Setting For Closing Time

[TestingSomething]

I think I have suggested this since even before 2.1, but probably not officially. The feature where an admin can set a topic to close at a future time automatically... should be a group setting. This way we could allow certain groups to make a contest and have it auto close at some deadline, where the OP would not have to be on the site to be sure nobody submits something late, for example.

[TwinHawksClub]

I think I have suggested this since even before 2.1, but probably not officially. The feature where an admin can set a topic to close at a future time automatically... should be a group setting. This way we could allow certain groups to make a contest and have it auto close at some deadline, where the OP would not have to be on the site to be sure nobody submits something late, for example.

Good idea.

To expand on this idea, I wish you could close the forum during a certain time, and even specific categories/sub-forums.

[Antony]

I don't really think many board owners would want this. That said, this would be so easy to code as a task. :)

[TestingSomething]

I think it would be used on more boards than some current features, but that's just my opinion. A site I used to post on had a lot of artwork contests where things needed to be submitted by a certain time. WOuld have been useful there.

[Markster]

It would be difficult for large forums with members from different countries. Although if you could tell it to close according to ones time zone it would work.

[TestingSomething]

Basically it should be set to close based on topic creator timezone. So i doubt that would be too hard. It would just query the DB for the offset in that member's settings, I would assume.