This hack does not add any usergroup options.

same here - I can't see the list of forums no matter what I do...

If you want any forums to be excludable, specify that in forum settings.

Same problem, no forums are showing up in list no matter what

Read the post above yours.

Thanks for the update! :)

You have a typo in the querie. ;)

UPDATE PFXforum SET excludable = 1

I have nearly the same error, but with vB 3.6.

EDIT: Got it. ;) You must uninstall the 1.0.0 Version. The new plugin doesn?t overwrite the old version.

D'oh! Thanks man; fantastic hack. :cool:

One problem.

I want to make one subforum not excludable. The subforum ist under category X.
If the user select the category X (to make them invisible), the subforum is also invisible.

thanks for this hack, installed fine with 3.5.4

Ok, I want users to be able to exclude certain forums from the "New Posts" facility. Yuor hack does this but it also hides the forum from the list which I do not want. Can the facility be enabled/disabled and if not can you please point me towards KirbyDE's original hack please? (doesn't appear on this forum)

Edited: Don't worry, found hack under Andreas username

Installed for the second time on a fresh installed vB 3.54, everything seem to work in the database, but no forum excluded, still view all of them.


Ok, i found the reason...

SQL Query:
UPDATE PFXforum SET excludable = 1


To disable excludable in all forums, run this query:
SQL Query:
UPDATE PFXforum SET excludable =0 "Must be Zero instead of one"

Hiya.. woz wondering if this will work in 3.6.0?

Can someone tell me how to get the info I need to replace PFX with?

In the Database. Try to replace it with nothing as a first shot (just delete PFX).

By the way: works on 3.6.1 on my testboard.

The bad news is that the forums still show in the latest thread of an vbadvanced portal and thing like vbispy...

cheers, ze

Installed (click) on 3.6.2 and working just fine.

The install instructions are still wrong.

How do we find our table prefixes?
I tried:

UPDATE PFXforum SET exludable = 1
UPDATE forum SET exludable = 1

both gave me error number: 1054
error desc: Unknown column 'exludable' in 'field list'

Okay I figured it out, the modification instructions have a few typos in it.
Also, I'm not sure on the entire effectiveness of this hack. While it does filter out forums if your running any addons such as 'Number of unread posts' it does not really filter them out, it only confused people because the no. of unread posts is still shown but when they hit the link to view them, they get an error page.

I would really like to see this modification expanded on though. It sounds like a great addon.

The table prefix is what you specified in config.php.

The modification is designed as a hack for vBulletin, not for other hacks.

Thank you, fixed it for me.

I'm running into a problem here. I updated the template. I imported the product. I ran the query and set all forums as excludable. I even confirmed in the DB that the 'excludable' field for each forum was set to '1'.

When I go to the options in the user cp, I see the excludable section at the bottom, but none of the forums are showing up.

Any ideas?

Try saving at least one forum via admincp forum manager. It rebuilds the forum cache.

Perfect! Thanks.

I would strongly recommend changing the type of field in database from varchar(255) to mediumtext.
Some users are clicking through every forum they don't want to see instead of selecting only categories and they end up with huge list of forumids which simply do not fit in varchar(255).

Nevermind this post...

anyone know what's up with 3.5.4? I can't see it in my user options either. Just installed for the 1st time today

Please read the first post. Thanks.

Hi again. OK I am slow, blond and apparently blind. I don't see what you are referring to in the 1st post other than it was created for 3.5.4. Sooo any idea why I can't see it in my memberoptions?

Please read the introduction section of the first post.

Can't seem to get this working properly on VB 3.6.4

SOME of the categories/forums show up, but not all of them
I ran that sql query in the first post, but that hasn't helped

Any suggestions?

Yay, got it working
It didn't work on some forums because the category was a link.

The Script doesn't work with VB 3.6.5

it worked perfectly with VB 3.6.4

OOPS -- Wrong thread.

Is it possible to create custom links which will automatically select which forums to filter for users when they click on them?

I'd like to put some links at the top which would break my forum into sections. For instance, when someone clicks the Sports link, all forums are excluded for them except for those related to sports.

And another question - is this hack hard on server resources? Is it safe for big boards to install it?

Is there any way I can make a forum excluded BY DEFAULT and allow users to, after registration (if they choose) to make the forum viewable?

This would be GREAT!

does not work for me on 3.6.6

I am not seeing sub forums in my selection, is this a possibility?

Hello,

In order to be listed on the can be excluded list in the UserCP a forum only:
-needs to be excludable
-visible for that usergroup

That's right?

Hello,

The reason I ask is that one of the forums, set up like that, is not listed in the exclusion options at all. Am I missing something?

Yes, that is correct.