Number of Topics per Forum

[Adriano Faria]

About This File

Useful in support/study groups boards, this plugin will control the number of open (unlocked) topics that each user group can have in each forum in a specific period (hour, day, week and month), by adding a new tab on MANAGE FORUMS, listing all groups and allowing enter a number of topics.

Settings per forum:

• Number of topics per group
• Period: hour, day, week and month

 

IP.Board 3.4: https://community.invisionpower.com/files/file/6289-number-of-topics-per-forum/

[Adriano Faria]

What's New in Version 2.0.1:

• Fixed incompatibility with other plugins

[Flashbax]

Thanks! Excellent plugin

[TheEnd-]

Any way this can be done to limit posts per forum per group?

[Adriano Faria]

47 minutes ago, TheEnd- said:

Any way this can be done to limit posts per forum per group?

It limit new topics.

[Flashbax]

Hi, something isn't working. I am using this plugin to limit professional sellers tooics inside certain forums.

Some of them are reporting system is blocking them from opening a new topic even though their last topic has been opened more than 30 days ago, while the limit is one topic per month. 

In fact, logging in as one member of this group, last topic april the 20, I can't post a new topic today, may the 21. Editing the limit to 2 post per month doesn't unblock me from posting a new topic.

[Adriano Faria]

5 minutes ago, Flashbax said:

In fact, logging in as one member of this group, last topic april the 20, I can't post a new topic today, may the 21. Editing the limit to 2 post per month doesn't unblock me from posting a new topic.

Does the other topic is locked?

On 14/01/2016 at 11:24 PM, Adriano Faria said:

this plugin will control the number of open (unlocked) topics that each user group can have in each forum in a specific period (hour, day, week and month)

 

[Flashbax]

Hi, the other topic is locked. But regardless of open/closed status, one month has passed.

[Adriano Faria]

3 minutes ago, Flashbax said:

Hi, the other topic is locked. But regardless of open/closed status, one month has passed.

Please, provide ACP access so I can compare dates and fix it.

[Adriano Faria]

What's New in Version 2.0.2:

• Fixed wrong number in month variable
• Added number of allowed topics in error message

[sofos]

Hello @Adriano, the limit is at the individual user? For example, moderators can open only one topic per week. A moderator opens a topic. Another moderator can open another topic soon after?

[Adriano Faria]

1 minute ago, sofos said:

Hello @Adriano, the limit is at the individual user? For example, moderators can open only one topic per week. A moderator opens a topic. Another moderator can open another topic soon after?

Yes, it is a global setting PER GROUP but the limitation is PER MEMBER.

[sofos]

great!

[SerialNoob]

Great app

Too bad it doesn't count topics already posted before installation.

Would be awesome to add support for Club, on my forum most nonsense unveil in clubs 

[Adriano Faria]

7 hours ago, SerialNoob said:

Would be awesome to add support for Club, on my forum most nonsense unveil in clubs

You don’t edit club features (topics) as a regular forum. Only title and description are there. Even if I add those fields, anyone when creating a club feature would be able to set a different number of topics/unit per feature, which doesn’t make sense, since this should be an admin decision. 

[Adriano Faria]

7 hours ago, SerialNoob said:

Too bad it doesn't count topics already posted before installation.

Of course it does. It doesn’t store the counter; it simply counts everytime someone clicks to start a new topic.

Edited October 17, 2017 by Adriano Faria

[SerialNoob]

1 hour ago, Adriano Faria said:

You don’t edit club features (topics) as a regular forum. Only title and description are there. Even if I add those fields, anyone when creating a club feature would be able to set a different number of topics/unit per feature, which doesn’t make sense, since this should be an admin decision. 

I'm the only one allowed to create clubs on my forum. I'm using the club feature in a different way.

[Adriano Faria]

1 minute ago, SerialNoob said:

I'm the only one allowed to create clubs on my forum. I'm using the club feature in a different way.

I'm not talking about create clubs but create TOPIC FEATURES; anyone can.

Anyway, I'll try to add this to ADMINs only. No ETA right now.

[SerialNoob]

1 minute ago, Adriano Faria said:

I'm not talking about create clubs but create TOPIC FEATURES; anyone can.

Sorry, got s*** in the eyes, didn't read well..

2 minutes ago, Adriano Faria said:

Anyway, I'll try to add this to ADMINs only. No ETA right now.

Thank you 

[Adriano Faria]

On 16/10/2017 at 11:49 PM, SerialNoob said:

Would be awesome to add support for Club, on my forum most nonsense unveil in clubs

What's New in Version 2.0.3:

• Added support to Clubs

Notice: the new tab TOPICS PER FORUM will only appear AFTER you create the forum feature. So to use the plugin in Clubs, follow the steps:

1. Create the forum feature
2. Go to newly created feature
3. Click in Manage Club then in Edit this Forum.
4. Configure as you wish in the TOPICS PER FORUM tab.

 

[SerialNoob]

Great thanks!

[Aetherdan]

This plugin doesn't work as what I believe is intended.

First issue I have is I MUST set a time period, I can simply use the default 'no time limit"

The second thing is that it counts locked topics, rather than not counting them.

Edited March 2, 2018 by Dan Richardson

[Aetherdan]

I am running the latest version of IPS, if that matters?

[Adriano Faria]

6 hours ago, Dan Richardson said:

First issue I have is I MUST set a time period, I can simply use the default 'no time limit"

I see, NO TIME LIMIT isn't working. Will fix it.

6 hours ago, Dan Richardson said:

The second thing is that it counts locked topics, rather than not counting them.

No, it counts OPEN topics as described on its description:

Quote

this plugin will control the number of open (unlocked) topics that each user group can have in each forum in a specific period (hour, day, week and month)

Query:

$topics = \IPS\Db::i()->select( 'count(*)', 'forums_topics', array( "starter_id=? AND forum_id=? AND start_date>? AND state=?", \IPS\Member::loggedIn()->member_id, $container->id, $unit, 'open' ) )->first();

You can see the state = 'open'

Edited March 2, 2018 by Adriano Faria

[Adriano Faria]

6 hours ago, Dan Richardson said:

First issue I have is I MUST set a time period, I can simply use the default 'no time limit"

 

38 minutes ago, Adriano Faria said:

I see, NO TIME LIMIT isn't working. Will fix it.

What's New in Version 2.0.4:

• Fix the option NO TIME LIMIT.