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[high]Installation Instructions[/high]

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

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

Add below:

<!-- 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

[Vierie]

@Eagle Creek

Look for

PHP Code:

// fetch the permissions for each forum  
global $vbulletin;

$forumperms = array(); 


in the xml-file.

Below that add

PHP Code:

$limitfids = x 


x is the ids of the forum you want to exclude.

[maxicep]

found my problem

[wrang]

I should do a update with this plugin but now i cant find where i should write with forum who dosent should show in this plugin.
Can some one help me again.

In the forumhome_complete

PHP Code:

// #################### 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.*,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')
    $previewjoin
    WHERE open <> 10
    AND forumid NOT IN (0$limitfids)
    AND thread.visible = '1'
    AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
    ORDER BY lastpost
    DESC LIMIT 10");

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

    $threads = true;
    $thread['title'] = fetch_censored_text(fetch_trimmed_title(unhtmlspecialchars($thread['title']), 45));
    $thread['date'] = vbdate($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); 


Where do i put the forum ID number??
Is it like this
$limitfids = 55,135,140,142


i run Vbulletin 3.5.4

[KrisP]

I would like to ad forum title.

Anybody who can tell me how to join forum.title to the following:

SELECT thread.*,thread.iconid AS threadiconid $previewfield, thread.lastposter AS lastposter
FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."thread AS thread
LEFT JOIN ".TABLE_PREFIX."deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(thread.threadid = deletionlog.primaryid AND type = 'thread')
$previewjoin
WHERE open <> 10
AND forumid NOT IN (0$limitfids)
AND forumid NOT IN (69,22,75)
AND thread.visible = '1'
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
ORDER BY lastpost
DESC LIMIT 15");

[Jacqueline]

Installed in my 3.6.4 forum and it seems to be working great. I made some changes to put it in the header and removed some table information.

[Krali]

Hello,

great hack, I have a question: is it able to have a special topic id every time on the top of the list, like an announcement?

Kind regards

[DieselMinded]

I have this working real nice took me awahile trying to figgure out how not to display certian forum the first few posts about that didnt fit it but the one on page 17 fixed it ,

How can i seperate the information down there so it isnt just one big line of data

www.dieselbombers.com

Thanks Guys

DM

[gamelandz]

How can I make this an entire page of the last 50 posts???

[DieselMinded]

How do I place this info in tables with headers that state Member Thread Forum Ect...

Thanks

DM

[vdi]

Hello
Good hack.

Now, when i click on the last post in your hack, i will see the top of the thread (1. post).

But it is possible to see the last post (last answer) when i click on it ?