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[wobbly]

I've searched the forums but can't seem to find what I want to know.

What I want is to be able to do is stop my hidden forums from showing in the New Posts page.

Is this possible?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

They should not show if the user doesn't have permission to them. But what do you call "New Posts page"? The new posts link in the navbar?

[wobbly]

Yes.

What I have is a forum that is not shown on the forum home and would like to omit it from the new posts page so any new posts on this forum don't show. I want this forum to be freely available for all to view but for it to be seperate and available via a link only.

Is this possible without making it a user class?

[Lynne]

To exclude forums in the New Posts button, you may add "&exclude=xx" or "&exclude=xx,yy,zz" (separate the forumids by commas) to the end of the New Posts url... ie. "/forums/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=xx" This would be in the navbar. I think it occurs in a couple of places there.

[wobbly]

Thanks for the replies and help.

if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
<else />
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
</if>


Is this what I need to edit in navbar?

And if so how do I edit the line without buggering up the code?

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="search.php?&exclude=xx,yy,zz$session[sessionurl]do=getnew " ??????

[Lynne]

I said to add it to the end of the url, not the middle:

search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew&exclude=xx,yy,zz

[wobbly]

Sorry for being a muppet :(

[Lynne]

I like muppets. :D

[wobbly]

Hehehe, many thanks Lynne.

[Dismounted]

You should also use "&amp;" in place of "&" in the URL. :)
search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew&amp;exclude=xx,yy,zz

[Lynne]

Thanks for pointing that out. I've been trying to train myself to do that and sometimes it slips my mind.

[wobbly]

Sorry to dig this up again. I've just updated from 3.7.1 to 3.8.3 and the coding seems to have changed and now the forums are back in "New Posts" again.

Ive done the following in navbar

<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew&amp;exclude=224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231, 232" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>

However, as stated above the forums I wish to exclude are still showing up. Am I getting this all wrong?

[Lynne]

You need to change that line in a couple of places in your navbar. Did you change it in more than one place?

[wobbly]

To be honest there seems to be only one line of "getnew" in my navbar. I've also changed the "getdaily".

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<br />

<if condition="$show['notices']">
<form action="profile.php?do=dismissnotice" method="post" id="notices">
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="dismissnotice" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
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<tr>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[notices]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
$notices
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
</form>
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<if condition="$show['forumdesc']">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1" width="100%"><strong>$foruminfo[title]</strong> <span class="smallfont">$foruminfo[description]</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
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<if condition="$show['popups']">
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<if condition="$show['communitylink']">
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<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="community_menu" style="display:none;margin-top:3px" align="$stylevar[left]">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr><td class="thead">$vbphrase[community_links]</td></tr>
$template_hook[navbar_community_menu_start]
<if condition="$show['quick_links_groups']">
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="group.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[social_groups]</a></td></tr>
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<if condition="$show['quick_links_albums']">
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$template_hook[navbar_community_menu_end]
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<if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">

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<tr>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[search_forums]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
<form action="search.php?do=process" method="post">

<input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />
<input type="hidden" name="quicksearch" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="childforums" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="exactname" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
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&nbsp;
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</form>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>


<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew&amp;exclude=224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231, 232" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
</tr>


<tr>
<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily&amp;exclude=224,225,226,227,228,229,230,23 1,232" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
</tr>
<if condition="$vboptions[threadtagging]">
<tr>
<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="tags.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[tag_search]</a></td>
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<tr>
<td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[advanced_search]</a></td>
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$template_hook[navbar_search_menu]
</table>
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<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="usercptools_menu" style="display:none;margin-top:3px" align="$stylevar[left]">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">

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</if>
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<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="pagenav_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="thead" nowrap="nowrap">$vbphrase[go_to_page]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
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<input type="text" class="bginput" id="pagenav_itxt" style="font-size:11px" size="4" />
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</form>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
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</if>

<if condition="$show['member'] AND $notifications_total">
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<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="notifications_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr><td class="thead" colspan="2">$vbphrase[your_notifications]</td></tr>
$notifications_menubits
</table>
</div>
<!-- / notifications menu -->
</if>

$ad_location[ad_navbar_below]

[Lynne]

Hmmm, I always thought it was in a couple of places (I just checked and it's in three places in mine). It looks to me like the above code is for a dropdown menu. Is that the only place you have the Get New and Get Daily links?

[wobbly]

That is my complete navbar template for the Ambience Style from Extremepixels. I've done a search for getnew and the navbar template is the only place it shows up.

[Lynne]

Is it the site in your profile? I can't see the navbar as an unregistered user.

Do you have a copy of your old navbar? Compare it to your new one and see what the differences are. Maybe the navbar elements are in the header? Sometimes custom styles put them there.