set News posts to add a new thread to announcement forum

gazelle.sql

@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `news` (
   `UserID` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
   `Title` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
   `Body` text,
+  `ThreadID` int(10) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
   `Time` datetime,
   PRIMARY KEY (`ID`),
   KEY `UserID` (`UserID`),

sections/index/private.php

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ if (!$News = $Cache->get_value('news')) {
       ID,
       Title,
       Body,
+      ThreadID,
       Time
     FROM news
     ORDER BY Time DESC
@@ -501,7 +502,7 @@ $Cache->increment('usage_index');
 }
 $Count = 0;
 foreach ($News as $NewsItem) {
-  list($NewsID, $Title, $Body, $NewsTime) = $NewsItem;
+  list($NewsID, $Title, $Body, $ThreadID, $NewsTime) = $NewsItem;
   if (strtotime($NewsTime) > time()) {
     continue;
   }
@@ -514,7 +515,10 @@ foreach ($News as $NewsItem) {
 <?  } ?>
       <span class="float_right"><a data-toggle-target="#newsbody<?=$NewsID?>" data-toggle-replace="Show" class="brackets">Hide</a></span>
       </div>
-      <div id="newsbody<?=$NewsID?>" class="pad"><?=Text::full_format($Body)?></div>
+      <div id="newsbody<?=$NewsID?>" class="pad">
+		<?=Text::full_format($Body)?>
+		<div class="news_link_to_forum"><a href="forums.php?action=viewthread&amp;threadid=<?=$ThreadID?>">Discuss this post in the forums</a></div>
+	  </div>
     </div>
 <?
   if (++$Count > ($NewsCount - 1)) {

sections/tools/index.php

@@ -171,12 +171,18 @@ switch ($_REQUEST['action']) {
       error(403);
     }
 
-    $DB->query("
-      INSERT INTO news (UserID, Title, Body, Time)
-      VALUES ('$LoggedUser[ID]', '".db_string($_POST['title'])."', '".db_string($_POST['body'])."', NOW())");
-    $Cache->delete_value('news_latest_id');
-    $Cache->delete_value('news_latest_title');
-    $Cache->delete_value('news');
+	$ThreadID = Misc::create_thread(ANNOUNCEMENT_FORUM_ID, $LoggedUser['ID'], $_POST['title'], $_POST['body']);
+	if ($ThreadID < 1) {
+	  error(0);
+	} else {
+		$DB->query("
+	      INSERT INTO news (UserID, Title, Body, ThreadID, Time)
+	      VALUES ('$LoggedUser[ID]', '".db_string($_POST['title'])."', '".db_string($_POST['body'])."', 
+		  $ThreadID, NOW())");
+	    $Cache->delete_value('news_latest_id');
+	    $Cache->delete_value('news_latest_title');
+	    $Cache->delete_value('news');
+	}
 
     header('Location: index.php');
     break;