Shelley
Well-known member
What I have just done is added a "Featured" title so it shows on hover, in line with the sticky and lock icons, etc.
Good god I want my hands on it. *refers to the featured thread add-on*
What I have just done is added a "Featured" title so it shows on hover, in line with the sticky and lock icons, etc.
Hmm. This featured threads addon is beginning to look so good that I'm considering importing all my blogs to threads and uninstalling Better Blogs.
lol it's that bad huh? Luckily my suggestions have already entered development for this addon so I have nothing more to suggest
Dge is our very own Hordor
How many can we promote and how many can show up on the index? Is there a randomized display or is it just latest promoted threads?You.
Seriously though, this add-on is in no way anything like a blog.
It just puts a snippet of promoted threads on the forum index.
So it's kind of like Featured Resources but without oldest resources being dropped and it only shows one featured thread per page unlike the featured resources feature which can show more than one.Brogan said:A maximum number of threads can be configured and each page load will randomly select one of those threads.
When a new thread is featured, the oldest thread will be dropped.
If you're familiar with Game of Thrones, I think he meant to call you "Hodor" (a good intentioned character that says the same thing over & over again). http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/hodorWho is hordor?
Expired threads are now automatically unfeatured and once the max limit set in the ACP is hit, the oldest featured thread is removed.
Good job I remembered about those otherwise I would have looked a bit foolish releasing it without that functionality, even though the options are there
So just one main function left to do, which is to display the actual threads and then it's ready for release.
I knew it was going to be tough and it has lived up to my expectations.
If not for Chris I would never have got this far and would have thrown the towel in long ago.
Both Chris and Mike did say that this was probably a tad ambitious for a first add-on for someone who knew absolutely nothing about php, so I only have myself to blame
I must be some sort of masochist though as I already have plans for the next version View attachment 62085
Final update from me before release then.
It's all working apart from one minor query and some tidying, so now I will review and optimise the code and fully test.
Despite what I said earlier, I am actually considering making this a paid add-on.
I appreciate that may disappoint some but I have actually expanded the functionality based on the suggestions made in this thread (with yet more on the To Do list) and I have optimised it for general use, not just my own site.
It has also been a considerable amount of work, for both me and Chris, and I would like to reimburse his efforts in some small way.
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