Latest X Posts on Forum Home

[Michael Biddle]

Latest X Posts on Forum Index
by: whitemike
Demo: Here (http://forum.white-projects.com)


What this does?

This will add the latest x posts onto your forum index

What version does it work on?

This modification should work on any version 3.6.0 and up! Including the new 3.7


Features?

Enable/Disable - Master Switch to Turn Latest Posts on or off
Title - Change the title of the Site News
Posts to Show - Number of Last Posts to show
Cutoff Length - How many characters to show before the ... at the end
Exclude Forums - Choose what forums you do not want to be listed
Thread Title Width - Width of Title Table
User Title Width - Width of User Table
Forum Title Width - Width of Forum Table
Auto Location - Enable/Disable auto location
Location - Gives Options for Under navbar, above forum, or below forumAdded?

2 Template
3 Plugins
10 Settings
27 Phrases
Installation?

Import Product
Thats It!

Fixes?

2.3

Fixed the cutoff bug
2.2

Fixed Bug
2.1

Changed variables, so that you can see this, and latest X Threads on forumhome.
2.0

Feature Added: Time and Date
Added feature where if Cut Off is 0, then it will not display the row
1.9

XHTML and CSS Compliant
1.8

For some reason a phrase didn't save so I uploaded it with it.
1.7

Added option to enable/disable auto location
Added 3 automatic locations
1.6
Added Permissions based on forums 1.5

Fixed Look - Made Link Thread Title, with text under it
1.4

Fixed Bug - Was showing up hidden/moderated posts
1.3

Fixed Bug - Didn't display threads in excluded forums
Added Check Version

1.2


Cached Templates
Moved Plugin Location to allow global use of $latest1.1
Added default value to excluded, which was causing an error if null
Made CollapsiblePlease Click Install if you use

[Smoothie]

I noticed it says "Site News" and "Latest 5 Posts" on your site. Is it possible to be able to have these as user configurable settings?

[Michael Biddle]

Yes I could set that up for ya, as a temporary fix you can just edit the phrases. Will do in next small update

EDIT: By the way, the "Latest 5 Posts" Changes to like "latest 10 Posts" and so on. How ever many you have it grabbing, it changes that number

[Smoothie]

Yes I could set that up for ya, as a temporary fix you can just edit the phrases. Will do in next small update

EDIT: By the way, the "Latest 5 Posts" Changes to like "latest 10 Posts" and so on. How ever many you have it grabbing, it changes that number

Thanks, I noticed that. Will wait for the update.

[Michael Biddle]

think i might just make the "Site News" Changable, doing that now

[Michael Biddle]

Ok done, redownload

[ThorstenA]

You can grab the last # posts on forumhome by just adding some code in functions_forumlist.php without adding any query, I think !

[Subah]

Thanks :)

[taxick]

Hey nice hack..

I get the sql error, on my forum index page

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.5:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT post.postid, post.pagetext, post.userid, post.username, thread.forumid, forum.forumid, forum.title
FROM post as post
LEFT JOIN thread as thread on (post.threadid = thread.threadid)
LEFT JOIN forum as forum on (thread.forumid = forum.forumid)
WHERE thread.forumid not in ()
ORDER BY postid DESC
LIMIT 5;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')
ORDER BY postid DESC
LIMIT 5' at line 5
Error Number : 1064
Date : Thursday, March 22nd 2007 @ 12:42:24 PM
Script : *********************
Referrer :
IP Address : ******************
Username : ******************
Classname : vB_Database

[KEKforce]

Same error here!

[sportsoutlaw]

I got the database error as well.

[Michael Biddle]

Fixed, reason being if you did not fill out any forumid's to be excluded, then it would give you this error

[g00gl3r]

Has this been fixed yet?

[Michael Biddle]

yes, just fixed

[Vierie]

Would it be possible to use that in the header or a sidebar instead of forumhome?

[Michael Biddle]

just go ahead and delete the str_replace at the bottom of plugin, then move $latest where you want it to go

[taxick]

Ok. Now i get this error


Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in D:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\******\forum\index.php(536) : eval()'d code on line 256

And it dont show up at forumhome!

[giotmuadong]

how come i get this error?

Parse error: parse error in c:\Inetpub\vhosts\babienhu.com\httpdocs\index.php( 536) : eval()'d code on line 83

[Michael Biddle]

fixed error, thanks

[BuzuL]

Thanks But ; It should be seen only by admins ?

[Michael Biddle]

what do you mean? All members can view it, thats why you exclude the forums that you dont want shown

[bacanze]

Going to give this a try now, thanks.

[BuzuL]

This only a request if you can do that i'd be happy...

[Michael Biddle]

just add a condition to the if is_member_of($user, 6); for admins only

[taxick]

Hey...

It not show up at my forumhome!

Can you post the temple edits, so i can install manuel

Thx for you time - I love this hack!!!!!!!!!

Sry for my VERY bad english!!!

[Michael Biddle]

Not a problem, on forumhome it *should* show up under navbar. so just put $latest where you want it

[ubblite]

Does this mod inherit usergroup permissions or do you have to manually enter the forum ID to exclude private forums?

[shaynehammy]

Can you modify this hack so that it has a loop marquee funtion where it will scroll vertically through the last 30 posts? Once the user hovers his mouse over the box it stops scrolling.

Thanks

[Smoothie]

Before I do, who's has success installing this? Link?

[Michael Biddle]

I have it running on 2 sites. white-projects.com, and carutopia.net

[Smoothie]

Would it be possible to get this to collapse like the rest of forum_home?

[Michael Biddle]

was mentioned already, ill put that out with next release. soon more hten likely

[Smoothie]

Problemo!

Page generated in 0.15297 seconds with 12 queries (2 queries for uncached templates)

Uncached templates: forumhome_latest (1)
Uncached templates: forumhome_latest_bit (5)

[Michael Biddle]

It is not cached becuase its constantly updated, at every page refresh, but not even a noticiable load IMO

[g00gl3r]

How can i stick it at the bottom of the forum?

[g00gl3r]

just go ahead and delete the str_replace at the bottom of plugin, then move $latest where you want it to go

Where's the str?

[Michael Biddle]

Inside of plugin forumhome_latest

Find:

//adds location to forumhome template
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME'] = str_replace(
'$navbar',
'$navbar $latest',
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME']

And Remove it.

Then place:

$latest

Where you want it :D

Also updated so now it collapses

[ubblite]

Mike, did you see my post above regarding permissions?

[Michael Biddle]

Just read your message, sorry, must of read over, anyways it does not use permissions, I designed this mod for a customer this way, because he wanted it, he recently bailed on me, so I decided to release it to the public. Will think about doing that in the near future :D. Thanks and sorry

-whitemike

[g00gl3r]

I'm trying to stick $latest in my footer, will that work or what? It seems to not do anything when I stick it anywhere in the footer, tried a few places.

[Michael Biddle]

Okay g00gl3r sorry about this.

I had the plugin location in forumhom_complete, I moved to a global position.

Please re-download and reupload. $latest should work In any location now (just tested footer)

ALSO

I cached it up as requested before

[BuzuL]

just add a condition to the if is_member_of($user, 6); for admins only

if i'd know to add " if is_member_of($user, 6); " code I'd do this myself but i don't know where should I add this code

[giotmuadong]

how come my shows the "last reply" in Latest 5 Posts instead of the title itself?

[Michael Biddle]

Can I have a site, So i can see what you are talking about.

[giotmuadong]

sure, http://www.giotmuadong.com/

[kafi]

Is there any chance to redo this nice add-on with better forumgroup option?

I imagine this as a block with css tab browsing between different forumgroups tabs.

Lets say that we have tabs 3.5|3.6| - OR - coding|design|chitchat| and within those tabs to have last x threads....
This will be very handy for big forums so that users can quickly find threads of their interest.... Lets say I am not interested in coding threads so I simply click on "design" tab and will see latest threads of my interests....

[Michael Biddle]

that would not be too hard to do I suppose. Just add a where thread.forumid = w/e , but I am not doing it in CSS, I am keeping it as is, because it goes along with vbulletins table structures, so it will work on all skins

[kafi]

Thanks whitemike, can you be more specific on how to achieve this? If not css, Is there a way to reload lastposts table with ajax so that only this tab will reload instead of entire webpage?

[Michael Biddle]

I guess what I am trying to say, Is yes, It can be done in CSS, but for the sake of the public, I am keeping it as is layout, due too everyone normally uses thead, tcat, etc. To help blend with colors, but yes, you can customize it.

[kafi]

hmm I do not really care about css or table, what I want to do is that I want to have more than last x threads option

I want to offer last x threads from certain forums group (user can click which one) not from entire forum. But I do not know how to achieve this.
Say that there will be 4 forum groups (topics) setted by admin and then user will click on forumhome-lastpoststable which he wants to see.

[dbirosel]

Before i install, i got a few questions...

When idling on forum home, everytime someone make sa new thread/post it will automatically update?

Is there on/off switch to show Number of post and threads?

Is i don't want guests to see this, is there a way to disable it for them?

[Michael Biddle]

yes their is an on off switch and an if in the plugin would allow certain usergroups to see it

[sebbo]

just add a condition to the if is_member_of($user, 6); for admins only

Where should i add it?

[Michael Biddle]

in the main coding plugin

[ninjamaster]

thanks m8

[bryandailey]

Great piece of software.

Anyone know what template to edit to remove the space between the "Latest X Posts on Forum Home" and the navbar above it? I want to use this feature but the space is taking up valuable real estate. See the photo.

[Michael Biddle]

Well right now it adds it directly under the navbar. Read through this thread, I show how to remove the auto ad, and how to add to a custom location

Please click install if you use ;)

I only offer support to people who installed

[Michael Biddle]

Where should i add it?

Change the IF in the main code page to this

if ($vbulletin->options['latest_enabled'] and is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, 6))

[Michael Biddle]

Before i install, i got a few questions...


When idling on forum home, everytime someone make sa new thread/post it will automatically update?

Is there on/off switch to show Number of post and threads?

Is i don't want guests to see this, is there a way to disable it for them?

No, their is no ajax in this. it will update on page refresh

Yes their is an on off switch

In the main script change the top if to this:

if ($vbulletin->options['latest_enabled'] and !is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, 1))

That means guests cannot view it

[Iskib]

Would it be possible to display the thread title instead of the contents of thread for $pagetext ?

how would i change this ?

[Smoothie]

Wish someone would make a "Latest Threads" on forum home mod. The ones here aren't that great or coded for earlier versions or....etc.

[Michael Biddle]

Well I could make Latest Threads, its just a matter of changing the post table to the thread table

[Iskib]

What about showing the thread title instead of the contents for $pagetext ...is that pretty easy to change if so can you explain ?

[sebbo]

ok, now i managed to add that code BUT i can´t read my forum normally if this mod is on. It won´t show any threads or just new threads from one forum. So the main page is ok, but that´s all.

This is a great mod, but layout could be much better. For example now message is a link. So every message is underlined and difficult to read. There could be message and under that a link to the "real" message.

[Michael Biddle]

ok, now i managed to add that code BUT i can?t read my forum normally if this mod is on. It won?t show any threads or just new threads from one forum. So the main page is ok, but that?s all.

This is a great mod, but layout could be much better. For example now message is a link. So every message is underlined and difficult to read. There could be message and under that a link to the "real" message.

Sebbo, I also found this bug, I updated it, make sure you get the latest mod. Reason being was when i made it global. it made it go haywire, so I added it back to forumhome ;D. Make sure to update please

[Smoothie]

Well I could make Latest Threads, its just a matter of changing the post table to the thread table
I'd be very interested in this.

[Michael Biddle]

Ok, well I did this and it works great. Will release in this post soon.

[Iskib]

If you haven't installed this mod/hack you need to and look for more from Mike. His code is good and if you have a problem / request he seems to work his hardest to solve and help you work for what you need!

coder a+++
code a+++
support a+++

[Michael Biddle]

What about showing the thread title instead of the contents for $pagetext ...is that pretty easy to change if so can you explain ?

Redownload latest version. I fixed this

[STT]

Great mod, Mike, thanks.

Could you please advise if there is an easy way for the default action of the $latest box to be collapsed?

Cheers,

STT

[unforsaken]

love the mod...anyway it would be possible to allow it to use the special mods like {username} so it actually shows the users name instead of the code? Otherwise it is progressing great...add a few graphix and this would easily surpass any others I've looked at

[Michael Biddle]

love the mod...anyway it would be possible to allow it to use the special mods like {username} so it actually shows the users name instead of the code? Otherwise it is progressing great...add a few graphix and this would easily surpass any others I've looked at

Not quite sure what your asking to do. please explain better

[Michael Biddle]

After reading it 5 times through now, I think I know what you mean. Are you talking about like the /me, /you hack?

[unforsaken]

sry for the delay been out of town it actually goes to this hack that I am refering to Personalized Threads (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=123337)

[Capper5016]

I've tried everything I can think of, but this mod refuses to show up on my site......read every post in this thread, added the "$latest" under the navbar, nothing makes this mod show up

[STT]

Mike,

At the risk of repeating myself - is there a way to make the default action of the $latest box (which I've put under my main forum list) be collapsed?

Cheers,

STT

[Michael Biddle]

I will look into that one as default, But i know once you do close it, the cookies should save its closed and open status. Sorry for long reply. Host deleted my site, and I am frantically trying to get it where it was. :D

[STT]

Good luck with that Mike - I've had a few battles with my host over the years, I feel your pain.

BTW - you're right, the cookies do take care of it once you've taken the action.

[elmati]

hey!

nice hack!

clicks install!

[WhiteEagle]

Thanks, just what I was looking for!:biggrin:

[DieselMinded]

There is No Plugin Forumhome_latest Theres a template and your text isnt in there ,,,, In the plug in there Forumhome_start and the code you mentioned is in there but when i remove it i get eoors , I added $latest under whats going on its showing great but i cant get rid of the one below my nav bar .......

www.dieselbombers.com

[DieselMinded]

When I remove .... (from Forumhome_start In plugin)

//adds location to forumhome template
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME'] = str_replace(
'$navbar',
'$navbar $latest',
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME']
);
}

I Get

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')' in /data/9/1/38/132/1201621/user/1280413/htdocs/index.php(63) : eval()'d code on line 122

[DieselMinded]

OK I fixed this ..... Add $latest on a template where you want it then in Plugins Forumhome_start change ...

//adds location to forumhome template
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME'] = str_replace(
'$navbar',
'$navbar $latest',
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME']
);
}

to

//adds location to forumhome template
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME'] = str_replace(
'$latest',
'$latest',
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME']
);
}

[Philipaclayton]

installed. super mod

[Michael Biddle]

OK I fixed this ..... Add $latest on a template where you want it then in Plugins Forumhome_start change ...

//adds location to forumhome template
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME'] = str_replace(
'$navbar',
'$navbar $latest',
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME']
);
}to

//adds location to forumhome template
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME'] = str_replace(
'$latest',
'$latest',
$vbulletin->templatecache['FORUMHOME']
);
}

Well you could just remove that part, its worthless to replace $latest with $latest

installed. super mod

Thanks

UPDATE:

Now works on forum permissions

[belceb]

hello, exelent work.


and... so that this I modulate appears in the part of under the forum?:)

[Michael Biddle]

hello, exelent work.


and... so that this I modulate appears in the part of under the forum?:)

It appears under the navbar

[Michael Biddle]

Ok Product Updated:

Since some of you guys were having trouble with the custom locations etc.

I set it up to enable/disable automatic location, and automatic 3 locations

[inciarco]

Magnific Add-On!! :up:

Works Ok With vBulletin 3.6.6!! :up:

:)

[The D]

Everytime I try to install it, I get this:

The following dependencies were not met:

1. The product latest_posts_versioncheck must be installed before this product may be installed.

I'm fairly new to this software, so maybe I'm missing something. Help please!

[Sushubh]

i get the same error on 3.6.6

[Michael Biddle]

Sorry try now

[Sushubh]

works now. thanks. :)

[The D]

Works great, thanks!

[powerspike]

The following dependencies were not met:
The product latest_productid must be installed before this product may be installed. (Compatible starting with 1.8)I just tryed installing this and got the above error message - done a search on the forums here and couldn't find "lastest_productid"

[Michael Biddle]

Sorry, its fixed try again

[Pavel2005]

Doubles are created. The communications of below forum in what there
can it did be the matter?

http://www.forumhouse.ru/

[Braders]

Cheers whitemike, installed.

I'm relatively new to all this and was wondering how I would change the default title from 'Latest 5 posts' to something else?

Browsed through the 'forumhome_latest' and 'forumhome_latest_bit' templates, didn't see anything I should edit.

I'm sure the answer is staring me straight in the face. ;)

Cheers.

Lee

[Michael Biddle]

Doubles are created. The communications of below forum in what there
can it did be the matter?

http://www.forumhouse.ru/

I just viewed that website. I am not russian so i cannot understand anything on it. Do u mean 2 tables are created, or 2 of the same posts in that 1 table are created?

Cheers whitemike, installed.

I'm relatively new to all this and was wondering how I would change the default title from 'Latest 5 posts' to something else?

Browsed through the 'forumhome_latest' and 'forumhome_latest_bit' templates, didn't see anything I should edit.

I'm sure the answer is staring me straight in the face. ;)

Cheers.

Lee

Ok it that line is phrased. What it does it it is "Latest X Posts" and however many it pulls then it changes X to that number. If you really want to change it search for the phrase: latest_posts

Hope this Helps

[everydayforums]

Installed fine but it's not showing up on my forums, any idea why? Checked all my options etc..

[Michael Biddle]

So you enabled?

[everydayforums]

Yep I got it, for some reason I had it under navbar and it didnt show but when I chose top of forums it showed, even under the navbar :)

[Michael Biddle]

then add $latest somewhere

[Javi_gray]

Great mod, but how do I navigate to the admin part of this I don't see it anywhere in the vb backend.

[Javi_gray]

nevermind, dumb question

[Jay-MOB]

I am sorry if someone might have already asked this, but are you able to put this hack onto the homepage e.g. in a cms manager, and instead of having all the posts in a row with all the information, that you have all the information in a sidecolumn where one block of it represents one post. e.g. the name of the post, the most recent poster and the time.

Is that possible or is there any other hack for that?

[Michael Biddle]

I am sorry if someone might have already asked this, but are you able to put this hack onto the homepage e.g. in a cms manager, and instead of having all the posts in a row with all the information, that you have all the information in a sidecolumn where one block of it represents one post. e.g. the name of the post, the most recent poster and the time.

Is that possible or is there any other hack for that?

As of this point in time, no you cannot place anywhere but on the forumhome.

[rgpayne]

OK complete newbie try to get this to work I manage product and installed it but where do I configure it at

Please forgive I am just leanring about VB and the mods

[Michael Biddle]

AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> Latest X Posts

[rgpayne]

thanks

[carphead]

Excellent Mod.

Is it possible to have a include only version? So that only x forums are included. At the moment I've excluded about 120 forums just so I can display the posts from one forum (announcements).

Works very well as it is. Thanks.

[Michael Biddle]

Excellent Mod.

Is it possible to have a include only version? So that only x forums are included. At the moment I've excluded about 120 forums just so I can display the posts from one forum (announcements).

Works very well as it is. Thanks.

Then the older version would have worked well for you... :(

Ill see if i can write it back up for you tonight some time

[thompson]

is there a chance to get it on threats instead of posts ?

[adsense-id]

Can I removed .... when I set cut off to zero?

[tg__]

I installed in my forum version 3.6.8 and it doesn't works :confused:

[Fungsten]

I installed in my forum version 3.6.8 and it doesn't works :confused:

I just installed it on 3.6.8 and it worked.

[richTV]

Well I could make Latest Threads, its just a matter of changing the post table to the thread table

Hi.

I'd be interested in this as well. My website has a Movie and Pic section that gets so much traffic that we had to set up those 2 forums such that it would keep the newer threads on top thus keeping older threads under it even if replies were made to older threads. When we didn't have this set, newer threads could be pushed back many pages quickly. I'd prefer the default setting so if newer threads could be outputed in this mod, this would be great! :)

**clicks install for later use**

[raiderlax]

How do you put it in a sidebar? I put the $latest on my sidebar and it doesn't show up???

How to fix?

[raiderlax]

bump

[Michael Biddle]

it will only work on forumhome

[raiderlax]

damn, how can we make it so that it will work in a sidebar on any page?

Could you please do this?

Thanks :)

[Scandal]

Could I put it on Whos Online page? :(
I try to put the ''$latest'' in template WHOSONLINE but it doesn't work :(

[Michael Biddle]

it will only work on forumhome

[raiderlax]

it will only work on forumhome

How do I put this in my sidebar and make it work?

[thuffner]

Would anyone be able to convert this to compliant CSS/XHTML???

The hack works great but is not compliant... :(:(

[amnesia623]

To make this work throughout your forum (not just forumhome), just put the variable $latest in a template that is called on all your pages (ie..header, navbar, footer) and change the hook location of the 'main code' (in plugin manager) to global_start

[ThomasR]

amnesia623: well, it not really working. With your modifications, you can put the last x posts where you want, this aprt is working. But a problem haoppen: each time you click to a thread link (or search result), the forum send you always to the same thread (I have VbSEO, perhaps it comes from here).

[Lpspider]

amnesia623: well, it not really working. With your modifications, you can put the last x posts where you want, this aprt is working. But a problem haoppen: each time you click to a thread link (or search result), the forum send you always to the same thread (I have VbSEO, perhaps it comes from here).

Same happening with me with no vbseo.

[Lpspider]

How could I set this up so it will only display latest posts but not users/forum/first x characters of post?

[ThomasR]

perhaps by editing the templates?

[Lpspider]

perhaps by editing the templates?

I was hoping for stuff more specific. I tried that already - couldn't get what I was looking for. :/

[olympist]

We approve every thread and reply. Unapproved threads are shown on the table. Uapproved replies are not shown but threads.

[thuffner]

Any ideas how to make the code CSS and XHTML compliant?

[joelrodrigues]

This is a great HACK. Congratulations man!

I?d like to know if you could add an option to only SHOW the LATEST POST of a thread and not all LATESTs POSTS of that thread.

In others words:
============

Right now, your HACK works in this way:

THREAD 1
blablabla 3

THREAD 2
blablabla 1

THREAD 1
blablabla 2

THREAD 1
blablabla 1




As you can see, with your HACK we see all the 3 last post about the same THREAD. I?d like to know if it is possible to add an option that allowed us to show only the last POST about the THREAD...

Using the example above, i?d like to have something like this:


THREAD 1
blablabla 3

THREAD 2
blablabla 1



MANY REASON FOR THIS: the users of my forum (www.mtsp.com.br/forum) want to have a look in all 10 latest THREADs that something was posted lastly.

Sometimes we found something like this;


LATEST 10 POSTS:

THREAD 1
blablala 10

THREAD 1
blablala 9

THREAD 1
blablala 8

THREAD 1
blablala 7

THREAD 1
blablala 6

THREAD 1
blablala 5

THREAD 1
blablala 4

THREAD 1
blablala 3

THREAD 1
blablala 2

THREAD 1
blablala 1



Notice that all this posts are related to the same thread.... This totally HIDES the others threads...


I think you understand...

Again, congratulations for this hack.

Best regards!

[thuffner]

Still no way to make this XHTML/CSS compliant???

[impuLsive]

Anyway to get a date and time on it? And how to prevent double threads from appearing...I dont need the same thread shown 5 times because of 5 new replies. Would be nice if it just edited the name, and thats it.

[Michael Biddle]

Hey guys. I have been super busy lately between college and 2 jobs. I will try to take a more in depth look to everything listed here. Ill keep you posted

[kaptanblack]

Thanks...

[Michael Biddle]

Thanks...

Now XHTML and CSS Compliant.

Please Confirm so.

[joelrodrigues]

Hey guys. I have been super busy lately between college and 2 jobs. I will try to take a more in depth look to everything listed here. Ill keep you posted

Thanks whitemike...
I did a request here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1336209&postcount=134) .

Best regards!

[Scandal]

Anyway to get a date and time on it? And how to prevent double threads from appearing...I dont need the same thread shown 5 times because of 5 new replies. Would be nice if it just edited the name, and thats it.
+1
I need to view the date and time of posts. :(

[I have click INSTALL but I wait for this function to install on my forum ].


[sorry for my bad english... ]


-philos

[thuffner]

Hey whitemike. Just thought I'd post to thank you for the XHTML/CSS compliancy!!!

Thanks so much! :):) Works beautifully

[yoyoyoyo]

thanks - very interesting... the option to have "lastest X Threads" as an option instead of posts would be great

[Fungsten]

thanks - very interesting... the option to have "lastest X Threads" as an option instead of posts would be great

Same here.

[Wheezy]

This is really an excellent MOD; I love it. However with the update, I see there is now a display of the first [x] characters of the thread. Is there a way to delete that description entirely? Then it would just display the thread title, forum name and author.

Also...
And how to prevent double threads from appearing...I dont need the same thread shown 5 times because of 5 new replies. Would be nice if it just edited the name, and thats it.
I would like this too!

[testebr]

How to do same without add querys?

[Michael Biddle]

How to do same without add querys?

If the 1 small query bothers you then I do not think its in your best interest to use this :D

[Michael Biddle]

Updated to 2.0

Read the changelog above :D

[Wheezy]

Updated to 2.0
Thanks! Just what I needed :) Any word on fixing the repetitiveness of last posts in the same forum?

[ParsianSat_Net]

Where shall I downlod the new version?(2.0)
Thanks a lot

[ParsianSat_Net]

Oh,
Very nice new version.
Thanks a lot

[joelrodrigues]

Great improvement on this 2.0 version! Congratulations whitemike!

I would be so much glad if you could create an option (to enable or disable) what i mentioned here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1336209&postcount=134

Best regards!

[acertek]

installed, very simple and easy to use, thank you!!!!!

[Pete C]

Installed and working. Quick, easy and very useful addition. Thank you :up:

[testebr]

This:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1367244

And this:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=142759

Whats the difference?

[Michael Biddle]

Read the title

[kiennt718]

I can not have it run on my vbb http://vn4c.vn

[firstrebel]

Should both latest posts and latest threads mods work together, cos they don't for me. By having both turned on I get two identical collapsed boxes.

Bob

[Dusty1609]

Sorry if I'm being thick, I have downloaded the xml file but what do I do now to install this Mod?

Cheers
Jon

[Michael Biddle]

import it to the product manager. then configure in the vbulletin options. also please click INSTALL if you use it.

[Dusty1609]

All working now. Excellent Mod

Many Thanks
Jon

[raubin]

Excellent little gadget and easy to install - thanks white mike :D

[mc0676]

He people !
I've installed this mod but don't run.
After import ... i need to insert this code $latest where i want ?

[mc0676]

He people !
I've installed this mod but don't run.
After import ... i need to insert this code $latest where i want ?

OK, i reinstall it and now it runs !

Very good, thanks Whitemike.

Only a request.

Can modify the layout in this way:
- height fixed in xxx pixel;
- marquee so i can see for example 100 last post ?

Thanks !

[mc0676]

OK, simple i modify it in this way.

--

<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="1" bordercolor="#3399FF">
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="3">$vboptions[latest_title_name]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">
<div style="height:220px;overflow: auto; border:0px solid black; background:#EFEFEF">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
<tr>
<td class="thead" width="$vboptions[latest_post_width]">
<phrase 1="$vboptions[latest_number]">$vbphrase[latest_posts]</phrase>
</td>
<td class="thead" width="$vboptions[latest_forum_width]">
$vbphrase[latest_forum]
</td>
<td class="thead" width="$vboptions[latest_user_width]">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_latest')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_latest" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_latest].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
$vbphrase[latest_author]
</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_latest" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_latest]">
$latest_post_bits
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />

---

www.vwgolfcommunity.com/vbulletin

to see the result

[mr moose]

i have a very strange problem for you.

i have 4 themes installed to my board out of which i only use 1 main theme and this mod works faultlessly on it ( even after upgrading to 2.0)

now im in the process of changing to a brand new theme and getting all my mods to work with it BUT

this mod wont show up on it in any place whatsoever even though i have the auto setting on there so now im totally confused as to why cany you pleeeeeeeeeese help me ?

[xcingix]

Is there any way for doing this for top posters and or latest posts?
<span class="smallfont"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.ny-dev.com/forums/external.php?type=js"></script>
<script language="" type="text/javascript">
<!--
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
document.writeln("<a href=\"http://www.ny-dev.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid="+threads[i].threadid+"\">"+threads[i].title+"</a><br /> <hr />");
}
//-->
</script></span>

[Michael Biddle]

i have a very strange problem for you.

i have 4 themes installed to my board out of which i only use 1 main theme and this mod works faultlessly on it ( even after upgrading to 2.0)

now im in the process of changing to a brand new theme and getting all my mods to work with it BUT

this mod wont show up on it in any place whatsoever even though i have the auto setting on there so now im totally confused as to why cany you pleeeeeeeeeese help me ?

Redownload my product, then go to import it again in your product manager, set to import and see if that works.

[Michael Biddle]

Is there any way for doing this for top posters and or latest posts?
<span class="smallfont"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.ny-dev.com/forums/external.php?type=js"></script>
<script language="" type="text/javascript">
<!--
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
document.writeln("<a href=\"http://www.ny-dev.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid="+threads[i].threadid+"\">"+threads[i].title+"</a><br /> <hr />");
}
//-->
</script></span>

This is for latest posts...

[xcingix]

This is for latest posts...
thats latest threads bro

[Michael Biddle]

I do not do it over javascipt. I think you are in the wrong thread...

[DieselMinded]

This Mod dont disallow HTML if HTML is posted in a thread this thing wacks out ,

Can you make it not read the HTML ?

[ctfortner]

Just wondering if this would be possible to use on an external page, such a php homepage. Or will this only work on a VB page? i am new to much of this, so wasnt sure. i am looking for something to display, like i have now with another forum. it looks like this

http://www.campercommunity.com/deerstand/latestforum.jpg

this is using a custom built forum, not VB. i have recently upgraded to VB, and would like to display the latest 10 VB posts the same way as this pic shows.

thanks,

[Michael Biddle]

As of right now, it only works on the forumhome page

[SaltyOnionBalls]

Great hack!

[Michael Biddle]

Great hack!

I do not know what is greater. My hack or your username LMAO.

[ChurchMedia]

Great hack! Can you strip out HTML code from the output? It breaks my forum home page if there is a post with HTML.

[MarijuanaRadio]

This made a nice little addition to our forums. I feel that listing the recent posts boosts traffic to that thread.

One thing I'd love is if it could be about the size of three threads posted, select 10 threads to show, and have them all scroll to display from newest to oldest in a loop.

Anyhow, it really is nice having this on our forums.

Thank you.

:)

[MarijuanaRadio]

Would it be possible to make the same thing scroll??

[joelrodrigues]

Could you please take a look at this message:?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1336209&postcount=134

[Michael Biddle]

@ mj, I only provide support for users that click install.

@ joel, I might consider this in future versions.

[Lord Zedd]

Whitemike,

I would like to put the latest post on a html page. How do I do this? Is that possible?

[kafi]

You can grab the last # posts on forumhome by just adding some code in functions_forumlist.php without adding any query, I think !


is that right?

[itsonlychand]

Can any one help me to show latest posts on site home page which is not vbulletin. site is like site.com and forums are site.com/forums

How i can display latest posts from site.com/forums on any page at site.com ?

Thanks in advance

[Bounce]

Thanks,good work :D

[joelrodrigues]

@ joel, I might consider this in future versions.

Great! I will wait for!
Best regards!

[BennyCanadian]

Hey man. Sweet hack.

This thing would be perfect if I could place it on my home page. which is already a vB template.. is there anyway I can tweak this PHP code to allow me to use it on all my templates? If not could you point me in the direction of a mod that will allow me to display a forum on my home page as a news feed? Thanks for any help you can give!

Great work mate

Benny

heres my site ... the home page is just a completely separate template.. www.thenorthernwatch.com

[jbldesign]

Hi.

How do I get "Latest post" to only show last latest post in same thread?

If 5 posts are made in the same thread, then all Latest 5 posts - is from same thread, as it is now!

I would love to have the 5 latest post, from 5 different threads...help :-)

[OnyxChase]

Is there any way to get avatars in these latest posts? That would be awesome. Thanks!

[OnyxChase]

Is there any way to enable BBcode or at least get some smilies to show up? Thanks! :D

[DieselMinded]

This mod needs to Not allow HTML to be displayed it screws it up big time,

HTML is turned off but sometimes users do post it

[Hannan]

Hey guy,
After I installed this Mod and enabled it doesn't show on the main page:(
any suggestion ?

[Michael Biddle]

I only provide support for members that have clicked install. Its just 1 click to thank me.

But did you check yes for the auto template edit?

[Hannan]

I only provide support for members that have clicked install. Its just 1 click to thank me.

But did you check yes for the auto template edit?

Sorry dude, I'm new here, I didn't knw:(
I didn't saw this option in my CP could u describe more information?
thanks

[Hannan]

But I think it's enable because it's show this message
Rebuild Style Information

Updating style information for each style

* Default Style ... (Templates) (StyleVars) (CSS) (Replacement Variables) (Controls) Done.

[Droptop]

Just upgraded to the 2.1 version, now when I click on any thread in the latest posts I get this message:

No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator

I just imported the product and overwrite yes, any ideas? Was working fine before this. Thanks

[idweb]

Hi yes im am getting this error to. It is the same on your demo site if you click on the post link. Any ideas ?? Must be a new problem with 2.1

Thanks

[Michael Biddle]

Fixed that. Sorry and thanks for bringing to my attention.

[Michael Biddle]

@Hannan,

When you go into your vBulletin Options, did you enable the modification?

[Droptop]

Fixed that. Sorry and thanks for bringing to my attention.

Thanks for the speedy fix Mike! Love this mod:) It's working great again.

[Hannan]

@Hannan,

When you go into your vBulletin Options, did you enable the modification?

Yes, I can easily add other mods like: Thanks, Advanced statics but this one not showing on my board

[DieselMinded]

Can you Make this mod to not Phrase HTML please

[jbldesign]

Hi.

How do I get "Latest post" to only show last latest post in same thread?

If 5 posts are made in the same thread, then all Latest 5 posts - is from same thread, as it is now!

I would love to have the 5 latest post, from 5 different threads...help :-)

Is there really nobody thats knows ? :-)

[Bikerwebbi]

Hi.

How do I get "Latest post" to only show last latest post in same thread?

If 5 posts are made in the same thread, then all Latest 5 posts - is from same thread, as it is now!

I would love to have the 5 latest post, from 5 different threads...help :-)

I also search this solution. Please, around help. Thank you

[Michael Biddle]

I already said it, i fixed it. you can download the new one, and use the latest thread as well.

[jbldesign]

Sorry whitemike, I have missed that reply, thx alot

[susurrus]

I tried it but don't find it that useful tbh, I don't see the point in showing the author of the thread, would it not make more sense to show the last poster and possibly a link beside their name to bring you to the last post? as it is now it makes more sense to just use the "Todays posts" search function. Don't mean to insult you or anything and well done for being able to do something I wouldn't be able to do but I'm just trying to give some constructive feedback ;)

[Michael Biddle]

I tried it but don't find it that useful tbh, I don't see the point in showing the author of the thread, would it not make more sense to show the last poster and possibly a link beside their name to bring you to the last post? as it is now it makes more sense to just use the "Todays posts" search function. Don't mean to insult you or anything and well done for being able to do something I wouldn't be able to do but I'm just trying to give some constructive feedback ;)

And what happens when there are not many posts on a forum, and a user doesnt visit for a few days? Then todays posts would not work. I made this mod as a request from many others in my latest thread modification. Also, I believe that it shows the user that made the post, and not the origional author.

[sml]

upgraded to vb 3.6.8 and can't get it to show back up, i uninstalled and reinstalled, no luck. then i uninstalled, deleted the added templates, still no luck.

I am not using the auto template edit and have placed $latest in my forum home template where i prefer it. used to work great, no i cant get it to work at all! :eek: :p

[jbldesign]

Hmm, version 2.2 still shows multiple replys from same tread at my site.

CUT OFF only works with 0 all other values gives all text?

[thuffner]

Hmm, version 2.2 still shows multiple replys from same tread at my site.

CUT OFF only works with 0 all other values gives all text?
Having the same problem!

Any ideas???

[Michael Biddle]

Having the same problem!

Any ideas???

I have fixed the cut off bug, and the repeat of posts is not a bug. It is working as intended.

[jbldesign]

I have fixed the cut off bug, and the repeat of posts is not a bug. It is working as intended.

Damn, then it is useless to me :( (maybe you could tip me what to change?)

Thx for the bug fix ? :)

[Michael Biddle]

You could see my latest x threads as well. Will not bump it on a new reply, but for topic it will.

[jbldesign]

I use that too - under forum - but that shows only first post in latest thread, I am looking for something like latest thread that shows the last post in thread.

[sml]

upgraded to vb 3.6.8 and can't get it to show back up, i uninstalled and reinstalled, no luck. then i uninstalled, deleted the added templates, still no luck.

I am not using the auto template edit and have placed $latest in my forum home template where i prefer it. used to work great, no i cant get it to work at all! :eek: :p

anyone?

[sml]

upgraded to vb 3.6.8 and can't get it to show back up, i uninstalled and reinstalled, no luck. then i uninstalled, deleted the added templates, still no luck.

I am not using the auto template edit and have placed $latest in my forum home template where i prefer it. used to work great, no i cant get it to work at all! :eek: :p

at the same time i upgrade my board i upgraded your product, it appears that now i need to use $platest vs $latest. was this an update in your product that isnt reflected in the admin options or was this something i inadvertintly did? either way.... its working.

[Michael Biddle]

That was changed to allow the latest x post and latest x threads to work together. So yes, if you are not having the template auto edited, then add $platest. And I will change it in the next build.

[sml]

That was changed to allow the latest x post and latest x threads to work together. So yes, if you are not having the template auto edited, then add $platest. And I will change it in the next build.

lol, thanks - good hack by the way :up:

[Rheinblitz]

hello,

it is possible that the addon also shows the latest posts from hidden user groups?

[Michael Biddle]

It is based on forum permissions. If the user can see that thread regularly, then he can see it, unless you add it to the exclude list.

[DieselMinded]

any word on the html posts messing this up ?

[Michael Biddle]

I have not really looking into it. Been really busy lately. Why do you even allow html to be posted on your website? A little unsafe do you not think?

[DieselMinded]

I dont allow html to be posted , and it dont pharse on the Threads , But it does in the latest posts Thing and really messes things up

[Habsy]

Love the mod.

THanks.

Installed.

[mc0676]

I, i need one information.
How i can modify the template to see the latests in a <div> box with the vertical scroll ?

Thanks !

[ChurchMedia]

Hi! I just updated this mod and now a bunch of identical posts are showing up (see screenshot). I've rebuilt thread and forum information. Any ideas on what would be causing this?

Thanks for the great mod, BTW! :)

77085

[Michael Biddle]

What if you uninstall it completely and then reinstall it?

[theoz1]

Ive had a problem for awhile. Anytime I click on one of the posts it logs me off but still takes me to it. Figured the update might help but nothing.

[HaPpYfAcE]

i didn't read all 16 pages of this thread, but i was wondering if it were possible to edit the code to display the actual posts instead of threads...the thread title would be shown with the last post time and possibly the text of the last post, who made the post, etc.

[Michael Biddle]

Ive had a problem for awhile. Anytime I click on one of the posts it logs me off but still takes me to it. Figured the update might help but nothing.

That sounds like a cookie domain setting. In your AdminCP make sure your cookie domain is set to .yoursite.com

[theoz1]

thx for the help.:)

[ChurchMedia]

What if you uninstall it completely and then reinstall it?

I gave that a try and still having the same problem. Would you like to take a look at it? My members really like the feature! :)

[fwmike]

I can't get this to work. I've installed it and made sure the that it's turned on. Is something else required? I'm on version 3.6.8.

[fwmike]

Nevermind, I've figured out my problem. I had the auto location set to 'no'.

Thanks, this is a very nice mod!

[Jafo232]

Hmm nothing shows up when I install this.. Set the auto location to yes and activated it.. Suggestions?

[ginnser]

can anyone tell me how i would insert this into ultimate side bar?

[Michael Biddle]

Nevermind, I've figured out my problem. I had the auto location set to 'no'.

Thanks, this is a very nice mod!

Thanks. Please click install if you use it.

Hmm nothing shows up when I install this.. Set the auto location to yes and activated it.. Suggestions?

It does not work at any locations?

can anyone tell me how i would insert this into ultimate side bar?

No. This will only work on the forumhome template.

[SEOvB]

anyone having a problem with this mod and php 5.25 causing blank pages?

I'm getting blank pages, but when i disable this everything is okay again. Any ideas?

[Michael Biddle]

I have 5.2.2 and do not have any of those problems.

[SEOvB]

I'm not sure what was causing it, But i changed the forumhome_start plugin to global_start and disabled the forumhome_complete plguin and it works wonderfully

(and on all pages as i intended to do with it :0)

[Michael Biddle]

The reason that I have not made this on global_start is for a few reason. The biggest being that it adds a query to every single page. Also, their was a bug when I made it set to global, it was acting wierd. It was taking threads out of the actual forum listings.

[SEOvB]

I figured it'd add the query to all the pages, but i've got a design(or lack thereof) going where the latest posts are in the footer but you already know about that snazz :D

Actually you've just given me a better idea for it :D ty :D

[synisterk]

Is there a way to change $latest on either this or your threads one so that both can be used?

[silver_wing]

I have tried this on VB 3.7, and it is not showing up.

Is there a way to change $latest on either this or your threads one so that both can be used?

I would like to know this too.

[blebetanje]

make one for 3.7x, this is something that user realy want

[Sushubh]

i upgraded to 3.7 with this installed and it seems to be working fine on the new version.

[ngkong]

you should add 'AND thread.visible = 1' to the sql query, because posts still visible even the threads are soft deleted.

SELECT post.postid, post.pagetext, post.userid, post.username, post.visible,
post.dateline AS date, thread.forumid, thread.title as thread_title, thread.threadid,
forum.forumid, forum.title as forum_title
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post as post
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread as thread on (post.threadid = thread.threadid)
LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum as forum on (thread.forumid = forum.forumid)
WHERE post.visible = 1 AND thread.visible = 1 AND $platest_and AND $platest_and_1
ORDER BY postid DESC
LIMIT $limit

thanks

[Pocket Aces]

I changed plugin to global_start. Since then an error occurs on the advance search key word field auto-generate a value of "Resource id #22". Whats that Resource id #22 error mean and how to fix it??

[Piratos]

hello
i tested on 3.7.1 and nothing added !!! it installed correctly but i don't saw the last news on forumhome!

Any help ??