cotonti.com : Masked Forum Post ID's

TwistedGA

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:38:54 -0000

Sweet, one less bug ftw. heh

Are you making _ORDER create a link this round or having it just do a number as it does right now? Having it to a link like _IDURL would be better I think.

I can write some code to make the masking selectable by the administrator if you think it would be worth having. Would give me a chance to play with selectables. But then again, some kind of information about how to mask it using the _ORDER instead of _IDURL to do this feature, would be sufficent I think.

EDIT//
Took a little time to throw this together for those not interested in using core hacking. Thanks to oc for pointing out the _ORDER tag, enabling this to be a plugin. :P
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oc

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:58:45 -0000

You're right, multipage that i did not think before. It's a bug, fixed.

Thanks.

TwistedGA

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:19:02 -0000

Yea, FORUMS_POSTS_ROW_ORDER does the same thing this does, however its not multipage compatible meaning the count starts back at #1 for each page in the thread. I could alter the code and make it not do that, but it would require core hacking, plus turning it into a link. Doesn't seem like it'd have any benifits over this method.

oc

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:09:16 -0000

Yeah, if it is what it is it has been done already, FORUMS_POSTS_ORDER or something I do not remember.

TwistedGA

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:11:43 -0000

You got it man, it just changes what's displayed to give a cleaner, more organized look. The link created still links to the post via original method. :)

oc

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:25:52 -0000

Sorry if i'm not misinterpreted, this code is adding post numbers for the topic right?

-twisted (post #1 for this topic)
xxxxxxxxxxxyyyyyyyyyyyzzzzzz

-esclkm (post #2 for this topic)
xxxxxxxyyyyyyyyyyzzzzzzzzzz

?

esclkm

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:07:05 -0000

I think it is good idea.

TwistedGA

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:38:59 -0000

I built this a while back for sedito and only released the code for it recently, I'm pretty sure it's been done before but I never found anything on it.. EDIT// This feature is now a PLUGIN!

This plugin masks the actual post id, and in exchange, starts each thread off with Post #1. The first reply would be Post #2 and so on.. This works with multiple pages, does not change the link to the post, and very minimal code is used. The code added/changed is as follows: EDIT// This is the new code used inside the plugin.

$idmask = $d + $fp_num;

"FORUMS_POSTS_ROW_IDURL" => "".$idmask."",

For whatever reason, PFS is still not working for me on cotonti.com. So here it is, RapidShare yet again. :(
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Thoughts?