We want to Upgrade but ...

[batard]

We are currently running a 3K-user Forum using vBulletin® 3.0 and are planing to upgrade our Forum to vBulletin® Version 3.6.4. But we have some custom hacks that I am concerned about losing when we update.

There is one hack in particular that I know will not translate over in the new version. When you are "viewing a forum", the post list only shows the date od last post, which is indexed so you can sort on that.

But we are running a hack now that apppends the ORIGINAL POST DATE in the Thread (http://www.onlinereferences.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=58&daysprune=-1&order=asc&sort=title) / Thread Starter (http://www.onlinereferences.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=58&daysprune=-1&order=asc&sort=postusername) column. Our forum Mods frequently need to clear out old posts from the forums, and they use "original post date" as part of their criteria for archiving old threads.

Is there a hack that can do this for us using 3.6.4?

Thanks for the help,
Batard

[Daisuke Niwa]

Have you checked vB.org yet for possible updates for those hacks?

[batard]

I did actually have a look through the Modifications at the vB Mods site, and searched around as best I could before leaving a post here. I'm not lazy, and did try to research this myself before posting here. But that doesn't mean there isn't a hack like this, or somewhere else. Which is why I need some help from experienced 3.6 users.

There have to be other forums where people need to track posts by the "date of original post", that can't be a situation unique to my forum. People share material at my forum. The only way to know if the material is old is to know the original post date, the "date of last post" does us no good. If we upgrade, our Moderators would have to open and check every single post, but with the hack Mods can see old posts just using the forum view. So for me, upgrading would greatly increase our Moderators' workload.

There has to be a better solution than having to open up every post just to see the date of original posting. If not a hack, maybe something else?

[Dilly]

You could always pay for the modification.