Gary, M1th made a post here suggesting a change that would account for not counting posts/threads that the user didn't have permission for.


Have you looked at this? If so, what's your opinion on it?


And if anyone else has tried it - can you tell me how well it works, as well as how much added load it puts on the Server?

Thanks, all!

Check now it should be working fine :)

I'll look into that when I have enough free time; also, might take up too much processing time on each page, but if someone wants to make this, then be my guest :)

nope, just checked it now and i have ---> There have been 750 threads and 4499 posts since your last visit!

I can tell you right now that it's not this hack that's having the problem, but something else going on in the forums. Which board is it for?

We are using Gold! and only has 5 hacks installed

HTL -- has 3 file edits
VB Trader (Full) -- has NO file edits
Members Choice Voting -- has NO file edits
On line Today (yours)
and this one

http://www.petnshow.com/network/ ?

nope ... another site that i am co admin for http://www.usodja.com/forums/index.php?

Hi!

Quick question - the Instructions at some point tell you to look for:


However, I couldn't find that code anywhere in my navbar template.

Am I blind? Or has there been a change for vB 3.0 Gold?

Find:

Below add the code.

Thank you, Hellburn. That did the trick. :)

Wow that is really messed up, I'm not too sure on what the problem is though. They look like they have no relation with any of the forum stats; anyhow, maybe something to do with your vB Trader? Because this hack relies on the thread and post tables, not sure if that has anything to do with the hacks that you installed. Anyhow you're the only one reporting this problem as of now.

I got strange characters...

íæÌÜÏ 1 ãæÇÖíÚ æ 30 ãÔÇÑßÇÊ ãõäÐ ÃÎÑ ÒíÇÑÉ áß

on vB 3.0 gold...

The problem with the hack listing so many posts and threads might have something to do with the fact that it seems to continually add threads and posts made since you came back, in other words it shows threads and posts made while you were gone plus continues to add whatever is going on while you're currently there until you leave or mark all forums read.
At least that's what it does for me...

Yep that's how the built-in new post feature works in vBulletin (when you click on 'Get New Posts').

It will reset once it passes the cookie timeout setting you chose in your admin cp.

Also, for that vB3 Gold problem with strange characters, works fine for me on vBulletin 3 :)

That's kinda odd, but it does make sense. Maybe I'll add something to my FAQ about it because people are already getting confused.
It's funny how every new thread also counts as one new post, it's gonna take me awhile to get used to finding logical explanations, seems like such a rare occurence with other software. :laugh:

Well technically, new threads ARE new posts as well ;)

[high]* SaN-DeeP installed ;)[/high]

I am unable to find that line in navbar :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

need help pls.

Thxn.
Sandy...

Instructions updated take a look :)

Gary W thnx for quick reply
works :)

Sandy...

clicking install!

OPEN UP THE navbar TEMPLATE AND FIND
UNDER IT, ADD
CREATE NEW PHRASE CALLED navbar_sincelastvisit
WITH THE FOLLOWING CONTENT:
THE HACK IS NOW INSTALLED, ENJOY!

I cant find that line in my navbar template 0_o
also the PRivate Messages link on navbar is not visible after installing this hack.
I am sure. something i did wrong somewhere.

Please help

Thnx.

Just curious. Does the count of new posts and threads since their last visit INCLUDE new posts/threads in forums from which they do not have access? Thanks! :)

Illuvatar installs this one again on VB Gold! :p

Modified the phrase just a tad...but hey. lol

http://www.warofthering.net/forums/v...oad/index.php?

Yeah, that's the big problem with this mod. I worked on it a while but I don't know enough php/MySQL to get it to count only stuff the user has permission to see.

When there are 0 threads and 0 new posts it shows this;

There have been threads and posts since your last visit!

Wait... it's showing that for everything. :surprised:

i dont get the actuall #post and #threads ... I just get the phrase

thanks bud...works great!

Has anyone managed to code this so that it only counts threads/posts that the user has permission to view.

Members are constantly enquiring why the counts don't match the "new posts" search results.Feels awkward explaining to them that the totals include forums they don't have access to. :disappointed:

Upload global.php.

You, too, budlite74.

I'm having the same problem even though everything (after double and triple checking) seems to look like it's supposed to. It shows the words but no #'s. Any idea how I can fix this?

Dam, same problem here.... Help please...

My forums have a million posts or so..

When it runs the query on the posts table it takes a while.. is there any way around this?

Is there any support for this??? Please???

lol...

This wonderfull hack has been re-installed twice in 3 days!

First for VB 3.0.2 and now for 3.0.3!! :p

Thanks again!

maybe you can help me for a minute????

Not a problem! I actually had the same problem you did after I upgraded, and that was because the globals.php file is replaced with the upgrade. All of my other pieces, the phrase, etc. were not affected. So all I had to do was reinsert the code into globals.php and re-upload it....and poof.....all fixed.

Have you verified that your globals is hacked proper?

Yep, my global.php should be right on the money.. I uninstalled the template right now though because it wasn't working..

Jeez...dunno..... I'd say to try again....make sure everything is backed out and reapply the whole thing. Should only take like 5 minutes.