Implemented An option to stop posts in a given forum from counting towards post count

[Luke F]

This feature was quite handy in vBulletin, especially for spam sections etc. - would be nice to see it in XenForo.

 

[Kaiser]

Liked This is very important, and I feel it should be added

 

[arthiis]

Suitable for Spam Rooms, this Idea is made so that in Administration area you can choose if posts made in certain Catagories / Forums are not counted, this will ensure that any spam messages are disreguraded.

It will also ensure that users don't spam their way through the Trophy system and make them post something other than spam to get to the top.

I hope you all like this idea.

 

[Paul B]

Merged with the original suggestion.

 

[Pavel Safonov]

Very necessary

 

[owls8521]

I have a few spam and game forums, and people have changed ranks since switching over from vBulletin because of the posts being counted, so I'd really like this feature as well.

 

[ragtek]

Anybody interested in an add-on for this(until it's included in the core?)

i checked the code and it's IMHO very easy to include this

 

[Brett Peters]

I am interested

 

[D.O.A.]

Anybody interested in an add-on for this(until it's included in the core?)

you betcha

 

[ragtek]

[ot]
Available for my premium users @ http://ragtek.org/xenforo/threads/post-count-manipulator.250/

BUT don't worry, i'll release it also on xf.com next week, so you don't need to pay for the subscription at my page if you don't want

Sorry for offtopic
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[Junior]

Really hope to see this soon with a method that will also subtract their posts already made. Members are getting furious at others abusing the spam forum.

 

[owls8521]

Really hope to see this soon with a method that will also subtract their posts already made. Members are getting furious at others abusing the spam forum.

Luckily my members haven't noticed that their posts in the spam forum are being counted. I'm hoping a fix will be available before they realize it.

 

[Paul B]

Really hope to see this soon with a method that will also subtract their posts already made.

I may be mistaken but I don't think Ragtek's add-on will automatically adjust post count for posts already made in designated forums.

Post counts can be adjusted in the ACP for each user on the Profile Info tab.
You would need to run queries though to identify how many posts have been made in the relevant forum to be able to adjust the post count accordingly.

 

[Junior]

I may be mistaken but I don't think Ragtek's add-on will automatically adjust post count for posts already made in designated forums.

Post counts can be adjusted in the ACP for each user on the Profile Info tab.
You would need to run queries though to identify how many posts have been made in the relevant forum to be able to adjust the post count accordingly.

Hey brogan,

Sadly the forum has 40k posts. I'd hate to install an addon, decrease everyones post count, have xenforo support this and everything bug. Is there any word of this being supported soon and will it decrease post count?

 

[Mike]

This is coming in 1.1. It wouldn't be retroactive though.

 

[Paul B]

At last!

I've had to bite my tongue on this thread as I wasn't sure whether you were going to announce it before the release or not.

 

[Jaxel]

I would also be nice if there was also an option to stop LIKES given in a forum from counting toward LIKE count.

And there MUST be a way to make it retroactive... like a "Rebuild Post Counts" or "Rebuild Like Counts" button in the ACP.

 

[Kier]

And there MUST be a way to make it retroactive... like a "Rebuild Post Counts" or "Rebuild Like Counts" button in the ACP.

In my experience, you can get people to agree / understand / be happy that specific forums won't contribute to their post count on an ongoing basis, but whenever you reduce someone's existing post count you are asking for a riot.

 

[dieketzer]

And there MUST be a way to make it retroactive... like a "Rebuild Post Counts" or "Rebuild Like Counts" button in the ACP.

+1

 

[Junior]

In my experience, you can get people to agree / understand / be happy that specific forums won't contribute to their post count on an ongoing basis, but whenever you reduce someone's existing post count you are asking for a riot.

Agreed. We are countering the spam by informing users their post count will be reset to help put down the riot from our users not spamming. They seem ok knowing that their post count will not remain but you are probably right - when they see their post drop they won't still be positive towards the situation.

Looking forward to 1.2 and this feature. Thanks for the update.

 

[CFodder]

We just don't have post counts, saves the whole problem .