Lost This In 4.x upgrade - Search refresh

[ajmcce]

i had a user defined variable set up in 3.x and the following code was in the head tag for the search results.

<if condition="$action == 'getnew'"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="<if condition="$bbuserinfo['field7'] != ''">$bbuserinfo[field7]<else />60</if>;URL=http://ForumsADDRESS/search.php?do=getnew"><else /></if>

<if condition="$action == 'getdaily'"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="<if condition="$bbuserinfo['field7'] != ''">$bbuserinfo[field7]<else />60</if>;URL=http://ForumsADDRESS/search.php?do=getdaily"><else /></if>



This has been working for years. For the life of me I cannot get it working on 4.x

What am i missing? So frustrated :-(

[BirdOPrey5]

In VB4 the IF conditionals changed a little... they would now be:


<vb:if condition="$action == 'getnew'"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo['field7'] != ''">$bbuserinfo[field7]<vb:else />60</vb:if>;URL=http://ForumsADDRESS/search.php?do=getnew"><vb:else /></vb:if>

<vb:if condition="$action == 'getdaily'"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo['field7'] != ''">$bbuserinfo[field7]<vb:else />60</vb:if>;URL=http://ForumsADDRESS/search.php?do=getdaily"><vb:else /></vb:if>

[ajmcce]

Thanks but I actually tried that. It appears like the action is lost on the search sharing or something. The if statement doesnt error but also doesnt trigger as true.

I had the search sharing on the 3.x site though. Should I be looking for something other than action?

[BirdOPrey5]

Sorry I never knew/played around with actions, I just saw the conditions were wrong for 4.0...

I don't know if it's available but HTTP_Referrer (or whatever it's called) would supply the info you needed (the URL that called the page.)

[ajmcce]

Thanks... I was looking for something with that but cant seem to put the missing pieces together.

This was one of the key features in my 3.x forums. Made a huge difference in usability and traffic.

Hoping someone here can come up with the 4.x equiv.

sigh

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Still cant seem to get this to work.
Seriously regretting upgrading now :-(

[ajmcce]

Is there a better place to ask this question? Is this a vbulletin.com question or another forum here?

[BirdOPrey5]

I would try the VB4 forums here either general request or programming discussions. (one or the other, not both.)

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I took another look at search.php and there's no reason this shouldn't work but you logic was a little tough to follow... this is simpler and should produce the same results... try it...


<vb:if condition="$action == 'getnew' AND $bbuserinfo['field7'] != ''"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="$bbuserinfo[field7];URL=http://ForumsADDRESS/search.php?do=getnew"></vb:if>

<vb:if condition="$action == 'getdaily' AND $bbuserinfo['field7'] != ''"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="$bbuserinfo[field7];URL=http://ForumsADDRESS/search.php?do=getdaily"></vb:if>

[ajmcce]

I appreciate the ongoing effort.
This doesnt return true so nothing shows.

to be clear I am adding this to the search_resultslists template.
I also put in a comment <!--Rightplace--> above it to be absolutely sure I am in the right place.
the comment shows but nothing ever shows in the if statement.

Have you managed to get this to work on a forum where I could see it running? I would like to believe its me but it just appears the action value is being lost in the redirect to the search results page.
:-(

[BirdOPrey5]

OK this is weird... I turned on Template Names in HTML comments (vbulletin options -> general settings) so I could see what template was being used...

I put the code into search_resultlists without the <if> conditions and it still wasn't being displayed.

Turning on the template names it revealed that when there are no new posts VB uses the "Standard Error" template not the search_resultlists template... So if you happened to have no new posts it's a different template... That code should still work if there are undread posts though... can you confirm this?

My VB4 install is just a private/test install so I can't link it, sorry.

[ajmcce]

Yeah, interesting about the error. But I was able to get it to display on search_resultslist <!--I am here--> on that template will show that for you.

I also also go it to fire (in a broken way)
when I changed
vb:if condition="$action == 'getnew'
to
vb:if condition="$action = 'getnew'

But that just always returned true on both conditions.

Frustrating only because it continues to work happily on the 3.x forums.

Still trying. I would have to anticipate the error page issue for no new posts but only after I can get it working again on the search results when there is a positive result.

About to punt and have the new posts go to a page outside the forums that uses a frame at 100% and uses the variable passed to determine how often to refresh the whole HTML frameset.

All I would have to do is get the field5 value passed as a variable in the url for new posts.

I really dont want to go that way though. That is such a departure from the right way of doing it.

Still appreciating your interest in this solution. This was an invaluable addition to my members and my page count as well.

[Lynne]

Did you preregister the variable $action for use in the template (or verify it is already registered)? You can't use a variable in a template unless it is registered for use.

[ajmcce]

Interesting question.
The short answer is I dont know since this was a straight copy from 3.x

Assuming its not, what would I need to do to make it work?

Thanks!