Setting up a Trash Forum

I like to have a trash forum at my site so here's how to do it:

1. Set up a Trash Forum, don't forget to untick "Allow new messages to be posted in this forum".

2. In library\XenForo\Model\Thread.php and In library\XenForo\Model\InlineMod\Thread.php change:

Code:

$dw->set('discussion_state', 'deleted');

to

Code:

$dw->set('node_id', 'xxx');

3. Change xxx with the ID of your trash forum.

Now, every time you soft-delete a thread it will appear as a...

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tafreehm said:

Good one..
Question: a deleted post would become a thread in trash forum ?
How about deleted profile post ?

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• Delete the thread AND move it to the trash forum?
• When moving it, to note from what forum it was moved from?

tyteen4a03 said:

@Moddis

1. Yes.
2. What do you mean?

@VincentU Do you want me to create a proper addon for this?

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Moddis said:

Well if I decide to undelete it, I would have to guess which forum to put it back into. So if it could remember where it was moved from some how, that would be awesome.

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tyteen4a03 said:

You mean a redirect?

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Moddis said:

Im not sure if a permanent redirect can work in that way but basically, if I delete a thread from forum "General Chat", it will get moved to "Trash" forum. So if I decide to restore/undelete it, the thread would know to restore itself in the "General Chat" forum.

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tyteen4a03 said:

I don't think that can happen without a more advanced addon.

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tyteen4a03 said:

@Moddis

1. Yes.
2. What do you mean?

@VincentU Do you want me to create a proper addon for this?

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Yonda said:

Getting an error:

#0 /www/library/XenForo/Model/Thread.php(1941): XenForo_Application::handlePhpError(4096, 'Object of class...', '/www/...', 1941, Array)
#1 /www/library/XenForo/ControllerPublic/Thread.php(1261): XenForo_Model_Thread->deleteThread(3, 'soft', Array)
#2 /www/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(347): XenForo_ControllerPublic_Thread->actionDelete()
#3 /www/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(134): XenForo_FrontController->dispatch(Object(XenForo_RouteMatch))
#4 /www/index.php(13): XenForo_FrontController->run()

ErrorException: Object of class EWRporta_DataWriter_Discussion_Thread could not be converted to string - library/XenForo/Model/Thread.php:1941

I'm think that that line is the dw->set('diss...

Anyone know how to fix

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Vincent said:

Hehe, I'm sorry, but I'm working on this already
My apologies!

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