[Lea Verou]

As I promised, here's how to fix the new/old post icon issue:

Open the plugin Alp Ajax Start
Find:

PHP Code:

$gthreads = $db->query_read("
    SELECT
        thread.threadid, thread.title, thread.lastpost, thread.forumid, thread.replycount, thread.lastposter, thread.dateline, IF(thread.views<=thread.replycount, thread.replycount+1, thread.views) AS views, thread.visible, user.username, user.userid, user.usergroupid, IF(displaygroupid=0, user.usergroupid, displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid, forum.title as forum_title
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread
        LEFT JOIN  " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS user ON (user.username = thread.lastposter)
        LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum as forum on (thread.forumid = forum.forumid)
        WHERE NOT ISNULL(thread.threadid)
        $excludedforums AND thread.visible = 1 ORDER BY lastpost DESC LIMIT 0, $alpmax"); 


replace with:

PHP Code:

$gthreads = $db->query_read("
    SELECT
        thread.threadid,
        thread.title,
        thread.lastpost,
        thread.forumid,
        thread.replycount,
        thread.lastposter,
        thread.dateline,
        IF(thread.views<=thread.replycount, thread.replycount+1, thread.views) AS views,
        thread.visible,
        user.username,
        user.userid,
        user.usergroupid,
        IF(displaygroupid=0, user.usergroupid, displaygroupid) AS displaygroupid,
        forum.title as forum_title
        " . (($vbulletin->options['threadmarking'] AND $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) ? ", threadread.readtime AS readtime" : "") . "
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread AS thread
        LEFT JOIN  " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS user ON (user.username = thread.lastposter)
        LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum as forum ON (thread.forumid = forum.forumid)
        " . (($vbulletin->options['threadmarking'] AND $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) ? " LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "threadread AS threadread ON (threadread.threadid = thread.threadid AND threadread.userid = " . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . ")" : "") . "
        WHERE NOT ISNULL(thread.threadid)
        $excludedforums AND thread.visible = 1 ORDER BY lastpost DESC LIMIT 0, $alpmax"); 


Then find:

PHP Code:

    if ($getstats_thread[lastpost] > $vbulletin->userinfo['lastvisit'])
    {
        $gthread_newpost = 'new';
    }
    else
    {
        $gthread_newpost = 'old';
    } 


and replace with:

PHP Code:

    if ($gthread['lastpost'] <= $gthread['readtime'])
    {
        $gthread_newpost = 'old';
    }
    else
    {
        $gthread_newpost = 'new';
    } 


Do the same with the plugin Alp Load.

Notice: The code to find is from the previous version. I didn't upgrade to the latter as I didn't need the new features, so perhaps the code to find is a little different.

Btw I noticed another bug with this: If in a forum a user can only view own threads and not others' threads, the permission doesn't get applied to the new posts: He can view others' threads from that forum as well.