How to close a forum thread
Hi,
I have installed a Drupal based forum on my website using the default forum module with Advanced Forum module.
I can't seem to find the feature to close the threads which is very important on production forums.
I have searched for modules but can't find any that provide this functionality.
Disabling comments on forum posts removes all existing replies, so this won't do the job.
How do I do it using Drupal?
Gryal posted this at 08:16 — 6th July 2010.
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Its better is you emailed them or read their Docs carefully
Thanks
usmanz posted this at 13:06 — 6th July 2010.
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The reason why i asked Drupal problem on this forum is because this forum is built using Drupal CMS.
They must be doing something to close threads.
And by the way, Drupal does not have any email support because they are free.
When you post on their help forums, there is no guarantee you will get a response.
Megan posted this at 01:42 — 7th July 2010.
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Hi usmanz,
Sorry I didn't get to this sooner - you should have put Drupal in the title! Then I would have noticed for sure.
Do you not have an option to set comments to read only? This is what you're trying to do, right?
Megan
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usmanz posted this at 14:39 — 7th July 2010.
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Thank you Megan, Drupal has so many features hidden in it. I never knew what read/write means.
As soon as I selected this option on a forum topic, it displayed a "locked" button on the thread.
Thank you, next time I will mention Drupal in title
Megan posted this at 15:04 — 7th July 2010.
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YOu're welcome! So did you switch from vBulletin or something? Sometimes it's hard to get out of their ways of doing things, or even what they're calling things. They call it "closing" a thread, but really what you're doing is setting comments to read only.
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usmanz posted this at 15:35 — 7th July 2010.
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Nope, not switching from vBulletin, I started off from Drupal. And yes closing a thread is something I learned from vBulletin.
arthur posted this at 10:04 — 29th December 2010.
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well,if you are moderator then off course you can do it, in admin pannel,,, and if you dont have that option that you cannot do this,, please fonfirm it first,,
sarenarichard posted this at 08:14 — 7th January 2011.
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Follow these steps but only an admin can do so:
AdminCp
Forums and Moderators
find the forum you want closed
Click edit
Scroll down to Posting Options
Where it says Forum is Open ... Select No
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