Post deleting, lowers post count
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Topic: Post deleting, lowers post count
Posted By: Supremo
Subject: Post deleting, lowers post count
Date Posted: 15 December 2003 at 12:38pm
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Hi, i'm not sure if this should go to the mod forum or not, but here goes... I have a lot of information on our discussion board (spread over several forums) and i'd like to delete it... no problem so far, problem is, by doing so, i'm gonna lower the post count of many ppl, which for some (many) is a problem Can there be a way of doing so, without affecting the post count ? Thx in advance for any help ------------- Onix Webmaster Onix (Online Gaming Community) http://www.onix.ws - www.onix.ws |
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Posted By: thekiwi
Date Posted: 15 December 2003 at 1:12pm
The quickest way is to edit delete_post.asp and at line 197 change 'decrement the number of posts by 1 to be 'decrement the number of posts by 1 ------------- Cheers TheKiwi http://www.infobahn.co.nz - Internet Infobahn - website design and hosting |
Supremo wrote:Posted By: wistex
Date Posted: 15 December 2003 at 8:02pm
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I thought Borg built in some way to delete posts without reducing people's post count. I remember it being talked about. ------------- http://www.wistex.com" rel="nofollow - WisTex Solutions http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums" rel="nofollow - CaribbeanChoice Forums |
Posted By: Supremo
Date Posted: 15 December 2003 at 8:38pm
Yup this works, but the problem is it only works for deleting a post at a time... my forum has hundreds of posts... Our users have posted 3002 Posts in 188 Topics It's impossible, one at a time, perhaps the place to edit this when a thread is deleted, or a forum or something ? ------------- Onix Webmaster Onix (Online Gaming Community) http://www.onix.ws - www.onix.ws |
Posted By: thekiwi
Date Posted: 15 December 2003 at 8:44pm
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Yup .... you can do this for deleting a topic as well delete_topic.asp change line 170 to be lngNumOfPosts = lngNumOfPosts From the looks of things delete_group and delete_forum dont change the PostCount ------------- Cheers TheKiwi http://www.infobahn.co.nz - Internet Infobahn - website design and hosting |
Posted By: wistex
Date Posted: 15 December 2003 at 9:23pm
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That's what I thought. If you use the mass delete posts in the admin area, it doesn't reduce the post count. That is what Borg changed. In previous versions it did change the post count. Now it doesn't. ------------- http://www.wistex.com" rel="nofollow - WisTex Solutions http://www.caribbeanchoice.com/forums" rel="nofollow - CaribbeanChoice Forums |
Posted By: Supremo
Date Posted: 17 December 2003 at 9:26am
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Well, the mass deletion doesn't change post count by default. And implementing thekiwi tips, post deletion and thread deletion also don't change post count, i take it as this is enough Problem solved, thx folks, let this thread be as is, for those who want this feature. ------------- Onix Webmaster Onix (Online Gaming Community) http://www.onix.ws - www.onix.ws |
