The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

Latest Threads On Forum Home · **Released**: 06-15-2005

[high]Installation Instructions[/high]

Step 1: Upload the .xml file to the Product Manager
Step 2: Modify the [high]FORUMHOME[/high] template
Find:

HTML Code:

<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</if>

Add below:

HTML Code:

<!-- latest threads -->
<if condition="$show['latestthreads']">
<tbody>
	<tr>
		<td class="thead" colspan="2">
			<a style="float:$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>
			$vbphrase[latest_threads]
		</td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads]">
	<tr>
		<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[latest_threads]" /></td>
		<td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$threadbits</div></td>
	</tr>
</tbody>
</if>
<!-- /latest threads -->

Step 3: Click [high]INSTALL[/high]

[high]Credits[/high]
NTLDR - For allowing me to port his vB3 hack of this

[high]Updates[/high]
Version 1.1.0: Simple update to make this work with vBulletin 3.5.0 Beta 2 - If you are installing for the first time, follow the installation instructions - If you are upgrading, please delete the previous plugin, and upload the new one - This new plugin also has the uncached template fix

Version 1.1.1: Simple update to fix a permissions bug - Wasn't showing on my board because I had already fixed it and forgot about it lol

- To upgrade, simply replace the plugin with the one attached

Version 1.1.2: Simple update to fix a permissions bug again

- To upgrade, simply replace the plugin with the one attached

Chris

jason_x · #**312** 04-30-2006, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vierie

Did you test it as a guest?

yes.

temporary solution:
i have added the forumid to $limitfids (hook forum_complete).

Code:

fetch_permissions($forum['forumid']);

$limitfids = "1,2";

// ## HIDE FORUMS WITHOUT THE CANVIEW PERMISSION ##

threads with this forumid will not show up on latest threads (unfortunately for all usergroups!).

Pathor · #**313** 04-30-2006, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike-D

Pathor? Your SN sounds known for me. Are you from vB Germany?

Yes, I am.

Welche Version hast Du ? L?uft hervorragend unter 3.54. Ich habe einige ?nderungen am Code gemacht, so das die ?bersicht nun als Tabelle dargestellt wird. Ist nur halt das Problem, das G?ste es auch seheh k?nnen, und das m?chte ich nicht. Hast Du irgendeine Idee, wie man das abschalten kann? Meine PHP Kentnisse sind sehr begrenzt - leider

-Mike

Du musst eine if-condition um den ganzen Templatecode setzen.

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid']">
<Latest Threads on Forum Home>
</if>

Somit sehen nur registrierte Benutzer dein Forum.

Pathor · #**314** 04-30-2006, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Danke mein Freund. Ich schulde Dir was. Wenn ich auch mal irgendwas f?r Dich tun kann - z?gere mich nicht, mich zu fragen -Micha

Kein Prob.

Quote:

Somit sehen nur registrierte Benutzer dein Forum.

Soll nat?rlich 'Plugin' am Ende hei?en.

Tim Simms · #**315** 05-13-2006, 10:31 AM

I needed to be able to see the names of the forums in the list, so I modified it a bit... Here's the XML code:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<product productid="chrism_latestthreads" active="1">
	<title>Latest Threads on Forum Home</title>
	<description>This product will show the Latest Threads posted (using permissions) on your forumhome</description>
	<version>1.1.2</version>
	<codes>
	</codes>
	<templates>
		<template name="forumhome_latestthreadbit" templatetype="template" date="1129992702" username="Chris M" version="3.5.0"><![CDATA[<div class="smallfont">
	<if condition="$show['firstnew']">
		<a href="showthread.php?t=$thread[threadid]&amp;goto=newpost"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/firstnew.gif" alt="$vbphrase[go_to_first_new_post]" border="0" /></a>
	</if>
	<if condition="$show['icon'] && !$show['firstnew']">
		<img src="$vboptions[bburl]/$thread[threadiconpath]" border="0" alt="$thread[threadicontitle]" title="$thread[threadicontitle]" style="vertical-align: text-middle" /> 
	</if>
	<a href="showthread.php?t=$thread[threadid]" title="$thread[preview]"><strong>$thread[title]</strong></a>
	<em>$vbphrase[last_post]:</em> $thread[date] <if condition="$vboptions['yestoday'] != 2"><span class="time">$thread[time]</span></if> <phrase 1="member.php?find=lastposter&amp;t=$thread[threadid]" 2="$thread[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase>
	&raquo; $vbphrase[replies]: $thread[replycount]
	&raquo; $vbphrase[views]: $thread[views]
</div>]]></template>
	</templates>
	<plugins>
		<plugin active="1">
			<title>Latest Threads on Forum Home</title>
			<hookname>cache_templates</hookname>
			<phpcode><![CDATA[global $globaltemplates;

$globaltemplates = array_merge($globaltemplates, array('forumhome_latestthreadbit'));]]></phpcode>
		</plugin>
		<plugin active="1">
			<title>Latest Threads on Forum Home</title>
			<hookname>forumhome_complete</hookname>
			<phpcode><![CDATA[// #################### PROCESS LATEST THREADS #######################
// fetch the permissions for each forum
global $vbulletin;

$forumperms = array();
foreach($vbulletin->forumcache AS $forum) {

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

	// ## HIDE FORUMS WITHOUT THE CANVIEW PERMISSION ##
	if (!($forumperms[$forum["forumid"]] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) AND !$vbulletin->options['showprivateforums']) {
		$limitfids .= ','.$forum['forumid'];
	}
}
unset($forum);

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

$getthreads = $db->query_read("
	## GET LATEST THREADS ##
	SELECT thread.*,forum.title AS forumtitle,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')
	$previewjoin, 
	".TABLE_PREFIX."forum AS forum WHERE forum.forumid = thread.forumid
	AND open <> 10
	AND thread.forumid NOT IN (0$limitfids)
	AND thread.visible = '1'
	AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
	ORDER BY lastpost
	DESC LIMIT 5");

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

	$threads = true;
	$thread['title'] = fetch_censored_text(fetch_trimmed_title(unhtmlspecialchars($thread['title']), 22));
	$thread['date'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat'], $thread['lastpost'], 1);
	$thread['time'] = vbdate($vbulletin->options['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), $vbulletin->options['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 > $vbulletin->userinfo['lastvisit']) {
		$lastread = $bbforumview;
	} else {
		$lastread = $vbulletin->userinfo['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);
$db->free_result($getthreads);]]></phpcode>
		</plugin>
	</plugins>
	<phrases>
		<phrasetype name="GLOBAL" fieldname="global">
			<phrase name="latest_threads"><![CDATA[Latest Threads]]></phrase>
		</phrasetype>
	</phrases>
	<options>
	</options>
</product>

Then, in the FORUMHOME, here's the Lastest Threads section:

PHP Code:


			
<!-- latest threads -->

<if condition="$show['latestthreads']">

<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>

            $vbphrase[latest_threads]

        </td>

    </tr>

</tbody>

<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_latestthreads]">

    <tr>

        <td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[latest_threads]" /></td>

        <td class="alt1"><div class="smallfont">$threadbits</div></td>

    </tr>

</tbody>

</if>

<!-- /latest threads -->

Worked like a charm!

somasimple · #**316** 05-16-2006, 10:28 AM

Hi Tim,

The forumtitle you used isn't used in any another place.
The modidfication doesn't show the forum title!

criscokid · #**317** 05-17-2006, 05:42 PM

Can this mod be used to show the 'latest threads' block other than on forumhome? like on a portal front page?

jokerz · #**318** 05-18-2006, 08:53 AM

This hack is not about the latest threads, it is only when you post the threads and it'll show the latest post in threads. Weird.. I thought its only list of new threads not new posts.

eg. If I post in old thread or new thread, both will show up as 'Latest Threads'

harishankar · #**319** 05-18-2006, 09:08 AM

That's exactly what I'm looking for jokerz. I wanted latest posts. I guess this is the mod.

For the "Latest threads" as you want it, I think there's a tutorial at vbulletin.com which does that using the external hook.

criscokid · #**320** 05-18-2006, 10:57 AM

I found the HowTo Display Latest Active Threads on ANY normal HTML page document. but it's only the 'last x threads posted' not 'last x postings posted' like this one is.

This is the one that I want - I just loosely used the term 'latest threads' as I took it from the title of this mod. Maybe it should be renamed to be more exact?

Anyway... is it possible to use this mod on a page other than on forumhome ( like on a portal front page)?

harishankar · #**321** 05-18-2006, 12:57 PM

Any way to control to number of new topics which appear?

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.14351 seconds Memory Usage 2,345KB 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 (2)bbcode_code (2)bbcode_html (1)bbcode_php (4)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 (4)pagenav_pagelink (2)pagenav_pagelinkrel (11)post_thanks_box (11)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (11)post_thanks_postbit_info (10)postbit (11)postbit_onlinestatus (11)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
Messages:

The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

It is not a VB3 engine, just a parsed copy!