tested enough for sharing for a bit)

Hopefully someone else is having more success or better ideas?

[HabboForum]

When the thread is created, could it not just be added to the start of the title field?

[HabboForum]

Anybody have any luck with this?

[phlogiston]

I've managed to work my way round to getting this done without file edits.

At the moment it is just basic set up with tags for threads editable & showing in forumdisplay.
Bit of work to do on the actual admin side and then extend the tag displays to eg. the breadcrumb and hopefully offer filtering & the like.

Can't say how long till I get the chance to finish it for a release though sorry - I'll be annoyed if it's not ready for myself by next weekend though so that'll motivate me if no one else is working on similar!

[lucky64]

I would love it if someone was able to make this hack...

[HabboForum]

I have actually made a series of plugins that will do this now...

@lucky64: not sure exactly what you're after, but the one I made might be OK. Drop us a PM and I'll see what we can do.

@phlogiston: love the idea of filtering by thread tag. Might implement this myself.

[Damian]

I would love it if someone was able to make this hack...

There is a hack called Thread Prefixes (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=99925)

It requires file edits though.

[Daniel]

nevermind; found it.