Miscellaneous Hacks - Unread Posts and Reputation Comments (welcome box)

This modification is no longer available or supported.

Note: The unread posts portion of this hack only works if you use the database thread marking system.

This will display the actual number of posts that are still considered unread by you (and will show up in a 'getnew' search).

Versions 1.22+ also display the number of new reputation comments since you last checked your usercp.

There is the option to count the unread posts since your last visit, or all posts considered unread. This setting reflects the divider in the 'getnew' search display. There is also the option to disable the unread posts display or the new reputation comments display.

All settings are located in vBulletin Options > Display Unread Posts and Reputation.

To install this hack unzip the xml file and import it using the ACP Product Manager.


History:

v1.11 : First Release for vb 3.6 - various changes.
v1.12 : Updated for Version Checking.
v1.13 : Phrases Updated.
v1.14 : Dependancies updated, URL's updated.
v1.15 : Minor phrasing changes.
v1.16 : Changes to the way displayed messages are built.
v1.17 : SQL Changes to use slave.
v1.18 : Fixed broken Index creation (on install).
v1.19 : Modified slightly to exclude moderated or soft deleted posts (unless moderator).
v1.20 : Duplicate line of code removed.
v1.21 : ATCS and disable options added.
v1.22 : New reputation comments added. ATCS removed as now unnecessary.
v1.23 : Bug fixes. Added links prefix setting.
v1.24 : Fix reputation comments not being marked as read.
v1.25 : Permission check updated to include 'canviewthreads'.

[Smoothie]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Assuming you had edited your navbar as per the other hacks instructions then I can't see why it wouldn't. There is nothing else I can tell you.

It works and thank you!

[TrIn@dOr]

Paul, how can i exclude certains forums to be inspected for the count?

Thanks.

[Paul M]

There is no such feature in this.

[stomph]

Thanks for the hack!

Just in case anyone wants to know (and sorry, if it's already been mentioned):
I also had the Text visible only in the default template. Inserting $unread in the other template (Kirsch) worked, but the URL to search.php contained backslashes. My first attempt to simply remove the backslashes from the phrases broke the default template. So I added a variable $unreadss in the product's xml-File ($unreadss = stripslashes($unread) at around line 97 and can now insert $unreadss in the Kirsch-Template... works fine! :-)

[firstrebel]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

anyway to EXCLUDE certain threads or forums from the count?

eg: I don't RSS feeds showing up on this as it turns out to be new thread/information overload and drowns out 'legitimate' new posts.

You can exclude any forum this way. You need to edit these phrases

dup_no_posts
dup_no_posts_visit
dup_posts
dup_posts_visit

add this after do=getnew

&exclude=1,2,3,4

where 1,2,3,4 are the ID's of the forums you want to exclude. This is how mine looks

<a href=\"search.php?do=getnew&exclude=41,51,102,103, 104,105,106\">

Paul is quite right in stating he is not going to include this as an option, as vB should have done that when they brought RSS Feeds out. There should have been the facility in ACP to exclude selected forums. This has been a nightmare for many who have used the RSS system. Hopefully it will be included in the next update.

Bob

[eclectica]

History:

v1.19 : Modified slightly to exclude moderated or soft deleted posts (unless moderator)

There's a significant update. That's for the better so that users don't go crazy trying to find posts that they can't see.

Thanks for the continuing updates and for providing a well-polished hack.

[BuyHostCheap]

simply the best

[rjmjr69]

Did not work with 3.6.4

[Paul M]

Works fine with any 3.6 version.

[mandy71480]

Nice! Thanks so much! Works beautifully with 3.6.4