XF 1.5 Zombie thread alert

[JamesBrown]

A Google search took me to an old thread on Mumsnet. At the top of the page was the following warning. What a good idea. Does anyone know if this can be done in xF

ZOMBIE THREAD ALERT: This thread hasn't been posted on for a while.

 

[Mike]

It should be doable by adding a conditional based on the thread's last post date compared to the current time.

 

[The Sandman]

Could also do with a better zombie.

 

[Xon]

I use @W1zzard TPU: Show Warning when bumping Old Threads's add-on(I contributed a chunk to it) to provide a notice and it requires the user to select a checkbox to acknowledge that they are replying to a really old thread.

It cuts down on point-less posting in long dead threads by a lot.

 

[Lisa]

Was bored, so had a mess around with this. Just used simple text, but would be easy enough to expand and use images. Conditional uses a year from the last post date/time.


I make no claims on how good this works or even if it's the proper way to do it as I'm not a coder of any kind lol

<xen:if is="({xen:calc '{$serverTime} - 31556926'} > {$thread.last_post_date})">
<h1>Show this notice</h1>
</xen:if>

I also tested it using one day - change the 31556926 string to 86400.

/EDIT

Oh yeah, I put it at the top of the thread_view template.

 

[Lisa]

Little more messing around... still nothing special, but I think it works better displaying just above the quick reply - that way you're not assuming everyone who goes into the thread is there to post, they might be there just to read...

If they get as far as quick reply, the notice seems more logical:-



I cheated and put the code inside the ad_thread_view_below_messages template and put the image in a class so i could add some css.

Looks kinda cute.

 

[ŽivaAkcija]

new add on comming

 

[Amaury]

@Lisa, if we just wanted something really basic, would it be really easy to make a duplicate of the thread status notice?



Instead of the above message, though, it would be something like, "Notice: This thread hasn't received a reply since August 21, 2015." And the lock icon would, of course, not be there. I assume it's just a matter of copying and pasting the code for the thread status in the corresponding template and then adjusting it accordingly. But everything's not always that easy, is it? So I'm just making sure.

 

[Lisa]

Yeah, it'd be simple to do.

 

[JamesBrown]

Could also do with a better zombie.

I agree. On their site though the zombie is a little smaller and doesn't look too bad.

 

[The Sandman]

On their site though the zombie is a little smaller and doesn't look too bad.

Yeah, it's usually not a good sign when something looks better the smaller it is.

 

[suineg]

Little more messing around... still nothing special, but I think it works better displaying just above the quick reply - that way you're not assuming everyone who goes into the thread is there to post, they might be there just to read...

If they get as far as quick reply, the notice seems more logical:-

View attachment 139513

I cheated and put the code inside the ad_thread_view_below_messages template and put the image in a class so i could add some css.

Looks kinda cute.

I would actually love to get that exact code block from you, I will repost the picture or choose another of course!

 

[karabaja]

Was bored, so had a mess around with this. Just used simple text, but would be easy enough to expand and use images. Conditional uses a year from the last post date/time.
View attachment 139509

I make no claims on how good this works or even if it's the proper way to do it as I'm not a coder of any kind lol

<xen:if is="({xen:calc '{$serverTime} - 31556926'} > {$thread.last_post_date})">
<h1>Show this notice</h1>
</xen:if>

Hi! How to specify message to be displayed in a particular subforum only?

{xen:calc '{$serverTime} - 31556926'} > {$thread.last_post_date}) + {forumid=}

?