You love the 'similar threads' function and you are sick of duplicate threads just because your users don't use the search function?
Why not just combine them?
This Add-on will grab the thread title the user typed in and it will load a small box (using Ajax magic ) with 5 similar threads just like the 'similar threads' function that you can normally find under an already posted thread.
The box also tells the user to search through the similar threads first BEFORE starting a new one.
Features:
- indicated if you already subscribed to one or more similar threads
- hover over the title and it gives a little preview of the thread's content
- no edits whatsoever needed, just import the product file, enable the Add-on and it works (well, it should )
- you can turn it off for certain forums or
- you can turn it off completely without leaving any code that messes your templates/files
- it can be translated
- don't like it anymore? Remove the product and you'll never see that Add-on again
Known issues:
- none
Things to consider:
It uses jQuery to get the information from ajax.php. jQuery is great and you can do many great things with it and unlike the vBulletin method it's quite easy to understand.
Here's the version I use: http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/do...s&downloadBtn=
Just download the file from the location and put it into the 'clientscript' folder on your server without renaming the file.
Import the attached file using the Product Manager. Go to your vBulletin settings and search for 'Check for similar threads?'.
Enable it.
Important:
It adds 2 new templates, it changes 1 template and it edits 2 files. I highly doubt that it will break you vBulletin but do a back-up and be on the safe side.
Version history:
2.0 -> this release
1.0 -> outdated (made for vB 3.6.*)
hello, I just created a new forum and so far I have only a dozen post. testing the product "Check for similar thread before posting a new one" it does not find a similar post. It takes a minimum of post so that it works?
i turn the product on .. after this i try to write a new thread with the similar title like an old one and it tells me "No similar threads found. You can create a new thread and let the users answer your questions"
hello, I just created a new forum and so far I have only a dozen post. testing the product "Check for similar thread before posting a new one" it does not find a similar post. It takes a minimum of post so that it works?
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Originally Posted by Neptun
this hack does not work in vb 3.8.1
i turn the product on .. after this i try to write a new thread with the similar title like an old one and it tells me "No similar threads found. You can create a new thread and let the users answer your questions"
this mod will have conflict with other mods that use ajax...such as auto tagger
Yep it seems to be the case. The addon was working like a charm and since I installed the auto tagger product it doesn't work anymore (yes even with the ajax options set to yes).
i've problems with my style, all the newthread gets messed up, and in some subforums i get the list of 5 threads twice its really strange :S i disabled it.
I always used tis mod since 3.8.1 and was really useful, so if someone could help me ill be really grateful
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) with 5 similar threads just like the 'similar threads' function that you can normally find under an already posted thread.
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02-24-2009, 04:21 PM
