Is this hack really worth it? I've installed over 17 hacks plus I have no SSH or telnet so only my server can restore their backups

Don't quote what I said like it's something special here. You should make backups before installing any hack. I just said that to remind people that if you make a backup first, you have nothing to fear by trying something out.

lol well in my case you have everything to fear... either it works or you lose the forum. No telnet or ssh and the backups are daily so I'll lose most of the work anyhow... not fun!

Well, I have had this hack installed for about a full day now, and I can say that I've had no problems with it, have heard no complaints about it, and it seems to do what it's supposed to do. I especially like the way if a subforum had new posts while a parent forum did not, and I mark the subforum as read, the parent forum will not continue to show as unread as it does with the built-in mark read function.

Can I get a SS of what those pictures included with the hack look like and where they show up maybe.. :( ;) :confused: :D please

I didn't use the pictures, I just made the links into text links using the alt tags from the images. However, because I removed the moderator column, where the links normally would go, and moved the moderator list to under the forum description, the text links create a somewhat cluttered look (although it would be even more cluttered if they were in the moderator column). I'm still working on finding a better way to set up the links, because I think I would rather have the text links.

http://forums.jjr512.com/showthread.php?threadid=27808

I hope that doesn't have to do with this hack! I don't see those links anywhere, do I need to register on your board?

The gray Js (actually, I think of them as silver) indicate there are new posts. The dark blue Js indicate no new posts. I'm sure there's a legend there somewhere, I'll have to point it out to that member.

...Yeah, there actually is a legend on the main forums page, that says this:
http://forums.jjr512.com/images/on.gif New Posts
http://forums.jjr512.com/images/off.gif No New Posts

I think if you saw the colors of my forums (same colors as here, actually), you would agree the silver J icon stands out more, and thus is a better choice for ON than the blue icon, which blends in.

If you want to see those links, try looking at a category (like Computer Stuff of General), or at a forum with subforums (like Hardware or Mindless Blabbering).

Sorry I wasn't available to answer questions, I've been travelling for the past 8 days.

The icon implementation seems to work OK, as I haven't found a better way of doing it.

As for the instructions, I went off of a DIFF with my code to the release code, so all the little anomolies from yours to mine came from the 2.2 original. Odd.

Anyhow, has anyone else been installing it?

Ethan

I'm going to do the 2.2.1 upgrade this weekend and then I'm going to go for this one.