Minimum chars on new topic

[olsserik]

Hi,

Minimum chars only when posting a new topic? I dont want to add this function to replies, possible?

Thanks!

[KevC]

Put them on a moderation queue. If they can't learn you have to treat them like children. It's your board, the rules are the rules.

MOD requests for 3.0 are no longer allowed so if you can't find a MOD out there to do it already you'll need to think about going to 3.1 and requesting an extension.

[canonknipser]

going to 3.1 and requesting an extension.

No need to request an extension, just install

[RMcGirr83]

There is also the 3.0 MOD

[olsserik]

Thanks!

[olsserik]

Ok, I have an edit that might work, if someone is willing to find pitfalls in this feel free.

I made edits to posting.php (line ~792) find:

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$error[] = $user->lang['EMPTY_SUBJECT'];
}

Add after (on a new line):

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		// Check for minimum length of text with URLs excluded and only on new topic
		if ($mode == 'post' || ($mode == 'edit' && $post_data['topic_first_post_id'] == $post_id))
		{
			$stringg = preg_replace('/\b(https?):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|$!:,.;]*[A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|$]/i', '', $message_parser->message);
			$lengthh = utf8_strlen($stringg);
			if (!$lengthh || $lengthh < (int) $config['min_post_chars'])
			{
				$message_parser->warn_msg[] = (!$lengthh) ? $user->lang['TOO_FEW_CHARS'] : sprintf($user->lang['TOO_FEW_CHARS_LIMIT'], $lengthh, (int) $config['min_post_chars']);
			}
		}

Open inlcudes/message_parser.php (on line ~1100) find:

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if (!$message_length || $message_length < (int) $config['min_post_chars'])

Replace with:

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//Altered statement for replies only, choose the integer of your likings
if (!$message_length || $message_length < 3)

Set $config['min_post_chars'] to an amount of your likings (in admin panel) for creating a new topic.