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is there anyway to get a no-ajaxed version? just like the old one... because my forum are getting pretty some max user connection mysql errors.. so I had to deactivate it

I had to turn it off as well. Load on the forum was unacceptable and we, too, use vBAdbvanvced.

I'm just sticking with v2.1 since it seems to work properly. I really wish an updated version was released that correct a lot of our issues, but if not I'm quite happy with 2.1 for now.

I went with Better New Posts and changed the "Today's Posts" link in the Quick Links navbar menu to "My Threads from Past Month".

I had my vb 3.03 like this until I upgraded to 3.8. My users actually preferred the ability to search from past visit, past day, past week, and past month so I went ahead and changed it.

What would be the BEST of both worlds for me would be Cyb's AJAX new posts with a dropdown menu like the "Better New Posts" I'm using now so my users can still do a quick search that way as well. *shrug* Oh well.

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New Posts: 7 (In 4 Threads)

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Sorry, there are no new threads to view.

You may search for threads updated during the previous 24 hours, here.

Is this right?

Nice hack cyb! I have installed it and wanted to contribute: I think it can be made better with a simple adjustment:

1- For users without javascript, it completely invalidates the "new posts" button (i.e. doesn't degrade gracefully), this can be solved by changing this part:

PHP Code:


		
			
href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="CAnp_getStats();"

to this

PHP Code:


		
			
href="search.php?do=getnew" onclick="CAnp_getStats(); 
return false;"

It will work exactly the same for users with javascript, but will degrade gracefully for those who don't have javascript. It will also be possible to open the link with the "open to new tab" option in firefox (i.e. middle mouse button)

2- The "checking.." text is a bit annoying since it changes the layout in the navbar and moves all the menus, there should be an option to disable/change it

Old versions did this to me, the latest didn't, but never displayed anything but 0's after that. Sorry I can't be of any help, just letting you know, you're not alone. heh

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Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider (Post 1722781)

Is this right?

Installed... Thank You !

uninstalled till a working version is released...

this don't work for me :-? why ?

I have some newposts in mu froum but newpost is 0 on navbar ...

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Originally Posted by emperatour (Post 1727805)

I have some newposts in mu froum but newpost is 0 on navbar ...

This is the same problem I had, finally gave up, I'll just keep trying new versions as they are released until it's magically fixed.

It looks like the developer isn't even trying to fix the issues that most of us are having with this hack.

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Originally Posted by Blue91 (Post 1728230)

It looks like the developer isn't even trying to fix the issues that most of us are having with this hack.

I agree. It seems as if the author isn't even interested in resolving the issues people are having. But, as the saying goes, you get what you pay for. :) (But this mod should be marked as "unsupported" then.)

If I can not help you to make it working on your custom styles that does not mean the product is unsupported.

I only made the unsupported comment because it appeared you were ignoring many users concerns trying to use the hack. Please don't take it as me attacking you, just an observation on my part.

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Originally Posted by Cybernetec (Post 1729421)

If I can not help you to make it working on your custom styles that does not mean the product is unsupported.

I think it's more the ignoring of issues some people (like myself) have. We understand we have custom styles and that it's our problem. However, when we ask a question and get nothing back at all... it doesn't look good.

If you choose not to support anything done with custom styles, no problem. Say so. Otherwise, we'll be waiting for help/a fix to get things working. If we're not going to get that, we'll move on to other products as needed. No harm done.

Hell, it doesn't work on my "stock" VB style, so please stop blaming the issues on the users' "custom styles."

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Originally Posted by Blue91 (Post 1729923)

Hell, it doesn't work on my "stock" VB style, so please stop blaming the issues on the users' "custom styles."

And how many users use the vB stock style? I'd wager 95% of users customize their style.

Working great on 3.8! I have the stock style with only colours modified.

Thanks!
Great little touch.

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Originally Posted by Blue91 (Post 1729923)

Hell, it doesn't work on my "stock" VB style, so please stop blaming the issues on the users' "custom styles."

Why it then works perfect here:
bihforum.com
or here:
noitats.com ?

I can not fix *something which I can not reproduce. I don't know what's your config, are there edited files, wrong file versions, bad settings, some php problems, other problematic hacks installed, problems with templates etc...

It doesn't work for me either on 3.8.1 / custom style.

Is there anyway of making the post count amend itself once someone has read a new post?

Not working for me as well on any style. It refreshes and always comes up with 0 new posts which is wrong.

Hey Cyb,

I've got the default theme with no manual template edits, and it's not working for me either.

It used to show you a list of "unread" threads... even if there were no "new" threads. Now it doesn't. Was that a "feature" change?

Edit: Just realized... it's not working at all! :-(

If you are interested create temp admin account for me so I can check it on your forums during next weekend.

Install & nominated. Very nice!

What would be the easiest way to adjust the width of it? There seems to be way too much space to the left and right of the New Posts notification. Check the attachment to see what I am talking about.

yeah it shows always: 1 New Post
even if i marked all as read.
if i can change this to 0, then it should work :D
but how ? :)

I installed this mod but it doesn't do anything on my page :(

Great mode. For me the new post count is always 0 :( but Forum specific search works and that is great for my board.

Just wondering can this mode be enhanced to consider new posts for a group not a person?
I have 5 moderators on my forum and all we need to read what is posted to be sure we don't miss something and we dont have a clue what other has read/moderate already.
If It was to have an additional link to work as search new posts but when you read it (moderate it) then it counts read for the whole group not only for you.
This way Group moderators is counted as a person reading new posts thus each moderator needs to read a part of the new posts (as much as he can) others finishing the rest so no duplication in reading.
I am not using post in moderation queue but let people post directly and we (moderators) read and react after (if it is the case).
Regular new posts (this mod) should be separate from this.

I have no coding knowledge (I do understand some stuff) and I was asking how tough it will be to do this. Possible to be a separate mode not a feature on this one but you know better.
Possible problem I think can be conflicts on 2 moderators reading the same thread ...

It's not working for me either now, it's always showing 0 even when there are new post and i can tell as the icons have the new post icons showing when scrolling down the site.

Oh but wait... according to Cyb, ALL of our problems are solely OUR fault b/c we must ALL have modified styles, etc.

If you read each posts... it's clear to see this doesn't work 100% correctly for the majority of those who've posted here.

@Blue

Give it a rest. Cyb knows, I know, we all know it doesn't work with some people's installs.

Have you tried to disable each product individually to see if there is a conflicting product?

I haven't done this yet, but I think I'll try now. Why don't you post the results back here if you find something, and even if you don't, post what products you have running, that way we can compare notes to find similarities?

hmm... is there anybody who is having the problems NOT using vbSEO ?

I once read a post on top he was still unread.
Does not

Hi, it works great for me on standard theme, but does not on my custom theme. It is a fresh install on a test board. Any help?

here is my custom header code

PHP Code:


		
			
<!-- logo -->
<a name="top"></a>
<table width="80%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="wrapper">
  <tr>
    <td class="headerwrap"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
      <tr>
        <td class="logowrap"><a href="$vboptions[forumhome].php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="images/geram/spacer.gif" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" width="234" height="96" border="0" /></a></td>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
      </tr>
    </table></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="topnav"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
      <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>
        <td class="topnavR">&nbsp;</td>
      </tr>
    </table></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class="navwrap"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
      <tr>
        <td>
<!-- nav buttons bar -->


<div id="navstyle" style="padding:$stylevar[cellspacing]px; border-top-width:0px">
    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
    <tr align="center">
        <if condition="$show['member']">
            <td><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><!--$vbphrase[user_cp]-->User Settings</a></td>
        </if>
        <if condition="$show['registerbutton']">
            <td><a href="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[register]</a></td>
        </if>
        $template_hook[navbar_buttons_left]
<td><a id="vbbloglinks" href="blog.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[blogs]</a><script type="text/javascript">vbmenu_register("vbbloglinks");</script></td>
        <!--<td><a rel="help" href="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="5">$vbphrase[faq]</a></td>-->
        <if condition="$show['communitylink'] AND $show['popups']">
            <td><a id="community" href="$show[nojs_link]#community" rel="nofollow" accesskey="6">$vbphrase[community]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("community"); </script></td>
        <else />
            <if condition="$show['memberslist']">
                <td><a href="memberlist.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[members_list]</a></td>
            </if>
            <if condition="$show['quick_links_groups']">
                <td><a href="group.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[social_groups]</a></td>
            </if>
            <if condition="$show['quick_links_groups']">
                <td><a href="group.php?$session[sessionurl]">$vbphrase[social_groups]</a></td>
            </if>
        



</if><!--<td><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[calendar]</a></td>-->
        <if condition="$show['popups']">
            <if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
                <if condition="$show['member']">
                <td><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
                <else />
                <td><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
                </if>
                <td><a id="navbar_search" href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[search]</a> <if condition="$show['quicksearch']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("navbar_search"); </script></if></td>
            </if>
            <if condition="$show['member']">
                <td><a id="usercptools" href="$show[nojs_link]#usercptools" accesskey="3">$vbphrase[quick_links]</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("usercptools"); </script></td>
            </if>
        <else />
            <if condition="$show['searchbuttons']">
                <td><a href="search.php$session[sessionurl_q]" accesskey="4">$vbphrase[search]</a></td>
                <if condition="$show['member']">
                <td><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getnew" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[new_posts_nav]</a></td>
                <else />
                <td><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getdaily" accesskey="2">$vbphrase[todays_posts]</a></td>
                </if>
            </if>
            <td><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td>
            <if condition="$show['member']">
                <td><a href="#" onclick="window.open('misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=buddylist&amp;focus=1','buddylist','statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=250,height=300'); return false;">$vbphrase[open_contacts]</a></td>
            </if>
        </if>
        $template_hook[navbar_buttons_right]
        <if condition="$show['member']">
            <td><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out('$vbphrase[sure_you_want_to_log_out]')">$vbphrase[log_out]</a></td>
        </if>
        </tr>
    </table>
</div>
<!-- / nav buttons bar --></td>
        <td class="navR">&nbsp;</td>
      </tr>
    </table></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top" class="cwrap">
<!-- /logo -->

<!-- content table -->
$spacer_open

$_phpinclude_output

$ad_location[ad_header_end]

I am getting a database error like this:
mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'mysqlname' (10061) C:\Domains\mydomainname\wwwroot\forum\includes\cla ss_core.php on line 311

Any ideas.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by dvsDave (Post 1749494)

hmm... is there anybody who is having the problems NOT using vbSEO ?

I am not using VBSEO and it doesn't work for me, always shows 0 new posts. One of the old versions worked at some point, but the count was wrong, but it showed somethign other than 0. Now though, it just doesn't work, even on the default template.

vba...checking.... same as the rest of you... might be working else where, haven't tried, tried all suggestions in this thread, using 3.8.1 custom style and vba

-b6

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