UF - Forum Updates on Homepage! (Updates come from posts in a specified thread)

[alexgeek]

Forum Home Updates pulled from a specific thread.
That should explain it, if not there's screen shots.

This mod will allow you have a table of updates on the forum home. These updates come from a thread you have created, all you have to do is put the ID of thread in options.
Each update will show the title, date, username and the update itself.
You could of course use this for things other than updates, but this is what it was designed for.

Installation.

Import the product
Find the following in the FORUMHOME template:
$header
$navbar
Add under:
$homeupdates
Configure the options in "Forum Updates Options" under vbulletin options.

[alexgeek]

~reserved for screenies and other~

Screenies
Default style screenies.
Shows the thread that the updates come from and then the updates on the homepage.
Shows the vbulletin settings for the mod.

screenies of it on my theme soon.

Other
Next version you will be able to set a limit on how many updates to show.

[River_rush]

no files or code posted with this.

[alexgeek]

They are now, sorry.

[alexgeek]

I'd love some feedback at least to know that others have it working :D

[lazydesis]

wud this actually push the categories and forums to the bottom of the page? that wudnt be so good visually :(

[alexgeek]

Not really push it, just sits above it.
You can put the table wherever you want though, move $homeupdates to where you want to appear. ;)

[Zaiaku]

Can this be displayed on pages other then FORUMHOME?

[alexgeek]

Yeah, but you'd have to change to the location of the forumhome_complete hook to global.
I put it in forumhome_complete for efficiency :)

[periphrastic]

this is awesome

i'll use this occassionally

thanks for sharing

[alexgeek]

I'm glad someone likes it!
I thought it would be more popular than this.


Another note: You can change the templates it adds to customise the look of table.. or you could turn it into a div or something :)

[TCE Killa]

This is great, thanks man.

[TCE Killa]

One question though, can't it be the first post of the thread instead of the whole thread? It is a very long thread full of updates and it drags and drags until you actually reach the forums properly. Disabled for now, thanks again.

[Dark Cynicus!]

thanks, this works great for my forum.

[alexgeek]

One question though, can't it be the first post of the thread instead of the whole thread? It is a very long thread full of updates and it drags and drags until you actually reach the forums properly. Disabled for now, thanks again.
Well it would just be forum update on home then..
Why would you only want the first post? If anything wouldn't you want the last posts in that thread as they'd be newer updates?

[TCE Killa]

Well the whole thread of updates just drags all the way to the bottom of my forum homepage, guests will visit and turn away. Good idea though.

[alexgeek]

Wouldn't setting the option to only list a certain amount of posts make more sense?

[TCE Killa]

Yes lol how do you do that ?

[alexgeek]

Came out wrong, I meant would you like that in the next version.
I'll add it in the next one.
For now if you know SQL, edit the plugin and add "LIMIT X" to your SQL (X being the number of posts you want to show).

[TCE Killa]

Okay man, thanks, I'll think that will be good.

[BioWaffen]

I would like to do more than just only 1 Update on my FORUMHOME like on the second screenshot. How can I do that, I mean how can I show more than only one update on FORUMHOME?

[sml]

iu would love to see the next version where it limits the number it shows and then see if i can stuff it in my side column, this would be great as i have a specific thread for updates and usaully manually post announcements.