Adding Raid to act like Sticky/Announce for topics

New Member Joined: Apr 09, 2008 Posts: 21

I have been trying to add another option for sticky/announcement called raid.

I figured if I searched for all the code for sticky, and copied it and pasted under and changed the new copied text from sticky to raid it would be a simple addon.

Well, I am almost there... but now I am stuck. For some reason, when I create a topic, its automatically on the radio button raid, when I post it posts the new topic, but the image that shows up is the same as the normal image. I am pretty sure I have changed all the files needed for this addon. I will list:

html/includes:
auth.php
topic_review.php
constants.php

html/modules/forums:
modcp.php
posting.php
search.php
viewforum.php
viewtopic.php

html/modules/forums/language:
lang_admin.php
lang_faq.php
lang_main.php

html/modules/forum/admin:
admin_forumaugh.php
admin_forums.php
admin_ug_auth.php

html/modules/forum/templates:
viewforum_body
template.cfg

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Sofar, the only successful thing I can do to make the raid is to make them as an announcemnt, then change the includes file from:

// Topic types
define('POST_NORMAL', 0);
define('POST_STICKY', 1);
define('POST_ANNOUNCE', 2);
define('POST_GLOBAL_ANNOUNCE',3);
define('POST_RAID', 4);

to

// Topic types
define('POST_NORMAL', 0);
define('POST_STICKY', 1);
define('POST_RAID', 2);
define('POST_ANNOUNCE', 3);
define('POST_GLOBAL_ANNOUNCE', 4);

Which then makes the topic show the raid image, and raid:..... but when I switch to announce, it shows the announce image, and announce: However, when I go to switch back to raid, it turns into a normal post without the raid image and raid:

I am probably missing 1 file, if I find the problem I will post

Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 7:43 pm

Perhaps we need to see some of the code you've added to do this

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 2:59 pm

NP, heres the files in the exact location as they would be on the server:

Rift Announce Code Files

Pretty much all the code can be found if you search for the word raid. Should be right after the sticky code.

Also, I forgot to mention, I also did add the code for mysql:

Code:







CREATE TABLE `nuke_bbauth_access` (


  `auth_raid` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',





CREATE TABLE `nuke_bbforums` (


  `auth_raid` tinyint(2) NOT NULL default '0',

Just also created the table copying the sticky and announce formats.

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 3:11 pm

The code is already on the websites forums, although, you dont have to be moderator to see what is happening with the rift announcement radio button as anyone can do this without being a moderator...

I must have missed a file, but cant find it

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 3:42 pm

in admin_forumauth.php I figured out what I did wrong here:

Code:




//


// Start program - define vars


//


//                View      Read      Post      Reply     Edit     Delete    Sticky   Raid   Announce    Vote      Poll


$simple_auth_ary = array(


        0  => array(AUTH_ALL, AUTH_ALL, AUTH_ALL, AUTH_ALL, AUTH_REG, AUTH_REG, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_REG, AUTH_REG),


        1  => array(AUTH_ALL, AUTH_ALL, AUTH_REG, AUTH_REG, AUTH_REG, AUTH_REG, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_REG, AUTH_REG),


        2  => array(AUTH_REG, AUTH_REG, AUTH_REG, AUTH_REG, AUTH_REG, AUTH_REG, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_REG, AUTH_REG),


        3  => array(AUTH_ALL, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL),


        4  => array(AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_ACL, AUTH_ACL),


        5  => array(AUTH_ALL, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD),


        6  => array(AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD, AUTH_MOD),


);

I didnt add auth_mod for raid as well as in constants.php.

Code:







define('AUTH_VIEW', 1);


define('AUTH_READ', 2);


define('AUTH_POST', 3);


define('AUTH_REPLY', 4);


define('AUTH_EDIT', 5);


define('AUTH_DELETE', 6);


define('AUTH_RAID', 7);


define('AUTH_STICKY', 8);


define('AUTH_POLLCREATE', 9);


define('AUTH_VOTE', 10);


define('AUTH_ATTACH', 11);


define('AUTH_ANNOUNCE', 12);

So for the 1-12 it has to line up with the top, so I will adjust this... will keep looking..

To make it easy, am going to redo this, adding raid as number 12, just to make it easier.

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 3:52 pm

although I have changed and updated the .zip file with the new changes, i am still getting the same results. Registered users can post a topic under normal and raid, but raid is still selected as default.

When posted, even if raid is selected... its the same as if it was posted as a normal topic.

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 5:22 pm

I have also found another problem...

When in forum adminstration, you cannot use the navigation area as it comes up as an error.

I have switched all the defaults back onto the site. Just seems like its a bigger job than what it should have been. And with experience in html, but no training in .php... think im pretty screwed. lol

If you guys want to look into it thats np... but I might just change announcemnt in language file to raid, and just use the raid image for announcement.