Lucky Button
 

Lucky Button

This hack redirects the user to a various thread when they click "Lucky" button on the navbar. This is like Google's lucky button. Let's see what is your lucky subject.
install

Go to your admin cp, then:
Plugin System -> Manage Products -> [Add/Import Product] -> Select 'product-lucky.xml' from your computer then press 'Import'

Modifications Info

Plugin : 3
Phrases : 1
Template : 1
Setting : 0

Versions:
v1.0 - 22 Octaber 2007
-First release

v1.1 - 28 Octaber 2007
- Query error fixed
- Setting Added
- Usergroup permisson added
- Disallow forum ID added
- Forum permisson added
- On/Off added

Mark as Installed - Nominate for MOTM


Manuel Template Change

Open navbar template

add below

gonna try it...

wich templet i have to change ??

hey can you give us a screenie please :D

Sonds like a great idea, will install later.

I like. :)

Would be good to have an option to exclude certain forums from it though.

yeah because i would like the lucky button to only do a few sections and miss others out.
Who wants to read bug reports :) - no that lucky are they

I'll certainly install if you can include that option .. great idea.

It works nice, but I don't think it works in ie7. Well I know it doesn't cuz I tried it.

i don't understand what this does

You click on the work "Lucky" in your navbar and it takes you to a random post.

yes it does - it works fine in IE7, firefox, and opera

whaoo lol...
uhmmm
i don't know if i want to install this one

Add the code where? Above or below the code?

After.

Before would break the code for the previous cell.

This addon definately works on IE7 for me and on Firefox for many members of my community who love it, but like me would much prefer to have it not include certain forum sections.

Question - This addon won't go showing up threads for private forums or for places users don't have permission to view, right? If it does that would seriously need addressing and quickly for the addon to remain useful.

does this take care of forum permissions and even user/group-permissions to certain forums ? It would be bad to be randomly linked to a thread in the internal moderator forum and result in a "no permission" page ;)

Great! Installed.

Ok strange, I have two pcs, both using ie7. On one it works on the other it doesn't. The only diff is one is on xp and the other is on 64 bit vista. I'll have to have a good look at the vista pc if it is due to a security setting.

Installed, but I keep getting a database error:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT thread.threadid, thread.dateline, thread.visible FROM vbthread WHERE NOT ISNULL(thread.threadid) AND thread.visible = '1' ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'thread.threadid' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054

i get pretty much the same...

oooh yeah
good work atakan;)
installed.

I concur. Does this stop from posting certain threads. Cause I have some moderator only forums.

I have disabled this on my forum until someone can answer that very question.

Yes, I Agree....definitely....

Well it's marked as not supported - but it would be nice to get an answer from the hack Author :/

Jacquii.

v1.1 - 28 Octaber 2007
- Query error fixed
- Setting Added
- Usergroup permisson added
- Disallow forum ID added
- Forum permisson added
- On/Off added

Thanks for UPDATE :up:

now i can install it in my forum

Very nice update - I will try = Thanx for the sharing ;)

Jacquii.

[high]* PoetJA-1975 Marks As Installed!
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Thanx so much for the modification - works just wonderfully now.
If you need a demo site for your 1st post = http://JPiCForum.info
The "Feeling Lucky" button is in the main navigation bar next to the Donate button ;)

Jacquii.

Installed. Thank you :D

quick question - would it be easy to implement so that even blog posts have the chance to display when click the lucky button?

Thanx,

Jacquii.

Nice one, just what I was hoping to see added. :up:

thank you for the update

In my 3.6.3 version it's raising an error that '...table thread does not exist...', which is true: I've addedd manually the table prefix in line 78 and it'working like a charm....as always with mods of Atakan.

Sagol usta!

Hi Atakan KOC

i want to give suggest,

this hack like The surfer TM in friendster, for surfing random friendster profile

take a look at this for example http://profiles.friendster.com/mschmidt


so i suggest how if not only random thread, but random member profile too

can you do this?? or give me clue how to do that

Great simple idea, thanks for sharing it :up:

VinylJunky

Could you please add an option to select threads these have been active for a period of time?

funnah

I have enjoyed this thoroughly, and used it as a tool to help get my members to rate more threads...