Personal Forums

[ThorstenA]

Displays forums inluding their unread threads depending on users behavior:
reading, writing, subscribing, moderating posts. The product displays an interactive tab as you see in the screenshot. The tab has different categories:

subscribed forums
moderated forums
forums where you read threads
forums where you posted

This is done in real time for each user. It also displays unread threads if there are any. You choose in admincp, where the product is shown on FORUMHOME (Startpage):

after all forums
on top after navbar


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/11/2.gifKnown bugs
I have a particular forum where a user can post a new thread/topic, but cannot read any other threads/posts. However, this add-on will display the thread title for those threads in the same forum --- which the user is not supposed to see.

[lazydesis]

Great mod :)

My suggestion and hopefully what everyone would love to see is this block right after the first post.

My 2 cents :)

[ThorstenA]

Thanks for your feedback! I can make an admincp option with

option to set maximum numbers of threads
option to place the product on either ad_template[firstpost_start] or template_hook[showthread_after_active_users]

What do you think about showing the forumtitle? Do you think its useful?

If you like to be informed about updates, you can click INSTALL.

[erel34]

Thanks

[ThorstenA]

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Preview of upcoming options.
Please click install to be informed when the new update comes out. This update provides you with

caching templates
subforum icon displayed (new/old depending on forum status)
control of the rss feed threads
set the maximum number of threads shown
set where you want to display the product:

manually - anywhere on SHOWTHREAD
after first post
after users online



This product is part of a larger product that will also include displaying forums/threads on FORUMHOME.

[TheLastSuperman]

DDdddeeeemmmmooooo pretty please?

Screenshots ok but I want more lol :D

Also please do some style updates, I see you requested feedback so great.. I know you can make this look better so get to it rofl (j/k) it has potential but if it's just in showthread and you add tooo much styling it will just make showthread longer and longer and longer when with this is should be ease of use IMO.

S-MAN

[ThorstenA]

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Settings

The current version supports manual and automatic placements.
More placements (after first post) are coming in upcoming versions.
Set maximum of threads that are displayed
Technology behind the scene: Templates are cached.


102663
Unregistered users view
Unregistered users see only a link to the first topic. This view is also displayed to registered users if there are no unread threads. The design has changed and is ready to the upcoming multi-tab-view. Technology behind the scene: These threads are fetched from RSS.

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Registered users view
A link to the last unread post is provided. The subforum icon is activated.

Your suggestions
I am curious what you think of this product and am looking forward for your comments. I am thinking of implementing a 0-query solution, were you can opt-in on admincp for only showing threads fetched from the RSS-Feed. That improves speed.

[ThorstenA]

(...) it will just make showthread longer and longer and longer when with this is should be ease of use IMO.
It's meant to guide users after they read a thread to another topic from your forum, instead of leaving your page. The placement after all posts is therefore one of the best places this product has on SHOWTHREAD.

[ThorstenA]

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Technology mode

database mode to fetch all unread threads for registered users in real time which gives the registered users more comfort or
rss mode to fetch all theads from rss feed for every users which uses no database at all and is therefore faster

[VonDoom]

Im sure this is a great product unfortunatly i cant find it in options, was looking forward to giving it a test run. hmm will try reinstalling..

ETA: Went ahead and reinstalled, im assuming i should be looking for this product in vBulletin Options? either way i cant find it anywhere. Temporaraly uninstalled.

[ThorstenA]

Im sure this is a great product unfortunatly i cant find it in options,

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admincp options
admincp > vbulletin options > vbulletin options > Personal Forums
You'll see the link Personal Forums in the screenshot on the lower right.

[ThorstenA]

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FORUMHOME (currently only for registered users)
On Forumhome there is a new view of Tabulators below the forums:

Moderated Forums
Subscribed Forums
Participated Forums - where user wrote posts
Read Forums - where user read posts

The tabs are interactive - click on one and the content is instantly presented. Only tabs with content are presented. For example, if a use does not moderate any forums, no moderator tab is displayed. If you moderate forums or have forums subscribed, these forums are always displayed - regardeless if there are new threads or not. The forum icon matches its actual read status.

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Timeframe
The timeframe in which I check for participation and reading forums is the amount of days you choose in admincp Database Read Marking Limit.

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Subscribed Forums
All subscribed forums are presented. If there are unread posts, they are displayed, too.

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Showthread
The style is improved on SHOWTHREAD.

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Admin cp


Your Feedback
Your feedback is important for me. Please suggest me more positions, where you want this product be displayed. Also please click INSTALL so you get information about new updates by private message.

[ThorstenA]

102707
New placement on FORUMHOME
You can place the product after the Navigation Bar.


102708
New setting in admincp for the navbar placement.

[matthewhotdude]

Doesnt work for me if you look http://www.chattaboxforums.com im just getting a empty blue bar

[matthewhotdude]

and the navbar setting isnt there?

[ThorstenA]

102710
New admincp option
Deactivate FORUMHOME & SHOWTHREAD

[VonDoom]

Thanks for the screen Shot unfortunatly it just isnt there. I know it must have instaled and is trying to do somthing because my quarie count jumps when it was installed.

[ThorstenA]

Doesnt work for me if you look http://www.chattaboxforums.com im just getting a empty blue bar
and the navbar setting isnt there?
Please download the newest product with version number 4. Does it work now? Can you give me a test user account (normal user) to your forum so I can take a look into your issue? Thanks.

[ThorstenA]

Thanks for the screen Shot unfortunatly it just isnt there. I know it must have instaled and is trying to do somthing because my quarie count jumps when it was installed.

I have updated a new version. Do you see these options now?

[matthewhotdude]

Please download the newest product with version number 4. Does it work now? Can you give me a test user account (normal user) to your forum so I can take a look into your issue? Thanks.

Yes I leterally just downloaded it 5 mins ago and re installed. I will PM you a test account

[VonDoom]

Alright Its showing in Options now. Thanks looking forward to taking this mod for a test spin.

[matthewhotdude]

Actually where is the link to version 4? because the one at the top of the page is still version 1?

[ThorstenA]

Alright Its showing in Options now. Thanks looking forward to taking this mod for a test spin.
Awaiting your feedback and suggestions :D
Actually where is the link to version 4? because the one at the top of the page is still version 1?
The link is on the first post (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=219753). I updated the product file.

[VonDoom]

Hmm it is showing on forum home but nothing on Showthread. I do like the idea behind this module though. I assume its a conflict with another hack. i have far to many ;) Also it dosent seem to be inheriting the colors from my themes.

[matthewhotdude]

Awaiting your feedback and suggestions :D

The link is on the first post (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=219753). I updated the product file.

Updated still not sure if it's working correctly

[ThorstenA]

Hmm it is showing on forum home but nothing on Showthread. I do like the idea behind this module though. I assume its a conflict with another hack. i have far to many ;)
If you like, you can disable all other products and see if this product works for you on SHOWTHREAD.
Also it dosent seem to be inheriting the colors from my themes.
The colors are not fetched from vbulletin style. It is the normal style from Yahoo YUI. The new upcoming vbulletin 4 is also based on Yahoo YUI - if it comes out, this product will most likely available in user vbulletin style.

[VonDoom]

thanks for the reply i will fiddle with this tonight after my forum is less active and report the conflict back. A+ support.

[ThorstenA]

thanks for the reply i will fiddle with this tonight after my forum is less active and report the conflict back. A+ support.

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Activate RSS Feed
You may also see if you activated in admincp the external feeds. And when activated, see manually if there are any feeds from this forum. On some unbusy forums there are no threads from rss feed. I am looking forward to check for rss feed in upcoming versions.

[matthewhotdude]

Ahhh great it is actually working, once I try to sort the style out it will be great

[ThorstenA]

Ahhh great it is actually working, once I try to sort the style out it will be great

Thanks for your feedback! Do you want to style the product itself? I am also interested how you do that. Personal Forums use YUI Tabview for display purposes. You find the information how to style the YUI Tabview here:

http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/examples/tabview/skinning.html

[matthewhotdude]

Thanks for your feedback! Do you want to style the product itself? I am also interested how you do that. Personal Forums use YUI Tabview for display purposes. You find the information how to style the YUI Tabview here:

http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/examples/tabview/skinning.html

ive never tried styling before all other mods normally do it automatically. But i'll have to give it a try as this mod stands out like a sore thumb on my forum at the moment

[ThorstenA]

ive never tried styling before all other mods normally do it automatically. But i'll have to give it a try as this mod stands out like a sore thumb on my forum at the moment

I found the styling of YUI css not that easy. I 'd like to present an "automatic styling" function.

[matthewhotdude]

Yea I looked at that link and no way can I do it!! Ill have to uninstall untill someone can mod this to pull the styles on its own

[ThorstenA]

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Manual placement
You can place the product anywhere on both FORUMHOME and SHOWTHREAD.

[ThorstenA]

Product now uses phrases
minor fixes

[ctrlbrk]

Nice work, installed.

If possible:

- Would like ability to "sort" the list of unread threads by popularity (views), so if I choose only to show the top 5, it's the top 5 most viewed threads that are unread

- There is a lot of room on the right side of the table, maybe you can put more info like the original poster username and last post date plus a thread preview there? all options of course via admincp.

Mike

[ThorstenA]

If possible:

Would like ability to "sort" the list of unread threads by popularity (views), so if I choose only to show the top 5, it's the top 5 most viewed threads that are unread
There is a lot of room on the right side of the table, maybe you can put more info like the original poster username and last post date plus a thread preview there? all options of course via admincp.

Hey Mike! Great suggestions!


the unread threads are note unsorted but sorted by last time. I am not sure if you knew that. Would you still prefer to let them be sorted after threadview? I could also do that. It makes sense, too.
Actually I have put this product on my custom cms where it is on the left bar. I am planning to put this product later as a vb4 widget so it will be presented in a small place, too. Therefore I'd like to make the product only present the information most important: Thread title. I see that there is much room on the right that is not used. I am not sure if it brings more specific user activity when showing the user more and more information about the same thing (thread title). Thread preview is only about the first post - correct me if I am wrong - I am therefore note a big fan of its usefulness. But it's not impossible to convince me with arguments :)
I am curious about more suggestions. Please write me if you have more ideas! I take everything into consideration and am constantly updating this product.

[PGAmerica]

I may be just being an idiot, but I don't understand what this mod does. Can somebody please give me a more in-depth description than what is in the first post?

[ThorstenA]

The product displays an interactive tab as you see in the screenshot. The tab has different categories:
- subscribed forums
- moderated forums
- forums where you read threads
- forums where you posted

This is done for each user. It also displays unread threads if there are any.

[PGAmerica]

Where does it place this interactive tab?

[ThorstenA]

Where does it place this interactive tab?

You choose in admincp, where the product is shown:

below all forums on FORUMhome
on top after navbar

[PGAmerica]

Thank you

[ctrlbrk]

Hello, there is a security issue here with private forums.

I have a particular forum where a user can post a new thread/topic, but cannot read any other threads/posts. However, this add-on will display the thread title for those threads in the same forum --- which the user is not supposed to see.

Can you please fix this asap.

If it is not clear what I am talking about, you can go to my forum, and create a new thread in the "Custom Programming" section (last forum on the forum home). It should be clear then or I can clarify.

Mike

[ThorstenA]

I have a particular forum where a user can post a new thread/topic, but cannot read any other threads/posts. However, this add-on will display the thread title for those threads in the same forum --- which the user is not supposed to see.

This is a security bug. This product shows all thread titles if the forum itself can be viewed by the user. The product does not check whether titles are allowed to be displayed or not. Currently I unfortunately do not have the time to fix it, this product is allowed to be used from other coders to modify and make a better product out of it.

[ctrlbrk]

This is a security bug. This product shows all thread titles if the forum itself can be viewed by the user. The product does not check whether titles are allowed to be displayed or not. Currently I unfortunately do not have the time to fix it, this product is allowed to be used from other coders to modify and make a better product out of it.

Would it be possible then for you to please make one tiny change to allow an "excluded" forum list on the control panel, a place to put forum ID's that this should not show up under.

Mike

[TimberFloorAu]

Forgive me for being dense..

Is this just a personal forums tab thang ?

Or is it the ability for members to create and manage their own forums?

[ThorstenA]

Would it be possible then for you to please make one tiny change to allow an "excluded" forum list on the control panel, a place to put forum ID's that this should not show up under.

Mike
I am currently not writing on this product. However when I will write for this product again, I will try to take care that threads are not shown from forums, where users are not allowed to see threads.
Forgive me for being dense..

Is this just a personal forums tab thang ?

Or is it the ability for members to create and manage their own forums?
Personal Forums only show existing forums the users is mostly interested in (wrote posts within these forums or subscribed them, or he is moderating them). You can not create forums.

[RedHacker]

How to worked this....?

[Duncan Idaha]

I have installed this mod. However, it shows only in the VBulletin default style, even when i use the style we use on our forums. How can i make it show in with the same colors as our forum style?

[ThorstenA]

The style unfortunately comes from YUI, and I do not know how to change automatically the colors from YUI (Yahoo) with the vbulletin colors.

This project was closed down from me, now I am concentrating on changing the way the forums are sorted on FORUMHOME which reduces redundancy (showing forums both in the forumlist and on another place on FORUMHOME).

[cstreater]

I really wish this mod was continuing development. It's exactly what I need for my forum :/

[ChiNa]

Its not showing up in my forum, I did even use the code "$persforum[template]".. and changed alll the options, back and fort! Hope you can fix this thing!