Splitting/moving posts: needs bigger slection and easier renaming..

[Gumboots]

There are a couple of things about the phpBB moderation interface that bug me.

1. If I have to move a dozen or so posts that are spread over more than one page in the topic, there is no way of expanding the available selection in the MCP so I can grab the whole lot at once. I can expand the window that holds the selectable posts, but I can't expand the number of posts that are selectable. I always end up having to do the split in chunks, tracking down posts across pages, and the UI loses the plot between pages. This is a usability fail, IMO.
2. Also, there appears to be no way of renaming all split/moved posts to have the same title as the new topic. IMO, there should be.

Does anyone have solutions for these issues? Thanks.

[thecoalman]

but I can't expand the number of posts that are selectable. I always end up having to do the split in chunks,

While viewing a topic if you click MCP link in header the default tab is the display option tab where you can set how many posts. If you aren't on that tab switch to it.

As far as when viewing the topic list that is based on the topic per page setting. Around line 116 of /includes/mcp/mcp_forum.php find:

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	$topics_per_page = ($forum_info['forum_topics_per_page']) ? $forum_info['forum_topics_per_page'] : $config['topics_per_page'];

Replace with:

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	// Mod - more topics displayed in MCP.
	$topics_per_page = 300;

[Gumboots]

Ok, thanks. Resetting the display options works. It just wasn't obvious because the default link when splitting a topic or moving posts is to the split or move page, not to display options, and the style I'm on didn't make the other link obvious. All good now that I know.

About the other issue: is there any way of renaming split/moved posts en masse?
I mean apart from running a db query (which would work, but something in the UI would be better).

[thecoalman]

Not that I'm aware of and I don't know if there is extension for it. The topic title is in the phpbb_topics table, each posts has it's own title. I just removed the title on posts.