Board Display Dates

[Teg]

I'm just curious if there is a way to set a sub-board to display on or after a particular date at a particular time. As an example, say each of my hogwarts classes start on June 01st and the run for 10 weeks per semester. Lesson 1 opens at 12:00am on june first, lesson 2 opens at 12:00am on june 7th, etc. The dates the lessons are available would be the date the boards become visible to users who are allowed to see the boards.

[Craig]

It may be possible with a plugin. Post a topic in the plugin request board

[Teg]

May 6, 2015 7:08:40 GMT -8 Craig said:

It may be possible with a plugin. Post a topic in the plugin request board

Could you possibly move this thread to the plugin request board?

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May 6, 2015 6:27:05 GMT -8 Teg said:

I'm just curious if there is a way to set a sub-board to display on or after a particular date at a particular time. As an example, say each of my hogwarts classes start on June 01st and the run for 10 weeks per semester. Lesson 1 opens at 12:00am on june first, lesson 2 opens at 12:00am on june 7th, etc. The dates the lessons are available would be the date the boards become visible to users who are allowed to see the boards.

I could see someone picking this up. I remember seeing a plugin request wanting to do something similar a while back though. Nothing was done with it from what I remember.

[Teg]

May 6, 2015 17:42:39 GMT -8 P̌̓aͧś̀t̀u͒le͆o͂2̀3̃̓ said:

May 6, 2015 6:27:05 GMT -8 Teg said:

I'm just curious if there is a way to set a sub-board to display on or after a particular date at a particular time. As an example, say each of my hogwarts classes start on June 01st and the run for 10 weeks per semester. Lesson 1 opens at 12:00am on june first, lesson 2 opens at 12:00am on june 7th, etc. The dates the lessons are available would be the date the boards become visible to users who are allowed to see the boards.

I could see someone picking this up. I remember seeing a plugin request wanting to do something similar a while back though. Nothing was done with it from what I remember.

I'm really hoping someone can do it. It would be a great help for my forum with displaying lessons during a specific type period

[Teg]

Bump want to add that the thread would display in a specific board on a specific date at a specific time

[Wormopolis]

You are aware that mobile would completely destroy this idea right?

[Teg]

May 24, 2015 15:38:28 GMT -8 Wormopolis said:

You are aware that mobile would completely destroy this idea right?

Everything is going to be hidden on mobile for this project anyway

[Wormopolis]

Gotcha. next part is, that thread is going to have to be set to sticky in order to stay on page 1 of the board listing. otherwise even if the date comes around, if enough threads have been created since it was, it would be pushed to lower pages. nothing is going to make it move to another page.

then its not that much different then the expiration thread plugin I already wrote (except it has a start date instead of an end date - or maybe both). The thread would actually already exist, but all links to it, and its row on the thread list, would be hidden on page load.

[Teg]

May 24, 2015 23:52:37 GMT -8 Wormopolis said:

Gotcha. next part is, that thread is going to have to be set to sticky in order to stay on page 1 of the board listing. otherwise even if the date comes around, if enough threads have been created since it was, it would be pushed to lower pages. nothing is going to make it move to another page.

then its not that much different then the expiration thread plugin I already wrote (except it has a start date instead of an end date - or maybe both). The thread would actually already exist, but all links to it, and its row on the thread list, would be hidden on page load.

Right, the board is a private board, so the thread would have to be stoked in order for everyone to see it when it's released

[Wormopolis]

On a private board, I thought only the author and staff can see threads?

[Teg]

May 25, 2015 7:27:27 GMT -8 Wormopolis said:

On a private board, I thought only the author and staff can see threads?

yes, but if a thread is stickies, that thread can be seen by everyone

[Wormopolis]

I wasnt aware that was true.. that seems like a bug...

[Teg]

That's what I was told about private forums by an admin here

[Teg]

Want to add I tested it and it worked.