Pinned Topics

[Jason H]

Startin in 2.3.4, I think.. This code has been added to /sources/action_public/forums.php

$topic['topic_icon'] = $topic['pinned'] ? '<{B_PIN}>' : $topic['topic_icon'];

I've gotten several tickets about this.. It replaces the post icon with a "Pinned" post icon.. Overriding anything that was set by the user.. Seems to annoy some folks and.. Honestly.. It's rather redundant.. 20 pixels to the right it prefixes the post with "Pinned"...

I can understand it putting it there if there is no post icon assigned.. But if there is.. Keep what they set.

Don't really classify this as a bug... Just one of those things.

[Mark]

Startin in 2.3.4, I think.. This code has been added to /sources/action_public/forums.php

$topic['topic_icon'] = $topic['pinned'] ? '<{B_PIN}>' : $topic['topic_icon'];

I've gotten several tickets about this.. It replaces the post icon with a "Pinned" post icon.. Overriding anything that was set by the user.. Seems to annoy some folks and.. Honestly.. It's rather redundant.. 20 pixels to the right it prefixes the post with "Pinned"...

I can understand it putting it there if there is no post icon assigned.. But if there is.. Keep what they set.

Don't really classify this as a bug... Just one of those things.

I like the idea of the pinned icon displaying, (as it didn't pre-2.2, I believe) but it shold be done more like this:

{ $topic['topic_icon'] = ($topic['topic_icon'] == '') ? '<{B_PIN}>' : $topic['topic_icon']; }

if($topic['pinned'])

[hollland]

Personally I like the display of the pinned icon. It is a neat handy feature in my opinion

[Morrigan]

I prefer it the way that Jason suggested. If I put an icon it overrides the default Pinned icon but if I don't put one then it puts it there by default.

Could I also make s suggestion for 3.0 about making/adding icons could be easier. Also to have staff only icons and icons that only show up in certain forums or categories.

I think the second would make me the happiest because there are icons that I only want users to use in certain forums but they are able to use them in all forums but it would also be nice to have some that the staff can use to make the staff posts stand out for certain reasons.