What's the trick to getting a hack/modification request some attention?

I was originally thinking about posting my hack request here, but that would make about 6 forums I've posted it on and I haven't gotten any replies to it anywhere yet. So, instead, I thought I'd ask how to get my request some attention.

My request was first posted 5 days ago at SitePoint.com because I have learned most of my coding skills from the members there. It has never failed to help me whenever I've had a question or problem. Except this time. In 5 days it's had 87 views, but no support.

The next step was to post at the mother of all hack sites, vBulletin.org. This was, after all, a vB specific issue. I wanted the most exposure to the largest number of coders and figured vB.org was the place to be. I carefully selected an appropriate subject title (Lose your place in the unread threads list?) and compiled all the information I thought a coder might need. I thought the hack/modification was unique and might even be something a great many people would find useful. Maybe there were a lot of others having the same problem I was. The request has had only 34 views and the only reply was my own to bump it yesterday.

Since then I have posted it at these other sites:

vBulletin-Fans.com 2 days ago - 3 views, no replies
vBHackers.com 2 days ago - 11 views, no replies
vBulletinUsers.com 2 days ago - 14 views, no replies

Pretty discouraging. What's the secret to posting a good request?

Although this isn't about my request, I post it below for your curiosity.

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There are times when I click into a forum and the list of unread threads is daunting. As the administrator, I try to, or want my staff to look over each thread. Occasionally the thread has a number of posts I read and by the time I click back to the thread list, I've lost my place. The down arrows are still there and I can't remember the thread title to remember where I am in the list.

I would like to add an additional image, another down arrow, to the mix, that will have the appearance of changing colors when it has been clicked on - like what the multi-quote button does in the message display. I've never designed or developed a hack/plug-in, so I was hoping one of the coders could come up with something. I thought it could be done with a little CSS magic, or maybe it should be JavaScript, but ajax would be my choice, just like the multi-quote routine.

These are the 2 images that will be linked to the first new message in a thread: http://www.enterprisejm.com/images/support/firstnew.gif http://www.enterprisejm.com/images/support/firstnew_oc.gif

Here is the current CSS and code (from SHOWTHREAD template), which uses only the first image:

.tcat {
background: #D9F1E9;
color: #666666;
font: 14pt tahoma,verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; }
.tcat a:link, .tcat_alink {
color: #333333;
text-decoration: none; }
.tcat a:visited, .tcat_avisited {
color: #333333;
text-decoration: none; }
.tcat a:hover, .tcat a:active, .tcat_ahover {
color: #000000;
text-decoration: underline; }
.smallfont {
font: 11px verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; }
.inlineimg {
vertical-align: middle; }


<td class="tcat" width="100%">
<div class="smallfont">
<if condition="$show['firstunreadlink']">
<a href="$firstunread"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/firstnew.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_first_unread]" border="0" /></a>
<a href="$firstunread"><strong>$vbphrase[view_first_unread]</strong></a>
</if>
&nbsp;
</div>
</td>

I am not concerned about whether the image changes when hovered, only when clicked. Can you help me with the CSS and other code (hopefully ajax)?

PS: the code I supplied above is not from the default code for vBulletin - I use a custom style. But it's similar.
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Thanks for any help,

Jim

This sounds familiar, Jim. Joey searched high and low for a coder to do some work for him before finding one.

HOPEFULLY a coder will happen by here, or one of the coders that frequents FAQ, will post here. Unfortunately I'm not a coder :(

So it's kind of a "bookmark" hack? I've seen this requested many times at vbulletin.org, but have not yet seen a mod of that sort. I wonder if there's something particularly difficult about creating it.