Default Sort Field/Order for Forumdisplay

[Andreas]

Default Sort Field/Order for Forumdisplay

Description
This Hacks allows you to specify default Sort Field/Order for Thread Display on a System, Forum and User basis.
It also adds Thread Start Date.
Please note: Current selection > User Default > Forum Default > Board/System Default.

Details
1 Product XML with 2 Queries, 12 Plugins, 19 Phrases and 2 Settings
4 Template Edits

History
1.0.0
Initial Version

1.0.1
Added missing Template Edit in readme.txt (shame on me for forgetting this in first place!) and fixed a slight issue with "Default" not working properly.

1.0.2
Updated for RC3 => Code cleanup :)
Thread Start Date is now also being displayed in UserCP, Subscribed Threads and Search.

Subscribed Threads can be sorted by Thread Starte Date.
Please only click Install if you actually have installed/are using this Hack, and click Uninstall whan you don't use it any longer!

Attention
This Modification does not work with vBulletin 3.6+ as this is a built-in feature now.
To upgrade an existing board from 3.5.x to a newer version:

Disable this modification
Upgrade vBulletin

UPDATE forum SET defaultsortfield = defsortfield, defaultsortorder = defsortorder
Save Forum Display Oder
Uninstall this modification

[Christine]

You rock, Kirby. :)

Thanks!

[FleaBag]

Awesome Kirby! Thanks...

[Boofo]

Kirby, is there a way to add the start time as well as the start date to this?

[Andreas]

That's a secret ;)
Place $thread[creationtime] where you want to have it in Template threadbit

[Boofo]

Thanks! The reason I asked is because I changed the phrase Today to read Today at and now it looks kind of wierd. ;)

[endquote]

Nice. This is something I was going to make myself.

How do you get the admincp settings to come out in the product XML? I've been having trouble with that.

[Andreas]

Hmm ... they should be installed automatically.
Did you import this as a Product?

[endquote]

I mean in the hack I'm creating, I can't get the CP settings to come out for other people to install, even though they're associated with the product. I'm sure yours works fine. :)

[Andreas]

Did you check that they are actually in the XML?

[endquote]

When I export my product, I get the phrases for the settings in the XML, but not the optiongroups or whatever. It's over here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=93308

[chikkoo]

I have problem in installing this plug in.

I get an error message:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions/php on line 769

Can u tell me how to fix this?
I am using vb 3.5.0 beta 3.
Do I have to upgrade?

[Andreas]

This is a Product XML, does Beta 3 support Products?

[chikkoo]

I installed a test board with RC1, there too I get the same error.
So it seems I am doing something wrong.

Can somebody tell me how to install this Mod step by step.

[Andreas]

Did you import this as a Product (ACP / Plugin System / Manage Products)?

[endquote]

I'm not sure if this is working. I installed it (RC2) and edited the templates. I can go to a forum page and sort it by "thread started", and it works fine. However if I set "default sort field" in "forum display options" to "thread start date" and then visit my forums, they are all still sorted by last post.

If I change the setting on an individual forum, it is also still sorted by last post.

[Brinnie]

Hi Kirby, how are you?
I just made a request, without seeing this. Anways;

I have a personals/classifieds section that I want to have sorted by Thread Creation Date. It's the only forum on my board that I need to have set up like this, but I'm a little confused about my options...

From my understanding this has 2 queries. Are they executed as the search is being performed, or everytime a forum dex is loaded?

Also, my users are very basic people and I do not want to load them with too many buttons and menus. That said, I would really like to just go "bare bones" and only install the admin part, is that possible?

Please respond in n00b speak... I'm still learning vB terminology.
Thank you. :)

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

RC1 installed :D

everything seems to work except:

the thread sort option does NOT appear in the USER CP. admin ones seem to be fine. But the User CP one is MIA. :(

any thoughts? did I forget something?

[Boofo]

LOL I never noticed that until you posted. I don't have it in the User CP either. ;)

[Lord Brar]

Just what I was looking for :D Thanks mate!

[Andreas]

LOL. I totally forgot the Template Edit for the UserCP part in the readme and nobody noticed so far ^.^
Works fine for me on RC2, except that there was slight issue that selecting "Default" in Forum Manager did not work.
Should be fixed now

@Brinnie
This does not add any queries upon execution.
You can just leave out the modifyoptions Template Edit and you will only have the Admin Part.

[Boofo]

Do we need to un-install and then re-install?

[Boofo]

I don't see the additional file edits in the readme text file. And the files have a 7/28 date stamp on them. And, yes, I cleaned my cache before downloading the zip file. ;)

[Andreas]

I thought I did upload it ... hmm, uploaded again.
Just import and tick Overwrite, then make the missing Template Edit.

[Boofo]

It uploaded fine this time. Thank you, sir. ;)

[Marco van Herwaarden]

I thought I did upload it ... hmm, uploaded again.
Easy to say it doesn't add queries, if you have no file. :D

[Andreas]

Easy to say it doesn't add queries, if you have no file. :D
Yeah, that's for sure that it doesn't add queries when there is no file :D

[Brinnie]

LOL. I totally forgot the Template Edit for the UserCP part in the readme and nobody noticed so far ^.^
Works fine for me on RC2, except that there was slight issue that selecting "Default" in Forum Manager did not work.
Should be fixed now

@Brinnie
This does not add any queries upon execution.
You can just leave out the modifyoptions Template Edit and you will only have the Admin Part.

Cool thx. :D

(i always click install)

[chikkoo]

Did you import this as a Product (ACP / Plugin System / Manage Products)?

Yes, I did the same thing. Still I am getting the same Warning message.

[Andreas]

Uninstall, make sure you don't have any Plugins enabled (as those could interfere and cause Problems), then Reinstall

[chikkoo]

I upgraded to rc2, uninstalled and reinstalled it..
Wow.. it started working..
This was a strange problem in my beta4 & rc1 problems.

Thanks... KirbyDE

[Fj?rgyn]

XML file not work, install an empty hook.

I added manually the hooks and phrases, but how I add settings?

Edit: Settings can be add over phpMyAdmin :devious: *hrhr*

[Andreas]

Common Mistake: You imported this as a Plugin while it is a Product and must be imported this way.

[Stormwolf]

Thanks for pointing me in this direction from the older topic kirby installed and so far its working like a charm.

[wilky49]

KirbyDE,

Another great hack.

-Wilky49

[feldon23]

KirbyDE,

Another great hack.

-Wilky49

What about a 'lite' version just for Admins to specify the sort order of certain forums?

Shouldn't require any template mods, just XML bitfield and XML admincp.

[Andreas]

Lite Version = Don't do the Template Edits :)
Btw: Bitfield XML?

[Omega Prime]

Kinda random to ask this here, but is there a way to have the creation date appear in its own column (similar to this thread (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=68878))? Thanks in advance :)

[Andreas]

Sure - edit the Templates as needed.

[Andreas]

Updated for RC3.
Details see first Post.

[feldon23]

Updated for RC3.
Details see first Post.

So if I just want this to be an AdminCP option, I ignore the template edits, the phrase uploads, what else? I really only need one of the 2 MySQL queries, right?

I think this is an awesome plugin, but I am needing to sort specific forums because of the naming scheme of their thread titles.

[Andreas]

Just import the XML, make your settings - that's it.

[mtha]

Great hack ever! :)

[HondaATC]

Like another poster, I have a classifieds section that needs to be sorted by the creation date. Does this product enable that, or would something have to changed to allow it? Thanks.

[imported_magjr]

Put it on vb3.5 gold and works like a charm. Guys have been afte rme for years to do this. THANKS!

*clicks install*

[GamerzWorld]

Im kind of not getting what this hack does. Does it sort the thread order? If so is there anyway i can edit to sort the forum order ie forum catergories in different orders

[vktechnology]

Is it possible to sort by ID

[Andreas]

No. What would be the sense of sorting by ID?
Unless you have an imported Forum or are constantly manipulating the clock, this would be the same order as thread.dateline.

[vktechnology]

No. What would be the sense of sorting by ID?
Unless you have an imported Forum or are constantly manipulating the clock, this would be the same order as thread.dateline.

sort by ID It's good import,,
but if it work like you said then no need for sort by ID.

thank you

[vktechnology]

I've got some idea for new feature

Default Sort Field/Order for Showthread per forum
order by date

-can make some forum to showthread order by date-

inside thread lastest post will be on top like

# post 10
# post 9
# post 8
.........
# post 1

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[Julio]

Any chance someone can tell me how can I remove the date that now shows next to t he thread name? :(

[Andreas]

Undo the threadbit Template edit.

[MoogleCC]

is it possible to change the size of the font for the start date ?
to make it smaller then the treattitel

[edbri871]

Thanks..

[InfidelMatt]

I would love a minimalist version of this that would just let you call up the thread creation date/time wherever needed in the threadbits.

Note that I effectively have that with the product installed and only the threadbits alternation, so it's not a priority- I just don't like having unused code sitting around. :)

[Andreas]

Well - just strip what you don't want :)

[InfidelMatt]

Did :p

[dmva83]

A++++++++++ Hack, WILL CLICK INSTALL AGAIN!!

uh, ::clicks install::

[Dennis B]

Andreas,

Thanks for this hack.
Question: I believe the template search_results should be edited as well, replacing "$vbphrase[thread] / $vbphrase[thread_starter]" by "$vbphrase[thread] / $vbphrase[thread_started] / $vbphrase[thread_starter]", but when I did that it nothing showed up. Any hints?

Thanks.

[Snatch]

Is it possible to show the Thread start date below the Thread title ?

for example:
Threat Titel
Nick (DATE)

ThX and GreeTz
Snatch

[LoOnEyToOnZ]

Can we specify what forum will be sorted in what way ?

[Snatch]

Hi,

is it possible to show also the Time how the thread was startet ?

[OttawaGolf]

INSTALLED - works a charm!

This is just what I needed for articles. Thanks!

[KOKS@LN]

Thanks Andreas,
Works fine on vB 3.5.3

[lazytown]

This is sorely needed to be installed here at vbulletin.org.. Of course they are still using 3.0 base I believe.

Quick question: Can this be done on a usergroup basis? Or is it only on a per forum basis?

-vissa

[Bad Bunny]

When I last upgraded, I did not notice right away, but it seems to behave oddly. I cannot get it to sort by the date of posting anymore.

[tribedude]

I am looking for a way to sort thread titles that are date-based, for an event listing forum... Like this:

March 03 Event name
May 25 Event name
April 02 Event name

Currently, I have this plugin installed and it sorts the thread titles alphabetically... (so April 02 shows up before the other dates in the above example). Is there a way to chronologically sort the thread title based on a date in the thread title?

[photongbic]

I am looking for a way to sort thread titles that are date-based, for an event listing forum... Like this:

March 03 Event name
May 25 Event name
April 02 Event name

Currently, I have this plugin installed and it sorts the thread titles alphabetically... (so April 02 shows up before the other dates in the above example). Is there a way to chronologically sort the thread title based on a date in the thread title?

I too am looking for something very similiar! I have one event forum that I want to sort by the event dates and not the title or creation date. I was thinking of a user defined date/time field in the Additional Options section of Post New Thread. And then have the forum sort on that field.

My problem is, how do you make that user defined field only available under one forum and then have only that one forum sort on that field.

Too many questions and not enough time... :tired:

Let me know if you come across anything.

Thanks!

[Cedric_FP]

INSTALLED - works a charm!

This is just what I needed for articles. Thanks!
Exactly what I needed this for as well.

A wonderful hack. Thank you Andreas!

[mano1.com]

Click INSTALL!

loving this thanks!

ONE THING: i couldn't find a couple of items in the templates (3.5.4 here):

FORUMDISPLAY: <option value="lastpost" $sort[lastpost]>$vbphrase[last_post_time]</option>

And another one (forgot which one DOH!)

Looks like its working... :)

[VitroX]

thanks a lot! installed!

working fine on vb 3.6.1

:)

[ataraxia]

How feasible would it be to add an option for "random" sorting to this marvelous hack?

How would you modify the code? (Or could we get Andreas to do it? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink!)

thanks!

[warlockninja]

EDIT: nevermind I figured out why I was having this problem.......it was not the mod it was my noob self.........

[Spinning Webs]

Forgive me if this was asked/covered already, but I have a user suggesting the same type of sorting feature under "New Posts" (search.php?do=getnew)

Is this doable?

[tribedude]

will this work on 3.68? we are already using it on 3.58 and will soon be upgrading our vb...

[warlockninja]

works on my 3.68

[Dirkt1]

Does it works on 3.7.2 ?

[DanielGara]

i need this mod for 3.8.3

[pls]

I also need this mod for 3.8.x. While it is a feature in vbulletin, users must set it at the bottom of each forum. I would like them to be able to modify the defaults for themselves via their usercp (for every forum)

I used this with success on 3.5 and 3.6, but now we cannot offer users this functionality on 3.8.

[Dimoks]

I need this mod for 3.8.6 :(