Default Sort Field/Order for Forumdisplay
 

Default Sort Field/Order for Forumdisplay

Description
This Hacks allows you to specify default Sort Field/Order for Thread Display on a System, Forum and User basis.
It also adds Thread Start Date.
Please note: Current selection > User Default > Forum Default > Board/System Default.

Details
1 Product XML with 2 Queries, 12 Plugins, 19 Phrases and 2 Settings
4 Template Edits

History
1.0.0
Initial Version

1.0.1
Added missing Template Edit in readme.txt (shame on me for forgetting this in first place!) and fixed a slight issue with "Default" not working properly.

1.0.2
Updated for RC3 => Code cleanup :)
Thread Start Date is now also being displayed in UserCP, Subscribed Threads and Search.

Subscribed Threads can be sorted by Thread Starte Date.
Please only click Install if you actually have installed/are using this Hack, and click Uninstall whan you don't use it any longer!

Attention
This Modification does not work with vBulletin 3.6+ as this is a built-in feature now.
To upgrade an existing board from 3.5.x to a newer version:

• Disable this modification
• Upgrade vBulletin
• [sql]
  UPDATE forum SET defaultsortfield = defsortfield, defaultsortorder = defsortorder[/sql]
• Save Forum Display Oder
• Uninstall this modification

You rock, Kirby. :)

Thanks!

Awesome Kirby! Thanks...

Kirby, is there a way to add the start time as well as the start date to this?

That's a secret ;)
Place $thread[creationtime] where you want to have it in Template threadbit

Thanks! The reason I asked is because I changed the phrase Today to read Today at and now it looks kind of wierd. ;)

Nice. This is something I was going to make myself.

How do you get the admincp settings to come out in the product XML? I've been having trouble with that.

Hmm ... they should be installed automatically.
Did you import this as a Product?

I mean in the hack I'm creating, I can't get the CP settings to come out for other people to install, even though they're associated with the product. I'm sure yours works fine. :)

Did you check that they are actually in the XML?