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vb3 Latest Forum Post Hack · **Released**: 02-26-2005

Sorry for making all these hack posts but I'm all about the layout

this hack is originally made by NTLDR, well that's what it says in the file. I'm pretty much using everything that he used, which you will see in the credits and in the coding. The only thing different from his hack and mine, is how it's displayed. Instead of at the bottom of the page under the statistics content, it's above all forums, where the Guest message is shown.. Anyway lets get started.

I'll go over the basics from the installation file.

Code:

Open index.php

Find 

'forumhome_subforumseparator_post'

Replace with

// [START HACK='Latest Threads On Forum Home' AUTHOR='NTLDR' VERSION='1.0.0' CHANGEID= 1 ]
'forumhome_subforumseparator_post',
'forumhome_latestthreadbit'
// [END HACK='Latest Threads On Forum Home' AUTHOR='NTLDR' VERSION='1.0.0' CHANGEID= 1 ]

Find

// ### ALL DONE! SPIT OUT THE HTML AND LET'S GET OUTA HERE... ###

Add above it
--DO NOT INCLUDE IN BELOW CODING--
Note: Change 5 in this part of the query to change the number of threads to show: DESC LIMIT 5
Change ORDER BY lastpost to ORDER BY dateline to stop it showing threads with new posts.
--DO NOT INCLUDE IN BELOW CODING--

// [START HACK='Latest Threads On Forum Home' AUTHOR='NTLDR' VERSION='1.0.0' CHANGEID= 2 ]
// #################### PROCESS LATEST THREADS #######################
// fetch the permissions for each forum
$forumperms = array();
foreach($forumcache AS $forum) {

	$forumperms["$forum[forumid]"] = fetch_permissions($forum['forumid']);

	// ## HIDE FORUMS WITHOUT THE CANVIEW OR CANVIEWOTHERS PERMISSION ##
	if (!($forumperms["$forum[forumid]"] & CANVIEW) || !($forumperms["$forum[forumid]"] & CANVIEWOTHERS)) {
		$limitfids .= ','.$forum['forumid'];
	}
}
unset($forum);

if ($vboptions['threadpreview'] > 0) {
	$previewfield = ', post.pagetext AS preview';
	$previewjoin = 'LEFT JOIN '.TABLE_PREFIX.'post AS post ON(post.postid = thread.firstpostid)';
}

$getthreads = $DB_site->query("
	## GET LATEST THREADS ##
	SELECT thread.*,thread.iconid AS threadiconid $previewfield
	FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."thread AS thread
	LEFT JOIN ".TABLE_PREFIX."deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(thread.threadid = deletionlog.primaryid AND type = 'thread')
	$previewjoin
	WHERE open = '1'
	AND forumid NOT IN (0$limitfids)
	AND thread.visible = '1'
	AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
	ORDER BY lastpost
	DESC LIMIT 5");

while($thread = $DB_site->fetch_array($getthreads)) {

	$threads = true;
	$thread['title'] = fetch_censored_text(fetch_trimmed_title(unhtmlspecialchars($thread['title']), 22));
	$thread['date'] = vbdate($vboptions['dateformat'], $thread['lastpost'], 1);
	$thread['time'] = vbdate($vboptions['timeformat'], $thread['lastpost']);
	$thread['preview'] = preg_replace('#\[quote(=(&quot;|"|\'|).*\\2)?\](.*)\[/quote\]#siU', '', $thread['preview']);
	$thread['preview'] = htmlspecialchars_uni(fetch_trimmed_title(strip_bbcode(fetch_censored_text($thread['preview']), false, true), $vboptions['threadpreview']));
	$thread['replycount'] = vb_number_format($thread['replycount']);
	$thread['views'] = vb_number_format($thread['views']);

	// thread icon
	$show['icon'] = false;
  $icon = fetch_iconinfo($thread['iconid']);

  if (is_array($icon)) {
      $show['icon'] = true;
      $thread['threadiconpath'] = $icon['iconpath'];
      $thread['threadicontitle'] = $icon['title'];
  }

	// show goto new post
	$show['firstnew'] = false;
	$bbforumview = fetch_bbarray_cookie('forum_view', $thread['forumid']);

	if ($bbforumview > $bbuserinfo['lastvisit']) {
		$lastread = $bbforumview;
	} else {
		$lastread = $bbuserinfo['lastvisit'];
	}

	if ($thread['lastpost'] > $lastread) {

		$threadview = fetch_bbarray_cookie('thread_lastview', $thread['threadid']);

		if ($thread['lastpost'] > $threadview) {
			$show['firstnew'] = true;
			$show['icon'] = false;
		}
	}

	exec_switch_bg();

	eval("\$threadbits .= \"".fetch_template('forumhome_latestthreadbit')."\";");
}
if ($threads) {
	$show['latestthreads'] = true;
}
// memory saving
unset($thread, $threads);
$DB_site->free_result($getthreads);
// [END HACK='Latest Threads On Forum Home' AUTHOR='NTLDR' VERSION='1.0.0' CHANGEID= 2 ]

Create the following phrase

section: GLOBAL
name: latest_threads
text: Latest Threads

All that above was created by NTLDR and let all know that he owns that coding. Onto my revisions.

Code:

Open template FORUMHOME

Find

$forumbits

Above this add

<!-- remodded by Jay -->
<!-- [START HACK='Latest Threads On Forum Home' AUTHOR='NTLDR' VERSION='1.0.0' CHANGEID= 1 ] -->
<!-- latest threads -->
<if condition="$show['latestthreads']">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat" colspan="2">$vbphrase[latest_threads]</td>
	</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_latestthreads')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			Last 5 posts on our forums
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$threadbits</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
</if>
<!-- /latest threads -->
<!-- [END HACK='Latest Threads On Forum Home' AUTHOR='NTLDR' VERSION='1.0.0' CHANGEID= 1 ] -->
<!-- remodded by Jay -->

Create a new template called forumhome_latestthreadbit

Insert this coding

<div class="smallfont">
	<if condition="$show['firstnew']">
		<a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]threadid=$thread[threadid]&goto=newpost"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/firstnew.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_to_first_new_post]" border="0" /></a>
	</if>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="30%"><div class="smallfont"><a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]threadid=$thread[threadid]" title="$thread[preview]"><strong>$thread[title]</strong></a></div></td>
<td width="30%"><div class="smallfont"><em>$vbphrase[last_post]:</em> $thread[date] <if condition="$vboptions['yestoday'] != 2"><span class="time">$thread[time]</span></if></div></td>
<td width="16%"><div class="smallfont"><phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]find=lastposter&threadid=$thread[threadid]" 2="$thread[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase></div></td>
<td width="12%"><div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[replies]: $thread[replycount]</div></td>
<td width="12%"><div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[views]: $thread[views]</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

Done. Easy as that. It SHOULD work but you won't for sure until everything is installed. Like I said throughout I just remodded a already hack. Good luck.

EH-Jay · #2 02-27-2005, 09:44 PM

Crap. It's like called latest forum post hack lol. Ohwell.

#3 02-27-2005, 10:53 PM

You can edit the title

kall · #4 02-27-2005, 10:54 PM

What's the difference? Screenshot comparison?

Did you get permission to re-relaease what is basically NTLDRs hack?

EH-Jay · #5 02-27-2005, 11:23 PM

Meh I was too lazy lol. But I will

AN-net · #6 02-27-2005, 11:26 PM

why rerelease it then, just post your templates in the original thread>_>

EH-Jay · #7 02-27-2005, 11:27 PM

I just thought it should go here

EH-Jay · #8 02-28-2005, 12:08 AM

Ok crap. I coded this for my own forums. Here is the coding for standard vb design:

Code:

Open FORUMHOME

Find $navbar

Below this, add

<!-- remodded by Jay -->
<!-- [START HACK='Latest Threads On Forum Home' AUTHOR='NTLDR' VERSION='1.0.0' CHANGEID= 1 ] -->
<!-- latest threads -->
<if condition="$show['latestthreads']">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
	<tr>
		<td class="tcat" colspan="2">$vbphrase[latest_threads]</td>
	</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_latestthreads')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_latestthreads].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
			Last 5 posts on our forums
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$threadbits</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
</if>
<!-- /latest threads -->
<!-- [END HACK='Latest Threads On Forum Home' AUTHOR='NTLDR' VERSION='1.0.0' CHANGEID= 1 ] -->
<!-- remodded by Jay -->

Also if you only want a text link and no

do this:

Code:

Open forumhome_latestthreadbit

Remove

	<if condition="$show['firstnew']">
		<a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]threadid=$thread[threadid]&goto=newpost"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/firstnew.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_to_first_new_post]" border="0" /></a>
	</if>

If neither codings that go into the FORUMHOME template work, then message me and I will personally code it for you if you do not wish to do it yourself

yinyang · #9 02-28-2005, 04:29 AM

screenshot please

EH-Jay · #10 02-28-2005, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kall

What's the difference? Screenshot comparison?

Did you get permission to re-relaease what is basically NTLDRs hack?

I'll show you the screenshots in a bit. Having a few problems with vBulletin right now.

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.05229 seconds Memory Usage 2,306KB Queries Executed 25 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (4)bbcode_code (1)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)modsystem_post (1)navbar (6)navbar_link (120)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (2)pagenav_pagelink (10)post_thanks_box (10)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (10)post_thanks_postbit_info (9)postbit (9)postbit_onlinestatus (10)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.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/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.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 showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
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