Alphabetise Threads

[Peter]

Felt like doing a code ...

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<script type="text/javascript">
<!--

// Alphabetise Threads
// Created by Peter

// Array of icons, change them if needed
var icons = [
    "sticky.gif",
    "poll_icon.gif",
    "poll_icon_closed.gif",
    "stickylock.gif"
];

var pollRow = {
    got: null,
    poll: 0
};

function alphaThreads(){
    var iAlp = [];
    var iLetter = iPRow = "";
    var re1 = new RegExp(icons[0] + "|" + icons[3]);
    var iTable = document.getElementsByTagName("table");

    for(t = 0; t < iTable.length; t ++){
      if(iTable.item(t).cellPadding == "4" && iTable.item(t).cellSpacing == "1"){
         if(iTable.item(t).rows.item(0).cells.item(0).className == "catbg"){
            var iRow = iTable.item(t).getElementsByTagName("tr");
            for(r = (iRow.length - 1); r > 0; r --){
               if(iRow.item(r).cells.item(0).className == "windowbg2"){
                  if(iRow.item(r).cells.item(0).firstChild.src.match(re1)){
                     continue;
                  }
                  var re3 = new RegExp(icons[1] + "|" + icons[2]);
                  if(iRow.item(r).cells.item(0).firstChild.src.match(re3)){
                     if(iRow.item(r - 1).cells.item(0).firstChild.src.match(re1)){
                        continue;
                     }
                  }
                  var re2 = new RegExp(icons[1] + "|" + icons[2]);
                  if(iRow.item(r).cells.item(0).firstChild.src.match(re2)){
                     if(!iRow.item(r - 1).cells.item(1).firstChild.src.match(re1)){
                        if(iRow.item(r - 1).cells.item(1).rowSpan == "2"){
                           iRow.item(r).insertCell(iRow.item(r).cells.length)
                           pollRow.got = iRow.item(r).cells.item(0).cloneNode(true);
                           iRow.item(r).parentNode.removeChild(iRow.item(r));
                           pollRow.poll = 1;
                           continue;
                        } else {
                           pollRow.poll = 0;
                        }
                     }
                  }
                  if(iRow.item(r).getElementsByTagName("b").item(0)){
                     iPRow = (pollRow.poll == 1)? "{-poll-}" : "";
                     iLetter = iRow.item(r).getElementsByTagName("b").item(0).innerHTML.substr(0,1) + iPRow;
                  }
                  if(iRow.item(r) && !iRow.item(r).cells.item(0).firstChild.src.match(re3)){
                     iAlp.push([iLetter.toLowerCase(), iRow.item(r).cloneNode(true)]);
                     iRow.item(r).parentNode.removeChild(iRow.item(r));
                     pollRow.poll = 0;
                  }
               }
            }
            iTable.item(t).id = "alphathreads";
         }
      }
   }
   iAlp.sort();

   for(a = 0; a < iAlp.length; a ++){
      var iNum = (document.all)? 0 : 1;
      document.getElementById("alphathreads").childNodes[iNum].appendChild(iAlp[1]);
      if(pollRow.got != null && iAlp[0].match(/\{-poll-\}/)){
         var nRow = document.createElement("tr");
         nRow.appendChild(pollRow.got.cloneNode(true));
         document.getElementById("alphathreads").childNodes[iNum].appendChild(nRow);
      }
   }
}

if(!location.href.match(/action=(display|post|modify)/i)){
   alphaThreads();
}

//-->
</script>

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