vb.org Archive - Display time only if date is today or yesterday

This is just the tiniest little mod, but some of you may find it useful.

I am big on keeping my sites as simple as possible for the surfer and not overloading them with useless information. So it has always bothered me to see the time displayed at various spots in my vB when it isn't important to do so. But the downside of disabling the time display site-wide is that it IS important sometimes.

So for example if a post was made today then I think the exact time it was made may be important to the surfers (was it 1 hour ago or 18 hours ago?). But if the post was made 4 months ago then who cares what the exact time was? - it's just brain clutter for the surfer.

So this little mini-mod will display the time in your template bits if the date is "Today" or "Yesterday", but disable the exact time for dates older than that.

It's VERY easy to do. The example below shows the mod for the forumhome_lastpostby template but it can also be done on the threadbit template and anywhere else where both the date and time are currently displayed by the template.

Template: forumhome_lastpostby
Find this:

Code:

$lastpostinfo[lastpostdate] 

<if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">

<span class="time">$lastpostinfo[lastposttime]</span>

</if>

Change it to:

Code:

$lastpostinfo[lastpostdate] 

<if condition="!$show['detailedtime']">

<if condition="(($lastpostinfo[lastpostdate]=='Today')||($lastpostinfo[lastpostdate]=='Yesterday'))">

<span class="time">$lastpostinfo[lastposttime]</span>

</if>

</if>

The attached image illustrates the effect of the change - time is only displayed if the date is Today or Yesterday.

Edit: This mod requires that you have the Yesterday/Today feature enabled under Date and Time Display Settings in Admin.

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (2)bbcode_code_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (2)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
Messages:

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information

Page Generation 0.00905 seconds
Memory Usage 1,710KB
Queries Executed 10 (?)

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Template Usage:

(1)ad_footer_end
(1)ad_footer_start
(1)ad_header_end
(1)ad_header_logo
(1)ad_navbar_below
(2)bbcode_code_printable
(1)footer
(1)gobutton
(1)header
(1)headinclude
(6)option
(1)post_thanks_navbar_search
(1)printthread
(2)printthreadbit
(1)spacer_close
(1)spacer_open

Phrase Groups Available:

global
postbit
showthread

Included Files:

./printthread.php
./global.php
./includes/init.php
./includes/class_core.php
./includes/config.php
./includes/functions.php
./includes/class_hook.php
./includes/modsystem_functions.php
./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php
./includes/class_bbcode.php
./includes/functions_bigthree.php

Hooks Called:

init_startup
init_startup_session_setup_start
init_startup_session_setup_complete
cache_permissions
fetch_threadinfo_query
fetch_threadinfo
fetch_foruminfo
style_fetch
cache_templates
global_start
parse_templates
global_setup_complete
printthread_start
bbcode_fetch_tags
bbcode_create
bbcode_parse_start
bbcode_parse_complete_precache
bbcode_parse_complete
printthread_post
printthread_complete

Messages:

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.00905 seconds Memory Usage 1,710KB Queries Executed 10 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (2)bbcode_code_printable (1)footer (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (6)option (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (1)printthread (2)printthreadbit (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open Phrase Groups Available: global postbit showthread	Included Files: ./printthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/class_bbcode_alt.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete printthread_start bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete printthread_post printthread_complete
Messages: